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THE SURPRISE SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR NEWS 8 STARTS RIGHT NOW.
BIG NEWS FOR BUSINESSES IN SAN
DIEGO. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
LIFTS THE STAY AT HOME WATER
ACROSS THE STATE. GOOD EVENING.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
I'M MARCELLA LEE IN FOR BARBARA
LEE EDWARD CARLUCCI CHICANO.
THAT MEANS THE RESTAURANTS WILL
BE ABLE TO RESUME OUTDOOR
DINING AND SALONS AND SOME
SIMILAR BUSINESSES CAN REOPEN
FOR INDOOR SERVICES WITH SOME
RESTRICTIONS. THE STATE
CONFIRMED THE MOVE BACK TO THE
PURPLE TIER THIS MORNING.
LOUISE KELLY HAS IT ALL HAS
MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR SAN
DIEGO. AND REACTION FROM TWO
BUSINESS OWNERS KELLY. WELL,
WE'RE A GREAT MAPLE IN
HILLCREST WHERE THE STAFF IS
PREPARING TO REOPEN THEIR
OUTDOOR PATIO SOMETIME THIS
WEEK. NOW THE OWNER SAYS HE'S
CERTAINLY GLAD THAT THE STAY AT
HOME ORDER HAS BEEN LIFTED. BUT
HE SAYS THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK
AHEAD OF THEM. SO HE HAS A BIG
DEAL IS A BIG SURPRISE. I HAD
NOT EXPECTED THAT QUICKLY.
JENNI RIVERA, THE OWNER OF
GREAT MAPLE SPENT THE DAY
PREPARING TO REOPEN HIS
RESTAURANT FOR OUTDOOR DINING
WISHFUL THINKING TO BE NICE TO
BE OPEN TOMORROW BUT IT'S
IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT BACK OPEN
COMES AFTER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM. ALL
REGIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
ARE NO LONGER IN THE STATE HOME
ORDER WHICH MEANS SAN DIEGO IS
BACK IN THE PURPLE TIER
RESTAURANTS CAN RESUME OUTDOOR
DINING SALONS CAN REOPEN WITH
RESTRICTIONS. RETAIL CAN ALLOW
25 PERCENT CAPACITY PLACES OF
WORSHIP MOVIE THEATERS AND GYMS
CAN REOPEN FOR OUTDOOR
SERVICES. HERE'S HOW THE
GOVERNOR EXPLAINED WHY THE STAY
AT HOME ORDER WAS LIFTED. WE
PRAEGER THAT FORWARD OVER A
FOUR WEEK PERIOD AND WE
DETERMINE ICU CAPACITY EITHER
MEETS OR EXCEED 15 PERCENT. THE
STATE PREDICTS A MONTH FROM
NOW. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S ICU
CAPACITY WILL HIT ABOUT 33
PERCENT. THE GOVERNOR SAYS
WE'RE SEEING A FLATTENING OF
THE CURVE BUT WE'RE NOT OUT OF
THE WOODS YET. THERE'S SO MANY
MOVING PARTS. AND AGAIN, IT
COMES BACK DOWN TO. WE HAVE TO
BE SAFE. REBECCA EDWARDS, OWNER
OF THE HYDE EDWARDS SALON AND
SPA A LITTLE ITALY SAYS THE
BACK AND FORTH IS CONFUSING.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO GO BACK TO
WORK. THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE
THING THAT WE ALL WANT. YOU
KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S I THINK
FOR ME THE FRUSTRATION IS, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S NEVER ANY
WARNING, YOU KNOW, SPACED OR
ALL OF A SUDDEN DROP AND GO. I
SUBLEASE THE BACK COST OF MY
BUILDING AND SHRUNK MY SALON
DOWN BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO
KEEP THIS JUGGLING ACT LIKE
MANY SMALL BUSINESSES JUST IN
THE SAME SITUATION. I MEAN, YOU
KNOW, I'M HOLDING BY BY A VERY,
VERY SMALL THREAD. RIVERA
AGREES. BUT LET'S BE VERY
CLEAR. FOR ANYBODY THIS HAS
BEEN A HUGE IMPACT FOR
RESTAURANT BUSINESS. THERE
ISN'T ONE RESTAURANT THAT
HASN'T BEEN COMPLETELY IF NOT
ANNIHILATED COMPLETELY ALMOST
TO THEIR KNEES. BOTH OWNERS ARE
DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO
SURVIVE IN THESE UNCERTAIN
TIMES. KELLY YES IT ON NEWS 8
AND THINGS CONTINUE TO TREND
WELL WHEN IT COMES TO NEW COVER
CASES IN SAN DIEGO. ONE
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY
SEVEN CASES WERE REPORTED TODAY
OUT OF MORE THAN 14000 TESTS
FOR A 10 PERCENT POSITIVE RATE
ANOTHER BIT OF POSITIVE DATA.
THE NUMBER OF COVERED RELATED
HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS IN THE
COUNTY DROPPED BELOW FIFTEEN
HUNDRED FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE CHRISTMAS 428 COATED
PATIENTS ARE STILL IN THE ICU
THOUGH AND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY
NINE DEATHS WERE REPORTED LAST
WEEK MAKING IT THE DEADLIEST
WEEK YET OF THE PANDEMIC. YOU
HEARD IT THOUGHT. PROBABLY EVEN
FELT IT THE HOWLING WIND
POUNDING RAIN AND EVEN HAIL
THAT PEPPERED SAN DIEGO COUNTY
TODAY. AND THERE IS A LOT SNOW
UP IN OUR LOCAL MOUNTAIN. WE
HAVE A FIRST LOOK AT YOUR
MICROCLIMATE FORECAST AND JUST
A MOMENT. FIRST THOUGH, TODAY'S
CRAZY WEATHER TOPPLED TREES
CAUSED POWER OUTAGES AND CAUSED
OTHER DAMAGE IS A STEEP PRICE.
SHOWS WHAT ELSE WAS AFFECTED BY
THE WILD WEATHER. A BIZARRE
STORM HIT OUR COUNTY MONDAY.
WIND GUSTS TOPPING 50 MILES AN
HOUR IN SEVERAL AREAS. OUTDOOR
DINING TENTS LIKE THIS NO MATCH
FOR MOTHER NATURE WHO THREW
SEVERAL SURPRISES OUR WAY. HAIL
FROM SAME CARLOS TO CARLSBAD
AND SEVERAL SPOTS IN BETWEEN.
IT TOOK WINTER A WHILE TO GET
HERE THIS YEAR BUT NOW IT'S
QUICKLY MAKING UP FOR LOST
TIME. TREES BLOCKING ROADS
FALLING ON CARS AND TRUCKS AND
IN POINT LOMA CRASHING INTO
CARPORT THAT THEN COLLAPSED
UNDER MULTIPLE VEHICLES. WE
ALSO HAD CALLS THE POWER LINES
KNOCKED DOWN WITH SD GENIE
REPORTING THOUSANDS OF
CUSTOMERS LOSING POWER AND THE
NATIONAL CITY A SHOPPING CENTER
SIGN TOPPLED OVER. OUR OFFICERS
ARE IGNORING CALLS TO CALL TO
CALL FOR CHP OFFICERS. THE
CHAOS STARTED BEFORE THE SUN
CAME UP. THIS HAPPENED ON THE 0
5 IN NATIONAL CITY. LUCKILY NO
ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. BIG
RIG HIT THE U.S. SENATOR FROM
WAR AND HIT HIM HIT ANOTHER
VEHICLE AND ENDED UP JACKKNIFE
BLOCKING SEVERAL LANES FOR A
FEW HOURS. THE WEATHER SO NASTY
THE COUNTY HAD TO SHUT DOWN ITS
VACCINATION SUPER STATION NEAR
PETCO PARK. WE'RE NOT GOING
VACCINATION NOT SAN DIEGO
POLICE DELIVERING THE BAD
NEWS AS DRIVER SHOWED UP FOR
THEIR APPOINTMENTS. JUST
FRUSTRATING. GARY AND KAREN
GREENBERG TURNED AWAY AT 7 A.M.
THEN CAME BACK LATER HOPING THE
SITE WOULD REOPEN. BUT NO SUCH
LUCK. JUST TRYING TO GET THE
APPOINTMENT AND NOT BEING ABLE
TO GET IT. YOU KNOW, FINALLY
YOU GET IT AND THEN IT'S CALLED
OFF. SO VERY FRUSTRATING.
COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THIS SUPER
STATION WILL ALSO BE CLOSED
TUESDAY MORNING BECAUSE HEAVY
RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST.
NEWS THAT'S DISAPPOINTING BUT
GARY UNDERSTANDS THESE
CONDITIONS MAKE DOING EVEN
SIMPLE TASKS DIFFICULT. I
COULDN'T EVEN OPEN EITHER DOOR
TO OUT TO THE OUTSIDE. THE WIND
WAS SO STRONG, VERY STRONG. SO
I WOULD SAY BASED ON THE TENTS
HERE I WOULD SAY YOU'RE
PROBABLY MADE AND PROBABLY MADE
SOME SENSE. THOSE WHO HAD
APPOINTMENTS WILL GET EMAILS
TELLING THEM THEY'VE BEEN
RESCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY. STEVE
PRICE NEWS AND YOU HEARD THAT
ONE GENTLEMAN TALKING ABOUT HOW
STRONG THE WINDS WERE. TAKE A
LOOK AT SOME OF THE STRONGEST
GUSTS AROUND SAN DIEGO. AND
THEY'RE NOT ALL IN THE
MOUNTAINS OR IN THE FOOTHILLS.
YEAH, SURE. VULCAN MOUNTAIN
IT'S SIXTY NINE MILES PER HOUR
BUT SOLANA BEACH AT 59 MILES
PER NOW PER HOUR IN DEL MAR IN
MISSION BEACH AT FIFTY FIVE AND
FIFTY SIX MILES PER HOUR. SO
SOME VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS
THE COUNTY AND THE HIGH WIND
WARNING WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
ALONG THE COASTLINE UNTIL 10:00
P.M. TONIGHT. AND A WINTER
STORM WARNING IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THEY JUST LOOKED UP IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND THEY'RE STILL
SEEING PRETTY GOOD AMOUNTS OF
SNOW COMING DOWN. WE HAVE A
HIGH WIND WARNING OUT IN THE
DESERT, A WIND ADVISORY IN THE
INLAND MICROCLIMATE AND
OFFSHORE IN THE OCEAN. A GALE
WARNING. NOW I CAN'T IMAGINE
ANYONE THINKING THEY'RE GOING
TO GO OUT IN THE OCEAN RIGHT
NOW LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES
THIS DE AS WELL AS RAMONA AN
ALPINE RECORD DAYTIME HIGH LOW
TEMPERATURES. IT WAS COLD IN
THE MOUNTAINS. TWENTY NINE AT
MOUNT LAGUNA DOWNTOWN. FIFTY
SEVEN FIFTY FOUR IN CHULA VISTA
FIFTY SIX AND OCEANSIDE CURRENT
DOPPLER RADAR. SCATTERED
SHOWERS HERE AND THERE WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE RAIN SHOWERS
COME DOWN MAYBE SOME HAIL SNOW
IN THE MOUNTAINS. AND FOR YOU
FOLKS OVER THE COASTAL AREA
OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS A
SLIGHT WARMING TREND BUT MORE
RAIN ARRIVING THURSDAY AS THE
NEXT STORM THIS ONE TAPPING
INTO AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER
POTENTIALLY BRINGING HEAVY RAIN
.I'LL HAVE YOUR COMPLETE
FORECAST IN A BIT. ALL RIGHT,
SEAN, THANKS. AND TONIGHT SADLY
WE ARE LEARNING OF AN APPARENT
STORM RELATED TRAGEDY. A FATHER
AND DAUGHTER IN L.A. BOTH DIED
TODAY. ELECTRIC BY DOWNED POWER
LINES. POLICE SAY A MAN IN HIS
50S AND A WOMAN IN HER 20S WERE
KILLED DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS IN THE PANORAMA CITY
NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY SAY DAD AND
DAUGHTER HEARD A LOUD POPPING
SOUND SO THEY WENT OUTSIDE TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON
AND WERE ELECTROCUTED. VIDEO
HAS BEEN RELEASED OF THE SAN
DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SHOOTING
AND KILLING AN UNARMED MAN AS
HE RAN AWAY FROM THE DOWNTOWN
JAIL AS D.A. DAVID GOT WRITTEN
REPORTS THE DEPUTY HAS SINCE
RESIGNED AND IS NOW FACING A
CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
IS THAT HOW HE APPEARED? MAY
1ST 2020? YES, IT WAS DEPUTY
AARON RUSSELL WAS IN FULL
UNIFORM ARRIVING ON FOOT TO
WORK AT THE DOWNTOWN JAIL WHEN
RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM. A MAN
ESCAPED FROM THE BACK SEAT OF A
STATE PARK RANGERS PATROL CAR.
THIRTY SIX YEAR OLD NICHOLAS
BILLS HAD SLIPPED ONE HAND OUT
OF HIS HANDCUFFS. HE SLAMS THE
DOOR ON ANOTHER RANGER AND RUNS
AWAY FROM THE JAIL. DEPUTY
AARON RUSSELL PULLS HIS PISTOL
AND SHOOTS HITTING BILLS AT
LEAST FOUR TIMES, KILLING HIM.
MR. RUSSELL REMOVED FROM HIS
HOLSTER POLICE THIS FIRE AT MR.
BILL'S AS HE RAN NORTHBOUND.
RUSSELL RESIGNED IN THE WAKE OF
THE SHOOTING. NOW HE'S CHARGED
WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING WAS
PLAYED PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST
TIME MONDAY DURING A
PRELIMINARY HEARING. ATTORNEYS
FOR THE FORMER DEPUTY MADE IT
CLEAR THEY INTEND TO ARGUE THIS
SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED. LOOK AT
THAT TOP OF THE VIDEO. YOU CAN
SEE A PAIR OF RED SHOES
BELONGING TO A NURSE WHO WAS
STANDING NEARBY ON THE
SIDEWALK. AND AS YOU SEE THAT
IS THAT REFRESHING RECOLLECTION
OF WHAT THAT IS. I BELIEVE IT
WAS A PERSON WALKING BY. I
DON'T RECALL THE NAME DURING
CROSS-EXAMINATION OF A SAN
DIEGO POLICE SERGEANT. THE
DEFENSE TEAM IMPLIED THAT NURSE
COULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER AND
THE HANDCUFF STILL ON BILL'S
WRIST MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN
FOR A WEAPON. WERE YOU ABLE TO
DETERMINE IN THE COURSE OF YOUR
INVESTIGATION WHETHER OR NOT
THE CUFF THAT MR. BILL'S HAD
REMOVED FROM HIS LEFT WRIST WAS
HANGING DOWN LOOSE OR WHETHER
HE HAD RIPPED IT IN HIS HAND TO
KEEP IT FROM DANGLING? I DID
NOT. I DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T
KNOW HOW HE WAS HOLDING IT LIKE
I DID. I DON'T COME TO THAT
CONCLUSION. TESTIMONY IN THE
PRELIMINARY HEARING WILL
CONTINUE TOMORROW WHEN IT'S ALL
OVER. THE JUDGE HAS TO DECIDE
WHETHER THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE
FOR THE CASE TO GO TO TRIAL.
CARLA, DISTURBING VIDEO. DAVID,
WHAT OTHER EVIDENCE WILL BE
PRESENTED TOMORROW? WELL, WE'RE
HEARING THERE ARE THREE MORE
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS BUT IT'S
UNCLEAR WHEN THOSE VIDEOS WOULD
BE SHOWN IN COURT. WE WILL HEAR
FROM THE TWO PARK RANGERS WHO
ARE TRANSPORTING BILLS TO THE
JAIL WHEN THE ESCAPE TAT WHEN
THE ESCAPE HAPPENED. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING AND HEARING
MORE EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE
DEMOGRAPHICS AND REPORTING.
THANK YOU, DAVID. A 17 YEAR OLD
FACING A MURDER CHARGE IN THE
STABBING DEATH OF A HIKER IN
CARLSBAD MADE ANOTHER
APPEARANCE IN JUVENILE COURT
TODAY. LAWYERS FOR THE TEENAGE
BOY WHO NEWS 8 IS NOT
IDENTIFIED BECAUSE HE'S A MINOR
WANTED HIM RELEASED TO HIS
FAMILY WITH A G.P.S. ANKLE
MONITOR. THE JUDGE DENIED THAT
REQUEST. THE TEENAGER IS
ACCUSED OF STABBING 68 YEAR OLD
LISA THORNBURG TO DEATH ON
NOVEMBER 20 30 ALONG A HIKING
TRAIL IN HOSPICE GROVE. A
HEARING HAS NOT YET BEEN SET
BUT A PETITION TO TRY THE TEEN
AS AN ADULT. HE'LL BE BACK IN
COURT ON MARCH 29. TONIGHT A
KEY STEP IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
COMPLETE. SETTING THE STAGE FOR
A HISTORIC TRIAL NEXT MONTH.
JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO THE
HOUSE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS
DELIVERED TO THE SENATE THE
SINGLE ARTICLE THAT PASSED THE
HOUSE BACK ON JANUARY 13TH
INDICTING MR. TRUMP FOR HIS
ROLE IN INCITING THE DEADLY
ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL THE WEEK
BEFORE. COMING UP AT 530, WE
WILL HAVE A FULL REPORT FROM
CAPITOL HILL WITH WHAT TO
EXPECT IN THE COMING WEEKS.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS SIGNED
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REVERSING A
BAN ON TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
SERVING IN THE MILITARY. THE
ORDER WAS SIGNED TODAY DURING A
MEETING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT
AND DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD
AUSTIN. THE REVERSAL ALSO
PREVENTS ANY SERVICE MEMBER
FROM BEING FORCED OUT OF THE
MILITARY BECAUSE OF GENDER
IDENTITY. SAN DIEGO PRIDE
ISSUED A STATEMENT ABOUT THE
REVERSAL OF THE BAN. IT SAYS IN
PART. SAN DIEGO HAS THE HIGHEST
CONCENTRATION OF LGBTQ MILITARY
PERSONNEL IN THE WORLD MAKING
TODAY'S HISTORIC EXECUTIVE
ORDER BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ENDING
THE BAN ON TRANSGENDER SERVICE
MEMBERS. THAT MUCH MORE