CoViD-19 San Diego Stats | Lockdown Results in Sexy Birds | Torrey Pines Trails Reopen | California Parks Tackle Colonizer Past

 

Today is Mhkaya's 2nd Birthday. I think she's the one on the left with Zuli who is about 2 months older (Taken 9.25.2020 at San Diego Zoo Safari Park) 

I do my best not to run errands on weekends but we made an exception to make a Target run. What a total shitshow. I don't know how they think one line feeding into all the registers is more efficient or safer but hopefully we won't have to go back anytime soon. And I know this is really exciting for nobody but me, but we bought a new toilet seat for the speakeasy and it's looking so much better than it has for the past few years. We also attempted Costco but their lot was nuts so we skipped it, but then we were back home and Nova's friend invited her over for a socially distanced backyard movie night, so we hit the La Mesa Costco and it wasn't quite so crazy being that it was nearing closing time. Plus we only needed a couple things to go with the five cases of beer we loaded up on. (Gotta buy that Alpine box while they still have it!!) Anyway, we're having a chill night in the backyard while the kid's away, so I'm keeping it short today. Stats and articles of interest after the jump.

• California COVID-19 Stats:
• 4,197 New Cases/798,237 Total Cases (0.5% increase)
• 134 New Deaths/15,532 Total Deaths (0.9% increase)
• 2.9% 14-day test positivity rate
• San Diego County Stats
• State Data:
• 405 New Cases/46,003 Total Cases
• 2 Deaths/775 Total Deaths
• 6.9 cases/100k population (Based on week ending 9/5, Assessed on 9/15. State uses Adjusted Case Rate Using Linear Adjustment)
• 3.8% Test Positivity (Based on week ending 9/5, Assessed on 9/15)
• County Data:
• San Diego County COVID-19 Update – 9-26-2020 - County News Center
• 330 New Cases/46,331 Total Cases 
• 0 New Daily Deaths/775 Total Deaths
• 3% Daily Test Positivity/3.6% (7-day avg after 7-day lag)/3.3.% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• 6.8 cases/100k population (Based on week ending 9/12, As assessed on 9/22. County is reporting unadjusted case rate per 100,000 excluding prisons)
• Case Investigation is 97%
• 5 New/18 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
• Universities:
• SDSU COVID-19:
• As of Sept. 25 at 6 p.m., 1,022 confirmed cases and 42 probable cases have been reported for a total of 1,064 cases. Of the 1,064 cases, 380 cases have been connected to students living on-campus. 
• Please note: Of the 83 confirmed cases added to the total case count today (Saturday, Sept. 26), only 16 are new cases. The remaining 67 cases were previously reported to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, but only recently identified, through continued cross-referencing between San Diego State University and HHSA, as having an SDSU-affiliation.  
• Check other stats: UCSD COVID-19, USD COVID-19, CSU San Marcos, PLNU
• Other Stuff:
• How the Pandemic Transformed This Songbird’s Call: When the San Francisco Bay Area locked down, urban noise levels plummeted. In response, the white-crowned sparrow changed its tune. - Wired (9.24.2020)
• State Agencies Announce Steps to Address Discriminatory Names, Inequities in State Parks and Transportation System Features - California State Parks Press Release (9.25.2020) --Hopefully cities and counties follow and we can drop the hideousnous of having Balboa attached to our most beautiful park!!
• California State Parks experience goes virtual for K-12 students - Eagle & Times (9.18.2020)
• Torrey Pines trails have reopened. (9.24.2020)