WEBVTT 00:00:01.290 --> 00:00:03.730 Good morning and a warm welcome to your show, 00:00:03.890 --> 00:00:08.150 Sunny Mornings in Encinitas. I'm your host, Melissa, 00:00:08.449 --> 00:00:12.730 and it's Tuesday, March 31st. You'll be interested 00:00:12.730 --> 00:00:19.870 to know, 137 years ago, today, in 1889, Parisians 00:00:19.870 --> 00:00:22.989 gathered to unveil the Eiffel Tower, a soaring 00:00:22.989 --> 00:00:25.629 iron landmark created as the centerpiece of the 00:00:25.629 --> 00:00:28.989 Exposition Universelle and a bold feat of engineering. 00:00:29.870 --> 00:00:32.369 Its completion celebrated modern construction 00:00:32.369 --> 00:00:35.670 techniques, showcased industrial progress, and 00:00:35.670 --> 00:00:38.570 transformed the Paris skyline into a lasting 00:00:38.570 --> 00:00:43.030 symbol of innovation and artistic ambition. So 00:00:43.030 --> 00:00:47.429 now you know. And now, it's time for the Surf 00:00:47.429 --> 00:00:54.450 Report. Tuesday in Encinitas. This morning, it's 00:00:54.450 --> 00:00:59.520 looking fair with waves at one to two feet. Conditions 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:02.280 stay fair through the morning, but expect a slight 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:05.239 increase to one plus feet by early afternoon. 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.980 Winds of sideshore at four miles per hour now, 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:12.480 shifting onshore later at seven miles per hour, 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:16.459 creating some chop in the afternoon. Best time 00:01:16.459 --> 00:01:20.120 to ride is at 7 a .m., with the four -foot incoming 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:23.939 high tide, when the south -southwest swell is 00:01:23.939 --> 00:01:26.859 one and a half feet at 12 seconds. and the side 00:01:26.859 --> 00:01:30.739 -shore wind is 2 mile per hour. The first high 00:01:30.739 --> 00:01:34.040 tide on Tuesday will be 5 feet just before 9 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.700 a .m., followed by a zero -foot low tide just 00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:42.159 before 3. The near -shore buoy at Beacons reads 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:46.359 66 degrees for the water temperature. Expect 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.280 fair conditions with waves around 1 to 2 feet 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.379 on Wednesday, but choppy conditions develop as 00:01:52.379 --> 00:01:55.670 the day progresses. Thursday holds steady at 00:01:55.670 --> 00:01:58.829 2 feet with clean conditions early, though choppy 00:01:58.829 --> 00:02:02.150 surf returns by midday. Friday sees a slight 00:02:02.150 --> 00:02:05.489 increase to 2 to 3 plus feet, with fair conditions 00:02:05.489 --> 00:02:08.550 in the morning before choppy waves set in later. 00:02:09.810 --> 00:02:13.110 This morning, it's mostly cloudy and it feels 00:02:13.110 --> 00:02:18.830 like 64 degrees with 5 mph wind. The sunset will 00:02:18.830 --> 00:02:22.050 take place at 7 .10 and it will rise again tomorrow 00:02:22.050 --> 00:02:26.360 at 6 .37. It looks like we're in for some mostly 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:30.180 cloudy skies today, with a high near 67 and a 00:02:30.180 --> 00:02:34.879 light south breeze around 8 mph. If you're inland, 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:40.639 it will hit a high of 69. Tonight, expect a chance 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:43.960 of rain showers after 11 p .m. with a low around 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:50.400 60 and a calm west wind around 5 mph. Looking 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:53.680 ahead in the weather. Wednesday has a slight 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:56.479 chance of morning rain showers before 11 a .m., 00:02:56.479 --> 00:03:00.199 then turns mostly sunny with a high near 64 and 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:05.280 west winds 5 to 15 mph. Nighttime stays mostly 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:08.840 cloudy with a low around 57, then Thursday is 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:12.520 partly sunny with a high near 63 and a low near 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:17.060 56 Thursday night. Friday warms to near 68 and 00:03:17.060 --> 00:03:20.409 stays partly sunny. Then Saturday becomes mostly 00:03:20.409 --> 00:03:24.409 sunny, with highs near 71 and pleasant lows around 00:03:24.409 --> 00:03:28.389 59 Saturday night. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! 00:03:28.789 --> 00:03:31.849 This podcast is brought to you by Versailles 00:03:31.849 --> 00:03:35.750 Café and Pastries in Encinitas. 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In local news, an air 00:04:07.189 --> 00:04:09.729 quality advisory has been issued for neighborhoods 00:04:09.729 --> 00:04:12.960 in southern San Diego. after county environmental 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:16.199 officials detected elevated levels of hydrogen 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:19.180 sulfide in the air from transboundary wastewater 00:04:19.180 --> 00:04:22.620 and sewage flows near the Tijuana River Valley. 00:04:23.420 --> 00:04:26.680 Hydrogen sulfide is a gas that causes a strong, 00:04:26.899 --> 00:04:29.899 rotten egg smell and can lead to headaches and 00:04:29.899 --> 00:04:33.639 nausea. The San Diego County Air Pollution Control 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:36.680 District issued the advisory after levels began 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:40.939 rising on March 28, and 29 in Imperial Beach, 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:44.019 Nestor, and San Ysidro, with the highest levels 00:04:44.019 --> 00:04:47.360 found in Nestor. While the county is monitoring 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:50.220 these levels, changes in weather or wind patterns 00:04:50.220 --> 00:04:58.040 may affect them throughout the day. Now on to 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:02.899 sports. Chicago White Sox rookie Muntak Amirakami 00:05:02.899 --> 00:05:06.759 has done it again. The rookie slugger hit a home 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:09.860 run on Sunday off Milwaukee Brewers starter Brandon 00:05:09.860 --> 00:05:13.800 Sproat, extending Chicago's lead to 5 -2 after 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:17.000 a first -inning grand slam by Colson Montgomery. 00:05:17.899 --> 00:05:20.899 This home run marked Murakami's third in his 00:05:20.899 --> 00:05:24.759 first three major league baseball games. He began 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:27.300 his career on Friday with a ninth -inning home 00:05:27.300 --> 00:05:29.720 run and followed it with another on Saturday. 00:05:30.980 --> 00:05:34.379 Murakami has joined Chase DeLotter, Trevor Story, 00:05:34.660 --> 00:05:37.720 and Kyle Lewis as the fourth player to achieve 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:41.800 this milestone. At 26 years old, he is making 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:46.759 history in the majors. In local sports, the Friars 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:50.339 fell to the Giants 3 -2 in a close battle on 00:05:50.339 --> 00:05:53.740 Monday night, marking rookie manager Tony Vitello's 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:57.620 first victory. Harrison Bader hits San Francisco's 00:05:57.620 --> 00:06:00.639 first home run of the season against Walker Buehler, 00:06:00.779 --> 00:06:04.759 who made his debut for the Padres. Despite a 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:07.319 late rally highlighted by Jackson Merrill's two 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:10.420 -run homer, the Padres couldn't complete the 00:06:10.420 --> 00:06:14.100 comeback. Next up, German Marquez is set to make 00:06:14.100 --> 00:06:17.360 his debut with San Diego, facing Giants pitcher 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:23.980 Logan Webb tonight. In top news. NASA began the 00:06:23.980 --> 00:06:26.540 countdown Monday for humanity's first launch 00:06:26.540 --> 00:06:31.199 to the moon in 53 years. The 32 -story Space 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:34.100 Launch System rocket is poised to blast off Wednesday 00:06:34.100 --> 00:06:37.959 evening with four astronauts. After a day in 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.519 orbit around Earth, their Orion capsule will 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:43.680 propel them to the moon and back. There are no 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.060 stops, just a quick U -turn around the moon. 00:06:46.540 --> 00:06:49.660 The nearly 10 -day flight will end with a splashdown 00:06:49.660 --> 00:06:52.870 in the Pacific. Our team has worked extremely 00:06:52.870 --> 00:06:55.850 hard to get us to this moment, said launch director 00:06:55.850 --> 00:06:59.750 Charlie Blackwell -Thompson. Certainly all indications 00:06:59.750 --> 00:07:02.410 are right now we are in excellent, excellent 00:07:02.410 --> 00:07:08.850 shape. In business news, Japan is placing a multibillion 00:07:08.850 --> 00:07:12.370 -dollar bet on the U .S. housing market. Home 00:07:12.370 --> 00:07:14.750 construction is slowing, but Japanese investors 00:07:14.750 --> 00:07:18.069 and builders are moving in anyway, and Sumo owns 00:07:18.069 --> 00:07:21.750 6 % of the business in America. For more than 00:07:21.750 --> 00:07:24.670 a decade, Japanese home builders have been tiptoeing 00:07:24.670 --> 00:07:27.930 into the U .S. housing market with small, discreet 00:07:27.930 --> 00:07:30.290 acquisitions of private American construction 00:07:30.290 --> 00:07:35.410 companies. Their quiet era is over. Since 2020, 00:07:35.769 --> 00:07:38.889 Japanese builders have announced or closed acquisitions 00:07:38.889 --> 00:07:42.389 of 23 U .S. single -family home builders, more 00:07:42.389 --> 00:07:48.540 than double the number from 2013 to 2019. Japanese 00:07:48.540 --> 00:07:51.060 companies are accelerating their U .S. presence 00:07:51.060 --> 00:07:53.480 at a moment when the American home construction 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:58.920 market is slowing down. In crypto movement, Bitcoin 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:04.740 is up 2 % to about $68 ,000. Ethereum is up 3 00:08:04.740 --> 00:08:11.279 % to $2 ,000. And XRP is unchanged at $1 .32. 00:08:13.100 --> 00:08:18.000 Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:21.220 spotlight on health and wellness, we are working 00:08:21.220 --> 00:08:23.980 with a national Pilates studio to bring you some 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:28.800 free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates, 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.800 with several locations in the San Diego area. 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:35.240 Pilates presents a comprehensive wellness approach, 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.360 cultivating strength, reducing tension, and elevating 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:43.240 mental well -being. Scientific research affirms 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:47.690 its benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates 00:08:47.690 --> 00:08:51.409 for a free class with locations in Encinitas, 00:08:51.669 --> 00:08:55.570 Solana Beach, Oceanside, La Jolla, and more. 00:08:56.409 --> 00:08:59.309 Just be sure to tell them Sunny Morning sent 00:08:59.309 --> 00:09:04.809 you by. And now, back to the show. Let's talk 00:09:04.809 --> 00:09:08.830 tech. Flying cars will take off in American skies 00:09:08.830 --> 00:09:11.620 this summer. The federal government announced 00:09:11.620 --> 00:09:14.419 a new pilot program designed to get new kinds 00:09:14.419 --> 00:09:16.960 of ultralight vehicles and electric vertical 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:19.919 takeoff and landing vehicles up and running around 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:22.919 the country, even if they are not fully Federal 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.639 Aviation Administration certified. New kinds 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:29.259 of aircraft will start operating in United States 00:09:29.259 --> 00:09:32.960 airspace as early as June. Eight regions across 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:35.580 the United States will take part in a three -year 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:39.080 pilot program. The companies building the technology 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:42.600 say their aircraft are quieter, cheaper, and 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:45.899 release fewer emissions than helicopters or airplanes. 00:09:48.580 --> 00:09:53.860 And in entertainment news, Gen Z is here to save 00:09:53.860 --> 00:09:56.620 theaters is the latest report highlighting how 00:09:56.620 --> 00:10:00.080 this generation prefers peachy movies and enjoys 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:02.820 outings with their families as social media content. 00:10:03.780 --> 00:10:07.379 Disney's Zootopia 2 has surprisingly become the 00:10:07.379 --> 00:10:10.059 winning Thanksgiving offering, topping the box 00:10:10.059 --> 00:10:14.019 office with $1 .9 million in worldwide ticket 00:10:14.019 --> 00:10:17.960 sales. Meanwhile, Disney's live -action Lilo 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:22.259 & Stitch has crossed the $1 billion mark. In 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:25.679 an unexpected twist, Iron Lung, a self -released 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:29.399 film by YouTube star Mark Fischbach, grossed 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:34.539 $40 million. while Scream 7 opened to $64 million, 00:10:35.059 --> 00:10:39.700 exceeding expectations. Gen Z is indeed driving 00:10:39.700 --> 00:10:44.059 this resurgence in theaters. Well, alrighty folks, 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:48.200 it's time for the quote of the day. And today, 00:10:48.379 --> 00:10:51.039 our quote comes from the American inventor and 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:56.000 visionary, Thomas Edison. And he said, Restlessness 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:59.480 and discontent are the first necessities of progress. 00:11:01.230 --> 00:11:04.570 And that's a wrap for this morning. You can check 00:11:04.570 --> 00:11:07.909 out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some 00:11:07.909 --> 00:11:11.509 captivating aerial videos with local news and 00:11:11.509 --> 00:11:15.009 the surf reports. Have an amazing day, my good 00:11:15.009 --> 00:11:17.429 friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another 00:11:17.429 --> 00:11:20.110 episode of Sunny Mornings in Encinitas.