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Far East county will talk to
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a mountain biker who later died.
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death of an 11 year old girl.
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A mountain biker died while riding in
extreme heat conditions in the east county.
Good evening and thank you for joining us.
I'm Carlo Chichetto.
And I'm Jesse Pagan in for Marcello Lee.
The man and his friends had just helped
save some hikers who were dehydrated.
Moments later, he collapsed.
CBS8 Steve Price is live from
Mission Trails Regional Park,
where hikers are out today
despite the high heat. Steve.
Yeah. And Jesse, Here we are a little
after 6:00 o'clock and it is stl
right around 90 degrees in Sant.
And where this tragic incident
happened out near Hakamba,
it is in the mid 90s right now.
Really hot conditions all across the county.
I had a chance to speak with one
of the first responders who was
there and he talked to me about
the heat conditions that day.
He was down unconscious.
And it was so extremely hot.
The temperature was 110 degrees,
Cal Fire Battalion Chief John Kraminski says.
The mountain biker was clearly suffering
from a severe heat related illn.
He had a backpack and his clothes on.
He had shorts on. So we stripped
him of his shirt and his backpa,
started cooling measures and thn
carried him out to a transfer vehicle
and met up with a medic unit ambulance.
It happened Saturday around 2:4n
the Chorizo Gorge area of the Hukumba
Mountains near Goat Canyon Trestle Bridge.
4 hikers suffering from heat
exhaustion found by 4 mountain bikers.
2 of the mountain bikers went
to an area where they could get
cell service and called for hel.
A helicopter flew the hikers out
and the remaining 2 mountain
bikers continued their ride.
But a few minutes later one
of them collapsed. Yeah,
he looked fit and able.
Like the rest of his mountain
biking crew, that was with them.
Yeah, the extreme temperature.
It doesn't matter how fit you a,
it's it's just a treacherous ar.
Even with temperatures over 90 y
we saw people hiking and joggin.
Cal Fire is urging people to please either
go very early in the day or very late,
or better yet, wait a few days
for things to cool down. I think
a lot of people aren't.
Up to speed on just what
the weather's doing.
I think people have these
plans and and they're going,
they're going through
with them no matter what,
Captain Bascua says.
If you do go out,
make sure you have extra water,
a cell phone so you can call
someone if you get in trouble,
and hike with a buddy,
so if you can't call, they can.
Tips we've heard so many times before,
but still with repeating,
especially with what we are seeing out here.
As far as more details about the victim,
Unfortunately we are still waitg
for the county to learn more,
including his name,
although the chief did tell me that to him,
the man appeared to be in his mid 20s,
so a pretty young guy,
Carlo and Jesse.
Really a tough situation that
they're dealing with now,
Steve. So tragic, losing his lie
after helping others out there,
but it just speaks to how
difficult those conditions are.
The Battalion Chief said the man seemed fit.
You said that as well.
Do first responders know at this
point what exactly caused his d?
So we're still waiting for specs
from the coroner's office,
but I did talk to the chief abot
that very same thing, Carlo,
and he just said, you know,
everyone reacts differently. To the heat.
And so the seven other people,
they were all treated really for just
kind of minor dehydration situas
at the scene and then released.
And here you have this eighth pn
who is in the same conditions and died.
So they also talked about making sure
that you prehydrate before you go out,
start drinking water before you feel thirsty
because they said once you are thirsty,
it's too late.
Your body is already craving that water.
Steve Price reporting live for .
Thanks, Steve. It's not just our trails,
our hiking trails at the dangers
conditions coming from the heat there, Yeah.
Chief Meteorologist Carlene Chavis is here
now with more on the inland heat alert.
That's out there for us, Carlen.
Yeah, we are talking about more of that heat.
So here's the thing, we are goio
continue to have an extended ped
when it does come to hot temperatures,
seeing that across inland areas we still have
excessive heat warnings that are in effect.
So when you take a look at
how we shaped up for it today,
100 degrees for Campo,
also talking about triple digitt
for Ramona as well as Escondidod
for Valley Center and for the desert,
even at the 90s across the mouns
and still with those 80s and
70s right along the coast.
So we're still feeling that heat out there.
And now we're into yet another .
So this would be two weeks thate
have this excessive heat warnin.
This goes all the way until Saturday,
and that'd be two weeks for the
mountains as well As for the de.
You're talking about highs that
are going to be fairly warm all
the way through Wednesday,
but even hotter as we hit about
Thursday through Saturday expecg
the peak of the heat,
then up to 115 to one 20s across
the desert and still a triple
digit heat across our mountains.
We'll go ahead and take a look at your
complete forecast and we will also break.
Down the signs of heat exhaustin
as well as heat stroke coming u.
Carlo
thanks Harlene.
A fire that has burned 12 square miles in
the Moreno Valley is 35% contained tonight.
The Rabbit fire broke out Friday afternoon.
Nearly 8000 acres have burned.
You're looking at speeded up footage of that.
The fire is still threatening h,
but as so far no reports
of any homes being damaged.
The cause of the fire is
still under investigation.
Senega police,
Child Welfare Services and the k
Church are all named in a new lawsuit
alleging they've failed to repot
the abuse of an 11 year old gir.
Arabella McCormack died in Augut
from starvation and neglect,
according to the county,
the CBS Eight's David Robertson
reports for us tonight.
The girls,
adopted family members,
volunteered for the San Diego
Police Department,
and the mother was an elder
at the Rock Church.
There's
no justification for it whatsoe.
The lawsuit accuses multiple
government agencies,
a school and the Rock Church
of failing to report the abuse,
neglect and starvation of
Arabella McCormick. In
August, the 11 year old was foud
unresponsive in the Spring Vally
home of her adoptive family
and died later at the hospital.e
had 13 broken bones.
Her bones were sticking out.
She only weighed 40 pounds.
Her teeth were calcified.
Eye sockets were hollow.
Attorney Craig McClellan repress
Arabella's two surviving Little sisters,
who were subsequently removed from the home
and placed in foster care. Physically,
they're making steady improvement. I mean,
they've they were in the hospital for days.
They had what's called starvation syndrome,
like the PIO W's from World War Two had.
The adoptive mother, Letitia McCormack,
was an elder at the Rock Church.
The lawsuit alleges a Rock Church child
abuse investigator visited the family's
home one week before Arabella d,
but did not report seeing
any evidence of abuse.
There are also claims that Letia
McCormack told a Rock Church prayer group
that quote there was spiritual warfare
and demonic activity with Arabe.
The adoptive mother and her
parents also volunteered for the
San Diego Police Department,
and the lawsuit alleges,
a San Diego police officer gave
Leticia McCormack a wooden
paddle to discipline the girl.
The police officer gave a paddle
to Leticia, who then beat the ks
so severely it broke the paddle.
So when she comes back with a broken paddle,
what is the police officer do?
She gives her two more paddles.
County child Welfare Services
investigated 2 complaints of
abuse against the family in
2018 but never brought charges,
according to the lawsuit.
At the school, they found out fm
the teachers that the kids were
being starved and that the in te
second instance the father was
dragging the daughter around and
and pulled things out of her po,
wouldn't let her drink or eat.
The adoptive father, Brian McCormick,
was a Border Patrol agent who committed
suicide by shooting himself inse
his truck as he arrived home tod
sheriff deputies surrounding his home.
No comment tonight from the Rock Church,
San Diego police or the County of San Diego.
The lawsuit seeks financial dams
on behalf of the two surviving
sisters and perhaps a lesson
for people working with kids.
When you suspect child abuse,
you are required by law to report it.
David, we know the three adoptie
family members are now in jail.
What is the status of the criminal case here?
OK, the adoptive mother and her
parents are all facing child
abuse and torture charges.
Additionally, just the the
adoptive mother and her father.
Those two are charged with murd.
Preliminary hearing is
set for next month. All
right, David.
There was definitely some conceg
allegations and claims in that lawsuit.
We'll see how it all plays out.
We know you will be on top of i.
David Goffitzer live for us ton.
David, thank you.
Tonight at Chula Vista,
man and his family are counting their
blessings after a truck crashedo
their apartment early this morn.
It happened just after 5:00 AM on 4th Ave.
between Naples and Oxford.
Jose Juarez says he was sleepinn
bed with his wife and their young son.
When a truck suddenly came
crashing into the window,
stopping right at that their their bed.
Somehow no one was hurt in all .
It's not clear what led up to ts
crash or if the driver was arre.
Stand off tonight between Goverr
Gavin Newsom in a Temecula
Valley Unified School District.
The district is rejecting a
social sized book that mentions
gay rights icon Harvey Milk.
As our political reporter
Morgan Reiner tells us,
the state is ready to intervene.
A political expert told me
that across the country,
governors and state legislators
are working to gain back more
control from local school
districts as the country contins
to debate over culture wars.
Governor Gavin Newsom took to
Twitter in response to the Temea
Valley Unified School Districts
rejection of supplemental materl
because it included references o
gay rights activists, Harvey Mik
social studies books that are being made
available quite literally to hundreds
of thousands of kids all throughout the
state of California but are being denied.
To the kids in the Temecula district.
So he says the state is securing textbooks
right now and is prepared to intervene.
So rest assured, we'll be sendig
those books down in very short order.
The decision angered some,
like Roseville City School Distt
Board Trustee Jonathan Zacherso.
We have a supermajority in the
legislature that doesn't necessy
reflect the opinions of values
of every community in Californi.
And so I think it's important tt
we maintain that autonomy in our
state and even across the natio,
that school boards have those be able to
respond to the needs of their community.
UC San Diego political science
professor Thad Cows Are,
says it's a trend nationwide,
an example of a state intervenig
with a local government when pay
polarization and ideological
culture wars have kind of taken
them in two different direction.
And so we're seeing this in fights in
red states with blue cities andn
California and our blue state as some
red cities or school districts y
to move in the opposite directi.
And while some may not like big government
intervening in small government cows are
says within some bounds. It's l.
Local governments are not an independent
layer of government. In America,
we don't have 3 layers of government.
We just have two national and s,
and the controlling court decisn
on this says that local governmt
cities are creatures of the sta.
I have previously reported on the bill
that Governor Gavin Newsom now says he is
backing AB1079 by Assembly Member Court.
Jackson does three main things.
It requires a 2/3 vote before any school
district can remove instructional material.
It will allow the Department of
Education to intervene and prove
material if they believe the
school district is not up to pa.
And it will allow the state to d
those local school districts for
not meeting the state. Standards
thank you Morgan Daily.
Amtrak service between Oceanside
and Irvine is running again.
Resumed Surfliner service betwen
Orange County and San Diego also comes
in time for Comic Con later this week.
The Pacific Surfliner and Metrok
trains shut down on June 5th bee
of a landslide in San Clemente.
Emergency crews just finished a temporary
barrier wall to protect the tra.
The city of San Clemente is
continuing to work to stabilize
the hillside for the long term.
Still had tonight. Two big jack.
Jackpots up for grabs if
you're feeling lucky.
Two of them. A lot of money.
A viral crash test video as wel.
But is that one real?
We verify.
And up next,
all the buzz about backyard beekeeping.