Coming up next, county supervisors fall
short in their effort to advance a gun
violence prevention study. The debate
over smart street lights and
police surveillance. We're hearg
community concerns about privac.
The Metro Arson Strike Team is
still looking for the person who
set a fire at the Toby Wells YM,
Having a hard at Rady Children's Hospital,
how they're using gaming
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Activists, including the parentf
a Parkland mass shooting victim,
are speaking in San Diego today
as part of the nationwide tour
bringing attention to gun viole.
Thanks for joining us.
I'm Marcella Lee. I'm
Carlo Chichetto. The tour stop
comes on the same day the San
Diego County Board of Supervisos
released the final version of its gun
violence community needs assess,
CBS8 Jesse Pagan is here with how the
board moved on that report and t
was said at that tour stop. Jes.
Carla Marcelo, The San Diego County Board
of Supervisors ultimately did not advance
the study or the recommendations in it,
deadlocking in a two to two vot.
Around the same time,
the bus turned activist vehicle
rolled in front of the County
Administration Center with the parents
of gun violent victims in tow.
With their message spelled out on the side,
the school bus carrying activis.
With Guac's magical tour
rolled into San Diego.
We officially cross the country.
Last night, the cross country tour is
named after Manuel Oliver son Joaquin,
effectually nicknamed Guac Joaquin is
one of the 17 killed in the Parkland,
FL mass shooting in 2018.
We're trying to just show a warnings.
I've been traveling from
one state to the other.
Beautiful places, different weathers,
different scenes, but the same.
People suffering from gun violee
Manuel and his wife, Patricia,
are in San Diego as the county
Board of Supervisors took up the
final version of their gun Viole
Community needs Assessment.
According to the study,
there were 1310 gun deaths in Sn
Diego County from 2017 to 2020.
Two of those 70.9% were from suicide,
28.9% from homicide,
and the rest deemed accidental
or undetermined.
The board's vote deadlocked,
failing to formally approve the
reports and its recommendations moving.
Forward for now,
something that I'm looking forward to
is having youth voices at the t.
Leonapumisano just graduated frm
Scripps Ranch High School and hs
served with several groups as an
activist for criminal justice
reform and gun violence prevent.
She says the community input aspect of
the study stood out the most to.
When we have youth voices at the table,
they bring a very unique perspective from
their. Offering Those perspectis
is really the way that I
believe we can cultivate meanin,
innovative solutions.
In the end, those innovative solutions
are what people like Manuel are
hoping come out of their effort.
There's a lot of us out there ready to
start fighting and ready to get.
Thundering our loved ones so no
one else has to go through this
Board chair Nora Vargas and Vice Chair Tara
Lawson Reimer voted to advance the report,
while Supervisors Joel Andersond
Jim Desmond did not. In stateme,
Anderson and Desmond say they need to
focus on the root issues of gun violence,
with Desmond saying the report's
recommendations don't do enough
to address mental health.
As far as the tour,
they will have a ceremony tomorw
morning at Swami's Beach and Encinitas
and will be at Comic Con Thursdy
to present in a panel Marcella.
Thanks, Jesse.
A heat wave is fueling brush
fires around the county tonight.
Fire crews were able to quicklyp
the spread of a 3 1/2 acre brush
fire in Valley Center this afternoon.
This one started near the intersection
of Cooser Canyon Road and Lilac.
No structures were damaged and e
still don't know what caused that fire.
Meantime, A downed power line is blamed
for A2 Acre Brush fire in Tierra Santa.
This started just before 1:00 this afternoon.
It forced the westbound
lanes of Claremont Mesa Blvd.
To be shut down for a short tim.
Between Antigua Blvd.
And the 15, Firefighters say soe
nearby homes were threatened,
but none were damaged.
In the end, the fire was under
control by 2:30 this afternoon.
Glad to see those fire crews
making quick work of those fire,
especially in this extreme heat.
Making for real high fire risk. Yeah,
one of the key components for fire risks.
Fortunately, we did not
have all of them today.
Chief Meteorologist Carlene
Chavis in here early.
With the first look at your micro climate
forecast as far as those fire dangers,
you know we step outside,
we don't feel the big winds right now.
Thank goodness
that it, thank goodness is righ.
We have not had the trifecta
that's been the one thing We've
been dealing with dry condition.
We've had a lack of significant
rainfall since March.
March 21st is the last time we saw more
than an inch of rainfall in our county.
But we have had the heat and thankfully
not talking about wind driven fs
and so firefighters have been ae
to tackle them rather quickly.
Now we still had the heat for
today talking about those.
90s across inland areas,
95 degrees was the high today for Escondido,
98 degrees where one of those fs
was and that is for Valley Cent,
also talking about the 90s for
El Cajon as well As for Ramona.
And you had 113 degrees today
as a high for Borrego Springs.
Still talking about dry conditis
across the desert, no surprise there.
But we also have some dry condis
we're seeing with relative humiy
values around the 30s and that's
for Ramona as well As for Alpine
as we hit the forecast shallow
marine layer is going to.
Keep those clouds right along the coast.
Mild conditions for the coast,
inland heat wave still going stg
and possible monsoonal moisture.
By early next week all those
details are coming up.
Carlo Marcella
Thanks Carlene. The Toby Wells A
and Kearny Mesa is back open for
business after a suspected arson
and vandalism over the weekend.
That caused a quarter $1,000,000 in damage.
The search continues tonight
for the people responsible,
as CBS8's David Gofferts and res
more than 300 children attend sr
camp at the nonprofit facility.
Soccer and summer camp are backp
and running at the Toby Wells YA
and Kearny Mesa just a few days after
a suspected arson fire destroyed
one end of the outdoor soccer a.
The Vandals also overturned shae
structures in the YMCA park.
All of these car canopies,
which are pretty massive,
were all upside downturned over,
Toby Wells director Carrie
Logan says The majority of the
damage was from fire set at the
South end of the soccer arena.
It melted the acrylic sideboards
and destroyed the Astroturf.
Which now has to be replaced
on the entire field.
So all the concrete here was bubbling.
We had to scrape it down.
We still have a water fountain e
that was also damaged and leaking water
that we had to remove broke pip.
Investigators think the fire was
intentionally set Friday around 11:00 PM.
Contractors and employees worked on repairs.
So that 350 children could still
attend summer camp this week.
It was a huge team effort.
We had contractors, vendors,
and our whole team rallied and worked
tirelessly of the weekend becaue
we were determined to get back d
overcome evil and bring on all e
quality program we do for our community.
Because the fire is suspected a,
the Fire Department's Metro Arsn
Strike Team is investigating,
A spokesperson said.
They have no surveillance video
to release to the public.
Even though several neighboring
buildings may have cameras,
no suspect descriptions were available.
You know, we get minor vandalism
here and there from kids. You know, a little graffiti, jut
typical set that any organizatin
gets, but nothing like this.
If you have any information abot
the fire, call San Diego police
or the San Diego Fire Departmen.
Goodness will overcome.
So we're going to fight and
get back for our community,
and we want to make sure our kis
know that this is a safe place.
The total amount of damages to the YMCA,
including replacing the Astrotu,
is about a quarter $1,000,000.
Hopefully insurance will cover most of that,
but if you'd like to make a donation,
we've posted a link at cbs8.comn
Kearny Mesa. David Goffertson C8
Thank you David.
The San Diego City Council's pld
review of the city's use of surveillance
tools is being pushed back three years.
Under the policy, the council
was supposed to review the use
of technology like street light
cameras and license plate reade,
and that review was due
at the end of this month.
If the city had kept that deadl,
then many of those tools would e
been shut down, meaning police d
not have been able to use them.
So today, council members
unanimously voted to extend the
deadline to three years from no.
That means the review won't
happen until 2026.
And the San Diego City Council's Public
Safety Committee will be discusg
smart street light cameras tomo.
CBS8's Brian White is live in
Encanto working for you where
some people are concerned about
protecting their privacy. Brian
Yeah, I'm on Imperial Ave.
here in Encanto, where a couplef
these smart street light cameras will
be installed if this plan is eventually
approved by the full City Counc.
Now, I spoke with people in the
community here about their privy
concerns and then I brought thoe
issues up to police so they coud
address those concerns. Putting
them on every other street pole
around here in our community,
and all they want to do is record violence
and try to apprehend people lat.
And we're trying to stop
violence before it happens.
Michael White Jr. in his colleas
at the nonprofit Pillars of the
Community are against any proposal to
put up more cameras here in in Kento.
This is an invasion of privacy.
You tracking my every movement.
Where does the data go?
It's just so much uncertainty in it so.
We do not feel safe and
we do not want them here.
The San Diego Police will be
presenting a proposal Wednesday
for 500 new streetlight camerasd
automated license plate readers.
Total cost $4,000,000.
And they say these cameras won't
be monitored in real time.
We'll be looking at these after the fact,
after a significant crime.
Think homicide, carjacking,
rape, missing child,
missing elder person.
So that we can, you know,
we can take action and make sure
that we're going after exactly
the right people to find exactly
the right vehicle or person.
Captain Charles Lara with SDPD s
these cameras are fixed with a e
angle lens and cannot pan, tilt or zoom.
The goal is to aim them at streets and
sidewalks as far as any private areas
like someone's yard or windows to a home.
We're going to digitally mask off with
the technology so that no pixel,
no images are formed behind that digital
masking to make sure that we arn
fact protecting people's rights where an
actual expectation of privacy exists.
As for the license plate reader,
Michael doesn't want to see
those installed either.
It's another way for them to
just track this and you know,
for them to just put your license plate,
no. Everything about you,
it's a little atrocious.
I mean, I don't know. We don't.
We don't trust those neither. According
to Captain Laura, this is how
those readers would work.
If a stolen vehicle passes under
that automated license plate re,
it's going to read the plate.
At that point, we'll get a
notification to our dispatch, h,
this vehicle is now in this are,
which would prompt officers
in the area to begin looking.
The Smart Street light cameras would be
placed in locations across the ,
but there is a higher concentran
of them South of Interstate 8.
SDPD says they've been
prioritized in higher crime ares
now. I don't think it'll help at all.
I don't think. I think they
need to do preventive measures.
They don't sit here and need to watch.
It's like some top light lines
at the zoo that came from China
and is about to give birth.
Now, the public Safety committee
will be considering these smart
streetlight cameras tomorrow, 1,
o'clock on the 12th floor, City Hall.
And of course, there will be
opportunity for public comment.
Thanks, Brian. Now if this
plan does move forward,
do we know exactly where police
intend to install these cameras?
Yes, Marcela, we do.
This city actually has a detaild
map online where you can get on
there and you can zoom into each
specific location and and look
at everything in great detail.
And of course, we'll have that
link up on our website as well.
All right. See where those
cameras will be installed?
Right on our website.
Thanks so much, Brian. If you
live in District 4 in the countd
have received your ballot for te
Board of Supervisors special election,
you know, have more choices
on where you can drop it off.
29 ballot drop boxes open today.
Four people are seeking the seat
left vacant by former Supervisor
Nathan Fletcher, Janessa Goldbe,
Monica Montgomery Step,
Amy Reichert and Paul Mcquigg.
Early voting for the August 15th
election is already underway ate
Registrar of Voters in Kearny M,
but if you'd like to cast your
ballot closer to home,
we put up a list of Dropbox locations
on the help.button@cbs8.com.
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