From fatal accidents to hit and runs,
it has been a busy weekend
for law enforcement agencies.
We're going to show you the
warnings to drivers that they have
for you this holiday weekend
and scary moments for shoppers
inside an East County Walmart.
What led to the closure of
the store for several hours?
Plus why getting room service
might take a little longer than
usual for some travelers in
California this 4th of July holiday.
And from Jamaica to the United States,
Elaine Williams finally calls
it a career. Yes,
we are holding
on to much of the warmth that we
saw over the course of the weekend.
That will stay consistent through
your Independence Day tomorrow.
Before we notice some more substantial
cooldown going through the rest of the week,
we'll take a look at your extended
8 day forecast. It is Monday,
July 3rd in Europe with CBS8.
And thank you for joining us on
this extended holiday weekend at
6:00 AM on Monday. Good morning.
I'm Carrie Lane. And I'm Data Marie
Mcnichol. Eric and NADA are off now.
Of course, we just talked
about those fatal accidents,
those DUI's hit and runs,
SCPD&HCHP officers.
They've really had a busy weekend.
It's a reminder of just how dangerous
our roads can be over a holiday weekend.
CBSA's Chris Grow is live outside
CHP headquarters in Kearny Mesa
with the message from officers to
keep everybody safe. Hi, Chris.
Thank you so much, Dana,
Marie there and Kerry.
It cannot be said enough times here
that people need to make sure that they
have a plan if they're going to be going
out and enjoying the holiday, right?
We've got Monday, we've got Tuesday.
This is the time to celebrate with family.
And this isn't, you know,
a time to get behind the wheel when
you've been drinking or potentially
if you've consumed any drugs.
Again, you want to make sure that
you not only keep yourself safe,
your loved ones and the fellow
drivers around you,
this could impact so many.
People this terrible decision in fact take
a look what happened over our weekend.
It starts over in the north county on
the 78th where somebody was killed.
Another person was seriously injured
in what CHP is investigating as a DUY
crash as something that was caused here
by both alcohol and potentially speed.
This happened here on Melrose and Emerald.
We saw it affecting an impacting a number
of drivers there as lanes were closed
at Vista Village for several hours.
Then another scary situation on
the 8:00 in the college area,
we actually saw an officer conducting
a field sobriety test had to get
off the road to avoid getting hit.
They were investigating ADUI incident
when another car crashed into
the back of their CHP vehicle.
That car flipped onto its rooftops.
Officers were able to get that driver
out and they are investigating
if that also was DUI related.
And as far as arrest,
we know that San Diego police,
they put out their statistics
in PB at a DUI checkpoint.
They had 11 arrests that were made out of
1000 drivers or so that were screened.
10 were for alcohol, one for drugs,
which again another reminder,
if you drive high you will get a DUI.
That's been the message that's been
put out on those caltransports all
over our freeways this weekend.
And of course we know this weekend extends
into the weekday for the next really Monday,
today,
Tuesday and even Wednesday
we are expecting to see.
Both CHP as well as San Diego
Police Department,
the Sheriff's Department all out
in full force in several of our
cities trying to make sure that
we stay safe when out on the road
and that we obey the laws.
Dana,
Marie and Carey.
And there's no excuse these days.
We have Uber and we have Lyft,
so please make sure you have a safe driver
if you are going out this holiday weekend.
California is the number one state for
driving deaths over the 4th of July holiday.
That's according to Jerry Car Insurance.
Now, a new study found that in California,
there have been more than 400 traffic
deaths around July 4th over the last decade.
Researchers also found that the most
dangerous time to drive around the
holiday is 8:00 PM to midnight, with most
crashes happening around 9:00 to 10:00 PM.
The safest time to drive?
6:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
So please be careful out there.
Meanwhile, three people are in
custody this morning after Oceanside
police officers arrested them.
During what they say was a
high risk traffic stop,
it happened on North Harbor Dr.
last night.
It's unclear why police stopped the car
or how many officers were actually there,
but they did tell us that some
officers involved got hurt.
They say the three inside the car were
quote uncooperative and also had a dog.
CHP assisted Oceanside police
in that incident and a Walmart
that was forced to close early
in Santee yesterday is set to
be open this morning now last
night after a 7 hour standoff.
Sheriff's deputies arrested a man at
the store on Town Center Parkway.
A person on scene told us the man
was climbing on the shelves in the
store and refusing to get down.
This prompted the closure and
response from law enforcement.
It's kind of insane that it happens
a few blocks right away from you,
but I mean, you hear it from time to time.
Now. Sheriff's deputies say the man
was armed with two knives and a hatchet.
The man was also threatening to kill
deputies and told deputies to shoot him.
After after 7 hours, a man surrendered.
He was taken to the hospital for a
mental evaluation and later this morning
a judge is expected to rule on whether
a doctor and nurse at the Las Colinas
jail and Santee will go to trial.
This is in connection with
a woman's death in 2019.
The on duty jail nurse Dana Lee
Pascua and corrections officer
and doctor Frederica Von Littig.
They're both charged with
involuntary manslaughter.
The inmate, 2024 year old Elisa Serna,
was pregnant and suffering drug
and alcohol withdrawal when she was
found dead inside her cell in 2019.
Prosecutors allege the nurse saw Serna
fall against a wall in the cell,
hitting her head,
and no medical aid was administered
for nearly an hour.
She was being held in a medical
isolation cell.
She was supposed to be monitored,
monitored by the jail medical staff.
Now, if convicted,
the doctor and nurse face a maximum
of four years in state prison.
So we have some new information
this morning about a house fire.
This took place in Lemon Grove City.
Deputies say they
were originally responding to
reports of an assault with a deadly
weapon at the home on Taft St.
And when they got there,
that's when they saw the flames.
This happened around 3:15
yesterday afternoon.
Heartland Fire says the fire killed
the dog and destroyed the home.
One person was sent to the hospital
but is expected to be okay.
Another was arrested.
The cause of this fire is still unknown.
Imperial Beach and San Diego
fire crews say
they're working to mop up a fire
that broke out in South Bay.
It's called the Monument Fire.
It began near Monument Rd.
And Saturn Blvd. burning 4 acres.
San Diego Fire tweeted about the
fire around 2:30 yesterday afternoon,
calling it difficult to access.
Air support was called in.
As you see there on your screen,
they were able to put the flames out.
Cal Fire says crews created a barrier
around the flames by digging into the earth.
This was all to stop the spread.
So far, no evacuations are in place
and no structures are threatened.
Meanwhile, fire crews also battled a small
vegetation fire near Vulcan Mountain.
They called it the 52 Fire.
This is smoke from the fire captured
by alert California cameras yesterday.
Firefighters stopped the fire spread
less than an hour after it was reported.
They worked quickly.
It only burned one acre.
Thankfully,
we haven't heard about any reports of damage.
Kevin, Ronnie standing by
with a look at our forecast.
Obviously a big weekend
and a lot of people out.
We have to remember with
fireworks and all that,
first of all, they're illegal,
but second of all,
we don't want to start anything. Yeah.
Oh yeah, that is a huge concern,
especially with all the
dry brush that we now have.
It was beautiful, green,
lush for a couple months. It was so
pretty while it was like,
now it's just brown, dry. Yes,
that's the trouble that we have out there.
Going to be another warm
one outside this afternoon.
Coastline staying a bit more
moderate with that dense marine
layer on hand Coastaletti has.
Kicked up and it's allowed for cooler
temperatures to persist along the coast.
Afternoon conditions across your inland
valleys, mountain deserts will still
going to stay pretty hot out there,
but coast is going to look.
A lot like this for the next couple
hours between now and about 8:39 AM.
Very similar to yesterday.
Above those clouds you've got the blue.
This is San Miguel, but showing just how
Far East those clouds are stretching.
Sunrise 5:45.
So we have technically seen the sunrise,
but those clouds are blocking
us from seeing much of it.
Sunset is going to come at
8:00 PM on the dot.
Forecast shows 70s for the coastline,
upper 80s inland,
low 90s for the mountains and
116 to 118 for the deserts.
Brago springs.
Going for 116,
Octio well is going for 118 this afternoon.
So heat advisory,
excessive heat warning both remain and
everywhere you are besides the coast,
especially just east of the coast,
that's where you'll start to
see those temperatures in that
1015 degree above average range.
Although cloud cover is so pretty
dense out there along the coast and
stretching to some of your western valleys.
Santee and El Cajon 88
degrees this afternoon,
20 degrees warmer than what we've
got along the coast in La Jolla.
So that sea breeze is going
to be the saving grace.
Keeping the coast in the more average
range 79 this afternoon for Vista,
83 for San Marcos,
69 degrees for Encinitas.
If you're along the coast,
you're wondering what all the fuss
is about about the heat and then
you start to make your way east
and Julian's at 91 this afternoon.
Campo 97.5 day forecast shows that
between today and tomorrow will
start a little bit of a cooldown,
but a more substantial drop in temperatures.
Is expected from Wednesday
through the upcoming weekend.
That's where we start to
head back toward average,
but still gonna be a hot one for tomorrow.
Few clouds passing by along
the coast for the big Bay boom.
Let's take a look at your
border rate times here.
It's 609 on the clock.
CBP website has an update for us right now.
And it is a 25 minute wait time at
the same to see your port of entry,
oh time, a support of entry,
you're looking at about
30 minute wait right now.
So nothing too impactful.
We do expect these wait times to
increase around the 4th of July,
so tomorrow as well as the day after.
So keep in mind around the holidays
we do tend to see an uptick in
those wait times out there.
Back to you too.
All right. Thanks, Evan. Multiple
mass shootings rock American cities
over the weekend, still ahead.
The latest on those investigations in
Wichita and Baltimore, Our teenagers
were caught in the crossfire
and two major strikes are underway
in the US1 Affects travelers,
the other affects the entertainment industry.
We'll have these stories and so much
more on the other side of the break.