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| Saba at San Diego Zoo (Taken 2.10.22) |
I ran into an old friend today at the Farmer's Market. He commented how much this site has changed over the past couple years. I've been thinking about it ever since he said it.
It is different, I know. Because I'm different. The world is different. San Diego is different. This site has actually swayed a lot over the years. It started as a diary, what I would be planning for my weekends, which evolved into me listing everything I could find that was going on in town. When San Diego had major fires jumping our freeways, I would post news updates as they were available because social media wasn't really quite what it is today. When I was a single woman and going to 5 or 6 shows a week, there were a lot of posts about that. For several years, at least preceding the pandemic, I've focused mostly on shows and show photography.
16 years into this site, 10 years into my relationship with Darren and Nova, surviving 4 years of TFG, entering the 3rd year of a global pandemic, and now a major world power invading a sovereign nation...it would be a little gross if at 45 years old I was still posting about partying every night and keeping blinders on about everything going on in the world. There are people who've monetized strictly posting about restaurant openings, there are plenty of lifestyle bloggers and influencers half my age, there are beer writers and bike people and political wonks, and people who pivot from Blogger to Tumblr to Insta to TikTok to whatever, but I'm not concerned with competing with them. Trends come and go, and maybe now I'm the dinosaur, but all I can do is post what is important to me and hope some of you stick around as you grow and evolve, too. And if you don't, that's okay, too. I'm not for everyone.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Watch How COVID-19 Climbed to Being a Top U.S. Killer — Interactive timeline shows COVID's meteoric rise from nowhere to top of the mortality list - MedPage Today (2.24.22)
- WHO: Omicron subvariant now dominant in 18 countries & 6 more updates - Becker's Hospital Review (2.24.22)
- CDC MMWR:
- Antigen Test Positivity After COVID-19 Isolation — Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region, Alaska, January–February 2022
- Results from a Test-to-Release from Isolation Strategy Among Fully Vaccinated National Football League Players and Staff Members with COVID-19 — United States, December 14–19, 2021
- Politics:
- CDPH and LWDA Award $27 Million to 153 Community-Based Organizations to Boost Vaccinations in Communities Hardest Hit by the Pandemic. The statewide campaign will continue to engage communities and provide information and resources on COVID-19 prevention, vaccination, and workers’ rights - CDPH (2.24.22)
- Governor Newsom Awards $50 Million to Local Communities to Tackle Encampments - Office of Governor Newsom (2.24.22)
- State on track to clean up 1,000 encampments this year
- $50 million in grants to communities across the state will rehouse 1,401 individuals living in encampments
- Part of Governor’s $14 billion homelessness package that will create 55,000 new housing units and treatment slots in the coming years
- First Partner Siebel Newsom Releases Report to Expand Access to Farm to School Across California - Office of Governor Newsom (2.24.22)
- Planting the Seed outlines a path toward the expansion of equitable, resilient, and scalable farm to school programs in California
- Recommendations compiled by an advisory committee include support for proposed funding for the state’s farm to school grant program and scratch cooking infrastructure in schools, and prioritizing relationships between schools and local, socially disadvantaged producers
- Trudeau rescinds emergency powers after Canada blockades end. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rolled back the emergencies act invoked during trucker-led COVID-19 protests in Canada. He said the "threat continues" but is not "acute." - DW News (2.24.22)
- News:
- Ex-MPD officers guilty on all counts in federal civil rights trial. A federal jury found three ex-Minneapolis officers guilty on all civil rights charges related to the death of George Floyd in May 2020. - KARE (2.24.22)
- 3 Ex-MPD Cops Found Guilty On All Federal Charges In George Floyd's Death - CBS Minnesota (2.24.22)
- Hundreds of County Employees Volunteer for Homeless Count - County News Center (2.24.22)
- Government:
- White House
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics and Deputy NEC Director Daleep Singh, February 24, 2022
- FACT SHEET: Administration Announces New Actions to Address the Needs of People with Disabilities and Older Adults in Response to and Recovery from COVID-19
- Remarks by President Biden on Russia’s Unprovoked and Unjustified Attack on Ukraine
- FACT SHEET: Joined by Allies and Partners, the United States Imposes Devastating Costs on Russia
- Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Biden’s Meeting with G7 Leaders
- Statement by President Joe Biden on Phone Call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine
- Statement by National Economic Council Director Brian Deese on One Year of Action and Progress on America’s Supply Chains
- The Biden-Harris Plan to Revitalize American Manufacturing and Secure Critical Supply Chains in 2022
- Remarks by Vice President Harris After Swearing In Scott A. Nathan as Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation
- President Biden Announces Key Regional Appointments for USDA, EPA, and FEMA
- Dept of Defense
- Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's Call With Ukraine’s Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov
- Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Calls With NATO Ally Counterparts
- State Dept (lots of call readouts. Too many to post.)
- Dept of Justice
- Justice Department Sues to Shut Down Multistate Tax 'Elimination' Scheme Involving Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts
- Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks Via Webinar Announcing Two New Resources for Law Enforcement from Office on Violence Against Women
- DHS
- SBA
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 2.24.22 9:20pm):
- 431,415,270 Known Cases/64,696,073 28-Day New Cases
- 5,928,168 Known Deaths/291,027 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 78,798,989 Cases/5,311,293 28 Day New Cases
- 944,830 Deaths/63,464 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +77,458 New Cases/78,595,529 Known Cases
- +2,800 New Deaths/939,654 Known Deaths
- 688,186,745 Doses Delivered
- 551,855,907 Doses Administered
- 253,307,984 Partially Vaccinated
- 215,253,201 Fully Vaccinated
- 64.8% of Total Population
- 68.9% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
- 73.3% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 74.9% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 93,643,962 Boosters (43.5%)
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.72
- 84,102,335 Doses Delivered/71,356,298 Doses Administered
- 3,520,002 Partially Vaccinated/27,749,242 Fully Vaccinated
- 13,907,347 Boosters Administered (56.4%)
- 6,754 New Cases/8,349,967 Total Cases (25.6 new cases/100k)
- 215 New Deaths/83,784 Total Deaths (0.4 new deaths/100k)
- 3.8% 7-day test positivity rate
- 5,219 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-268 patients, -4.9% from prior day)
- 1,035 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-19 patients, -1.8% from prior day)
- 1,913 ICU beds available (+7 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- Vaccination Locations San Diego
- Vaccination Dashboard
- COVID ActNow Daily Updates for San Diego Metro
- San Diego Unified School District COVID Dashboard
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.64
- 870 New Cases/735,406 Total Cases
- 6.3% Daily Positivity
- 14 Deaths/4,988 Total Deaths
- 532 COVID-19 hospitalized patients (-30 patients, -5.3% from prior day)
- 96 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized patients (-4 patients, -4.0% from prior day)
- 209 ICU beds available (-2 from prior day)
- County Data:
- 870 New Cases/735,522 Total Cases
- 2 New Daily Deaths/5,004 Total Deaths
- 6.5% 7-day average
- +22 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +2 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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