Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
Sunny Mornings in San Diego. I'm your host, Melissa,
and it's Wednesday, November 26th. You'll be
interested to know. Today is National Cake Day.
This sweet holiday celebrates the joy of cake,
from classic chocolate to fancy layered creations,
bringing friends and family together. Fake one,
share a slice, or order a specialty creation
today is the perfect excuse to indulge and celebrate
with a smile. So let's party and enjoy. So now
you know. And now, it's time for the Surf Report.
Wednesday at Tourmaline. This morning it's looking
clean with 3 plus feet waves rolling in. The
conditions will hold steady through midday before
dropping to 2 to 3 plus feet in the afternoon.
Winds are offshore at 2 miles per hour early,
shifting to onshore at 2 miles per hour by late
morning. Best time to ride is at 8 a .m. with
a 4 -foot incoming mid -tide when the west -northwest
swell is 2 feet at 13 seconds and the offshore
wind is 1 mile per hour. The first high tide
on Wednesday will be 4 .5 feet at 11 .45 a .m.,
followed by a half -foot low tide at 8. The nearshore
gui at Mission Bay West reads 64 degrees for
the water temperature. Conditions remain clean
with waves around 2 feet on Thursday, ideal for
beginners. Friday sees a slight increase to 2
to 3 feet, maintaining clean conditions throughout
the day. Saturday brings larger three - to four
-foot sets, but unsure winds create choppy conditions,
making it the most challenging day of the period.
This morning, it's mostly sunny and it feels
like 57 degrees with no wind. The sunset will
take place at 443, and it will rise again tomorrow
at 633. It looks like we're in for some mostly
sunny skies today. with a high near 77 and a
light north wind. Tonight, expect patchy fog
after 10 p .m. with mostly cloudy skies and a
low around 56, along with a gentle northeast
breeze. Looking ahead in the weather, Thanksgiving
Day will start with patchy fog before 10 a .m.
then turn partly sunny, with a high near 73 and
a light southwest breeze. Patchy fog returns
each night with lows in the low to mid 50s and
highs trend down to the mid 60s by Sunday with
a chance of rain showers late Saturday night
into Sunday. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This
podcast is brought to you by Versailles Cafe
and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled on El Camino
Real South, just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
this cafe is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
in their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten
-free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
or just breeze on through to get your morning
coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
Sunny mornings send you. San Diego City Council
members approved the establishment of a residential
parking permit program for Sundays in the downtown,
uptown, and mid -city areas. According to the
city's staff report, increased development and
growing parking demand has created the need to
modernize parking management policies. The permit
fee will be $150 per year for each vehicle. This
program aims to provide a discounted permit option
for residents living within two blocks of streets,
where parking meter enforcement will extend to
Sundays. Some residents express concerns about
affordability, saying it's expensive enough to
live in this city as it is. The city expects
this expansion to generate approximately $2 .8
million in revenue annually. Now on to sports.
The college football playoff rankings have clarified
the implications ahead of week 14 clashes. Ohio
State remains at number one ahead of its game
against Michigan. Texas A &M holds the third
spot, while Georgia and Texas Tech follow. Oregon
has moved to six, facing a challenge at Washington.
Mississippi has dropped to seventh, and Oklahoma
is eighth. Brigham Young, Miami, Utah, Vanderbilt,
and Michigan are outside the top ten, but still
in contention. Tulane remains at 24th and could
compete for the Group of Five automatic bid.
The next ranking will be released on December
2nd. In local sports, San Diego SC took another
step towards becoming just the second expansion
team to win the Major League Soccer Cup. with
Anders Dreier's goal securing a 1 -0 win over
Minnesota United, booking a place in the Western
Conference final. Mikey Veras aside set a record
for the most regular season points ever by an
expansion team, totaling 62 points to top the
Western Conference table. They will welcome the
second -place Vancouver Whitecaps football club
and German legend Thomas Muller to Snapdragon
Stadium on Saturday night. Dreyer, the winner
of the 2025 Major League Soccer Newcomer of the
Year Award, now has 23 goals and 21 assists in
38 appearances this season. In top news, the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced
lower prices on 15 costly prescription drugs
under Medicare, including Ozempic and Wegovi.
These price cuts result from the Medicare drug
price negotiation program established by the
Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President
Joe Biden in 2022. This is different from President
Donald Trump's most favored nation approach,
which relied on executive orders. The negotiated
prices will save taxpayers $12 billion. and are
expected to save Medicare enrollees $685 million
in out -of -pocket costs by 2027. Many Americans
find prescription drugs unaffordable, with surveys
showing significant numbers have skipped or altered
their medications due to cost. In business news,
home sellers are taking their homes off the market
at the fastest pace in nearly a decade. Approximately
15 % of the homes that were delisted in September
were at risk of selling at a loss, according
to Redfin. Redfin found that 70 % of homes listed
in September were on the market for 60 days or
longer. Close to 85 ,000 United States sellers
took their homes off the market in September,
up 28 % from September 2024. The housing market
is now heading into its slowest season with home
prices still 50 % higher than five years ago.
In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 1 % to about
$87 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged at just over
$2 ,900. And XRP is down 3 % to $2 .17. Moving
on to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
on health and wellness, we are working with a
national Pilates studio to bring you some free
classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
with several locations in the San Diego area.
Pilates presents a comprehensive wellness approach,
cultivating strength, reducing tension, and elevating
mental well -being. Scientific research affirms
its benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
for a free class with locations in Encinitas,
Solana Beach, Oceanside, La Jolla, and more.
Just be sure to tell them Sunny Morning sent
you by. And now back to the show. Let's talk
tech. Buchel's Parent Company Alphabet. is very
close to becoming the fourth company to join
the $4 trillion dollar market cap club. FellowTech
Giant Meta is considering supplying some of its
data centers with Google chips, according to
the information on Monday. The deal, potentially
worth billions of dollars, would start in 2027.
Google recently revealed its latest AI model,
Gemini 3, and updates to its image generator,
NanoBanana Pro. Many claim Gemini 3 is significantly
better than OpenAI's chat GPT. While NVIDIA remains
the leading AI chip supplier, Google's custom
tensor processing units are gaining traction.
Meta would significantly enhance Google's customer
list. The entertainment news. Warner Music Group
has announced a deal with Suno. settling its
copyright lawsuit against the AI music startup.
The agreement ensures that artists and songwriters
will have full control over the use of their
names, images, likenesses, voices and compositions
in new AI -generated music. Warner Music Group
also sold Songkick to Suno for an undisclosed
amount, with Songkick continuing as a fan destination.
Suno will launch more advanced models next year,
requiring a paid account for audio downloads.
Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kinkel stated that
this landmark pact benefits the entire creative
community. Suno recently raised $250 million
in funding. Well, all righty, folks. It's time
for the quote of the day. And today... Our quote
comes from the American economist and social
theorist Thomas Sowell. And he said, And that's
a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
aerial videos with local news and the surf reports.
Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
in San Diego.