Good morning, and a warm welcome to your show,
Sunny Mornings in San Diego. I'm your host, Melissa,
and it's Monday, January 26th. You'll be interested
to know. 100 years ago, today, in 1926, John
Logee Baird publicly demonstrated a working television
system in London, projecting moving silhouette
images to an audience and proving that televised
pictures were possible. This breakthrough established
a practical television demonstration that inspired
engineers and broadcasters to pursue commercial
development and transformed expectations for
mass communication. So now you know. And now
it's time for the surf report. Monday at Tourmaline.
This morning it's looking clean with two plus
feet waves rolling in. Conditions stay clean
at 2 feet through 10 a .m. before shifting to
fare at noon. By 1 p .m. it gets choppy with
sideshore winds at 7 miles per hour. Expect the
wind to shift to onshore at 8 miles per hour
by 3 p .m. Best time to ride is at 9 a .m. with
a one -foot outgoing low tide when the west -northwest
swell is one and a half feet at 12 seconds. and
the offshore wind is 2 mile per hour. The first
low tide on Monday will be 1 foot at 10 .15 a
.m., followed by a 2 .5 foot high tide at 4 .30.
The nearshore buoy at Mission Bay West reads
63 degrees for the water temperature. Conditions
start clean with weights around 1 to 2 feet on
Tuesday, ideal for beginners. Wednesday sees
similar sizes, but with choppy conditions later
in the day. The Thursday brings a significant
increase, with waves building to four to six
plus feet, offering cleaner faces in the morning
before winds create chop in the afternoon. This
morning, it's mostly cloudy, and it feels like
52 degrees, with five mile per hour wind. The
sunset will take place at 516. and it will rise
again tomorrow at 649. It looks like we're in
for some mostly sunny weather today, with a high
near 71 and a light north breeze. Tonight, expect
mostly clear skies with a low around 46 and very
light winds. Looking ahead in the weather, Tuesday
will be sunny with a high near 71 and a north
wind up to 10 miles per hour. gusting as high
as 20. Temperatures stay mild through the week
with highs near 69 on Wednesday, rebounding to
the low 70s Thursday and Friday, and overnight
lows in the upper 40s to low 50s. Bonjour, food
enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to you by
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to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. The San
Diego Unified School District is set to make
history by approving the largest educator housing
project in California on today. This ambitious
plan aims to transform five sites into hundreds
of affordable units, addressing the district's
cratering enrollment and the challenge educators
face in finding housing near their workplaces.
The redevelopment of a 13 -acre site in University
Heights is a key aspect. offering a rare opportunity
in a vibrant urban area. With proposals ranging
from 700 to 1 ,500 units, the board will weigh
financial viability and the speed of construction
before making a decision. Now on to sports. Drake
May handled the sloppy conditions better than
the home team, scoring New England's only touchdown
on a six -yard keeper. leading the Patriots to
a 10 -7 win over the Denver Broncos in the AFC
Championship game on Sunday. May threw for just
86 yards, but ran for 65 and sealed the win with
a 7 -yard keeper on 3rd and 5. May expressed
pride in his team, saying, just thankful for
this team. Love each and every one of them. It
took everybody. The Patriots have allowed just
26 points across three playoff games, achieving
their 40th playoff win, breaking a tie with the
San Francisco 49ers for the most in NFL history.
And Sam Darnold threw for three touchdowns, the
Seahawks' dark side defense made a critical fourth
-down stop, and Seattle advanced to the Super
Bowl, beating the Los Angeles Rams 31 -27 in
an electrifying NFC championship game. Led by
second -year coach Mike McDonald and Darnold,
the Seahawks reached their fourth Super Bowl
in franchise history and first in 11 years. Darnold
completed 25 of 36 passes for 346 yards with
no turnovers. Jackson Smith and Jibba had 153
yards receiving and a touchdown on 10 catches.
The Patriots will play the Seahawks on February
8th in Super Bowl 60 in Santa Clara, California,
in local sports. The Farmer's Insurance Open
returns to Torrey Pines this week as the best
of the best in professional golf come to test
their skills at this iconic course. This year,
the tournament is back to a traditional Thursday
through Sunday schedule. Grounds tickets are
$85 per day for Thursday and Friday and $100
per day for Saturday and Sunday. Children age
15 and under will receive free grounds admission
with a paid adult, while discounted daily grounds
tickets for seniors and military begin at $50
each day. This year's field includes 10 major
championship winners, featuring five -time major
winner Brooks Koca. along with multiple players
tied to San Diego. In top news, American rock
climber Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101
skyscraper on Sunday without any ropes or protective
equipment. Kears erupted from a street -level
crowd as he reached the top of the spire of the
508 -meter tower about 90 minutes after he started.
Honnold expressed, What a beautiful day, highlighting
the windy conditions. He utilized small, L -shaped
outcroppings as footholds and climbed the iconic
building known for its challenging bamboo boxes.
Unlike his usual remote climbs, the cheering
crowd made the experience feel almost more festive.
Hanold is the first climber to ascend Taipei
101 without a rope. In business news, Gold has
topped $5 ,000 for the first time in a breathtaking
and profoundly scary rally. This rise occurred
earlier than Wall Street expected, raising questions
about the rapid increase in precious metals.
Robin Brooks, a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution, remarked that the surge in gold
prices is part of something much bigger. He noted
that we are at the beginning of a global debt
crisis. with markets fearing that governments
will inflate away unsustainable debt. Goldman
Sachs has raised its year -end price target from
$4 ,900 to $5 ,400. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
is down another 2 % over the weekend to about
$88 ,000. Ethereum is down 3 % to just under
3 ,000. And XRP is down 2%. to $1 .88. 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. This Los Angeles startup, Carmen Industries,
is using SpaceX technology to develop a cooling
system for data centers, aiming to reduce their
environmental impact. The system requires less
power and no water, and the startup recently
raised $20 million. Chief Executive David Tierce
stated, Cooling systems can account for up to
40 % of a data center's power consumption. The
market for data center cooling is projected to
grow from about $11 billion in 2025 to nearly
$25 billion by 2032. Carmen's innovative design
could significantly impact the industry. Illumination
and Nintendo have moved up the United States'
release date for Super Mario Galaxy to Wednesday,
April 1. The film will also be released in Japan
on April 24 and in other markets throughout the
month. Fans of Super Mario Bros. will be excited
to see Yoshi, the new character who assists Mario
and Luigi. Original stars including Chris Pratt,
Anya Taylor -Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Plaque, Hicken
Michael Key, and Kevin Michael Richardson will
return, alongside newcomers Benny Safdie and
Brie Larson. Universal Pictures is co -financing
and releasing the film worldwide. Well, all righty,
folks. It's time for the quote of the day. And
today, our quote comes from the American journalist
and author Robert Quillen. And he said, Progress
always involves risk. You can't steal second
base and keep your foot on first. 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.