For those that want to “clown around,” Diversionary Theater has a class for that.More than twelve-hundred sailors on the U-S-S Tripoli are expected to return to San Diego today after a seven-month deployment. The amphibious assault carrier left Naval Base San Diego on May second for the western Pacific ocean.The U-S Men’s soccer team faces Iran in the World Cup today. The game will start at 11 this morning.
The match will be the U-S’s final match in the group stage. If they win they will go on to the next round. If they tie or lose they’ll be eliminated from the tournament.Fans can watch the game at Guava Beach Bar and Grill in Mission Beach and Fairplay in Downtown San Diego. It will also be streamed at some library locations.Around two-hundred-fifty million gallons of water are being released from Hodges Reservoir into the San Dieguito River this week.
The release is needed because the water level is higher than the state-mandated level. The reservoir water levels rose after the last rainfall.From KPBS, you’re listening to San Diego News Now.Stay with me for more of the local news you need.Climate change is threatening the beloved Joshua trees in the Mojave [mo-HA-vee] Desert. But for years, California officials have struggled to decide whether to list it as an endangered species.Caleigh Wells from member station KCRW reports.
Around this time last year is when COVID-related hospitalizations started increasing.. Scripps Health's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ghazala Sharieff says about a week ago they had 52 COVID positive patients and now it has risen to just over 80– Dr. Ghazala Sharieff, Scripps Health Chief Medical Officer: So we’re tracking unfortunately at the same rate as last year so we do expect that surge to come right after the holidays -- rinse and repeat we’ve done this before.