Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
Sunny Mornings in San Diego. I'm your host, Melissa,
and it's Friday, February 20th. You'll be interested
to know. Today is National Love Your Pet Day.
This holiday invites pet parents and animal fans
to share treats, photos, and extra cuddles while
supporting shelters and adoption efforts across
the country. So now you know. And now, it's time
for the surf report. Friday at Tourmaline. This
morning, it's looking choppy with waves around
4 to 5 plus feet. The wind is on shore at 14
miles per hour. Throughout the day, wave heights
drop to 2 to 4 feet by 3 p .m. The wind stays
on shore, easing to 12 miles per hour later on.
Best time to ride is at 4 p .m. with the 1 -foot
low tide when the west -southwest swell is 3
feet at 7 seconds and the onshore wind is 11
mile per hour. The first high tide on Friday
will be 4 .5 feet at 10 .30 a .m. followed by
a half -foot low tide just after 4 .30. The nearshore
buoy at Mission Day West reads 62 degrees for
the water temperature. Conditions start off clean
with two to three feet on Saturday morning, ideal
for catching waves. As the day progresses, expect
choppy conditions with onshore winds, particularly
in the afternoon. Sunday sees a steady decline,
with one -foot waves and challenging conditions
throughout the day. Monday returns to two feet,
but remains choppy. However, mornings offer fair
conditions before winds pick up. This morning,
it's mostly cloudy and it feels like 45 degrees
with 10 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
place at 539 and it will rise again tomorrow
at 627. It looks like we're in for some mostly
sunny skies today with a high near 60 and a light
northwest breeze at 5 to 10 miles per hour. Tonight,
expect mostly clear conditions with a low around
43. and late north winds. Looking ahead in the
weather. Saturday will be mostly sunny with a
high near 65 and a north breeze of 5 to 10 miles
per hour becoming mostly cloudy overnight with
a low around 48. Sunday and Monday trend warmer
with highs near 69 and 72 and nights mostly cloudy
with lows around 50 and 54 respectively. Tuesday
stays mild near 73 with a slight chance of rain
showers after 4 a .m. at a mostly cloudy low
near 56. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast
is brought to you by Versailles Cafe and Pastries
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Sunny mornings send you. In local news, San Diego
has unveiled its comprehensive speed management
plan. aimed at reducing vehicle speeds to achieve
its Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic fatalities
and serious injuries. This plan could lower speed
limits on more than 20 percent of the city's
roads, identifying 679 .1 miles as candidates
for slower speeds. Councilman Steph Whitburn
emphasized that every San Diegan deserves to
feel safe walking, biking, or driving in their
community. With new state laws, areas like business
districts and school zones can see significant
speed reductions, enhancing safety for all road
users. The implementation of these changes will
depend on further evaluations and funding through
the city's budget process. The National Basketball
Association plans to enact anti -tanking rules
for next season, sources say. Commissioner Adam
Silver informed the league's 30 general managers
that discussions to combat tanking have intensified.
Proposed changes include protecting first -round
draft picks only for top four or top 14 -plus
selections. Additionally, lottery odds may freeze
at the trade deadline, and teams won't be allowed
to pick in the top four after consecutive bottom
three finishes. Silver emphasized the importance
of addressing this issue, stating that it has
been worse this year than we have seen in recent
memory. Phoenix Suns owner Matt Ishbia called
tanking much worse than any prop bet scandal.
In local sports, San Diego SC opens its second
MLS season looking to build on a historic 2025.
The team heads into the season opener against
Montreal on Saturday night at Snapdragon Stadium
as the defending Western Conference regular season
champions. After an impressive first year, they
set MLS records for points and wins by a first
-year club, advancing to the conference championship
game. Forward Anders Dreyer, an MVP finalist,
had a remarkable season with 19 goals and 19
assists, and he believes there's more to come.
Due to a suspension, rookie goalkeeper Duran
Ferry will make his first start, bringing excitement
to the home crowd. In top news, students are
losing some interest in computer science broadly,
but gaining interest in AI -specific majors and
courses. For the first time since the dot -com
crash, computer science enrollment dropped at
University of California campuses. System -wide,
it fell 6 % last year, after declining 3 % in
the previous year, according to the San Francisco
Chronicle. Even as overall college enrollment
climbed 2 % nationally, students are moving away
from traditional computer science degrees. However,
the University of California San Diego added
a dedicated AI major this fall. Enrollment numbers
suggest students are opting for AI programs to
secure future employment. In business news, robust
demand from subprime customers spurred growth
in United States unsecured loans last year, with
their combined balances surging 10 % to a new
high of $276 billion. according to TransUnion's
Credit Industry Insights Report. Some 26 .4 million
consumers carried those loans as of end of December,
up from 24 .5 million a year earlier. As interest
rates began to fall, many consumers are consolidating
their credit card balances into unsecured loans,
said Nushil Raneri, vice president and head of
United States Research and Consulting at TransUnion.
Credit card balances rose 4 % last year to $1
trillion. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down
1 .5 % to about $67 ,000. Ethereum is down half
a percent to about $1 ,900. And XRP is down 3
.5 % to $1 .41. 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 science. In a remarkable discovery,
a mountain photographer has stumbled upon one
of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur
prints ever found. Located in the Italian Alps,
the site features thousands of dinosaur tracks
on vertical rock faces. Photographer Elio della
Ferrara spotted these tracks last September in
the frail valley of Stelvio National Park. Some
prints, measuring up to 40 centimeters across,
date back approximately 210 million years. Paleontologist
Cristiano del Sasso leading the investigation,
expressed astonishment at their preservation.
The footprints reveal herds of large, herbivorous
dinosaurs, likely prosoropods, that roamed ancient
tidal flats. Entertainment News Stephen Soderbergh
is speaking out about the scrapped Star Wars
movie, The Hunt for Ben Solo, starring Adam Driver.
In a recent interview, Soderbergh expressed that
it was no surprise to learn of Kathleen Kennedy's
frustrations regarding Disney's decision to cancel
the sequel to The Rise of Skywalker. He said,
we were all frustrated, noting the two and a
half years of work he and Driver invested. Soderbergh
added that he believed discussions would focus
on costs, but that never happened, calling the
situation insane. Fans are now rallying for Disney
to reconsider, showing their support for the
hunt for Ben Solo. Well, alrighty, folks. It's
time for the quote of the day. And today, our
quote comes from the American writer and humorist
Mark Twain. 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.