The city of San Diego has been
working on its backlog of potho.
I'm Brian White with their progress report.
I am in strong support and I ask that
you are in strong support to pas
who lost their kids to fentanyl.
Speak out about a proposed law that would
send a message to drug dealers. Clear
Skies right now. But we are
gearing up for yet another storm
system to impact with rain and
mountain snow through Thursday.
All those details ahead.
And hop on the hot Tamale train
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CBS 8 News Live at 6 starts now.
More rain is heading our way,
and that means more potholes
for you to avoid on our roads.
Good evening. Thanks so much for
joining us. I'm Marcella Lee.
I'm Carlo. Chicago.
All the wet weather since
January has kept crews busy,
and it's making it harder
for them to do their jobs.
CBS 8 Brian White has more
on the city of San Diego's
pothole problem tonight ahead
of yet another winter storm.
Yeah, the city's been making progress
on that backlog of potholes andl
the rain has made it difficult,
but now, with the sunny weather,
they're working hard to catch u.
We go with the sun that we have.
It's the perfect time to
be repairing potholes,
repair crews getting right
to work along College Ave.
in Del Cerro, filling every
pothole in their path.
We have an all hands on deck approach
when we have sunny days like th.
Up to 60 staff members are out
here using our patch trucks.
According to the National Weather Service,
San Diego has received more tha3
inches of rain since October 1s,
and all the wet weather is
accounted for 70 days of lost wk
on potholes so far this year.
It's really hard for us to
be able to fill the potholes. Wn
there's water in the potholes,
we're not able to have the
asphalt stick to the ground.
Bethany Bezak is the city's
transportation director,
and she tells me that backlog on
pothole reports is 13150 right w
when we have good weather repair crews.
And working overtime and
on weekends to catch up.
It is our job to help ensure
smooth and reliable transit,
whether that's biking to work or
school or driving to work in sc.
We're proud of our accomplishmes
and we double down every single.
The rainy weather can wreak
havoc on our roads, creating new
potholes and breaking up old on.
I asked Anthony Santacroce
with the city of San Diego to
explain how rain affects it all.
What happens is the rain,
the water comes down,
gets into those cracks,
gets under the asphalt and
destabilizes the base layer,
and then a big truck with its ws
comes and just keeps hitting that pothole.
You you kind of break it up, ri?
And the top layer is kind
of just come crumble apart.
Knew the road is scheduled
for repaving next year.
This month, the Transportation
Department started a full assest
of road conditions across the ee
city that will continue throughe
summer with the results in by the fall.
That will help us prioritize work for
the upcoming fiscal years and me
sure that the most impacted roas
receive the funding first. Workg
for you Brian White, CBSE.
And don't forget, here at CBS E,
we are working for you.
If there's something you'd
like to us to look into in
your community affecting you,
your neighbors e-mail us at
working for you at cbs8.com.
We're seeing new video tonight right here
of a major bluff collapse near Tijuana.
We're told this happened after
last week's storm watches,
this video pulls out.
This is off the main road between Tijuana
and nearby beaches South of the border.
Traffic still flowing,
but one lane of the road is
closed because of that collapse.
Hopefully you've taken advantage of these
warm, sunny days because it is all about to
end again. Yep, more rain is co.
But are we gonna see
another atmospheric river?
Chief meteorologist Carlene
Chavez here with an early look
at your microclimate forecast.
Another one? So
is this bakers dozen?
This is 13, right?
Because bakers doesn't. There doesn't.
It's happening again. Bring it .
Yeah, mother, keep them coming.
Why not? Really. No.
Maybe if you invite them,
they will stop coming.
You know, kind of like a. Reall.
OK, you're not doing reverse psychology
on whether that's not gonna hap.
Mother nature's gonna
do what she wants to do,
and we got an area of high prese
as our main weather maker right.
Lots of clear skies out there,
lots of sunshine.
That's what we've had over
the past couple of days,
even at Santa Ana winds yesterd.
But yeah, we are gearing up for
yet another atmospheric river,
but it's gonna be a weakening o.
So this one not packing as much of a punch,
but we're still gonna be looking
at quite a bit of rainfall when
you think about how we typically
get a few hundredths of an inch.
And it does come to our rainfall
on the daily basis.
So we're gonna see definitely a
lot more than that in the forect
as we hit the next couple of da.
So let's go ahead and set the
clock in motion.
You are looking at that influx
moving in by tomorrow morning,
seeing it for North county aroud
11:05 and then becomes more widespread
and a little bit lighter around 2:15.
And that's gonna be in the aften
hours for our Wednesday and then
some isolated activity as we go
into tomorrow night about 11:05,
looking at some snow starting to
develop across the mountains.
And then we have an area of low pressure.
Cold storm system that moves in,
that brings in the chance for se
thunderstorms and also talking
about some snow.
So we'll get to all those detais
coming up in your complete fore.
Orcella Carlo. All right, Caroline, thanks.
A bill cracking down on fentanyl
dealers failed to pass committee
today in the state Senate.
Alexander's law would have requd
that after a first conviction,
fentanyl dealers be warned they
could be charged with murder in
a future overdose death.
The CBS 8 David Goffin reports dozens of
parents who testified before the Public
Safety Committee vowed to keep fighting.
Christine Capilouto, mother of Alexandra
who this law is named after in strong
support the parents of 20 year d
Alexandra Cappelletto from Temea
who died from fentanyl poisonin,
spoke Tuesday in Sacramento in
support of Alexandra's law.
Matt Capelouto, father of Alexaa
Capilouto and be on behalf of
all fentanyl poisoning victims.
Strong support. They were not a.
Dozens of parents holding the photographs.
Of their deceased loved ones,
testified before the state
Senate Public Safety Committee.
Mayor Todd Gloria was there, to.
Alexandra had taken half a pill
of what she thought was Percoce,
and she purchased via social me.
The pill she bought was actually
laced with fentanyl,
and that half a pill caused
her to overdose and to dive.
Alexander's law would require that drug
dealers be admonished in court r
being convicted of selling fent,
that they could be charged
with homicide if they do it.
Again and somebody dies and get
monument makes these dealers
aware that their behavior,
if it continues, can lead to de.
And if they ignore that,
the fact of the matter is that y
have to face those consequences.
Others oppose the bill,
saying the court admonishment
would make it easier to convicta
person in the future of homicid.
Simply making it easier to prose
someone for murder will not adds
or solve this problem, they sai.
The bill should only target.
Dealers who knowingly sell fent.
Otherwise we're gonna
have situations where some college kid,
you know, sells a what they what they
think is a percocet and has no idea has
fentanyl to their college class,
and then they're going to get tt
triggered warning when they had
no idea and no reason to know.
In the end, the committee votede
bill down 4 to one along party lines,
a result that enraged the parens
of those lost to fentanyl,
including Alexandra's father. Ty
won't even pass a bill that cons
a warning. A freaking warning
to convicted drug dealers that if they
continue to knowingly sell fentl
and it results in someone's dea,
they will be held accountable.
Now this bill will still be reconsidered
and perhaps amended in an effort to get
the votes needed to pass out of committee.
And David, I understand this bil
does have bipartisan support.
So what is the roadblock here?
Voting on party lines?
Well, the main issue seems to be that
many times people who sell pills
don't realize they contain fent.
So then they get a conviction
and under this law,
this admonishment or warning wod
be triggered and possibly make t
easier in the future for them te
convicted of murder or manslaugr
even though they never knew they were
selling fentanyl in the 1st pla.
At least that's how the
opposition argument goes. A
lot of things to consider,
but it looks like Alexandra's
parents and supporters are going
to continue to fight for this b.
Make sure to follow and see what happens.
Thanks, David.
Coming up tonight on our second-half hour,
a controversial state bill that
would give $1000 a month to
homeless high schoolers faces
a committee vote this week.
We hear from a formerly homeless
student and the state lawmaker
behind this measure,
a dramatic police standoff
in Hillcrest today.
San Diego police say the man in this video
threatened someone with a baseball bat.
But when they pulled him over on 8th Ave.
this morning, they say he refuso
get out of his vehicle after thy
fired pepper balls into that pi.
He got out and ran.
CBS 8 photojournalist Chris Vegs
shows us what happened when pole
caught up with him on University Ave.
Come out of your vehicle.
I don't know. You guys.
Don't take me down in the I'm getting
arrested for brandishing a weap.
This is absolutely inhumane.
Inhumanity. Insanity.
Police tell us that man is
also a suspect in an unrelated
robbery in National City.
Coming up, we're less than two
days from the Padres home opene,
and the team's city Connect
merchandise is a huge hit for
one group of fans in particular.
Plus, the governor signs a controversial
bill holding oil companies accountable
for skyrocketing gas prices.
Police body Cam video
shows officers responding
to Monday's deadly school shoot.
I'm gonna Stan Benavides in Nashville,
where another American community
is reeling from gun violence.