Emily Tianshi, San Diego resident I m an Asian American woman speaking up. Alice Tsui s poem Golden Light, shared with NBCLX for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, raises a battle cry against AAPI hate and anti-Blackness.
And so, they talk.
A lot.
This is our city, our country, and this is a place that my kids – their next generation – will be here. And we want America to be a better place.
Olivia Tian, San Diego resident
“These conversations are easy to have because they are absolutely necessary to have,” Emily Tianshi told NBC 7 San Diego. “We have no other choice but to have them.”
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San Diego police say they are finding far more guns, including in the hands of felons, and more untraceable “ghost guns,” which are assembled from parts that sometimes come in prepackaged kits. They are often unregistered and untraceable.
Last year, San Diego, like the rest of the country, wrestled with increasing gun violence. Assaults involving guns were up, and more people are calling 911 to report hearing gunfire. And twice last year, alerts from ShotSpotter, a network of audio sensors said to detect gunfire, led San Diego police to discover the scenes of deadly shootings that no one had called to report.
For the fourth week in a row, San Diego County is seeing a record-breaking number of outbreaks in its skilled nursing facilities.
County health officials reported Wednesday that there are 60 active outbreaks. That brings the total number of skilled nursing outbreaks since the beginning of the pandemic to 146.
To date, the county reported, a total of 2,548 skilled nursing residents and 1,575 staff have tested positive for the virus and 282 residents/staff have died. Deaths related to skilled nursing facility outbreaks account for 17.05 percent of the the total number of novel coronavirus deaths in the county.
And the post-holiday surge continues.
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SAN DIEGO
For the fourth week in a row, San Diego County is seeing a record-breaking number of coronavirus outbreaks in its skilled nursing facilities.
County health officials reported this week that there are 60 active outbreaks. Outbreaks at skilled nursing facilities are deemed active when one resident or healthcare worker from the facility tests positive for the coronavirus. That brings the total number of skilled nursing outbreaks since the beginning of the pandemic to 146.
To date, the county reported, a total of 2,548 skilled nursing residents and 1,575 staff have tested positive for the virus and 282 residents and staff have died. Deaths related to skilled nursing facility outbreaks account for about 17% of the the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the county.