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| Tijuana River Estuary 3.29.2020 (before it closed to the public) |
I had a great Monday and felt great today. Must be the fresh squeezed lemonade Nova made from a gifted mason jar of lemon juice from our pal Jess (who also hooked up some outdoor patio furniture.) Today we got notification that Nova's school will be reopening on August 18th, and she's pretty stoked about that, though we really can't know if that will actually happen. There was a lot of news today and lots of interesting and infuriating articles. I selected some to share, plus local news from today's State, County, and City briefings per usual. Check it after the jump.
- This is a pretty important question and *spoiler alert*, it's partially because there's more testing, partially because essential workers are bringing it home to their families, and partially because of cross-border traffic, but the main answer is because people are selfish pricks and not following the rules.
- Governor Gavin Newsom's press briefing:
- Testing continues to increase
- More than 70% of economy is open, with restrictions
- County variances are being issued with consideration for things that may spike numbers, like prisons or senior care facilities, for example
- Loosening state guidelines is based on counties able to control "congregate setting outbreaks", the stability of hospitalizations and ICUs, and the prevalence of disease, testing, PPE availability, and contact tracing
- Modifications to stay at home order statewide (though counties may be more restrictive): offices may open where telecommuting is not possible), malls/strip malls/outlet malls can open for pickup only, pet grooming, car washes, dog-walking
- Dine-in restaurants & shopping centers may open based on county variances
- Large counties, particularly Los Angeles, are not going to be able to move through this phasing just yet. (LA extended stay-at-home order for three more months. They had over 50 deaths and nearly 1000 new cases in one day.)
- San Diego County Briefing:
- Reiterated state guidelines as outlined above
- San Diego continues to increase testing, PPE, and contact tracing
- 1 in 5 positive cases results in hospitalization. Of those, 1 in 3 requires ICU
- 89 of the 190 county deaths have been from congregate facilities
- The dumbest news of the day: Sycuan, Valley View Casinos Announce Reopening Dates - NBC (5.12.2020)
- San Diego is NOT one of the "approved counties" as detailed above
- In related news, California State Parks issued press releases that there will be prescribed burns at Palomar Mountain State Park and Cuyamaca Rancho State Park through the end of May.
- In other related news, CSU campuses will, for the most part, not open for fall semester.
- City of San Diego Briefing:
- San Diego and Tijuana are working together and have created "San Diego Regional Border Unified Command" to enhance awareness and share data. San Diego is donating 1000 face shields (made by the libraries) and facilitating a ventilator donation.
- San Diego received $300 million to deal with Tijuana River Valley to develop wastewater infrastructure to deal with sewage and pollution.
- San Diego has begun repaving North Harbor Drive from Ash to Nimitz
- Joshua Tree Music Festival goes virtual 5/14-17
- As I mentioned, Nova's school notified us that her school can reopen on August 18th. This was an interesting read I picked up yesterday.
- This story brought me a lot of joy (though the site it's posted on sucks)
- I've mentioned my landlord turned our property over to a property management company and I hate them. So far, they've tried to change our rent due date, requested a walk-through during the pandemic of a property I've rented for more than 8 years, sent painters to paint the property without any notice (who subsequently damaged and broke property in the yard), and now they're trying to require that I carry $100,000 in renter's insurance. I hate them and I know why they have a reputation as slumlords on Yelp.
- A trove of Peel Sessions have been released online. Check them out.
- The covidiot in chief promoted and authorized veterans to be used as test subjects when promoting chloroquine sulfate. Now the VA is demanding answers. And once again he proves that he's a fucking racist piece of shit.
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