These rocks covering beach
access points along our coast.
We'll find out where they came from and
how long they're going to stay around.
The controversy behind removing a name
of one of the founders of Cal State San
Marcos and it's been a good long run.
But San Diego police are slowly
saying goodbye to the Crown Vic.
We've got the past and future of cop cars.
CBS 8 News Live at 6 starts now.
Here
we go again. January is on its
way out with yet another cold,
wet storm soaking the county.
And it's not over yet.
Good evening.
Thanks so much for joining us.
I'm Marcella Lee.
I'm Carlo chiquito.
Roads are slick because of the rain.
This car drove off the five
in Chula Vista in the wet
conditions earlier today.
All this as the county gets
hit with a winter blast.
CSA chief meteorologist
Carlin Davis joins us now.
She's been tracking the storm system.
I'm going to say all day,
but really all week, because you
warned us about this last week.
What's happening right
now, we're still stealing rain.
We're also dealing with snow.
We're seeing a lot more of that
snow moving in across the mountain.
So that's what makes it winter
storm is just how cold it is. Yeah.
And so that's bringing down that snow level.
We have a school closures even talk
about because of the snow that's going
to be impacting across our mountains.
So when you're taking a closer
look at the satellite radar,
what's actually happening right now,
we are seeing a little bit of a
dry pause and we're seeing that
from Escondido towards Chula Vista.
But you are seeing some light showers
for Santee also some of that heavier.
Starting to move in,
we're seeing that across Mount
Laguna as well as Palomar Mountain.
But we've been dealing with that
activity on again off again
throughout much of the day.
And you're talking about even
the potential for more heavy
rainfall as we go into tonight,
all because of an area of low pressure.
And as I mentioned, it's a cold one.
And so that's what's driving down
that snow level down to about 3500
feet through tomorrow morning.
So scattered showers,
pockets of heavy rain and still
more snow in the works all the
way into the early morning hours,
10:00 AM, that's when we.
Expect this winter storm warning
to expire for our mountains,
and that is with upwards of a
foot of snow being possible.
So we're already starting to see
some of those numbers going up.
Palomar Mountain has already
received 5 1/2 inches of snow,
even more as expected in
the forecast as mentioned,
could see an upwards of a foot.
That's all because of that low.
But it does exit out by tomorrow,
so drier conditions will be in the
works and we'll get a nice little break.
So we'll go ahead and take a look
at your complete forecast coming up,
Marcella.
Lot of snow and a reminder that you
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and maybe Carlene will share
them in a future newscast.
And kind of alluded to it,
some E County School districts
canceled classes today ahead
of the expected heavy snowfall
whole long list.
That includes schools in Julian,
the Mountain,
Empire Unified School District,
Spencer Valley and Warner unified.
Those districts are planning to
have school in session tomorrow,
but with a late start tomorrow morning
we will update you here on air and
online with any other closures,
changes or late starts. A condo
complex in Tierrasanta with more
than 300 units is scrambling to
find wildfire insurance tonight.
This after farmers insurance
suddenly canceled the policy
for everybody in the Community.
CBS's David Godfredson is working
to get answers after several
families emailed us asking for help.
If this comes to fruition,
I think a lot of people will
wind up losing their homes.
John Maroney and his wife
have been living in the Villa
Monterey condo complex in Tierra
Santa for the past nine years.
The condos are connected,
meaning they share walls.
Owners pay about $380 a month in HOA fees,
which also covers wildfire
insurance for the entire complex.
It's one blanket policy
that covers 304 units.
The community sits on a Canyon.
And that appears to be the
reason why farmers insurance
recently canceled the insurance
policy for the entire community,
leaving the condo owners association
scrambling to find wildfire
insurance on the open market,
which could cost each property
owner an additional $7000 per year.
It's devastating.
A lot of these families are are
either young people with children or
older people on fixed incomes and.
If this happened,
it would be financially crippling.
The Farmers insurance policy that got
canceled covered up to $127 million
in damages costing 130K per year.
The replacement policy would only
cover $47 million in damages and cost
more than $2.2 million per year.
I reached out to farmers insurance
for comment but did not hear back.
It all comes down to wildfire risk.
They're fearful that.
If there is another event like what
happened in Scripps Ranch and 03 and 07
where entire neighborhoods are lost,
that that it would be a financial
hardship on the insurance company.
Earlier this month,
farmers insurance also canceled its
wildfire policy for the Canyon Park
via condos in Rancho Penasquitos,
according to the Union Tribune.
It would definitely be a lot
cheaper to mitigate that Canyon
brush and whatnot than to spend
an insane amount of money for an
insurance policy that basically.
Covers 1/3 of what we need.
Now, I reached out to the property
management company and the homeowners
board here and neither of them responded.
But there will be an informational
town hall meeting tomorrow night here
at the clubhouse of the Villa Monterey
complex here that starts at 6:00 PM.
Terrible situation. We know more and more
southern Californians are dealing with.
Yes, we've heard stories
of actually homeowners,
but an entire condo complex
that affects a lot of people?
What are their options David Duke
condo owners have if their insurance?
Kelsey gets cancelled.
Most condo complexes reach out to
an insurance broker to try and
piece together a replacement policy,
but those replacement policies end
up being a lot more expensive.
I reached out to the California
Department of Insurance and
I didn't hear back from them.
But we're going to keep working for you
to try and find solutions to this problem.
Yeah, we will be following this up.
David Godfredson reporting
for us. Thanks, David.
Tonight the Memphis Police Department
says a total of seven officers
are being disciplined for the
beating and death of Tyree Nichols.
Five officers have already been
fired and are facing charges.
Two more were relieved of duty today.
One of them is Officer Preston Hemphill.
He can be seen on body camera video telling
Nichols to quote get on the ground.
Hemphill's attorney says he was not
present at the second scene and.
Is cooperating with the investigation.
Lawmakers and advocates are calling
for police reform.
Criminal justice experts say
preventive measures like body
cameras just aren't working.
These officers knew they were
on film but did not prevent
any of their unlawful conduct.
Tonight, a neighborhood vigil is taking
place at the site of the violence,
and Wednesday a public funeral
for Nichols will be held.
Reverend Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy.
There is growing concern right now about
the number of people injured or even
killed while trying to cross the border.
According to the Consulate
General of Mexico in San Diego,
42 Mexican nationals died while trying to
cross the border illegally just last year.
The majority were injured
falling off the border wall.
The Consulate general
says people need to know.
Just how dangerous this is,
we think that migrants are being
sometimes misled by people who
convince them that it is easy and
non dangerous to cross the border.
Between port of entry,
Consulate General says the injuries
and deaths from border wall
Falls increased after the height
of the wall in some places was
raised from 17 feet to 30 feet.
Right now, California Republicans
have their sights set on crime.
They introduced a number of bills today.
They say they want to make crime
in California illegal again.
Our political reporter
Morgan Reiner was there.
The Yuba County Sheriff who
joined Republicans today
told me that he's frustrated.
He says sometimes it feels like
criminals are being released before
they can even finish the paperwork.
Crime is out of control, Republican
Assembly leader James Gallagher said.
Californians deserve to feel
safe in their communities.
As a former deputy District
Attorney and federal prosecutor,
I am focused on holding the soft
on crime policies enacted within
the last decade responsible for
the erosion of our public safety.
Rooted in the list of new bills.
One to repeal Proposition 47,
which increased the amount someone
can steal from $450 to $950 and for it
to still be considered a misdemeanor.
Proposition 47 is a failed experiment
which has only catered to criminals.
One that would reform Prop 47.
Increased penalties on
serial theft offenders,
people that commit the same crime
over and over again and yet are
continuing to be met with a misdemeanor.
Another that.
Could enhance the punishment for
those who have or use a firearm
while committing a violent felony.
So it's 10 years if you just have the gun,
it's 20 years if you use the gun.
And it's 25 to life if you hurt
someone with the gun. Pretty simple,
one that would reform proposition 57
and require more transparency when
calculating a prisoner's early release
to make sure that district
attorneys know in advance,
just like in parole.
That an inmate is going to be
released and it's no longer a secret.
And that also that the calculations
are done and given on why the
state is even coming up with
these calculations because people
are being released so early with
no transparency onto how the
state even came up with those
calculations in the 1st place.
Gallagher knows it's an uphill battle
as some of these bills have already
been introduced in the past and failed,
but he remains optimistic.
There's a lot of newer members
who are who are coming out
of local government who are.
These same problems in their communities,
they want to see something
done about it. I reached
out to Democratic Speaker Anthony Rendon
to respond to what Republicans had to say,
but his office told me that they do
not comment on pending legislation.
Thanks, Morgan.
Still ahead on CBS a recent
storms are transforming one
of our local beaches.
We head down to Torrey Pines,
where rocks are lining an
entrance to the beach.
And San Diego isn't the only
place getting hit with storms.
Winter weather is causing
more flight cancellations.
Plus, a bit later in our Earth 8
report, people are looking at ways
to get around high egg prices.