COMMAND
COMMAND FROM THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT MAY SOON BE BACK AT THE HELM. NEWS 8 AT FIVE STARTS
NOW. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
BREAKING NEWS MAJOR CHANGES TO
THE COUNTY'S PUBLIC HEALTH
ORDER RELATED TO CORONA VIRUS.
GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US. I'M BARBARA LEE
EDWARDS. I'M CARLOS SHIKATA
BEGINNING IN MAY 1ST. ALL SAN
DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS MUST
WEAR FACE COVERINGS OUTSIDE
ANYTIME THEY'LL COME WITHIN SIX
FEET OF A NON-FAMILY MEMBER.
AND BEGINNING MONDAY THE COUNTY
WILL LIFT RESTRICTIONS OCEAN
ACCESS FOR SWIMMING, SURFING,
PADDLE BOARDING AND KAYAKING.
BUT IT'S UP TO INDIVIDUAL
CITIES TO DECIDE ON WHETHER
BEACHES WILL REOPEN ONCE OPEN.
RUNNING AND WALKING WILL BE
ALLOWED BUT PEOPLE CANNOT SIT
OR LAY DOWN. GROUP ACTIVITIES
ARE STILL BANNED. WHILE
THE COUNTY WILL ALLOW OCEAN
ACCESS BEGINNING ON MONDAY, IT
WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET ANY
RELIEF FROM THIS WEEKEND'S
HEATWAVE. SAN DIEGO IS AREN'T
HAPPY ABOUT HAVING TO BEAT
THE HEAT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO
HIT THE BEACH. MONIQUE GRIEGO
HAS THE STORY. WELL, IF YOU'RE
ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES LIKE ME
THAT DOES NOT HAVE AC I CAN
TELL YOU BY MID-MORNING TODAY I
WAS LITERALLY SWEATING TO GET
INSIDE MY HOUSE. NOW AT TIMES
LIKE THIS WATER LIKE HERE IT
WOULDN'T BE SEEKING PRETTY
INVITING. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE
ALL THE BEACHES SAN DIEGO
COUNTY REMAIN CLOSED. FROM
OVERCAST AND RAINY TO SUPER
SUNNY, THIS WEEK'S WEATHER
LITERALLY COMING IN HOT. IT'S
SUMMER. SUMMER IS HERE AND IT'S
SO NICE. YESTERDAY IT WAS
THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED THAT
WE HAD THE AIR AT OUR HOUSE. WE
WERE GETTING REALLY HOT IN
THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
TODAY'S PROBABLY EVEN WORSE. AS
IT HEATS UP WITH TEMPERATURES
SPIKING SAN DIEGO GONZALES
FINALLY GETTING THAT SUMMER
WEATHER THEY WANTED. BUT
THERE'S JUST ONE PROBLEM
TODAY'S FIRST DAY I WOKE UP
SWEATING SO YEAH, COULDN'T GET
CAN GET MY WET SUIT ON AND RUN
DOWN HERE BUT HOPEFULLY SOON
IT'S LIKE BEING AT AN AMUSEMENT
PARK IN TOO SHORT TO RIDE
THE RIDES. DYLAN CHEEMA, ONE OF
MANY WHO LIVE NEAR THE WATER
AND DON'T HAVE AC OPEN
THE WINDOWS, GO FOR SOME WALKS
AND TAKE COLD SHOWERS OPEN ALL
THE WINDOWS EARLY IN
THE MORNING AND GET THE COLD
AIR AND ACTUALLY OPEN ON IT.
TYPICALLY WHEN THE WEATHER
HEATS UP THE WATER HAS BEEN
THEIR REFUGE. IT'S DEFINITELY A
BUT I DO BELIEVE IT'S
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO TAKE
THE RIGHT PRECAUTIONS. SO WE
GET THIS DONE FASTER IN
THE RIGHT WAY. IT HURTS. I'M
SURE ALL THE SAME REASONS WHY
ME. LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.
WHY THE LIGHTS UP AT 6:00 A.M.
GETS OUT THERE. I CAN'T WAIT TO
JUMP BACK IN THE WATER. AND
MIKE ENJOYING THE VIEW OF WIND
AND SEA FROM THE BED OF THEIR
TRUCK. I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD
GO REALLY BAD BUT I'M GOING TO
I'M GOING TO ENDURE JUST TO BE
OUT HERE FOR THEM. THE HEAT AND
BEACH AN ESCAPE FROM ALL
THE CRAZINESS OF BEING COOPED
UP IN HERE FOR WE'RE SO
GRATEFUL AND LUCKY TO LIVE IN
SAN DIEGO. YES. I MEAN DESPITE
EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, YOU
KNOW YOUR LIFE MAKE LIGHT OF
IT. WE NEED TO STAY SANE AND
HEALTHY. AND I CAN TELL YOU
RIGHT NOW THAT THE WATER HERE
WE CAN SEE YOU GUYS LOOK VERY,
VERY, VERY INVITING ESPECIALLY
ON A HOT DAY LIKE THIS. BUT WE
ALWAYS WANT TO TELL PEOPLE TO
ABIDE BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. NOW
WHILE ALL THE BEACHES IN
THE COUNTY REMAIN CLOSED, SOME
PARKS DID REOPEN AND YOU CAN
FIND THAT LIST ON CBS, A DOT
COM BOUTIQUE GRIEGO ST.. DOES
LOOK GORGEOUS ALONG THE COAST.
SO JUST HOW LONG WILL THESE
TOASTY TEMPERATURE BE WITH US?
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CARLENE
SHAVERS JOINS US LIVE FROM HOME
WITH A FIRST LOOK AT YOUR
MICROCLIMATE FORECAST. KARLENE
.YEAH. WE'RE GONNA KEEP THESE
TEMPERATURES AROUND JUST A
LITTLE BIT LONGER EVEN AS WE GO
INTO SATURDAY. SO WE'RE NOT
DONE JUST YET WITH THAT HEAT
ADVISORY AND TAKING A LOOK AT
HOW WE SHAPED UP EARLIER TODAY
WITH THOSE DAYTIME HIGHS, WE
HIT A HIGH OF EIGHTY THREE
DEGREES FOR DOWNTOWN ALSO 90S
FOR THE INLAND VALLEYS. NINETY
SIX DEGREES WAS THE HIGH TODAY
VALLEY CENTER THE SAME FOR EL
CAJON. NINETY THREE DEGREES IN
ALPINE. NINETY NINE FOR BORREGO
SPRINGS. SO THE HEAT AROUND FOR
ONE MORE DAY. WELL, AT LEAST
THE HEAT THAT IS WARRANTING
ADVISORY. SO WE WILL HAVE A
HEAT ADVISORY STILL IN PLAY
UNTIL ABOUT 6:00 P.M. TOMORROW
NIGHT. DAYTIME HIGHS BETWEEN 90
TO 97 DEGREES DRINK PLENTY OF
WATER. ALSO AVOID THAT MIDDAY
SUN TIME FRAME 10 A.M. TO ABOUT
4 P.M. IF YOU CAN AVOID BEING
OUTSIDE ANY STRENUOUS OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES LEAVING FOR
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AND
ALSO THE EVENING ADDED TO THIS.
WE NOW HAVE AN EXCESSIVE HEAT
WARNING IN PLAY FOR THE DESERT
HIGHS BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED AND
ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE THAT'S
GOING ON NOW THAT WILL CARRY
ALL THE WAY UNTIL 6:00 P.M. ON
SUNDAY. SO A GOOD WAY TO BEAT
THE HEAT. WEARING A LIGHT
COLORED LOOSE ALSO LIGHTWEIGHT
CLOTHING. MAKE SURE YOU ARE
PROTECTING YOUR KIDS AS WELL AS
YOUR PETS. DO NOT LEAVE THEM
UNATTENDED IN CARS. AND KEEP IN
MIND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND
SLATHER ON THAT SUNSCREEN.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK
AT YOUR COMPLETE FORECAST
COMING UP. BACK TO YOU.
THE COUNTY TODAY REPORTED
THE MOST COVERED 19 TESTING IN
A SINGLE DAY TOPPING 3000 BUT
THAT ALSO BROUGHT WITH IT
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CONFIRMED
CASES IN ONE DAY. ONE HUNDRED
EIGHTY THREE NEW CASES WERE
REPORTED FOR A TOTAL OF TWENTY
EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX.
TWO MORE SAN DIEGO HAVE DIED
BRINGING THE COUNTY DEATH TOLL
TO ONE HUNDRED TWO. MEANWHILE,
COUNTY LEADERS SAY SOME BEACHES
WILL BE ALLOWED TO REOPEN
MONDAY MORNING FOR ACTIVITIES
LIKE JOGGING, SURFING AND
KAYAKING. BUT IT WILL BE UP TO
CITIES TO DETERMINE THE RULES
FOR ACCESSING THEIR BEACHES.
SOME CITIES MAY DO IT RIGHT
AWAY AND SOME MAY CHOOSE TO
WAIT. SO BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT TO
YOUR LOCAL BEACH ON MONDAY, I
WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK
WITH YOUR LOCAL CITY TO
DETERMINE IF THEY WILL BE OPEN
STAFFED AND READY OR IF IT WILL
COME AT A LATER DATE. PIERS,
BOARDWALKS AND PARKING LOTS
WILL STAY CLOSED AS WELL STATE
BEACHES AND PARKS AND STARTING
NEXT FRIDAY MAY 1ST, SAN DIEGO
AS WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A
FACE COVERING ALL SAN DIEGO
INNS IN PUBLIC WITHIN SIX FEET
OF ANYONE WHO IS NOT A MEMBER
OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD. A DRIVE
THRU CLINIC CLAIMING TO TEST
RECOVERED 19 IS BACK OPEN AFTER
THE COUNTY ABRUPTLY SHUT IT
DOWN LAST WEEK. COVERED CLINIC
HAD BEEN OPERATING AT MIRA
COAST, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN
CARDIFF NEWS 8 SHANNON HAD HE
VISITED THE LOCATION TODAY AND
HAS MORE ON WHAT ORGANIZERS ARE
SAYING NOW. THE CLINIC OPENED
THIS MORNING HERE ON 5TH AND
ASH DOWNTOWN THE ORANGE COUNTY
DOCTOR WHO STARTED IT SAYS
THE TESTING BEING DONE IS
LEGITIMATE AND THEY ARE NOW IN
FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE COUNTY
OF SAN DIEGO. THESE ARE
LEGITIMATE TESTS. THERE WAS
NEVER A QUESTION OF WHETHER A
LEGITIMATE ACCORDING TO DR.
MATTHEW O'BANNON. THE REASON
WHY KOVAC CLINIC WAS ORDERED TO
SHUT DOWN LAST WEEK HAD TO DO
WITH PAPERWORK AND LICENSING
ISSUES HE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN
TAKEN CARE OF. WE'RE FULLY
COMPLIANT WITH THE SAN COUNTY
REQUESTS. THE CLINIC WHICH HAS
BEEN OPERATING MIRA COSTA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN CARDIFF IS
NOW DOWNTOWN. PARTICIPANTS HAVE
TO FIRST REGISTER ON KOVAC
CLINIC DOORS. FOUR HUNDRED
TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS WILL BE
TESTED FOR KOBE 19 USING A
NASAL SWAB A PROCESS IT TAKES
JUST MINUTES. RESULTS COME BACK
IN A FEW DAYS. THE BLOOD
ANTIBODY TEST WHICH DETERMINES
IF YOU ONCE HAD COVER 90 WILL
BE AVAILABLE MONDAY. THAT TOO
WILL COST ONE HUNDRED TWENTY
FIVE DOLLARS OR 200 FOR BOTH.
ONLY LV ENDS ARE DOING
THE NASAL SWABS THERE'S RNA
SUPERVISING AND THEN WE ALSO
HAVE LICENSE PHLEBOTOMIST FOR
ANY BLOOD DRUGS THAT ARE WELL
AT THE CLINIC. WE ONLY SPOTTED
ONE VEHICLE COMING THROUGH LAST
WEEK A LINE OF CARS WAITING TO
GET TESTED BUT SOME NEVER GOT
THE CHANCE AFTER COUNTY
OFFICIALS SENT THIS LETTER
STATING IN PART KOBE CLINICS
TESTING PROCESS IS NOT
COMPLYING WITH STATE LAW AND
THEREFORE MAY NOT BE PRODUCING
RELIABLE AND VERIFIABLE
RESULTS. THE TESTS AREN'T 100
PERCENT BUT WITHIN THE 90
PERCENT RANGE. DURING FRIDAY'S
MEDIA BRIEFING I ASKED COUNTY
OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS
THE CLINICS REOPENING. WE IN
THE COUNTY ACTED ON BEHALF OF
LOCAL CITIZENS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY WERE FOLLOWING
THE LAW. THEY ARE STILL UNDER
THE OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW
THE LAW AND WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT
AGAIN WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY
DOING HAS BEEN OKAYED BY
THE STATE LABORATORY FIELD
SERVICES BACK DOWNTOWN.
ORGANIZERS SAY THEY HOPE TO
STAY OPEN THIS TIME ADDING THEY
SIMPLY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE. WE
BELIEVE IT'S A MUCH SAFER MODEL
FOR COVERT TESTING AND WILL
ACTUALLY HELP REDUCE
THE SPREAD. THE CLINIC WILL BE
OPEN FROM 9 TO 5 7 DAYS A WEEK.
AGAIN, YOU NEED TO REGISTER ON
THEIR WEB SITE FIRST. BACK TO
YOU. WRITE DOWN EXPERIMENTAL
THERAPIES BEING USED TO TREAT
KOVAC 19 PATIENTS HERE IN SAN
DIEGO BY USING PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ALREADY TO CUT RECOVERED FROM
THE VIRUS. SCRIPPS HEALTH IS
USING PLASMA DONATED FROM
RECOVERED PATIENTS AND PUTTING
IT INSIDE HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS
WHO ARE CRITICALLY ILL WITH
CORONA VIRUS INFECTIONS.
THE BASIS OF THIS IS TO COLLECT
FROM THE BLOOD. THESE
ANTIBODIES THEN GIVE THEM TO
ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO HELP
TREAT THE INFECTION. PATIENTS
RIGHT NOW ARE THOSE PATIENTS
WHO ARE THE SICKEST WHO ARE NOT
DOING WELL AND WHO MAY NEED TO
GO TO AN ICU ON A VENTILATOR.
SCRIPT SAYS IT'S TAKEN TO
PLASMA DONATIONS FROM
PREVIOUSLY INFECTED PEOPLE
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
THE MONTH. LOCAL PILOTS TOOK TO
THE SKY TO HONOR OUR SAN DIEGO
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. HERE'S A
DELICIOUS SUMMER'S SHOWS US
THE TRIBUTE FROM THE SOUTH BAY
ALL THE WAY UP TO NORTH COUNTY.
YOU'VE SEEN DRIVE BY SALUTE
RECENTLY. WELL, THIS TAKES IT
TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF FLY BY
SHOWING HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS HOW MUCH THEY
APPRECIATED SENDING A SKY HIGH
SALUTE TO OUR LOCAL HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS. SEVERAL PILOTS
IN DIFFERENT SMALL PLANES FLEW
OVER 11 MAJOR HOSPITALS IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY. WE WANT TO PUT
THE FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE.
THE NURSES, THE DOCTORS OUT
THERE WORKING EVERY DAY. YOU
KNOW, HELPING OUT OUR THIS WAS
THE SCENE OVER SHARP ROSEMONT
HOSPITAL WHERE COLLEEN MURPHY
WORKS. IT'S CITING THAT PEOPLE
ARE WILLING TO GO THIS EXTRA
MILE FOR OUR WORKERS BECAUSE
THEY ARE JUST GIVING SO MUCH OF
THEMSELVES HERE AND EVERY FORM
OF GRATITUDE AND AN EXPRESSION
THAT THEY GET IS SO MEANINGFUL.
THIS WAS THE SCENE IN CHULA
VISTA AND THAT SCRIPT SEE MEET
US WHERE JAN ZACHARY WORKS.
THIS JUST LIFTS THE SPIRITS AND
OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE NOTHING
BUT SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS
WHOLE PANDEMIC AND WE ARE
ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. THE TIMING
AND THE FLIGHT PLAN CHANGED
SLIGHTLY TO MAKE SURE
THE FLYOVER WAS SAFE,
PROFESSIONAL AND IN COMPLIANCE
WITH REGULATION. THIS IS CELL
PHONE VIDEO TAKEN BY ONE OF
THE PILOTS INSIDE A STEER MAN A
WORLD WAR 2 TRAINER.
THE MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE WAS
CLEAR AND NO DOUBT SPECIAL. YOU
SAW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FILMING
IT TO GO HOME TO THEIR
CHILDREN, TO THEIR FAMILY TO
SAY LOOK WHAT THEY DID FOR US.
IT REALLY MEANS A LOT AND IN
TURN SHARP GROWTH MOM WOULD
LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR
THE TOUCHING TRIBUTE RECENTLY
AND THE GENEROUS DONATIONS OF
PPE. BACK TO YOU. QUITE A
SPECTACULAR SIGHT SHARP RAY
STEELY CLINICS SEEKING
DONATIONS OF MASKS FOR PATIENTS
AND STAFF THERE IN NEED OF
NINETY FIVE MASKS FOR HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS, DISPOSABLE
PROCEDURE MASKS FOR INCOMING
PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY
SYMPTOMS AND COUGH FACE
COVERINGS FOR USE BY PATIENTS
WITHOUT RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS.
THESE COULD BE HOMEMADE SO LONG
AS THEY'RE CLEAN AND THEY MEET
CDC GUIDELINES. WE'VE SEEN A
LOT OF OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT
FROM THE COMMUNITY OFFERING
THOSE UP TO FOLKS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY AND IT'S A GREAT
WAY TO GET BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY IN A TIME. SHARP
IS ALSO COLLECTING NEW IPADS
AND OTHER TABLETS ALONG WITH
NEW OR USED ANDROID OR APPLE
PHONE CHARGERS TO HELP PATIENTS
STAY IN TOUCH WITH LOVED ONES.
DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED AT ALL
22 CLINIC LOCATIONS MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY 7 A.M. TO 3
P.M.. COMING UP WHAT APPEARS TO
BE AN ABOUT FACE FROM THE NAVY
INVOLVING