CoVID-19 Stats | As Election Approaches, Things Are Increasingly Terrifying | East County Fire Grows to Nearly 10k Acres

One of Many Summer Trips to San Diego Zoo (Taken 8.5.2020)

On Saturday, we spent the day in the yard with the sprinkler running to cool us off. We didn't expect that Sunday would be so drastically different with the Valley Fire burning in East County. We kinda all did our own thing today, with Darren making music in the studio, Nova and I watched a movie called Ride Like A Girl, based on the true story of the first woman jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. And then I slept. I took advantage of the air conditioned bedroom to dodge the record setting heat of the weekend. I also watched Wildlife on Netflix but it was pretty slow moving, and I'm not really down with the "floozy wife of the sixties" trope, so I'd maybe skip this one on Netflix. 

I have to say I was disappointed by the dozens of beach and hiking photos I've seen this weekend. But even more, I've been happily muting people on Facebook. We're about a month out from ballots being mailed out for the election, and I just have no capacity for non-voters or Trump supporters. So much is at stake and I just can't tolerate the nonsense. Sorry, not sorry. 
Today's news and stats are after the jump.  

• California COVID-19 Stats:
• 4,905 New Cases/732,144 Total Cases (.7% increase)
• 66 New Deaths/13,709 Total Deaths (.5% increase)
• 4.5% 14-day test positivity rate
• San Diego County Stats
• State Data:
• 443 New Cases (Last 14 Days)/40,344 Total Cases
• 3 Deaths (Last 14 Days)/704 Total Deaths
• 5.8 cases/100k population (Updates on 9/8) 
• 3.7% Test Positivity (Updates on 9/8)
• County Data:
• 308 New Cases/40,650 Total Cases 
• 3 New Daily Deaths/707 Total Deaths
• 7% Daily Test Positivity/4.2% Test Positivity (14-day average)
• Case Investigation is 96%
• 2 New/20 Community Outbreaks (7-day)
  
• EDD confirms $300 unemployment boost to start Monday, shares new eligibility information for California Millions of unemployed people in California will get some financial help starting September 7, but EDD still says the benefit will be short-lived. - CBS8 (9.3.2020)
• Heat waves and Wildfires:
• Crowds Pack Beaches as California Bakes in Weekend Heat Wave - Bloomberg (9.5.2020)
• Valley Fire Now 9,850 Acres and 1% Contained - San Diego County Emergency Update (9.6.2020/9:52 pm)
• Governor Declares State of Emergency As Fire Grows To More Than 9,000 Acres In East County - KPBS (9.6.2020)
• CAL FIRE Law Enforcement has determined the El Dorado Fire, burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County, was caused by a smoke generating pyrotechnic device, used during a gender reveal party. The fire began at 10:23 am on September 5, 2020 in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa. The fire spread from the park to the north on to Yucaipa Ridge that separates Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls from the City of Yucaipa. - @calfirebdu Instagram (9.6.2020)
• COVID-19
• Covid-19 survivors describe anxiety, stigma, fear of falling ill again: Some struggle with mental health issues for months after getting well, leaving hospital. (9.5.2020)
• Political Shitshow
• The Trump Era Sucks and Needs to Be Over The race is tightening. Is America sure it's ready to give up its addiction to crazy? - Matt Taibbi (9.3.2020)
• Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin: ‘My Sources Are Unimpeachable’ - Forbes (9.5.2020)
• "Earlier this week, New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo warned that American democracy is ending. He pointed to political violence on the streets, the pandemic, unemployment, racial polarization, and natural disasters, all of which are destabilizing the country, and noted that Republicans appear to have abandoned democracy in favor of a cult-like support for Donald Trump. They are wedded to a narrative based in lies, as the president dismantles our non-partisan civil service and replaces it with a gang of cronies loyal only to him.
  He is right to be worried. - Read The Rest From Letters From An American, Heather Cox Richardson (9.6.2020)