Some are calling it retro,
others say vintage.
A look inside a very
different Comic Con for 2023.
Still talking about heat in the forecast.
And then by second-half of the weekend,
even some lightning
and the elevators keep breakingn
at a 14 story high rise for sen.
We're working for you to get answers.
This little guy went missing in Vegas,
then turned up here in San Dieg.
We'll show you the happy
reunion and Day 1A Comic Con,
and we'll tell you how the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles are stealing the .
CBS8 News Live at six starts no.
Day one of Comic Con is finally here,
and more than 100,000 fans
will descend upon downtown San
Diego for everything fandom.
Good evening and thank you for joining us.
I'm Carla Chichetto.
I'm Marcella Lee.
The con comes in the middle of e
Hollywood writers and actors st,
setting the scene for a
different kind of Comic Con.
CBS8's Kirsten Holmes
is on the story for us.
She joins us live from downtown
with details. Kirsten,
you always find the fun.
Oh, you know, that's right.
I am always finding the fun.
And there is no better place
right now than to find the fun
here in downtown San Diego.
We're here in the Gaston Quarte.
Take a look behind me.
OK, So we already set it up that
this is going to be a little.
Bit of a different Comic Con, r?
But you see all of the crowds that are
committed to coming to San Diegr
all of the fun and all of the fandom,
even if you don't have a ticket.
A lot of free stuff to do
outside and still a lot of fun
to be had. Take a look
now that I am inside the Convention Center,
Got my press badge, did my hair,
This is Comic Con 2023 and
take a look at my childhood.
Remember Blockbuster?
Let's talk about Brick Buster Vo
and Legos Brick Buster Video.
This is just one.
The things that you can find this year
at Comic Con 2023 My favorite pt
about this place is that it looks just
like the blockbuster from my childhood,
except they've upgraded it
with Lego's newest toys.
So we got to tell you about thi,
Marvel Studios is actually bowig
out of presenting a panel or anf
their usual Hall H fanfare this year.
Marvel's panels are usually the
most anticipated one of the newt
exhibits this year. CBS's Ghost.
Have you seen that show?
Let's take a look inside.
I hate getting walked through.
Now there won't be any big Warnr
Brothers or DC Studios Hall H
presentations this year either.
A lot of people are bummed out about that,
But Universal Pictures, Lucasfi,
Sony Pictures, and Netflix?
They're also following suit and opting
out of this year's San Diego Comic Con.
All right, so you Star Trek fan,
another new exhibit here
this year at Comic Con.
You can explore Star Trek's stre
new worlds right here in San Di.
There are a lot of non celebrity
related panels and workshops top
into throughout the weekend as .
And as always,
the incredible star of the show
is the cosplay that's the real
star of the show this weekend.
People worked on these costumes all year
long and they can finally show them off.
Speaking of showing off a costu,
take a look beside me.
Hi, Ken. Hi, Barbie.
I am so excited for this movie.
Thank you for that.
We have more costumes because
we're trying to find the costum,
right? Hi. Who are you?
I bet I can guess.
Batman J. Batman J,
we got one more friend right he.
I saw this guy pedaling through the street,
and I'm like, oh, we got to talk to this guy.
Hi. What's your name?
My name is San Diego Spider Man.
We have San Diego Spider
Man at Comic Con this year.
Your costume is amazing complete
with the bike with the water bottles.
Tell me how is Comic Con for you this year?
Well, Comic Con, I miss a lot of
the normal people that we say.
I miss Darth Vader and I miss
the stormtroopers for sure.
Yeah, definitely need the stormtroopers.
How are the costumes?
Not a whole lot of people in costumes.
Maybe it's the heat,
A combination of things that the actors
in the studio is not showing up.
Their favorite ones that we're g
to be here. Perhaps those thing.
All right. But wait a minute.
You know,
I was on a mission to find the costumes.
Are the costumes here? Let's gea
look at these costumes for Comic Con.
And a lot of people are now gathering around.
So we're having a lot of fun don
here for comic cons.
2023, Ken is here.
Barbie's going to be here.
Later when I find a costume,
hopefully you can come.
Batman's here too.
Hopefully you can come.
We just all collectively
in the studio, said Spider
Dog and and Kirsten, you're
you're down there, so you know,
after meeting Ken, I guess
you could tell people that somes
with costumes, less is more.
Yes indeed. Especially in this weather.
Ken is winning right now. It's kind of hot.
That's true. Dress up as Ken
and you're winning. I like it.
Thanks so much, Kirsten.
Today we are working for you and sharing
your best options for transportn
getting to and from Comic Con.
The number one tip,
try to avoid driving there if you can.
As you can see here on the scre,
W Harbor Drive is closed
near the Convention Center,
so it can really cause a
lot of backups. Parking
is a very limited of course,
a lot of lots down there
used for popup events and.
Street parking is likely going
to be full seven lots downtown
and the Convention Center garag.
Those are all reserved
for Comic Con attendees.
Another option is to use the
free shuttle bus service.
In order to ride it for free,
you just need to show your
official Comic Con badge.
There are six different routes,
each with pickup spots.
Near hotels around the Convention Center,
This is a map right here of all the stops.
You can get a closer look onlin.
The buses come about every
15 to 30 minutes. There's
also the trolley.
MTS is running a special Comic n
Express line from the Balboa Av.
station to 5th and Imperial.
It can bring you right across
the station from the center.
You can also take a longer
route on the Green line,
On the Blue Line or Orange.
You can also get get there.
Make sure to get off at 12th and Imperial.
If you have to pay through the Pronto app,
you can get a discount.
You can also buy your tickets
at a machine at a trolley stop.
So remember,
lots of different ways to get
out there without driving or
without having to Uber even.
Yeah,
it'll be fun to not sit
in a car
no matter how you're getting to Comic Con.
You need to be smart, Stay hydr.
Our heat wave is going to get
worse as we move into the weeke.
Use caution anywhere, especially if you're
going to Comic Con in a heavy costume.
Chief Meteorologist Carlene Chas
joins us now with the first look
at your micro climate forecast.
Carlene, you say we've not even hit the peak.
We have not. That's Saturday.
So yeah, you think it's hot right now.
We're still talking about even
more heat in our forecast.
So temperatures still climbing
tomorrow as well as Saturday.
And then by the second-half of the weekend,
they come down just a little.
Thing you're talking about Monsino moisture,
so a whole lot to get to.
Taking a look at current
conditions outside for downtown,
we are talking about 74 degrees.
You have plenty of sunshine out there
too and so you need to be stayig
nice and hydrated if you are gog
to be out and about just enjoyig
downtown Comic Con or just in general.
We're talking about the 80s for this weekend,
upper 70s to low 80s for downto.
That marine layer will quickly clear out,
just ask Marcella and then by te
afternoon hours basking in the sunshine.
So we are talking about some he.
Across inland areas as well As for downtown.
And then as we go into next wee,
things start to change up just a little bit,
only slightly.
We're still talking about heat,
but just not as hot.
The heat alerts go all the
way until Saturday.
And as I mentioned,
monsoonal moisture is going to e
things uncomfortable around here too.
So we'll go ahead and take a lot
your complete forecast coming u.
Marcella,
Carlo.
The threat of wildfires is keepg
some state lawmakers working
through their summer break. The
Select Committee on Wildfire
Risk Reduction met yesterday.
Our political reporter Morgan Reiner has
more tonight on what they talked about.
There's so much to talk about
when it comes to wildfires,
how to prepare your home,
the insurance crisis.
The chair of this special
committee said that they
probably only touched the
surface of many of these topics,
but this is just the first
hearing of many more to come.
Assemblymember
Damon Connolly is the chair
of the Select Committee.
One of the first acts I took in
office was to request for the
establishment of this new commi.
Through this committee, I hope o
engage a broader group of stakeholders.
To discuss and collaborate on the challenges,
lessons learned and opportunities relating
to tackling our wildfire challe.
At Wednesday's hearing,
Frank Bigelow with the State
Fire Marshall ran through what
homeowners can do to prepare
to 75% of homes during a wildfie
are burned down by embers.
Not by direct flame contact,
not by radiant heat,
but through embers. So
he said. To look for any holes, cracks,
openings and ember can slip into, just
go in your garage.
Close the doors during the day
and see if you can see daylight.
Can you imagine if that picturet
you saw of the embers flying atr
home and you have that many cras
and ways for embers to get insi?
It's an intrusion point.
The state Department of Insurane
said they adopted new regulatios
to require insurance companies o
provide incentives to policyhols
who implement home hardening. 2.
Only 7% of policyholders had acs
to any incentive for home hardening in
their policy and this new regulation.
That was finalized last fall wil
ensure that 100% of policyholdes
have access to incentives.
But incentives only help those
who still have coverage.
Connolly knows Wednesday's
hearing is just the start of
many hard conversations to come.
We're going to have many
more of these hearings.
I think we teed up a lot of the issues.
That we're all aware of,
but digging deeper on them,
really going forward in a way
that helps our communities but
also really helps the environme.
There was also an opportunity
for the public to weigh in.
One man stood up and said it tok
him at six months to get a permt
to clean the area around his fe.
Right now there is no date
set for the next hearing.
Thanks Morgan.
Tonight CBS8 is working for you.
People living in a downtown high
rise have been complaining that
the elevators keep breaking dow.
Taxpayer
money helped build the 14 story.
Teresa of Calcutta apartments.
Our David Gobson talked to the people
who live there and the operatorf
the building, Father Joe's Vill.
11:30 at night.
And the alarms going off. Maria
Ennis recorded this video
in her downtown building,
a 14 story low income
apartment complex called St.
Teresa of Calcutta Apartments,
operated by Father Joe's Villag.
She also sent us these photos
of the building's elevators
shut down at one elevator,
which she claims happens frequently. Do
not use elevators. Repeat.
Do not use elevators.
We can't anyway,
because they're broken. Maria
Ennis and Maurice Troll are both tenants
of the apartment building locatt
14th and Commercial streets downtown.
This week, they filed A lawsuit
alleging housing discriminationd
safety issues with the buildings
three elevators being out of service.
Majority of the tenants here
are on wheelchairs and walkers,
so they're stranded.
If there's an A big fire,
there's no way for him to get out. In
December, a four alarm fire broke out
on the 10th floor of the buildi.
You can still see the damage on
the windows from the outside,
but fire or no fire when the
elevators break down, Maurice s.
He becomes stranded in his third floor
apartment because he's in a wheelchair.
Have you reported this to management?
Oh yeah. What is their attitude towards you?
They just said we gonna fix it.
We we gonna have somebody come out to fix it.
Just be patient with us.
Early last year, the St.
Teresa Apartments opened
up to a lot of fanfare.
$145 million project partially
funded by taxpayer dollars offeg
affordable housing for the home.
Father Joe's Villages emailed me
a statement saying in part Any
claims of housing discrimination
are taken seriously and we aim o
address such concerns promptly.
Father Joe's Villages is unable to speak
to any pending or current litigation.
Coincidentally or not,
one day after the lawsuit was f,
an elevator service van was
seen arriving at the building.
The lawsuit was just filed this
week in federal court,
so there has been no response y.
We'll keep following the case
and let you know what happens.
Working for you in the East Vil.
David Godferson, CBS8.
Thanks, David. Still ahead toni,
a house hearing about online censorship
and why it got so much attention today.
Plus, somebody in Southern
California has won a billion
dollar Powerball jackpot.
We go inside the store where
the winning ticket was sold,
and up next a little lost dog
found in San Diego, hundreds
of miles from his home.