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CBS8 News Live at six starts no.
We begin with breaking news at MCA S Miramar,
where crews are battling a brush
fire on the base. Good evening.
I'm Jesse Pagan in for Carlo Chicago.
I'm Marcella Lee.
Now, we're told this fire has
burned about 3 acres so far.
If you live anywhere in the vicinity,
we're sure that you can see the smoke.
The good news is that Cal Firegd
and air crews are actively
fighting this fire right now.
Air response was a little bit
delayed at first because of
military aircraft in that area.
They had to make sure that the military
aircraft was cleared before they
could do those fire drops from e
and right now this is a live lo.
From right near that scene you
can see the fire helicopters
up there dropping retardant.
Ground crews have also had
some trouble getting access,
but the military is said to be helping out
with the firefighting efforts as well.
They do have military firefightg
efforts on base.
And even with this live video
compared to what we saw just a w
minutes ago from the Cal Fire camera,
you can see that that smoke apps
to be dissipating a little bit.
We will continue to monitor this fire,
again located at MCAS Miramar ad
bring you any new information he
and on our social media platfor.
Firefighters have already spent
the afternoon getting handles
on other small brush fires up in
Fallbrook and in Kensington, and
we still haven't felt the peak f
this heat. Chief meteorologist,
currently Chavis here with the
first look at your hot forecast.
Yeah, it's going to stick around and it's
actually been extended even longer when
it does come to the heat alert and then
also another area to consider as well.
So we got a lot to get to as we go through
tonight talking about dry conditions,
we have two factors right now,
the heat as well as dry air.
So when we take a look at
relative humidity values,
you are looking at a lot of thoe
20s and teens across inland
areas closer towards the coast.
You still have that marine influence and
therefore you still have those higher values,
but you're looking at 23%.
Relative humidity right now for La Mesa,
most, most inland areas are
dealing with that.
Fall Brook today was fairly dry,
26% relative humidity right now.
So we are talking about an
excessive heat warning.
We've been talking about it fore
past couple of days at least foe
mountains as well as the desert.
But now you're noticing it has
been extended to the inland are.
So Fall Brook all the way towards Santee.
You are seeing pink and that is
because an excessive heat warning will
now start for that area on Frid.
That will go all the way until Tuesday,
I said Tuesday.
Has now been extended by one more day.
So initially it was all the way
until 8:00 PM on Sunday.
But it looks like this massive a
of high pressure will stick around in
our forecast and that is impacting all
across the West and even stretcg
in towards the Southern states.
So we'll go ahead and take a lot
your complete forecast coming u,
Marcella.
Thanks, Carlene.
Right now that heat is sitting in San Diego,
hard and hotter weather,
as Carlene just mentioned is on the way.
This heat wave is expected to ph
temperatures into the triple digits inland,
as Carly is that already doing .
Peak hours just a reminder betwn
the hours of four and 9:00 PM.
So from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM, STG.
Any recommends that you don't do any laundry?
Don't run the dishwasher precool your
home before 4:00 PM because that's when
the demand surges and your prices for
electricity can go up at 4:00 PM 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.
If you have a whole house fan,
experts say those are OK,
but you shouldn't use it if it's warmer
outside of your home than inside
of your home because you'll juse
bringing all of that hot air in.
Federal government is facing sel
lawsuits over the wrongful death of a
24 year Old Navy Hospital Corps person.
Devon, right out was ambushed and shot to
death just steps away from her doorstep
back in 2018 by a former Marine who was
by law forbidden from buying weapons.
Cbsa's Rocio de la Faye joins us
now live with those details. Ro.
This week, a U.S.
District judge struck down and
denied the federal government's
motion to dismiss this lawsuit,
meaning the case will now
be moving forward in court.
The attorneys representing this
case say the tragedy could have
been 100% preventable if the
government had done its job.
Now, nearly five years since Devin's death,
her mother is seeking to hold te
federal government accountable.
He had no right by God.
Leslie Wood is seeking justice
in her daughter's death.
She would be alive today.
You would be alive today
if not for the negligence.
24 year old Devon right out
worked at a medical facility
at Camp Pendleton in 2018.
She had just gotten home from wk
and was walking her dog when she
was ambushed by Duardo Areola,
a former Marine with a long
history of mental illness under
federal law and under state law.
He was forbidden from purchasing
a gun legally.
Ariola was discharged from the
military after he was diagnosed
with schizophrenia and was
declared mentally incompetent.
The military failed to submit te
shooter's history to the FBI's
background check system that
ensures that disqualified persos
cannot buy weapons because of
failings of the federal governmt
as well as the state government.
It was never a stop put on that.
Purchase If the Department of Defense
and the Marines had done their ,
Eduardo Areola would have never gotten the
gut Devin right out would be alive today.
Ariola purchased the gun used ie
shooting from Iron Sites Shooting Range,
a gun store in Oceanside.
The gun store complied properly with the law.
Weeks later, he would use it to
shoot Devin a total of five tim.
She died only steps away from her apartment.
Arriola told police he'd killed
her because she was trespassing.
Officers later found a list
of names inside Arriola's car,
including Devon's name and
the words RIP written on it.
There are major, unnecessary
failings in the Department of
Defense and its failure to compy
with its obligations under the .
Now, you might have noticed thee
were several people standing bed
the attorneys and Devon's mothe.
They belong to two local organizations.
One of them is Mom's Demand Actn
and Seeing Diggins for Gun Viole
Prevention Against standing in
solidarity with her and also demanding
accountability from the federal government.
Rocio, Have there been other
instances in which criminal dats
not been turned over to the FBI?
Unfortunately, this is not the t
time that the federal government fails
to input critical information into the
Knicks database system, as it's called.
You might remember this happened
back in 2017, in November 2017,
when an Air Force veteran who
was accused convicted rather of.
Assault on His wife was able to purchase
weapons, and he used two of thoe
weapons to shoot and kill 26 pee
and injure more than two dozen others.
This happened in Sutherland Springs, TX.
It also happened again in Charleston,
SC, where white supremacist
Dylan Roof was able to,
again under very similar circumstances,
by a weapon, and use it to kille
people while they gathered in church.
So again, all very similar
circumstances in which these guns were.
When they had no right to purchase them.
And now we're watching it
play out here in California.
All right, let's see a live for
us right? Let's see a thank you.
One of the oldest black-owned
buildings in San Diego needs your help.
The Clementine Mcduff Elks Lodg8
has been in the community since 1925.
The building is more than 100
years old and as CBS8's Kirsten
Holmes found out, there's alreay
a movement to restore the space.
But they need your help.
When you walk in the building,
you can almost feel the rich
history and all of the love that
went into making this Elks Lodge
the pride of place for San Dieg.
Etta James performed here.
So did Nat King Cole and Billie Holiday.
The owners say they want to retn
it back to its glory days for
this and the next generation.
It was the center of Black Entertainment.
Daniel Davis is a trustee on the
board and a treasurer for the
Clementine Mcduff Elks Lodge 59.
We were considered.
Number one on the Chittenden circuit,
you can get on the dance floor
and you don't have to move.
So many was on the floor,
Semi Collins, chairman of the trustee
board and the financial secreta,
says the Elks and their building
here on Hensley have a long hisy
of serving and entertaining,
and they want to leave a thriving legacy.
We're getting old and we're not replenishing.
No organization is going to
succeed without a freshman clas.
We're at Oya Art Gallery and
Boutique here in the historic
Elks Lodge in Logan Heights
and that's where Kimberly
Phillips P comes in.
There were slot machines from wall to
wall on this side and then on tt
side there are 250 to 60 year od
poker tables that are still her.
She's been volunteering for thes
Lodge to help bring the buildind
the group back into the spotlig.
Kim says it's a time for fresh faces,
ideas and a fresh future.
While there's still a chance.
We can't allow them to do all te
work and we can't expect them to take
care of it because they need our help.
And that's where you come in,
if you're willing to lend a han.
It's fully paid for,
so there's no rent or mortgage e
on the building with 100 years.
The pipes are also 100 years ol.
And so anytime there's an issue,
they have fronted the bills.
Simeon Daniels say they're senis
looking for the next freshman
class to come in and take the l.
Hey, this is our
and we want to cherish it.
The few of us die Hearts.
I'm not going to let it die.
Kirsten Holmes, CBS8.
Thanks, Kirsten. Yeah,
I hope they get some support.
Here's hoping Pacific Beach now has a
new shuttle to help people get around
to beaches and restaurants. Yes,
and it's an electric beach bug shuttle.
And then the goal is to help mae
it easier for visitors and peope
who live here to get around.
Though these shuttles will connt
Pacific Beach to the Balboa Ave.
Transit Center.
For the first three months, the shuttles
will be absolutely free for everyone.
So get on board. Try it out.
After that, a day pass will cost you $2.50.
A lot easier than parking if
it works and if it's available.
Very useful on holidays like we
just had on the 4th of July.
Maybe use that to get along
instead of your own car.
Don't have to worry about parki.
Have to look into that.
Try it out. Yeah,
so I had tonight the steps one
local man is taking to try and p
prevent fennel overdose deaths.
Plus the clock is ticking.
Right now we are just hours
away from a likely strike.
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