TONIGHT
TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS IN OTAY MESA, ASFAW SAN DIEGO POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR AN
ARMED SUSPECT AND THEY ARE
URGING RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA
TO STAY INDOORS. GOOD EVENING
AND THANKS FOR JOINING TONIGHT
.I'M STEVE PRICE AND I'M JUST
SUMMERS. ACCORDING TO POLICE,
THE SUSPECT IS WANTED FOR A
VIOLENT CRIME IN THE AREA
OF THIRTY SEVEN HUNDRED. ROSA
LINDA STREET RESIDENTS ARE
BEING ASKED TO SHELTER IN PLACE
THAT SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS A
HISPANIC MAN IN HIS LATE 20S
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
POUNDS WAS WEARING A BLACK T
SHIRT, BLUE JEANS AND HAS A
NECK AND FACE TATTOOS. WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THIS AND WE WILL BRING YOU ANY
MORE DETAILS AS SOON AS THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE. NOW TO OUR
OTHER TOP STORY TONIGHT. A
DRAMATIC SCENE CAUGHT ON CAMERA
CHP OFFICERS RISKING THEIR
LIVES TO PULL AN ALLEGED DRUNK
DRIVER FROM A BURNING VEHICLE
HAPPENED THIS MORNING ON A
LOCAL FREEWAY. IT STARTED AS A
HIGH SPEED CHASE REACHING
SPEEDS OF MORE THAN 100 HUNDRED
MILES AN HOUR. BUT WHEN THE
DRIVER WENT OFF THE SIDE
OF INTERSTATE FIVE OFFICERS HAD
LITTLE TIME TO ACT NEWS8 TERESA
SARDINA HAS MORE ON THIS WILD
CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT STARTED IN
ORANGE COUNTY STEVEN ALEISHA.
IT WAS A DANGEROUS CHP PURSUIT
THAT STARTED IN IRVINE ENDING
IN OCEANSIDE. OFFICERS SAY IT
WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE AND RARE
EXPERIENCE CHP OFFICERS RESCUE
A MAN AFTER A HIGH SPEED CHASE
ENDING IN A FIERY CRASH EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. THE TEAM HIT
HIM FROM THE VEHICLE AND PULLED
HIM TO SAFETY. SERGEANT ERIC
NICHOLAS SAYS THE CHASE STARTED
THE IRVINE AREA AND IN AN
OCEANSIDE AT THE SANTA
MARGHERITA RIVER HIGHWAY PATROL
OFFICERS FROM THE CAPISTRANO
AREA STARTED A PURSUIT AROUND
TWO THIRTY SIX A.M. CHP REPORTS
THE PURSUIT TOPPING SPEEDS
OF MORE THAN 100 MILES PER HOUR
ON SOUTHBOUND INTERSTATE FIVE.
THAT PURSUIT CONTINUED AT HIGH
SPEEDS UP TO ABOUT 125 MILES
PER HOUR AT TIMES. THE CAR LOST
CONTROL. SERGEANT NICHOLAS SAYS
WITHIN MINUTES CHP OFFICERS
WENT DOWN THE EMBANKMENT
EXTINGUISHER MULTIPLE FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS WERE THROWN DOWN
TO OFFICERS MADE CONTACT WITH
THE PARTY WHO WAS TRAPPED IN
HIS VEHICLE. CHP OFFICERS
PULLING THE MAN OUT OF THE
PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. CAMP
PENDLETON FIRE ARRIVED SHORTLY
AFTER AN EXTINGUISHED FULLY
ENGULFED CAR ON FIRE. THEY NOT
PULLED HIM TO SAFETY. HE
UNDOUBTEDLY WOULD HAVE PERISHED
IN THE VEHICLE. CHP REPORTS
THEY BELIEVE A MAN WAS UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. WE
DON'T HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION
ABOUT THE DRIVER BUT I SPOKE
WITH CHP OCEANSIDE ON THE PHONE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY SAY
THAT THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
DIVISION IS HANDLING THE
INVESTIGATION. STEVEN ALEESHA,
THANK YOU. SANIEL COUNTY
OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING SEVEN
HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DO COVID
CASES TODAY OUT OF OVER 18000
THOUSAND TESTS FOR PERCENT CAME
BACK POSITIVE COVID
HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE TO
TREND DOWNWARDS NOW AT SIX
HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE ICU
COUNTIES ALSO DOWN BY EIGHT NOW
AT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR ARE
AVAILABLE ICU CAPACITY STANDS
AT TWENTY FIVE PERCENT IN THE
COUNTIES JUST IN CASE RATE IS
20 TO POINT TO 19 ADDITIONAL
DEATHS WERE REPORTED TODAY.
THAT TOTAL IS NOW THREE
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
EIGHT MORE CHANGES FOR
VACCINATION STATIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTY AS WE AWAIT MORE
SHIPMENTS FROM MODERNA AND
PFIZER TODAY UC SAN DIEGO
HEALTH ANNOUNCED THAT THE PETCO
PARK SUPERSTATION WILL EXTEND
ITS CLOSURE THROUGH AT LEAST
MONDAY CANCELED APPOINTMENTS
WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY
RESCHEDULED BUT CAL FIRE SAN
DIEGO OPENED NEW APPOINTMENTS
FOR THE CARLSBAD AND CUYAMACA
COLLEGE VACCINATION SITES. BOTH
LOCATIONS CAN ACCOMMODATE FIRST
AND SECOND DOSES OF THE PFIZER
VACCINE AND WITH THE PETCO PARK
SITE CLOSE, YOU MIGHT THINK
THAT OTHER SUPER STATIONS IN
THE COUNTY WOULD BE PACKED BUT
THAT'S NOT THE CASE, SHARP SAYS
THE CHULA VISTA AND GROSSMONT
LOCATIONS HAVE PLENTY
OF APPOINTMENTS THIS WEEKEND,
LEADING SOME TO WONDER WHY THE
COUNTY HASN'T OPENED UP MORE
GROUPS TO THE SHOT NEWS8
TEATHER HOPE HAS MORE ON THE
COUNTY'S PLANS MOVING FORWARD.
WE ARE INSIDE WHAT USED TO BE
SEARS HERE IN CHULA VISTA YOU
CAN SEE MULTIPLE OPEN LANES AND
TABLES AS VOLUNTEERS AWAIT TO
ASSIST PEOPLE WANTING TO
RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
BUT MANY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THIS WIDE OPEN OPPORTUNITY
AND SHOP DOCTORS HERE HAVE A
FEW REASONS WHY THERE ARE
PLENTY OF APPOINTMENTS
AVAILABLE HERE WITH MASS
APPOINTMENTS UP FOR GRABS AT
THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SOUTHBAY
VACCINATIONSSUPERSTATIONSD MANY
ARE WONDERING WHY I COULDN'T
GIVE YOU A GOOD REASON WHY
THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN SNATCHED
UP. OUR TEAM IS DOING A GREAT
JOB GETTING THE WORD OUT. THIS
CHULA VISTA LOCATION CAN
VACCINATE THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE
A DAY WITH POTENTIAL TO REACH
5000 A DAY. BUT FRIDAY ONLY
VACCINATED 700 PEOPLE AND
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE GOT
THE SHOT THURSDAY. BUT THAT WAS
THE LAST DAY THE SOUTHBAY SITE
HAD THE MODERNO VACCINE BEFORE
IT RAN OUT. WELL, WE'RE
EXPERIENCING THIS BEAUTIFUL
WEATHER. OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY ARE HOT AND THAT'S
HOLDING UP OUR PRODUCT COMING
FROM THE MIDWEST NOW WITH
PFIZER ONLY AVAILABLE. SEVENTY
NINE YEAR OLD GUY NARDINI HAD
NO PROBLEM BOOKING HIS 130
APPOINTMENT ONLINE AND GETTING
THE VACCINE. I THINK THERE'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE
HERE THAT ARE AND REALLY IT'S
SOMETHING THAT THAT EVERYBODY
SHOULD DO. BUT WITH SLOTS OPEN
,WHEN WILL THE COUNTY OPEN IT
UP TO OTHER GROUPS? THERE IS
CONVERSATION HAPPENING AT THE
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ABOUT HOW
TO OPEN UP THE TIERS WE TAKE
OUR DIRECTION FROM THEM. THAT
CHANGE COULD BE COMING SOON.
THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH WE WILL
BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THAT FIRST
TIER OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS
TEACHERS, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. FOR NOW
THIS CHULA VISTA SITE IS OPEN
TEN TO FIVE ON WEEKENDS AND TEN
TO SEVEN ON WEEKDAYS. HERE'S A
SEVENTY NINE YEAR OLD MAN I
DIDN'T EVEN FEEL THE INJECTION.
COME ON WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID
OF AGAIN YOU CAN GET THE PFIZER
VACCINE RIGHT NOW OR CHOOSE TO
AWAIT THE MODERNO VACCINE
WHENEVER THAT SHIPMENT ARRIVES
YOU JUST HAVE TO GO TO
VACCINATIONSSUPERSTATIONSD SDSU
DOTCOM FOR THOSE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS THOSE 65 AND UP AND THE
ELIGIBLE GROUPS STEVE AND
ALICIA, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
DECLARED A MAJOR DISASTER IN
SEVENTY SEVEN TEXAS COUNTIES
WHERE RESIDENTS ARE DEALING
WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE
DEADLY WINTER STORM THAT LEFT
MILLIONS WITHOUT POWER EVEN
DAYS LATER FOOD AND SAFE
DRINKING WATER REMAIN IN SHORT
SUPPLY FOR MANY TEXANS DO NOT
WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.
THEY WANT ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY
WANT TO KNOW WHY THE SYSTEM
FAILED AND QUITE FRANKLY ALMOST
BROKE. OFFICIALS ARE TESTING
WATER SAMPLES TO DETERMINE IF
IT'S SAFE TO LIFT AN ADVISORY
TO BOIL TAP WATER BEFORE
DRINKING IT. BUT FOR NOW MANY
TEXANS REMAIN UNDER THAT
ADVISORY. SO WHAT KIND
OF CONDITIONS ARE PEOPLE ACROSS
THE SOUTH ARE DEALING WITH AS
WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT? FOR MORE
ON THAT AND A FIRST LOOK AT OUR
MICROLIGHT THE FORECAST HERE'S
METEOROLOGIST SEAN STYLES AND
BOY SEAN, I MEAN I FELT GUILTY
GOING OUTSIDE TODAY BUT WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO I MEAN LOOK AT
US HERE. THIS IS THE
TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW. SIXTY
ONE SIXTY FOUR UP IN THE LOS
ANGELES AREA. BUT TAKE A LOOK
AT THE MAP HERE. BIG CHANGES
OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR
DAYS COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORKWEEK
ALBUQUERQUE. SIXTY ONE LOOK AT
EL PASO. SEVENTY ONE FORTY
EIGHT IN DALLAS. THAT'S A HEAT
WAVE COMPARED TO WHAT THEY'VE
BEEN SEEING. YOU'LL NOTICE THE
COOL AIR HAS SHIFTED IN OVER
PARTS OF THE MIDWEST AND THAT
IS ALL BECAUSE OF WHERE THE LOW
PRESSURE IS RIGHT NOW. THE COLD
AIR SPILLING DOWN ON THE
BACKSIDE OF IT. LET'S PUT THIS
MAP INTO MOTION AND LOOK HOW
THE FLOW GOES BASICALLY ZONAL.
YEAH, THERE'S A LITTLE
NORTHWEST TWIST INTO BUT HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN OVER THE
SOUTHWEST IS WARMING UP THEM
AND US. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
FORECAST TEMPERATURE OVER THE
NEXT THREE DAYS. SEVENTY THREE
TOMORROW. SEVENTY THREE ON
MONDAY. WE'LL SEE THE WIND PICK
UP AS WELL. BUT CHECK OUT THESE
TEMPERATURES IN THE INLAND
MICROCLIMATE. STEVE, IF YOU
FEEL GUILTY NOW YOU GET TO
MONDAY AND THAT 80 DEGREE
READING STEPHEN ALEESHA, BACK
TO YOU. WELL, SAN DIEGANS WOULD
USUALLY GATHER DOWNTOWN TO
CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR
THIS YEAR THAT TRADITION WILL
CONTINUE VIRTUALLY BUT THEY'RE
STILL GOING TO BE MUSIC AND
PERFORMANCES. YEAH, THE THIRTY
NINTH ANNUAL SAN DIEGO CHINESE
NEW YEAR AFFAIR KICKED OFF
TODAY ONLINE AND YOU CAN SEE A
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