KNOW,
KNOW, A
KNOW, A LADDER SUITCASE? I'LL LET YOU KNOW COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW. IT'S MUSIC THIS
MORNING. GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY. I'M NOT AT IRAN
FILLING IN FOR ERIC CONNER THIS
MORNING AND DALLAS CAPITO.
YEAH. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT
OUR HEAT IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT
FIRST LET'S GET RIGHT INTO YOUR
LOCAL HEADLINES. WE BEGIN WITH
THIS REQUESTING A RIDE THROUGH
SOME OF THOSE POPULAR APPS
COULD SOON BE PUT ON HOLD. UBER
AND LYFT THEY'RE THREATENING TO
SHUT DOWN SERVICE IN OUR STATE
AND NEWS CHRIS GROW JOINING US
LIVE AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT TO GIVE US A CLOSE LOOK
AT THIS LAW THAT'S NOW UP FOR
DEBATE HOW DRIVERS, LOCAL
LEADERS ARE ALL RESPONDING.
GOOD MORNING, CHRIS. EXPLAIN
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AT GOOD
MORNING NET AND STELLA. THIS
HAS BEEN A LONG STARE DOWN
BETWEEN ESSENTIALLY TWO TECH
GIANTS UBER AND LYFT. AND
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ONCE HB
FIVE WENT INTO EFFECT IN
JANUARY. SO OBVIOUSLY FOR THOSE
OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT HB
5 8 TAKES INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS THAT WORK
SPECIFICALLY WITH ONE COMPANY
IF THEY DO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
WORK FOR THAT COMPANY. THAT
SPEAKS TO ESSENTIALLY THE CORE
ESSENTIAL BUSINESS OF THAT
COMPANY. THEY THEN BECOME
EMPLOYEES WHICH MEANS THAT THAT
COMPANY HAS TO THEN PAY OUT
BENEFITS LIKE OVERTIME SICK PAY
AND HEALTH INSURANCE. SO WHY
ARE THESE TWO COMPANIES
THREATENED TO SUSPEND SERVICE
OVER A FIVE? WELL, THEY FOUGHT
BACK AGAINST MAYBE FIVE TOOTH
AND NAIL REALLY SINCE JANUARY.
THEY WERE SUED BY THE STATE IN
MAY FOR NOT COMPLYING BY NOT
TURNING THEIR DRIVERS INTO FULL
TIME EMPLOYEES. AND THIS MONTH
A JUDGE GAVE THEM UNTIL TODAY
TO COMPLY. NOW THE RIDE SHARE
COMPANIES HAVE APPEALED THAT
JUDGE'S DECISION. BUT IN
THE MEANTIME, THEY SAY IF THEIR
APPEAL IF THE APPEAL ISN'T
UPHELD AND THEY HAVE AN
INJUNCTION PUT IN, THEY WILL
HAVE TO STOP SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA. NOW SAN DIEGO MAYOR
KEVIN FALCONER IN SAN JOSE'S
MAYOR HAVE BOTH URGED THE JUDGE
TO STAY THAT INJUNCTION TO GIVE
TIME FOR STATE LEADERS AND
THE COMPANIES TO CRAFT A
COMPROMISE TO TRY TO COME
TOGETHER TO GET SOMETHING ON
THE BOOKS THAT HELPS BOTH
THE STATE AND THESE COMPANIES.
IT COULD ALSO BE A CHANCE FOR
RIGHTS HERE. DRIVERS LIKE KRIS
RIOS TO KEEP WORKING PAST
TODAY. THIS IS WHAT I DO. THIS
IS HOW I PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY.
THIS IS MY LIVELIHOOD. AND THEN
JUST TO HAVE IT SWEPT AWAY FROM
MORNING TONIGHT OR VISE VERSA,
IT'S REALLY HARD. NOW THERE IS
AN ALTERNATIVE BILL UP FOR
DEBATE RIGHT NOW CALLED PROP 22
THAT WOULD DEFINE APP BASED
DRIVERS AS INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS. NOW THE AUTHOR OF
HB FIVE ASSEMBLYWOMAN LORENA
GONZALEZ WROTE THIS ABOUT PROP
22 AS AN ALTERNATIVE. SHE SAID
OUR UI FUND IS HORRIBLY
UNDERFUNDED. WE ALREADY HAD TO
BORROW MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WHEN THAT LOAN COMES
DUE IN TWO YEARS. WHO PAYS
THE COMPANIES WHO HAVE CHEATED
THE SYSTEM? UBER LYFT SHOULD.
BUT IF PROP 22 PASSES THEIR
COSTS WILL BE FORCED ONTO LAW
ABIDING BUSINESSES. NOW WE DID
TRY TO SPEAK ONE ON ONE WITH
ASSEMBLYWOMAN LORENA GONZALEZ
ABOUT HB 5 IN THIS CURRENT
STARE DOWN NOW BETWEEN UBER,
LYFT AND THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER, SHE WAS
UNAVAILABLE FOR A FULL LOOK AT
THIS BREAKDOWN AND THIS STARE
DOWN. GO TO OUR WEBSITE CBSA
AECOM AND CLICK ON THE STORY
LINK THAT ESTELLA
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION IS FRONT AND CENTER
AS IT ENTERS INTO ITS LAST A
FINAL NIGHT. SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS AGAIN MADE HISTORY LAST
NIGHT BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN
OF COLOR ON A MAJOR PARTY'S
PRESIDENTIAL TICKET. RIGHT NOW
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO TURNS
OUR TRAGEDIES INTO POLITICAL
WEAPON. JOE WILL BE A PRESIDENT
WHO TURNS OUR CHALLENGES INTO
PURPOSE. THE THIRD NIGHT OF
THE VIRTUAL CONVENTION FEATURED
MANY OF THE PARTY'S FEMALE
LEADERS, INCLUDING HILLARY
CLINTON. BUT THE BIGGEST STAR
WAS FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK
OBAMA. TWELVE YEARS AGO WHEN I
BEGAN MY SEARCH FOR A VISE
PRESIDENT, I DIDN'T KNOW I'D
END UP FINDING A BROTHER. I
NEVER EXPECTED THAT MY
SUCCESSOR WOULD EMBRACE AND
THE CONVENTION CULMINATES
TONIGHT WHEN FORMER VISE
PRESIDENT OF THE NOMINEE,
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL SPEAK.
AND AHEAD COMING UP AT 630
WE'RE GONNA BE SPEAKING WITH A
PRESIDENT OF THE SAN DIEGO
DEMOCRATS FOR EQUALITY RYAN
SHABU GO. HE WILL BE WE'LL BE
GOING OVER WHAT TO EXPECT
TONIGHT ON THE LAST NIGHT OF
THE CONVENTION AND WHAT BIDEN
IS EXPECTED TO ADDRESS IN HIS
SPEECH. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS
IT AGAIN. THAT'S COMING UP AT
630. MEANTIME, THE BATTLE OVER
MAIL IN VOTING WILL COME TO A
HEAD ON CAPITOL HILL THIS
WEEKEND. HOUSE DEMOCRATS REVEAL
THAT THEIR PROPOSAL YESTERDAY
WHICH CALLS FOR AN ADDITIONAL
TWENTY FIVE BILLION DOLLARS IN
FUNDING FOR USPS IS ALSO
EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS ANY
OPERATIONAL CHANGES FROM BEING
MADE THIS YEAR AND REQUIRES ALL
OFFICIAL ELECTION MAIL BE
TREATED AS FIRST CLASS MAIL.
THE BILL WILL GO UP FOR A VOTE
SATURDAY ONE DAY AFTER
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL IS
EXPECTED TO TESTIFY BEFORE A
SENATE COMMITTEE. AND NOW ONTO
THE WILDFIRES. NEARLY TWO DOZEN
MAJOR FIRES ARE BURNING IN
CALIFORNIA AS FIREFIGHTERS
BATTLE HUNDREDS OF SMALLER ONES
UP AND DOWN THE STATE. NOW
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING
FORCED TO EVACUATE FROM THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS ALL IN THE MIDST
OF THIS BLISTERING HEAT WAVE.
AND CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOM CALLING ON FOR HELP FROM
FIRE AGENCIES AROUND
THE COUNTRY. EVEN IF WE WERE AT
FULL STRENGTH WITH ALL
THE FIRES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY
SEEING, WE WOULD BE WE ARE
WOEFULLY SHORT OF RESOURCES,
PERIOD. OH, IT IS TERRIBLE TO
SEE HOW MUCH DAMAGE THESE FIRES
HAVE CAUSED. AT LEAST 100
BUILDINGS HAVE ALREADY BURNED.
THOUSANDS MORE ARE IN THE LINE
OF THESE MANY FIRES NOW. FIRES
IN NAPA AND SONOMA COUNTY HAVE
MERGED WITH OTHER SMALLER ONES.
SO THAT'S THE ONE BEING CALLED
THE L.A. LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRE
LIGHTNING BEING BLAMED FOR MANY
OF THESE. THERE'S ALSO THAT.
SEE YOU. LIGHTNING COMPLEX ONE
BURNING NEAR THE SANTA CRUZ
MOUNTAINS. ELEVEN THOUSAND
LIGHTNING STRIKES REPORTED IN
THE MEANTIME. CAL FIRE STRIKE
TEAMS FROM HERE IN SAN DIEGO
BATTLING SOME OF THOSE FIRES UP
AND DOWN THE STATE AND THEY'RE
DEALING WITH A DRY HEAT.
POWERFUL WINDS AND LIGHTNING
FURTHER COMPLICATING THEIR
EFFORTS TO TAME THE FLAMES.
COUNTY AND STATE OFFICIALS ARE
WORKING ON A STRATEGY FOR
REOPENING BUSINESSES AND WE CAN
EXPECT NEW GUIDANCE FROM
GOVERNOR NEWSOME. THAT'S COMING
UP NEXT WEEK. THIS COMES AS
THE COUNTY'S KOLBERT CASE RATE
REMAINS BELOW ONE HUNDRED PER
ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE. TWO
HUNDRED FOURTEEN NEWLY
CONFIRMED CASES WERE ALSO
REPORTED ALONG WITH FIVE NEW
DEATHS. THREE PERCENT OF
THE SIXTY SEVEN HUNDRED LATEST
TESTS WERE POSITIVE.
THE COUNTY'S TWO WEEK AVERAGE
POSITIVITY RATE IS NOW AT FOUR
PERCENT. NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TESTED ACROSS SAN DIEGO SO FAR
AND SOME SCHOOLS ARE STARTING
TO REOPEN NOW THAT WE ARE OFF
THE STATE'S WATCH LISTS. BUT
WHAT ABOUT BUSINESSES AS NEWS
BRANDON LEWIS REPORTS,
OFFICIALS ARE PRAISING SAN
DIEGO FOR HELPING DROP THE CASE
RATE BUT SAY THERE IS STILL
WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THE GOAL IS TO KEEP IT DOWN AND
TO KEEP IT BELOW. AND THIS IS
NOT A FINISH LINE WE'VE CROSSED
.IT'S MERELY A WAYPOINT IN
THE MARATHON AROUND CORONA
VIRUS. TOTAL CASES ARE UP 6
PERCENT. COUNTY WIDE ON A ZIP
CODE LEVEL THEY'RE INCREASING
FASTEST AT THOSE THAT INCLUDE
MCI D POTRERO AND RAMONA. WHILE
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES
REMAINS IN THE SOUTH BAY, THEY
ARE RISING SLOWER THAN
THE COUNTY AVERAGE. OFFICIALS
CREDIT OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS AND
INCREASED TESTING. WE DON'T
WANT TO UNDO THE PROGRESS WE'VE
MADE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT
PHASE OF WHERE WE GO THAT WE DO
IT CAUTIOUSLY, WE DO IT
RESPONSIBLY AND THAT WE KEEP
OUR CASE COUNT DOWN. GETTING
OFF THE WATCH LIST ONLY AFFECTS
SCHOOLS. ALL CAN REOPEN WITH
DISTRICT APPROVAL SEPTEMBER 1ST
IF OUR CASE RATE REMAINS LOW.
THE COUNTY IS WAITING ON NEW
INDUSTRY GUIDANCE TO FULLY
REOPEN SOME BUSINESSES.
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS
THERE'S STILL WORKING ON DRAFTS
WILL BE SOCIALIZING THAT MORE
FORMALLY OVER THIS WEEKEND WITH
OUR LOCAL HEALTH OFFICERS AND
WE'LL BE MAKING PUBLIC NEXT
WEEK. THE DETAILS OF OUR
STRATEGY AS IT RELATES TO
REOPENING WHEN WE SEE THE DATA
STABILIZE. BASED ON NEW
CRITERIA, NEW CONDITIONS THAT
WE'RE SETTING FORTH AMONG
THE HANG UPS IS HOW QUICKLY TO
REOPEN SOME U.S. AND COUNTY
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS SUGGEST A
STAGGERED REOPENING THAT MAY
SHIFT FROM A 14 DAY TO 21 DAY
WINDOW TO BETTER STUDY AND
CATCH OUTBREAKS. YOU NEED TO
HAVE THAT 14 DAYS AND THEN AN
EXTRA WEEK TO DO THE ANALYSIS
TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE. SO
THREE WEEKS IS A REASONABLE
TIME PERIOD TO ASSESS AND LOOK
BACK WHAT'S HAPPENED WHERE WE
ARE NOW. BRANDON LEWIS, CBS
NEWS 8. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER IF THE CASE RATE GOES
ABOVE 100 FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE
DAYS, SAN DIEGO COULD GO BACK
ON THE STATE'S WATCH LIST.
MEANWHILE, LARGE GATHERINGS IN
OCEAN BEACH ARE NOT LETTING UP
AS THE CROWDS GATHER FOR
ANOTHER DRUM CIRCLE THERE. TAKE
A LOOK. YOU SEE THE VIDEO? IT'S
A STORY WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING
FOR WEEKS NOW. SHELBY RESIDENTS
HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT
THE LARGE GATHERINGS WITH
LITTLE TO NO SOCIAL DISTANCING
OR EVEN MASKS. LAST WEEK
THE CITY SAID IT WAS DEPLOYING
A TASK FORCE TO REMIND PEOPLE
ABOUT THE RULES. EVEN WITH
THE PANDEMIC THERE'S STILL ONE
HUNDRED TO 150 PEOPLE AT
THE BEACH LAST NIGHT. POLICE
DETAINED TWO PEOPLE SO FAR FOR
ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS. IT IS TIME
NOW FOR YOUR MORNING RUSH TO
OCEANSIDE. ONE STEP CLOSER TO
FURTHER REGULATING THE SALE OF
TOBACCO AND VAPOR PRODUCTS IN
THAT CITY. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE PLAN
YESTERDAY THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE
RETAILERS TO APPLY FOR A
LICENSE TO SELL TOBACCO
PRODUCTS IN THEIR STORES. MONEY
FROM THE LICENSES WOULD THEN
FUND ENFORCEMENT AND PROGRAMS
TO PREVENT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM
VAPING AND SMOKING. THE COUNCIL
WILL VOTE ON THIS ORDINANCE FOR
A SECOND AND FINAL TIME AT ITS
NEXT MEETING. MORE FUNDING WILL
SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR CHILD
CARE PROVIDERS HERE IN OUR
COUNTY AND LOCAL LEADERS ARE
UNVEILING MORE DETAILS ABOUT
THIS PROGRAM LATER THIS
MORNING. THE COUNTY BOARD
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE CHILD
CARE PROVIDER GRANT. THIS WILL
DISTRIBUTE TWENTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS IN CARES ACT FUNDING TO
ELIGIBLE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE
AT THE SD FOUNDATION WEB SITE
STARTING AUGUST 24TH. PLUS
NATIONAL CITY POLICE WANT TO
HELP PARENTS MAKE SURE THEIR
CHILDREN ARE READY FOR A SCHOOL
YEAR LIKE NEVER BEFORE. THE CPD
WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL SCHOOL
SUPPLIES GIVEAWAY TODAY AND
TOMORROW STARTING AT 730. THIS
MORNING OFFICERS WILL
DISTRIBUTE SUPPLIES TO
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN
THE NATIONAL CITY SCHOOL
DISTRICT. AND STILL TO COME,
NEW INFORMATION IN
THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF
A FORMER LA HOYA WOMAN. PLUS
MORE THAN 3000 POUNDS OF DRUGS
SEIZED IN THE LARGEST BUST IN
THE HISTORY OF SANTA BARBARA
COUNTY. AND IT HAS TIES RIGHT
HERE TO SAN DIEGO. AND AS
THE SENTENCING PHASE CONTINUES
TODAY IN THAT CASE THE GOLDEN
STATE KILLER. WE NOW ARE
HEARING MORE POWERFUL