Friday, July 16, 2021
Season 1 Episode 2574 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Crowds return to Del Mar as Opening Day brings with it many COVID-related changes.
Crowds return to Del Mar as Opening Day brings with it many COVID-related changes. Plus, the surge in COVID-19 cases recently brings up questions again over mask wearing, including at a local school set to open up soon. And, local words of warning and readiness from fire officials as wildfires rip through the West.
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Friday, July 16, 2021
Season 1 Episode 2574 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Crowds return to Del Mar as Opening Day brings with it many COVID-related changes. Plus, the surge in COVID-19 cases recently brings up questions again over mask wearing, including at a local school set to open up soon. And, local words of warning and readiness from fire officials as wildfires rip through the West.
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>>> GOOD EVENING IS FRIDAY, JULY 16.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE BEGAN WITH SOME BREAKING NEWS.
ANOTHER 579 COVID CASES JUST REPORTED IN OUR COUNTY.
THE LARGEST NUMBER YET IN THE RECENT SURGE AND IS RAISING THE QUESTION EVEN MORE.
MASKS ON OR OFF.
MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
THE FIRST, A LARGE CROWD IS ON HAND RIGHT NOW.
AS THE RACE SEASON AT DELMAR KICKED OFF TODAY.
AND PLENTY OF CHANGES ON HAND THIS SEASON DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
CHIME YOUR THORN IS LIVE WITH WHAT IS NEW AND WHO SHOWED UP INSIDE AND OUT OF THE TRACK.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
WE ARE LIKE IN DELMAR FOR OPENING DAY OF THE HORSE RACES.
PEOPLE CAME AND ALL DRESSED UP AND DONNING THEIR HATS AND READY TO PLACE THEIR BETS.
BUT NOT BEFORE THEY WERE GREETED BY PROTESTERS OUTSIDE.
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE DAY WENT.
>> Reporter: HORSES HATS AND FANS IN THE STANDS.
IT IS OPENING-DAY AT THE DELMAR RACETRACK.
SOMETHING WE DIDN'T SEE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC.
>> 50% OF THE BEDDING IS DONE ALT-RIGHT.
SO THEY RAN THE RACES BUT NO ONE WAS HERE AND HE WAS JUST VERY STRANGE.
>> Reporter: THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE ORAL BAD CLUB IS EXCITED TO WELCOME FANS BACK.
>> IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A NORMAL YEAR.
WE HAVE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE SAYING WE CAN ONLY ALLOW PEOPLE INTO SET OUT ALL THE SEATS.
THE WALKING AROUND.
>> Reporter: THEY WILL OPERATE AT FULL SEATED CAPACITY WHICH MEANS NO GENERAL STANDING EMISSIONS WILL BE SOLD.
>> INSTEAD OF HAVING THE USUAL 35,000 OR MORE WE WILL BE LIMITED TO 16,000.
>> BUT THAT COULD CHANGE LATER IN THE SEASON IN GENERAL ADMISSION MAY BE A POSSIBILITY.
OPENING-DAY STILL INCLUDED TRADITIONAL HAT CONTEST.
SPRUCED UP FANS AND PROTESTERS GREETING VISITORS AT THE INTEREST RATES.
ELLEN ERICKSON, AND ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING CHOICES FOR YEARS.
>> HORSES DIE RACING AT STRIKE EVERY DAY THAT THEY ARE RAISED.
THEIR BODIES START BEING ABUSED AROUND 16 TO 18 MONTH OLD.
AND AT THAT AGE, THEY ARE TRAINED AND RACE SO HARD THAT THEY HAVE REPETITIVE STRESS FRACTURES IN THE ANGLES IMAGE.
>> Reporter: A COUNTER PROTESTER SAYS HORSERACING IMPACT MORE THAN JUST ANIMALS.
ONCE WE TAKE CARE OF THE HORSES.
THERE IS NO ANIMAL ABUSE.
HORSES CAN TAKE CARE OF BETTER THAN MOST HUMAN BEINGS ON THE STREETS.
SO, IT IS A FALSE NARRATIVE THAT WE ARE ABUSING THE HORSES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY REGULATED INDUSTRIES IN THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE IS PROUD OF DELMAR'S TRACK RECORD.
WAS WE ARE PROUD THAT FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, WE HAVE BEEN NAMED THE SAFEST RACETRACK IN THE COUNTRY.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF ON EQUINE SIDE.
>> Reporter: THE PROTESTERS DID NOT DETER ANY FANS.
MIKE SMITH IS A REGULAR AT THE RACES AND IS HAPPY TO BE BACK IN PERSON.
>> LAST YEAR WE GOT BOUNCED BUT YOU LOOK AROUND TODAY AND EVERYBODY IS LOOKING GOOD.
>> Reporter: AND HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 6 TO RESERVE A SEAT.
THERE WILL BE NO SUMMER CONCERTS THIS YEAR.
BUT, THERE WILL BE A BIKE FEST LATER ON.
SO IF YOU PLAN ON COMING TO THE RACES, SURE YOU RESERVE YOUR SEAT.
>>> FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS HAVE BEEN A RELIEF WHEN IT COMES TO MATH.
WITH JUST A FEW EXCEPTIONS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WEAR ONE.
BUT WITH A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DELTA.
SPREADING, THAT IS CHANGING.
JOHN CARROLL HAS MORE ON WHERE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FITS IN THIS CHANGING SITUATION.
>> Reporter: WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A SIMPLE PICTURE, NO MASK WEARING IN MOST PUBLIC PLACES, IS GETTING MORE COMPLICATED BY THE DAY, THANKS TO THE QUICKLY OPERATING DELTA VARIANT.
WITH EXPLODING CASES, MORE THAN 1000 A DAY FOR THE LAST WEEK.
ON THURSDAY, L.A. COUNTY DROPPED THE HAMMER.
>> MASKING INDOORS WITH AGAIN BECOME A NORMAL PRACTICE, REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS.
SO WE CAN STOP THE TRANSITION WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING.
>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS NOT SUIT, AT LEAST NOT YET.
EVEN THOUGH OUR CASINGS HAVE BEEN ABOUT 200 TODAY FOR THE LAST EIGHT DAYS.
428 NEW INFECTIONS REPORTED ON THURSDAY.
>> JUST BECAUSE SAN DIEGO'S NUMBERS ARE NOT WHERE LA'S NUMBERS ARE TODAY DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET THERE.
>> Reporter: IS THIS DR. IS AN INFECTIOUS SPECIALIST.
HE SAYS SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S HIGH VACCINATION RATE HELP US.
BUT IF IT WERE UP TO HIM >> I SEE THE VALUE IN THE MASKING.
I CONTINUE TO MASK INDOORS.
ANYONE WHO ASKS ME I WOULD ADVISE MASKING.
>> Reporter: AS HAS BEEN THE CASE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.
WHAT TO DO ABOUT CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS.
AND SCHOOL HAS BEEN A VEXING PROBLEM.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM SINCE THURSDAY ALL STUDENTS MUST BE VACCINATED TO RETURN TO CLASS THIS FALL.
THE CSU SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT HIS YET TO ISSUE A SYSTEMWIDE MANDATE.
GUIDANCE ALL K-12 SCHOOLS IN THE STATE HAS BEEN CONFUSING.
THE STATE FOR SALE ALL STUDENTS MUST WEAR MASKS WHEN THEY RETURN TO CLASS.
THE LATER APPEARED TO WALK THAT BACK.
BY SAYING THEY WILL LEAVE THE ENFORCEMENT UP TO THE DISCRETION OF LOCAL DISTRICTS.
ALPINE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT IS INTERPRETING THAT TO ME IT IS UP TO THEM WHETHER STUDENTS HAVE TO WEAR MASKS.
IN EARLIER THIS WEEK THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO MAKE IT OPTIONAL.
THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO DO SO.
ALPINE SUPERINTENDENT DR. RICHARD NEWMAN TOLD ME THE DISTRICT IS UNIQUE.
IT IS SMALL.
A BIT MORE THAN 1500 STUDENTS.
AND HE SAYS ALL THEIR CLASSROOMS HAVE BEEN RETROFITTED WITH THE LATEST AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS.
AND HE SAYS THEY HAVE STRICT CONTACT TRACING PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING TO GO IN THE FUTURE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR NUMBERS WILL DOUBLE OR REACH SORT OF A NEW SOMEWHAT HIGHER PLATEAU.
>> Reporter: ALL THIS, JUST SIX WEEKS AFTER CALIFORNIA LIFTED RESTRICTIONS.
BE OPEN TO WHAT MANY OF US THOUGHT WOULD BE A SUMMER THAT WOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THE OLD NORMAL.
BUT I THINK COVID, WITH THE MANY CHALLENGES HE RESENTS, ISN'T THAT WITH THIS YEAR.
JOHN CARROLL, KPBS NEWS.
>>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINATIONS AND WHERE TO GET ONE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE KPBS.ORG.
WE HAVE MADE IT EASY TO FIND THE VEXING LINK ON OUR HOMEPAGE.
>>> WILDFIRES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND DEVASTATING.
MELISSA MAY DESCRIBE HOW MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE PREPARING TO ATTACK WILDFIRES ON THE GROUND AND FROM THE EAR.
>> Reporter: IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS INVESTED ALMOST $600 MILLION TOWARDS EXPANDING ITS FIRE CAPACITY.
BECAUSE THE DANGERS THE WILDFIRES HAVE EXPANDED AS WELL.
1/ALONE, CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCED SIX OF THE LARGEST AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY ONE YEAR.
MORE THAN 4 MILLION ACRES WERE BURNED.
>> Reporter: SUPERVISOR MR. FLETCHER SAYS THE COUNTY'S WILDFIRE RESPONSE CAPACITY IS ROBUST AND SPANS SEVERAL AGENCIES.
>> SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS PREPARED AND READY TO RESPOND TO WILDFIRES.
AND THAT IS THANKS TO THE INCREDIBLE HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE OF OUR FIRE SERVICES, OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITIES, OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE UTILITY INDUSTRY.
>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA IS CURRENTLY IN A WILDFIRE CRISIS.
>> BUYER DOES NOT KNOW JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES.
IT DOESN'T STOP AT THE AGE OF ONE JURISDICTION AND WEIGHT PERMISSION TO GO INTO THE NEXT.
WHICH MEANS OUR AGENCIES MUST WORK TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA CHIEF TONY MITCHELL SAYS 2020 WAS A BAD YEAR IN 2021 IS ALREADY WORSE.
>> WE STATEWIDE HAVE RESPONDED TO 4100 WILDFIRES.
THAT IS 1200 MORE FIRES EVERY RESPONDED TO LAST YEAR.
ALREADY THIS YEAR SAN DIEGO COUNTY WE BURN MORE THAN 7000 ACRES WITH FIVE MAJOR INCIDENTS.
>> Reporter: CAL FIRE HIS EDIT 120 FIREFIGHTERS JUST FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
THEY'VE ALSO INCREASED THEIR HAND CREWS, INSTALLED ADDITIONAL FIRE CAMERAS AND IMPLEMENTED HIGHER MODELING SOFTWARE.
WITH SOFTWARE ON MY PHONE.
WITHIN A MINUTE OF THE FIRST LILO AND DISPATCH I CAN RUN IT PAST SOFTWARE MODELING AND LOOK AT THE THREAT OF WHAT THE FIRE WILL BE OVER THE NEXT HOURS.
>> Reporter: WHICH ASSIST THE STEPS SAN DIEGO'S CAN TAKE TO PREPARE.
>> Reporter: EVERY SAN DIEGO AND HAVE A JOB TO DO TO BE READY.
SIGNING UP FOR TEXT ALERTS.
HAVING AN EVACUATION PLAN, PREPARING YOUR HOME.
>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO'S ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO CLEAR 100 FEET OR SPACE AROUND THE HOME.
FOLLOW CAL FIRE'S SAN DIEGO ON TWITTER REGISTER FOR ALERT SAN DIEGO TO GET UPDATES ON YOUR PHONE.
>>> MEANWHILE FIREFIGHTERS IN OREGON ARE WORKING TO CONTAIN THE LARGEST WILDFIRE CURRENTLY BURNING IN THE U.S..
THE FIRE IS SPREADING UP TO FOUR MILES A DAY.
DOZENS MORE FIRES ARE BURNING IN 12 STATES, INCLUDING IN CALIFORNIA.
IT IS A CONCERN THAT JET FUEL SHORTAGES COULD HAMPER AERIAL ATTACKS ON THE PLAINS.
AN AIRPORT IN OREGON HAD A DELAYED RESUPPLY THIS WEEK, BUT SO FAR IT HAS NOT AFFECTED FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS.
>>> A FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS HAS ORDERED AN END TO DEPORTATION PROTECTIONS FOR YOUNG IMMIGRANTS BUT TO THE U.S. AS CHILDREN.
TEXAS AND EIGHT OTHER STATES SUED TO STOP THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS WRAP KNOWN AS DACA.
IT PROVIDES LIMITED PROTECTIONS TO ABOUT 650,000 PEOPLE.
THE RULING BARS ANYONE ELSE FROM APPLYING CURRENT ENROLLEES ARE SAFE FOR NOW.
>>> ELIGIBLE TENANTS THROUGHOUT THE SAN DIEGO REGION WILL START SAYING 100% OF ALL PAST DUE RENT ERASED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30.
CODY DELANEY HAS THE STORY.
>> A NEW STATE LAW THAT EXTENDS EVICTION PROTECTIONS ALSO ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COVER ALL BACK RENT FOR LOW INCOME TENANTS IMPACTED BY COVID-19.
THIS COMES WELCOME NEWS.
ESPECIALLY FOR LANDLORDS WHO PREVIOUSLY HAD TO WAIT 20% OF THE RENTAL THAT TO GET ANY ASSISTANCE.
LUCINDA LILLY IS WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION.
WHAT I GOTTA TELL YOU.
FEELS LIKE THE GOVERNMENT IS RECOGNIZING OUR ROLE IS HOUSING PROVIDERS.
AND THE SACRIFICES THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE.
WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.
>> Reporter: WAS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STILL DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, SOME WONDER IF THIS NEW LAW GOES FAR ENOUGH.
>>> I NEWS SOURCE IS A NONPROFIT PARTNER KPBS.
>>> SAN DIEGO AIR POLLUTION REGULATORS INTRODUCED A PLAN TO CLEAN UP NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE LOSS OF HER WITH DIRTY AIR.
ENVIRONMENT REPORTER ERIC ANDERSON HAVE DEALS.
>> Reporter: LOGAN NATIONAL CITY ASCENDANCY DRUG INDUCED SOME OF THE MOST POLLUTED AIR IN CALIFORNIA.
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE HIGH ASTHMA RATES AND OTHER HEALTH- RELATED IMPACTS DIRECTLY TO DIRTY AIR.
COMMUNITY EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN FOCUSES ON STRATEGIES TO HELP CHANGE THAT.
>> LAND-USE APPROACHES, OUR SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY PLANS AND INCLUDE OFFICE BETWEEN EMISSION SOURCES IN THE NEAREST HOMES AND SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE.
THERE ARE MEASURES TO INCREASE THE GREEN CANOPY AND COMMUNITIES.
>> Reporter: WILLIAMS SAYS THE AIRPORT IS MOVING AWAY FROM CATERING TO INDUSTRIES THAT GENERATE TOXIC IMAGES.
BUT THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE FREQUENTLY A VITAL PART OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
AND THEIR BACKERS WANT TO PROTECT THE ECONOMY AS THEY CLEAN THE AIR.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST THREAT?
>> WHAT IS CAUSING THE BIGGEST CONCERN TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND GO AFTER THAT PARTICULAR SOURCE.
>> Reporter: INDUSTRY BUSINESSES WANT TO IDENTIFY POLLUTION THAT IS CAUSING PROBLEMS.
>> ONE OF THE SURPRISING THINGS WE LEARNED IS THAT A LOT OF EMISSIONS COME OFF OF SAN DIEGO BAY AND THEN DRIFT ACROSS THE PORTSIDE COMMUNITY AND HIT EASTWARD.
>> Reporter: ADOPTION OF THE PLAN IS THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS THAT COULD LEAD TO REAL CHANGE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE LONG STRUGGLED TO TAKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.
ERIC ANDERSON KPBS NEWS.
>>> COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR FOR PEOPLE TO GO BACK IN THE WATER AT IMPERIAL BEACH.
TESTING CONFIRMED THE OCEAN WATER IS SAFE FINALLY RECENT SEWAGE IMPACTS.
REOPENING INCLUDES BEACHES FROM THE SOUTH IN THE SEACOAST DRIVE THROUGH CARNATION AVENUE.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MORE OF THE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME HE OUT AND ABOUT.
>> Reporter: IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
NOR WILL THE MARINE LAYER WHICH IS KEEPING THE COAST MORE COMFORTABLE.
WHAT COULD CHANGE THOUGH?
WE COULD BE TALKING RAIN CHANCES TRYING TO WORK ITS WAY INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS NEXT WEEK.
POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS SUNDAY BUT MORE LIKELY HEADING INTO MONDAY.
TONIGHT FORECAST, TYPICAL SUMMER TO DO WHAT WE HAD THE PAST EYE.
64 SAN DIEGO AS WE WORK AWAY TOWARDS THE OSCARS.
ESCONDIDO 63, MT.
LAGUNA 66.
NOTICE FUTURECAST SHOWING THE CLOUDS HERE RIGHT ALONG THE COAST.
DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT.
ELSEWHERE, WE ARE QUIET, CLEAR, DRY.
NOT A WHOLE LOT HAPPENING.
MAYBE A FEW CLOUDS FILTERING IN FOR MEXICO BUT I DON'T THINK THAT MAKES MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE FOR US.
WHAT DOES CHANGE?
THE HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM IS GOING TO LIFT A BIT NORTH.
WHAT IT IS GOING TO DO IS OPEN US UP TO MORE EASTERLY FLOW.
AND WHAT THAT WILL DO IS TRY TO SWING SOME OF THE MOISTURE FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THAT COULD MEAN A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY FOR OUR MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OR MAYBE SOME OF THE DESERTS.
NOT A LOT MOISTURE WILL BE MAKING IT TO THE CITY.
76 FOR TOMORROW.
77 AND MT.
LAGUNA AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NONE OF THE MOISTURE MAKING IT IN UNTIL SUNDAY.
I THINK THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS STILL LOOKING PRETTY QUIET OUT THERE.
JUST SUNSHINE BREAKING OUT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR THE COAST AFTER THE MORNING CLOUDS.
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70s OR LOWER 80s.
INLAND LOCATIONS WE ARE TALKING MID 80s, EVEN TOWARDS THE UPPER 80s WERE MONDAY.
THE EXISTING LARGELY DRY AND BRIGHT.
MOUNTAINOUS LOCATIONS ARE KEEPING THINGS FAIRLY QUIET HERE.
AGAIN, MAYBE A STRAY SHOWER TRYING TO WORK IN EARLY NEXT WEEK.
WE CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE IT OUT.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE BOARD FOR THE DESERT LOCATIONS HEADING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
>>> HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES ARE ON THE RISE.
KPBS HEALTH REPORTER MATT HOFFMAN HAS AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW ONE SAN DIEGO HOSPITAL SYSTEM IS EXPANDING OPERATIONS TO DEAL WITH GROWING NUMBERS.
>> WE DEFINITELY, LIKE WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF US DATING WE HAD THE KID CONVERSATION AND WE BOTH REALLY WANTED KIDS.
>> Reporter: MEGAN RICKY MILLER FROM SAN MARCUS HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR TWO YEARS AND THEY DECIDED IT WAS TRYING IT WAS TIME TO TRY FOR A BABY.
>> WITHIN A MONTH WE GOT PREGNANT.
SO IT WAS PRETTY QUICK.
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE FIVE OR SIX MONTHS BUT IT HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY.
>> Reporter: EVERYTHING WAS GOING GREAT.
BUT AT AROUND 19 WEEKS WELLS THEY WANT TO SEE THE BABY'S GENDER, SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
>> THE HEAD WAS ON TRACK, THE LIMBS WERE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THEY SHOULD BE.
SO THAT GOT THE CONCERN GOING THAT MAYBE THAT IS MORE IN LINE WITH A GENETIC DISORDER.
WAS DEFINITELY WAS SCARY.
IT WAS THE SAME THAT WE FOUND OUT HER GENDER.
WE DID NOT KNOW THAT HUGE HAPPY DAY, WE WERE STOPPED.
WE DID THE WHOLE GENDER REVEALED THE OZONE.
BOTH OF OUR FAMILIES.
LITERALLY HALF AN HOUR LATER THEY CALLED AND SAID SOMETHING IS UP.
>> HAVING A GENETIC DISORDER IS NOT THE WORST THING BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS THAT COULD HAPPEN LIKE STILLBIRTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT WAS REALLY MORE MY FEAR IS IF THE BABY WAS GOING TO MAKE IT OR NOT.
>> Reporter: COMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY ARE SCARY AND WHILE 80% OF WOMEN HAVE HEALTHY PREGNANCIES, A STUDY FROM LAST YEAR AND FOUND RATES OF CONVOCATIONS ARISING.
TWO IMPORTANT MORE MOTHERS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
WAS ONE OF THE WAYS TO TACKLE OUR INCREASING NUMBER OF PREMATURE BIRTHS, IT HAS BEEN STUDIED, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT A DENT IN IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
IS TO MAKE SURE MOM IS TAKING CARE OF.
REDUCE SOME OF THE COMORBIDITIES.
>> Reporter: DOCTORS DR. SEAN DANESHMAND IS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF 'S PROGRAM.
>> COMPLICATIONS ARE ON THE RISE.
WE HAVE MORE WOMEN WHO ARE GAINING MORE WEIGHT AND PREGNANCY.
DIABETES IS ON THE RISE.
HYPERTENSION IS ON THE RISE.
SOMETHING WE FORGET, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IS ON THE RISE.
THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES, SCRIPTS DECIDED TO BRING ON THE TEAM.
>> THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS UNDERLYING CONDITIONS IS TO TALK TO A SPECIALIST BEFORE GETTING PREGNANT.
BECAUSE IT CAN SAVE THE MOTHER OR THE BABY'S LIFE.
>> WE TALKED TO THE PATIENT AND EDUCATE THEM.
WE REFER THEM TO THE DIABETES A PREGNANCY PROGRAM TO UNDERGO NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING.
DIETARY COUNSELING.
LEARNED THEY NEED TO BE ON MEDICATION, HOW TO TAKE THE MEDICATION.
>> Reporter: IS ONE OF THE HARDEST CONVERSATIONS IS TELLING A MOTHER WITH PRE- EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT SHE MAYBE SHOULD NOT GET PREGNANT RIGHT AWAY.
>> WOMEN WILL DO ANYTHING FOR THE CHILDREN.
ANYTHING FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
IF A WOMAN WANTS A CHILD, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
IT'S SAY SHE HAD A RECENT STROKE FOR EXAMPLE.
A YEAR LATER SHE WANTS TO HAVE A CHILD.
OR SHE'S HAD RECENT HEART ATTACK OR SHE HAS CANCER.
AGAIN, SOME COMORBIDITIES THAT ARE JUST NOT CONDUCIVE TO HEALTHY PREGNANCY.
AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR WOMEN TO HEAR THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE CHILDREN.
>> Reporter: FOR BEING IT WAS MEGAN AND RICKY MILLER, IT CAUGHT THEM OFF GUARD BECAUSE MAKE IT HAS NO KNOWN PRE- EXISTING CONDITIONS.
>> WE DECIDED EARLY ON THAT WE WILL NOT STEAL OUR JOY.
BECAUSE YOU CAN HALF-YEAR AND BE WORRIED THE ENTIRE TIME.
OR YOU CAN SAY NO I'M NOT GOING TO HALF-YEAR.
I'M GOING TO BE JOYFUL AND BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO TURN OUT WELL.
>> Reporter: THEY WERE TOLD THEY MIGHT HAVE THEIR BABY DELIVERED AT 25 WEEKS OLD.
BUT EVEN AFTER A SMALL SCARE WHERE MEGAN HAD TO SPEND NEARLY A WEEK IN HOSPITAL, GALLANTLY RYAN WAS DELIVERED AT 36 WEEKS OLD WEIGHING IN AT THREE POUNDS TWO OUNCES AND THE LARGE HOLE IN HER HEART WENT AWAY.
>> THAT HAS HEALED.
AND THEY SUFFERED NARROWLY OF THE AORTIC ARCH.
THAT IS NOT THERE.
SO IT IS A MIRACLE.
>> Reporter: THE IS NOW SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME AT THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WHERE GALILEE IS EXPECTED TO BE FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE WEEKS.
>> PRETTY MUCH 10 TO 12 HOURS A DAY WE SPEND THERE.
SHE'S LEAVING 50% BY BOTTLE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THE REST AND PUTTING THROUGH THE NG TUBE.
THAT'S INCREASING EVERY DAY.
SHE'S HAVING MORE STRENGTH EVERY DAY.
SHE STARTED TO CRY AND FUSS.
TRUCK STROKES SHE'S GRATEFUL FOR THE CARE OF A SPECIALIST WHO HELPED DELIVER THE BABY.
RESULTS FROM TESTING HAS GALILEE HAS NO GENETIC DISORDER AND THERE ARE PLANS FOR MORE KIDS PHONE.
>> WE WANT LOTS.
>> THE DAY AFTER SHE WAS BORN MAKING THE LIST TO ANOTHER ONE.
>> SHE NEEDS A SISTER OR BROTHER.
I DON'T KNOW FIVE, SEVEN, WE WILL SEE.
>> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS SUGGEST ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, TO REACH OUT TO THE DOCTORS BEFORE GETTING PREGNANT.
TO SEE IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE TO LIMIT THE CHANCE OF COMPLICATIONS DURING OR AFTER PREGNANCY.
>>> MANY PARENTS ARE GETTING DIRECT PAYMENTS FROM THE NEW CHILD TAX CREDIT.
TODAY'S FRIDAY BUSINESS REPORTS, WE LEARN ABOUT THE PUSH TO MAKE THOSE BENEFITS PERMANENT.
KOOZIE >> THE FAMILY WILL GET A TAX CREDIT OF $300 PER CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF SIX AND IN BETWEEN THE AGES OF SEVEN AND 17 $250.
SO IF ONLY THEY HAVE THREE KIDS AGES LET'S SAY FOUR, EIGHT, AND 12, OR RECEIVE AN EXTRA $800 A MONTH.
THIS IS ONLY GOOD FOR 12 MONTHS.
THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT 88% OF ALL CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO 39 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THESE BENEFITS .
AND IT IS GOING TO AFFECT 55 MILLION CHILDREN 17 AND UNDER.
SO A FAMILY MIGHT RECEIVE 250, 300, $800 A MONTH.
IT IS GOING TO BE A MEANINGFUL WAY THAT THESE MIDDLE AND LOWER MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, THE ARGUMENT TO MAKE THIS PERMANENT IS IT WILL REALLY ELEVATE AND TAKE SO MANY CHILDREN OUT OF POVERTY.
IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST 40 YEARS.
>>> THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, LINED 7%.
THE JUNE NUMBERS JUMPED FROM 6.3% IN MAY BUT WELL BELOW THE 13.5% FROM A YEAR AGO.
STATE NUMBERS SHOW A JOBLESS RATE OF 8% WHICH INCREASED HALF A POINT SINCE MAY.
THE NATIONWIDE RATE IS 6.1.
EXPERTS SAY LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY AND HEALTH OF HIS JOBS WERE UP.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FINANCE AND INSURANCE JOBS WERE DOWN.
>>> SAN DIEGO NATIVE KELLY MARIE TRAN IS A PRODUCER ON THE NEW FILM SUMMERTIME.
THE FILM IS DESCRIBED AS A SPOKEN WORD POETRY MUSICAL SET IN LOS ANGELES.
TRAN WILL BE IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND FOR SOME SCREENINGS 2 OF THE POETS FROM THE FILM.
SO THE MAJORITY BETH HAS THIS REVIEW.
>> Reporter: AND CARLOS LOPEZ IS ESTRADA'S FIRST FILM HE COLLABORATED WITH A PAIR OF WRITER STARTS TO LEGACY THROUGH NEW EYES.
NOW HE'S DEVELOPED A NEW FILM SUMMERTIME.
IN COLLABORATION WITH YOUTH POETS WHO ALL SERVICE WRITERS AND STARS.
THE RESULT IS SPECTACULAR.
THIS TIME HE SAID TO FILM IN LOS ANGELES BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
>> HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHERE WE ARE?
WHAT KIND OF CRAZY THE MAGIC HAPPENS IN THE CITY?
EVERY DAY?
>> Reporter: THE FILM GIVES US 27 FRESH VOICES EACH OFFERING IS INTIMATE, PASSIONATE COMPELLING STORY.
CALLING IT SPOKEN WORD POETRY MUSICAL ONLY HINTS AT THE ORIGINALITY OF THE DESIGN.
HE CAPTURES THE HOPE, HEARTBREAK AND AT LEAST OF THE BIBLE OF LOS ANGELES.
IT ALLOWS THESE YOUNG POETS AND MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT TO GET SOMETHING OFF YOUR CHEST.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHEN I CAN BUY WITH $15?
THAT WILL GET ME A NEW OUTFIT FROM THE STORE DOWN THE STREET.
I CAN MAKE CHICKEN ALFREDO FOR DINNER AT $14.70.
PURCHASE SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER FOR ABOUT 13.40.
>> Reporter: SUMMERTIME REMINDS US THAT WORDS CAN DAZZLE AND HOLD IS WRAPPED WITH EVEN MORE POWER THAN STATE-OF-THE-ART SPECIAL EFFECTS.
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>>> I'M JUDY WOODRUFF TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, COVID INFECTIONS AND HOSPITALIZATION SPIKE IN AREAS OF LOW VACCINATION RATES.
COMING UP AT 7:00 THAT EVENING CONDITIONS ON KPBS.
>>> HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.
COVID-19 CASES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE STILL RISING WITH 579 REPORTED TODAY.
LOCAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE?
EXPERT SAYS MIB TIME TO FOLLOW L.A. COUNTY AND REINSTITUTE INDOOR MASK MANDATES FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING VACCINATED PEOPLE SAN DIEGO HAS HAD CASE WAS ABOUT 208 FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.
>>> LOCAL FIRE AGENCIES ARE TEAMING UP TO BEEF UP THE COUNTY'S WILDFIRE RESPONSE.
CAL FIRE HAS ADDED 120 FIREFIGHTERS JUST FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
THE ALSO INCREASED THEIR HAND CREWS, INSTALLED ADDITIONAL FILE CAMERAS AND IMPLEMENTED BY MODELING SOFTWARE.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 7000 ACRES HAVE BURNED IN FIVE MAJOR INCIDENTS.
>>> AND IT'S OPENING DAY AT THE DELMAR RACETRACK AFTER A YEAR OFF BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
FANS CAN ONCE AGAIN PLACED THE BEST IN-PERSON.
VISITORS MUST HAVE RESERVATION.
GENERAL SAID THE IMAGE AND IS NOT AVAILABLE THIS YEAR.
OPENING-DAY WAS SOLD OUT.
FANS HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 6 TO RESERVE A SEAT.
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