Would squatters and drug deals near your
home make you uncomfortable?
Well, neighbors here in Sarah Mesa
are fed up, and they don't feel safe.
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We have sad news to tell you
out of Hollywood tonight.
We are just learning that actress
Kirstie Alley has died. Good evening.
Thanks for joining us. I'm Marcella Lee.
I'm Carlo chichetto.
Alli son and daughter confirmed the
news just moments ago on Facebook
and the actresses Twitter page.
She first came to fame during the 80s Co,
starring in the sitcom series Cheers,
the TV Miniseries North and South and
later movies like Look Who's Talking.
According to that social
media post from her children,
Ali died after a battle with cancer
that was only recently discovered.
They say she was surrounded by her closest
family and fought with great strength,
adding that as iconic as she was on screen,
she was even a more amazing
grandmother and mother.
Kirstie Alley was 71 years old.
Our other top story tonight?
Some people in Sarah Mesa are worried
about a house full of so-called
squatters just doors away in a
military housing neighborhood.
People in the neighborhood say they've
reported the problem over and over,
but nothing's changed.
Brian White has been working
for you today to get answers.
I'm here near Murray Ridge Rd.
In this liberty housing
for military families,
and people say there's a problem
house just down the road here
and it's got neighbors worried
and they don't feel safe.
It's just the most uneasy
feeling. It's very eerie.
Neighbors reached out to us
with growing concerns about a
situation here on Murray Ridge Rd.
Where they say four or five
vagrants have been staying here
since late October after the
previous tenants moved out.
A neighbor I spoke with doesn't
want to be identified. It
was like seeing somebody that I
had actively saw on a mattress.
Behind CVS go into a housing
unit that's 4 doors down.
For me, it was like,
whoa, what's what's going
on? This is the same house where garage
fire broke out just over a year ago,
injuring two children inside,
ages two and four, who were taken
to UC San Diego for burn treatment.
A year later, that family moved out and now
we're told some squatters have moved in.
While we ignored it,
it was like whatever this homeless
people going in here is when we
started to notice the drug activity.
When it was like man, like,
you know, it's one thing to have
them just living in their rent free,
but now they're bringing something
into our community that's.
It's not safe.
They've recorded these cell
phone videos of what they say are
cars pulling up for drug deals,
sometimes signaling with flashlights
to people inside the house.
Another neighbor,
who also wants to remain anonymous,
is scared for her children to be near this.
My oldest is 3 years old.
He's coming to me, you know.
Mommy scared, Mommy scared
because you know he can see
everything that's going on.
They've reported the issue many
times to SDPD and to their Liberty
Housing District office, but so far
they haven't heard of any progress.
I reached out to the police and they didn't
get back to me with any information,
so I paid a visit to the Liberty
Housing District office and they
couldn't help me there in person.
But afterward I received a phone call
from a public relations person who
confirmed the previous tenants moved out,
and now they're taking steps
toward an eviction process so the
squatters can be removed,
liberty housing said in the statement.
Liberty Military housing has been
working with our private security and
local law enforcement to address the
situation and will continue to do so.
Meanwhile,
the neighbors around here are just.
Hoping for some kind of resolution.
Hopefully
they, you know, kick the people out,
you know, gut that, house out,
change the locks. And
Sarah Mesa, I'm working for you.
Brian White, CBSE.
Thanks for that breakdown,
Brian. And don't forget,
here at CBS Eight,
we are working for you.
If there's an issue you'd like
us to look into, e-mail us at
working for you at cbs8.com.
The body of a rock climber has been
recovered tonight after he fell
200 feet yesterday off El Cajon
Mountain in the lakeside area.
San Diego sheriff's investigators
tell us they got the call about
the climber around noon yesterday.
He was a young man in his early 20s.
Search and rescue crews had to wait
until this afternoon to recover his body
because that terrain is so treacherous.
People living near the mountains
say they know that area well.
It's just as steep in the on
the backside, if not steeper.
And it's more remote. It's pretty wild.
You got to go through a bunch of creeks
and ravines and dense brush. Right
now we don't know the name of the
climber or anything else about him.
Oceanside police are looking for two men
who robbed a mini Mart over the weekend,
shooting a clerk in the stomach
as they made their getaway.
CBS 8 David Godfredson has surveillance
video just released of the robbers.
The first thing you notice when you
walk inside this AM PM in Oceanside
is surveillance cameras everywhere,
18 of them both inside and outside the store.
So while it may be surprising that
a gunman and his accomplice picked
this store to rob on Sunday morning,
it's not at all surprising that
the robbers were caught on video
at approximately 425 Sunday morning,
2 suspects entered the AM
PM location at the 1900.
Walk of Oceanside Blvd.
At which point they approached the
cash register and the cashier on duty
at the time and demanded that he
provide money from the cash register.
The clerk took out the cash
and placed it on the counter.
At that point, an altercation takes
place and the cashier attempts to
chase the suspects out of the store.
Armed with a wooden stick,
the suspects grabbed the cash
off the counter and close to the
entrance of the store suspect.
One fired a shot and injured the victim.
The store clerk was shot in the stomach.
And the robbers escaped. They are
described as Hispanic males in their 20s.
Suspect one was wearing a
black hooded sweatshirt,
black pants and black shoes and
armed with a semi auto handgun.
Suspect 2 is described as wearing a
Gray New Balance hooded sweatshirt,
black sweatpants and black shoes.
During a crime in progress,
police advise do not confront the robbers.
Instead comply with their demands.
Call police after.
And give officers a detailed
description of those involved.
It's not worth risking your life over
a couple $100.
Now, we just got some good
news about that clerk who was
involved in this incident.
He is no longer in critical condition
at the hospital in Oceanside.
David Godfredson, CBS8
all right, David, thanks.
Tonight it's costing you
less to fill up your tank.
Gas prices dropped nearly two cents
in San Diego County overnight.
Right now, the average for a gallon
of regular unleaded stands at 4.
Dollars and 81 cents.
That is down from 483 yesterday and
27 cents less per gallon than the
508 we were paying just a week ago.
Of course, it was just two months
ago that the average price of
gas in San Diego County hit a
record high of 643 a gallon.
Today marked the start of Governor
Gavin Newsom's special session to
punish oil companies for the prices
we saw during the summer and fall.
Our political reporter Morgan Reiner
has new details tonight on how the
governor wants to make sure you're
paying at the pump isn't their game.
The special session lasted
all of three minutes today.
It will really pick back up when the
regular session does on January 4th.
But we did get something in
writing today from the Governor's
office on how he wants to go about
penalizing these oil companies.
From Gavlin to gavel out,
first extraordinary
session is recessed.
The extraordinary session
lasted about 3 minutes.
My honor to nominate Anthony
Rendon to be the speaker of
the California State Assembly.
The main reason why lawmakers.
Made their way to Sacramento Monday
was to elect party leadership to
swear in new members congratulations.
Republicans not surprised at the
special session will run alongside
the normal one in January.
The governor is very good at making
splashy political headlines,
vice chair of the Budget Committee,
Republican Assembly member Vince
Fong said penalizing oil companies is
not the solution to high gas prices.
We know that there is some extraordinary work
to be done,
Democrat assembly member Garcia said.
He knows this. This is a special
session that needed to happen.
I would love to see gas prices
go down and we have to have a
comprehensive conversation.
Shortly after the session concluded,
details from the governor's office came in.
In this bill language, Newsom wants
to penalize gas companies when they
make over a certain profit and that
money will then go into a fund to go
back to Californians in some form.
Lots of details left blank in that bill.
When does the Panelization period start?
Blank. How much does the governor want
to penalize these oil companies? Blank.
How much profit are these oil companies
allowed to make before the governor
decides it's time to penalize them?
Blank. It will likely take a
while before these lawmakers get
to answering all those questions.
Thanks, Morgan.
If you still don't have your real ID
and are worried about the deadline,
there's some good news tonight.
The Department of Homeland Security.
Pushed back the deadline from
next spring to May 7th, 2025.
That's 2 1/2 years from now.
Plenty of time after that.
Identification that does not
meet real ID standards will not
be accepted by federal agencies.
That includes the TSA,
which means travelers 18 and
older will not be able to get
through airport security if
they don't have the real ID.
I saw that deadline coming
up and wondered how that was going to happen.
There a lot of people that still have, so
that's good news that they made an exception.
One of the reasons they
said they had their own.
Pandemic Crunch so pushing
it back give us a little more
time to get into compliance.