Comic Con is finally underway.
More than 100,000 fans are
expected to take over downtown
San Diego over the next four da.
Good evening, and thanks
so much for joining us.
I'm Marcella Lee.
And I'm Jesse Pagan.
For the next few days,
there will be all kinds of sighs
and sounds inside and outside te
San Diego Convention Center downtown.
CBS8's Jasmine Ramirez was
at day one of Comic Con.
She's live in the gas lamp,
where the party has moved
from the Convention Center to
the restaurants and the bars.
Jasmine. Yes, it definitely has.
Now people are out here
just having fun tonight.
Some of the thousands of people
that were in the Convention Cenr
at Comic Con are now just enjoyg
the gas lamp, having a night ou,
and they're just getting
geared up for their second day
of Comic Con.
Costumes and Comic Con
go hand in hand. All the
attendees have fun.
They stop and take pictures
of their favorite characters,
quote, UN quote.
You see little girls dress as you know,
Wonder Girl and it's just a ton of fun.
And it keeps us amused as well.
Like hey Spidey, hey
Cap. But looking through tonight's crowd,
it was noticeable that fewer pee
dressed up compared to years pa.
We made it a mission to find fas
who go all out Tom cons the bes.
It's my favorite time of the
year again been coming since 97.
Matthew's favorite part is the costumes.
This is Brick Frog from the Venture Brothers.
He's a background character that has like
2 lines in the entire series and he's
just he throws bricks and he's a frog.
It's funny and I figured it's
an easy costume to put together.
This is from the series Ander,
which is a Star Wars spin off.
We also found people who thought
outside of the box and dressed h
the purpose in solidarity with .
Unions.
I threw together a last minute
cosplay with the homemade picket sign.
Kate wanted to show support fore
actors and writers striking in Hollywood.
I don't think we would have this convention
if we didn't have writers and and actors,
so you know, we can feel their absence
today. She was happy to see a lt
of attendees are in agreement. I
think there's been a lot of support here.
I've gotten a lot of great and interesting
and surprising reactions to to this cosplay.
And despite the strikes,
it's really nice just to see everyone
out and enjoying their time her.
Now there will be popups and
activities through the weekend
out in the gas lamp area and
outside of the Convention Cente,
so you don't need a badge to
Comic Con to enjoy them reportig
live from the gas lamp.
Jasmine Ramirez, CBS8
looks so fun out there.
Thanks so much Jasmine.
And the fun continues tomorrow
with hundreds of events, vendor,
panels and live performances.
Some highlights include.
A Sharknado 10th Anniversary pal
Can you believe it's been a dec?
A whole decade?
An exclusive first look of the
Strangers trilogy and Universal
will begin hosting a step into
Jurassic Park experience outside
of the actual convention.
We have a full list of Comic Con
related events happening througt
San Diego over the next few days
on our website justvisitcbs8.co.
Now Comic Con is happening
in the middle of a heat wave,
but that isn't stopping people m
dressing up in full cosmic. As you saw
outside the Convention Center t,
we saw a lot of people trying
to find shade to protect
themselves from the hot sun.
People we talked with say the
Convention Center does have a C,
but with so many people inside,
it still feels hot indoors.
A Comic Con employee told us
because of the Hollywood strike,
some panels had to cancel,
meaning more people were on
the Convention Center floor.
It's quite warm under this mask.
I see the sweat insanely hard.
Don't ever do it, but do it. Love it.
Don't do it because it's awful,
but do it because it's fun.
There are a number of vendors selling
water at the Convention Center,
so make sure you do stay hydrat.
It is hot. Nothing to to joke a.
You really do need to to make
sure that your body is is,
you know, replenished with wate.
And we want to see more
of your Comic Con costume,
so send us pictures with the CBS8 app,
even if it's just you being
all sweaty under your mask.
Just go to the Near Me section in our app.
Be sure to tell us your name
and what you are dressed up as.
People attending Comic Con this
weekend can expect more heat.
This isn't even the worst of it.
Now CBS8 Chief Meteorologist
Carlene Chavis joining us now.
Carlene ad nauseam. It's hot.
What you going to wear?
I don't know. I want to
see you dress up something. Jus,
I've already seen Marcella as Batwoman,
so that works. All right,
let's go ahead and take a look
at your forecast out there.
So we got the festivities going.
Wrapping up day one, we still got more to go,
69 degrees currently for downto.
Also talking about some light w.
The West northwest at about 8 m.
If you are going to head out to
downtown this weekend, just keen
mind plenty of sunshine out the.
Also quickly getting rid of that marine layer
so afternoon sunshine will be in the works.
You're talking about highs thatl
be around 80 degrees and there's lots,
there's lots of fun to be had ad
the Convention Center as well.
So if you're going to be venturg
out to the restaurants or some
of those interactive popups,
just keep in mind sunscreen
hydration with your water.
And then just keep blotting
your makeup. If you're going to go all out,
we'll go ahead and take a look t
your complete forecast coming u,
Jesse, thank you, Carlene.
And to keep up with the latest
forecasts and weather alerts frm
Carlene Evans shot in the entire team.
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