This is a wake up call not only
for the entertainment industry,
but for every industry to really
look at that and say we are not
being paid fairly.
Hollywood is on edge after the deadline
for an actor's union deal expir.
What is on the line for the
industry and for California?
If this happens,
there will be no promotion.
There will be no actors doing
junkets or carpets or anything.
Everything in Hollywood
will come to a halt.
Comicon is about a week away,
and we're going to let you
know how the writers as well
as the actor strike expected
to impact our yearly event.
This is incredibly difficult tie
to be to work in show business,
and I think it's only fair that
writers and actors are fairly
like the Barbie movie actors
support a possible strike what
they and others on Twitter say.
Another hot day across San Diego County
with an excessive heat warning in play.
We'll talk about if we
have any relief insight.
It is Thursday, July 13th.
You're up with CBS8.
Hollywood could come to a
grinding halt this morning.
The deadline between the studios
and the actors union just expir.
Thanks for being here at 6:00 A,
everyone. I'm Eric Connor.
And I'm Anna Laurel in for Nett.
That's right.
That deadline actually expired
just one minute before midnight.
That means now 160,000 actors,
media professionals,
all of them they are expected to join
the writers on this picket line.
This is impacting a lot of folks here.
The deadline again and it just
before midnight if impacting.
A lot of people.
This could impact a lot of
the shows that we watch.
But first, this morning,
SAG after his national board geg
ready to vote on whether or not to strike.
The strike expected to happen very soon.
This would be the first time
actors and writers walk the
picket line together since 1960.
That's
when former U.S.
President Ronald Reagan was the
president of SAG. Get the HET.
That's that's incredible, right?
Well, the main issue at the heat
of the deal, of course, the mon.
Yeah, they're fighting for things like
pensions, healthcare contributi.
And additional payments when the shows
they appear in air on streaming services.
They also want regulations withw
studios use artificial intellige
in their productions. This is
a wake up call, not only for
the entertainment industry,
but for every industry to really look at
that and say we are not being paid fairly,
we are not being paid a fair share of
the pie for what we are contributing to.
These industries used to be where you
would have a contract with a studio and
you were contracted a certain at
of money for a certain amount of work.
Now it's very freelance,
It's very work for hire.
We're basically independent contractors.
The federal government is
involved in the mediations now.
If actors do go on strike,
it would shut down the remaining
production still operating.
Some are concerned a shutdown
could last the entire summer,
possibly even through the year.
And we're just seven days away
till the start of Comic Con.
This is going to have an impact on this too.
That's right, CBS Eight's
Chris Grow is downtown.
To explain how this is expectedo
even impact Comic Con next week. Chris.
Yeah, I mean, there's going to a
large chunk of what we've come o
know to be expected here at Comc
Con going to be missing, right?
I mean, we all remember the
iconic moments at Hall.
HI Mean, you've got the Marvel's
Avengers movie franchise
getting previewed and so forth,
introducing new characters,
trying to bring back fan
favorites and so forth.
But remember all of those movies that we see
and we relate to so much from Comic Con?
Are all adaptations of comics.
And so the theme that we've been hearing
when we've been speaking those o
are close to the comic book industry,
is that essentially they believe that
this is going to resemble a lite
bit more of what Comic Con usedo
be and potentially in a good wa.
Now of course time will tell exactly what
the reviews will be for this Comic Con,
but yes, Hall HA, lot of those movie,
previous things like that not
going to be happening,
but the Exhibit Hall,
the cosplay,
all of that still going to be in effect.
Usually on the Sunday when the s
close on top, that's when we see
the flood of people coming down.
And that might be like our norm,
like Comic Con week, but it was really
fun Con before they were there.
So I think it'll be fun still without it.
It'll just be a different
experience for a lot of people,
maybe not what they're expectin.
And of course, we know that Comic Con
can be enjoyed whether or not you have.
A badge. And so we are going to continue
covering every aspect of Comic .
How to have fun, the traffic,
you know, a look, everything.
We stay on top of it. So of cou,
stick with CBS8 for continued
coverage as we move into next w.
Eric and Anna,
Yeah, absolutely. No,
I'm very much in support of all
the unions and I'm a part of SA,
so I would absolutely stand by .
Absolutely. I think it's it's
important to all of us to standn
solidarity with with our union.
I think it's important our union is the,
you know, the the entity that tt
fights for our rights and fights
for the onset rights for everyb.
We live in a rapidly changing landscape
and it's important to show that solidarity.
And if and when we do strike,
I mean, obviously we we hope no.
We hope that everyone's able to come to a,
you know, a wonderful understan,
but if and when we do,
they'll have my full support.
And that is what cast members
of Barbie said during last
night's Barbie European premier.
Now people online are weighing ,
Kalila says, understanding that
everyone's circumstances are different.
I know the strike is more
challenging for some than other,
but as an actor and writer,
I truly believe the time is now.
Our livelihoods and longevity
as creatives depend on it.
We are ready
and Benjamin writing here.
To our incredible siblings from SAG after,
we are so proud to stand with y.
This isn't unprecedented.
In 1960 we secured residuals
for working artists.
Let's do it again because we deserve better.
We deserve a career without fea.
And Rachel says this is going to directly
negatively impact California's economy.
The government needs to step in
and get a true negotiation going
and the president of SAG after.
Releasing a statement overnight
saying in part our 90 year history is
a testament to what can be achid
through our conviction and unity
for the future of our professio.
We stand together all right, We,
the Emmy nominations are in the in fact,
they were announced yesterday afternoon
among those who were nominated r
several awards including Secess,
White Lotus and The Last of Us.
But with this actor strike,
that's on the horizon now.
There's a possibility there may
be no actors attending or writes
writing the Emmy show,
so it may look a lot different.
There's already talk of postpong
the awards ceremony to next yea.
The Emmys are scheduled to curry
take place on September 18th,
and this morning Deadline is reporting
that the Alliance of Motion Picture and
Television Producers will bleed out Writers
Guild members before resuming negotiations.
A source tells Deadline that quote the
end game is to allow things to drag on
until union members start losing their
apartments and losing their hou.
It's just awful.
The writers union is entering
its 73rd day on the picket line.
Deadline reports that studios ad
streamers have been prepared foe
long haul since the start of the strike.
The writers strike has shut
down many productions already,
including late night shows.
Riders are demanding better
pay and working conditions.
For the latest developments on this strike,
you can download the CBS8 app.
You can also follow us on
social media or go to cbs8.com.
All right,
another story we're following
this morning here in San Diego.
Firefighters working on a brush
fire burning at NCAS Miramar.
They're calling it the Sycamore Fire.
It's burned about 12 acres.
This is video from yesterday when Cal Fire
was battling the flames by air and of course,
on the ground.
Crews had to delay a response at first
because military aircraft in the area,
we're told the military,
did join the firefighting effor.
No structures are under threat.
Later this morning,
a man who pleaded guilty in a dy
human smuggling attempt will be
sentenced in San Diego federal court.
49 year old Jose Cruz Noguez
admitted to coordinating the
operation that killed 13 undocumented
migrants from Mexico and Guatem.
The smuggling attempt turned deadly when
the SUV carrying the victims crd
into a tractor trailer near Holtville.
Let's talk about the heat.
It is already hitting San Diego very hard,
as you probably experienced yesterday.
The hotter weather on the way h,
even more hot triple digits expd
for inland SDG and E sharing
ways you can save money on your
electric bill while cooling off.
Yeah, we hope saving money.
Peak hours are between the
hours of four and 9:00 PM.
SDG and E recommends do your laundry,
run the dishwasher,
and precool your home all before
4:00 PM That's when the demand
surges and the prices go up too.
Each and one of us can contribue
to decreasing that cost by
just turning off one kWh.
And if hundred if thousand
people do that we are going to
bring the cost on collectively,
then that's going to impact
all of us down the road. Now
whole house fans are OK,
but shouldn't be used if it's wr
outside your home than inside because
it'll just bring that hot air inside.
So those are. Tips to
save money or to not spend
as much on your electric,
your next electric bill,
because you will be spending ifu
got that a C cranked up right n.
That's right.
And we talked about tips earlie.
I used to live in Montana,
You were in Spokane,
WA people in your Minnesota,
so people don't have a C as much there.
So at night when you're trying o
to sleep and it's hot, you're h.
Put a cold washcloth on your ne,
you've got all these blood vess.
It'll cool your body temperature
down, it really does.
And then the drape.
In your house, yes.
Move those to the spots where that sun,
that afternoon sun is going to be the
most so that you're blocking things out.
Keep it a little dark in there
for the next couple days.
That's where I'm kind
of lucky. My apartment faces ea,
so while I'm at work, it is hot.
The sun is coming up,
but then by the time I get home around noon.
It's already certain to kind ofe
on the other side. So it's a lie
more shady outside my balcony.
Yeah, it's it's it's a little nr
ice baths we've been talking ab.
Right. They're good for you.
Is this the new shower?
Whatever you got to do at this
point just honestly we will
not judge you. Whatever your choice is.
It is 610 right now on our Thur.
We're one day shy of Friday andt
means the weekend is essentially here.
However, what we have to keep in
mind as we head into this weeked
is that the hot conditions that.
Yesterday and that we're expecto
have today are going to be on hand all
weekend long and even through next week.
So take a look 80s along the coastline.
Yesterday downtown made it to 80 degrees.
Today we're expected to do it a,
92 inland, 88 for the mountains
and 109 for the desert.
So yesterday was particularly h.
It was in some cases the hottesy
that we've had so far this year.
But what we have to keep in mind
again is that this heat wave,
so to speak,
is going to last all the way through next
week because now we have that expiration.
On an excessive heat warning
and heat advisory,
those don't expire in most cases across the
state of California until Tuesday night.
So that means that heat is realy
going to be with us current
temperatures walking out the do,
you didn't get much relief overnight.
71 for El Cajon right now, 74 H,
64 for Poway, 65 for Encinitas.
I mean, it's cooler than our afternoon highs,
but it's still not much cooler
and still across the county.
We are warmer right now compared
to 24 hours ago.
2 degrees warmer for most of the coastline.
1 degree warmer in San Diego,
3 degrees warmer in Hamul rightw
compared to this time yesterday.
Nonetheless, a gorgeous start to the morning.
How about this?
We have seen our Mount Soledad camera show
it off with only a few clouds out there.
A little bit of patchy fog as possible
going to break apart over the next hour,
I'd say, and we're going to be off toward
a blue sunny sky, remainder of the day.
612 on the clock.
Let's take a look at your border wait
times as you're heading across the border.
Right now, the border wait time at the
San Ysidro Port of Entry is Let's see,
Let's find out what it is.
115 minutes. Oh, time.
A supportive entry.
30 minutes is what it's going to take you.
You can add to cbs8.com/traffic
for the latest on our highway
conditions here across our coun.
Back to you.
All right, Evan. Thank you.
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