GOING
GOING TO
GOING TO BE HOT, THAT'S FOR SURE. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GLAD YOU'RE WITH US HERE. I'M
AARON. I'M STILL ESCOVEDO.
WE'LL GET TO THE HGIH IN JUST A
MOMENT. BUT FIRST WE ARE
GETTING WORD OF A THREE POINT
THREE MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. IT
HAPPENED JUST BEFORE FIVE
THIRTY THIS MORNING EIGHT MILES
NORTH NORTHEAST OF ORREGO
SPRINGS. SO FAR NO REPORTS
OF ANY INJURIES OR ANY DAMAGES
TO BUILDINGS. YEAH, IT IS A
SOCIAL IF YOU FELT SOMETHING
OUR TOP STORY THOUGH, THE
EXTREME HEAT IT MEANS
CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE RIPE
FOR WILDFIRES HERE TODAY. OUR
TEAM MAKING SURE YOU ARE READY
FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. OUR NET
IRONPORT TRACKING THE
TEMPERATURES WHERE YOU LIVE
NEWS8 EVAN RONNIE IS LIVE
OUTSIDE CAL FIRE HEADQUARTERS
AND CHRIS IS LIVE IN MISSION
BEACH. BUT WE START HERE WITH
NETTA. IT IS GOING TO BE A HOT
ONE TODAY. IT CERTAINLY IS AND
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ALL THIS
PINK RIGHT HERE WEATHER SERVICE
ISSUING THESE WARNINGS NOT JUST
FOR OUR DESERT COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE TALKING OUR MOUNTAINS,
OUR INLAND VALLEYS. IF YOU'RE
BASICALLY EAST OF THE 15,
YOU'RE LIKELY UNDER A WARNING
THIS WILL START FOR YOU
TOMORROW MORNING AS THE PEAK
HEAT REALLY BUILDS AND THEN WE
ARE LOOKING AT EXCESSIVE HEAT
WARNINGS FOR OUR DESERT
STARTING THIS MORNING WE ALSO
HAVE SOME FOG TO DEAL WITH.
THIS IS THE VIEW FROM MT.
SOLEDAD. YOU SEE A HIGH
PRESSURE PUSHING OUR CLOUD
COVERAGE DOWN A BIT. SO I'LL
GET INTO ALL THE VISIBILITY
ISSUES OF THE MORNING HERE
COMING UP AS WELL. LET'S SEND
IT OVER TO EVAN NOW BECAUSE
WHEN YOU COMBINE THE HEAT THE
DROUGHT CONDITIONS OF COURSE
WILDFIRE FIRES ARE ON THE TOP
OF MIND AND YOU'RE JOINING US
OUTSIDE CAL FIRE HEADQUARTERS
WHERE YOU SAY, EVAN, THEY ARE
PREPARING FOR THESE HOT
TEMPERATURES. THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY SAY THEY ARE FULLY STAFFED
ON ALL OF THEIR EQUIPMENT READY
TO GO IF A FIRE DOES TAKE PLACE
AND THE CONCERN IS THAT OVER
THE NEXT WEEK OR SO THE FUEL
ONLY ADDS AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE
DRIER AND DRIER CONDITIONS,
HOTTER AND HOTTER TEMPERATURES
ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND
SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS SAN DIEGO
COUNTY DESERTS FIRE OF COURSE
HERE PREPARED READY TO GO. THEY
SAY THAT THEY ARE OF COURSE
KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR ANY
UPCOMING WILDFIRES THAT START
AND THEY REALLY HIT THEM FULL
FORCE WHEN THEY POP UP. TAKE A
LISTEN. THE FIRE DANGER IS
INCREASING IN THESE HEAT WAVES
BUT ALSO WE WORRY ABOUT FOLKS
GOING AND YOU KNOW, UTILIZING
SOME OF OUR GREAT HIKING TRAILS
OR OUTDOOR SPACES. BUT NOT
BEING PREPARED FOR THE HEAT AND
OBVIOUSLY HEAT ILLNESS
INCREASES EXPONENTIALLY WHEN WE
START SEEING THESE YOU HIGH
DOUBLE AND LOW TRIPLE DIGIT
TEMPERATURES. SO ENSURE THAT IF
YOU GOING OUTSIDE FOR OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES ON OUR HIKING TRAILS
AND WHATNOT, YOU'RE IN A GROUP,
YOU HAVE ADEQUATE HYDRATION,
YOU'RE DRESSED APPROPRIATELY
AND YOU'RE PREPARED FOR THESE
HOT TEMPERATURES AND AS THESE
HEAT WAVES STRETCH FOR LONGER
PERIODS OF TIME, THERE'S MORE
FUEL FOR THOSE FIRES ALONG THE
WAY AND ON THE ALREADY EXISTING
DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND CONCERNS
ONLY INCREASE. SO WE WANT TO
RUN THROUGH A COUPLE
OF REMINDERS FROM CAL FIRE.
THEY SAY NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO
BE USING MECHANICAL BRUSH AND
TREE TRIMMERS IF YOU'RE TOWING
AN RV OR TRAILER. BE SURE THERE
ARE NO DRAGGING CHAINS ALONG
THE WAY. YOU WANT TO OF COURSE
ENSURE DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND
YOUR HOME IS CLEARED IN CASE A
FIRE DOES START AND THERE ARE
ALSO THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO
SAVE MONEY ON YOUR ENERGY BILL
THIS WEEK LIKE USING HEAT
GENERATING APPLIANCES OUTSIDE
OF PEAK HOURS AND TURNING DOWN
YOUR THERMOSTAT INCLUDING AT
NIGHT YOU CAN FIND MORE TIPS ON
CBSA DOTCOM JUST CLICK ON THE
HELP. THERE'S PLENTY MORE
INFORMATION THERE NOT ONLY HOW
TO KEEP YOUR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY SAFE, YOUR PET SAFE
OF COURSE, BUT ALSO HOW TO SAVE
MONEY ON THAT BILL ALONG THE
WAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG
STRETCH OF PRETTY WARM
TEMPERATURES ACROSS SAN DIEGO
COUNTY THAT GOES ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THIS
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS
OVERHEAD. WE OF COURSE WILL
HAVE THE UPDATED INFORMATION
FOR YOU AND LET YOU KNOW OF ANY
POTENTIAL WILDFIRES ALONG THE
WAY. BUT FOR NOW, CAL FIRE
SAYING THEY ARE PREPARED AS
WELL. I'VE EVER DURANI AT CAL
FIRE HEADQUARTERS IN EL CAJON,
NEWS8 IVAN, THANK YOU. AND WITH
THAT ELEVATED FIRE DANGER,
FIREFIGHTERS ARE DEALING WITH A
WILDFIRE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IT'S CALLED
FLATT'S FIRE STARTED YESTERDAY
IN YOUR OPINION OPINION PINYON
FLATT'S CAMPGROUND. YEAH,
THAT'S BETWEEN ENZA AND PALM
SPRINGS IN THE SAN JACINTO
MOUNTAINS. THE FIRE BURNED AT
LEAST FOUR HUNDRED ACRES. IT IS
10 PERCENT CONTAINED AND TWO
HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED HERE
AS THE HEAT IS CRANKING OUT
MORE PEOPLE HEADING TO THE
COAST TO COOL OFF AND IT MEANS
MORE WORK FOR OUR LOCAL
LIFEGUARDS. YEAH, THEY SAY THEY
ARE SEEING MORE PEOPLE AT THE
BEACH NOW THAN THEY HAVE ALL
YEAR LONG NEWS8 BECAUSE GROWERS
LIVE IN MISSION BEACH WITH THAT
PART OF THE STORY. CHRIS, ON
SATURDAY WE WERE IN CARLSBAD
SUN, LA HOYA PACKED. YEAH, I
WAS IN OCEANSIDE YESTERDAY. THE
BEACH WAS PACKED. IT WAS EVEN
JUST HARD TO WALK ON THE
BOARDWALK. A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE ESCAPING SOME OF THOSE 75
DEGREE TEMPERATURES TRYING TO
GET OUT IN THE WATER. AND IF
YOU LOOK HERE AT AN EMPTY
MISSION BEACH, YOU'LL BET THAT
THIS IS GOING TO BE PACKED
LATER ON TODAY. A LOT OF KIDS
OUT OF SCHOOL FOR SUMMER A LOT
OF FAMILIES AGAIN TRY TO BEAT
THAT INLAND HEAT. THEY'RE GOING
TO COME HERE TO COOL OFF THE
LIFEGUARDS ARE EXPECTING IT. WE
HAVE SOME STRONG RIP CURRENTS
IN THE AREA AND THOSE ARE THE
LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE TYPICALLY
MAKING MOST OF OUR RESCUES
WE'RE GEARING UP TO TO HAVE A
REALLY BUSY SUMMER. SO WE'RE
READY. THEY'RE READY AND THEY
WANT YOU TO BE READY THIS
WEEKEND. WATER TEMPS HERE.
WE'RE ABOUT SIXTY EIGHT DEGREES
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO GET
BACK INTO THE WATER PROBABLY
THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE
PANDEMIC PROBABLY SINCE LAST
SUMMER. AND SO WE SO MANY
PEOPLE IN THE WATER FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME
LIFEGUARDS ARE GOING TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYONE SAFE THEY
WANT YOU TO KIND OF KNOW YOUR
LIMITATIONS, MAKE SURE THAT
YOU'RE STAYING SAFE, STAYING
CLOSE TO THOSE LIFEGUARD TOWERS
NOT JUST HERE AT MISSION BEACH
BUT ANY OF THE BEACHES THAT YOU
DECIDE TO GO TO IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY. NOW AS FOR WHAT WE'VE
ALREADY SEEN THIS WEEKEND,
THERE WERE GROUPS OF FAMILIES
FROM HERE IN SAN DIEGO BUT ALSO
FROM ARIZONA. IT'S NOT JUST
TRYING TO BEAT THE HEAT BUT
ALSO THAT UNBEARABLE HEAT JUST
EAST OF US. I'M STILL GOT TO GO
PARK MY CAR ILLEGALLY PARKED
RIGHT NOW BUT I GOT TO GO AND
FIND A SPOT. IT SEEMS LIKE
THERE'S MORE PEOPLE NOW THAN
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. YOU KNOW,
IN A WAY LIKE PEOPLE ARE JUST
READY TO COME OUT AND
LIFEGUARDS ARE ALREADY BUSY. IN
FACT, ON SATURDAY ABOUT TWENTY
SIX WATER RESCUES WERE
PERFORMED HERE IN MISSION BEACH
AND BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALREADY
A DOZEN OR SO THEY'RE ALREADY
STARTING TO WORK HARD AND WE
PROBABLY HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE
PEAK YET OF THE CROWDS THAT
WE'RE EXPECTING ON OUR BEACHES.
ERIC AND STELLA. CHRIS, THANK
YOU. NEW THIS MORNING, VACCINE
MAKER NOVAVAX SAYS IT HAS COVID
SHOTS. IT'S COVID SHOTS
EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE. A LARGE
TRIAL IN THE US AND MEXICO
FOUND IT IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING
MODERATE AND SEVERE CASES AND
IT HAS A 90 PERCENT OVERALL
EFFICACY IN PROTECTING AGAINST
CORONAVIRUS DATA SHOWS IT ALSO
PROTECTS AGAINST VARIANTS. THE
COMPANY IS EXPECTED TO FILE FOR
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION BY
THE END OF SEPTEMBER AFTER OVER
A YEAR OF COVID RESTRICTIONS.
THERE'S JUST ONE MORE DAY UNTIL
THE STATE FULLY REOPENS. YES,
TOMORROW CALIFORNIANS WILL NO
LONGER BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A
MASK IN MOST PLACES IF THEY'RE
FULLY VACCINATED. BUSINESSES
ALSO WON'T REQUIRE SOCIAL
DISTANCING OR HAVE CAPACITY
LIMITS. THE COUNTY HOSTING A
CELEBRATION TOMORROW MORNING
AND COMING UP HERE IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES WE'LL SHARE A ONE
ON ONE WITH SUPERVISOR NATHAN
FLETCHER. LOOKING BACK ON THE
PANDEMIC RIGHT NOW, LET'S SEND
IT OVER TO NETTA. A LOT
OF PEOPLE EXCITED TO LOSE THOSE
MASKS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THIS
HOT. YEAH, WHEN IT GETS THIS
HOT RIGHT WITH THE MASK ON
EXTRA SWEATY. BUT REMEMBER, IF
YOU DO LOSE YOUR MASK, DON'T
THROW IT RIGHT HERE. WE SEE WAY
TOO MANY OF THOSE ACROSS OUR
STREETS AND OUR COASTLINE.
HERE'S A LOOK RIGHT NOW IN
PACIFIC BEACH AND YOU CAN SEE
QUITE A FEW SURFERS ALREADY
LINING UP OUT THERE. WE'VE
NOTICED A FEW PEOPLE GOING FOR
THEIR MORNING JOG AND THEIR
WALKS AND THAT IS HIGHLY ADVISE
DO IT NOW BEFORE THINGS REALLY
START TO WARM UP. SO OUR
COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL NOT
FEEL AS MUCH OF THAT INTENSE
HEAT AS WHAT YOU WILL FEEL A
FEW MILES INLAND. LOOK AT THIS
RIGHT HERE. THIS IS THE VIEW
FROM MT. SOLEDAD LOOKING NORTH
AND YOU COULD SEE PLENTY OF FOG
FORMING IN THIS SPOT RIGHT NOW
WE'RE LOOKING AT VISIBILITY
JUST DROPPED HERE IN THE PAST
30 MINUTES OR SO NOTICING THESE
NUMBERS GETTING A LITTLE WORSE
HERE FOR MIRAMAR. YOU'RE DOWN
TO LESS THAN A MILE VISIBILITY
SAME HERE INCLUDING MESA ONE
POINT FIVE FOR OCEANSIDE. SO WE
HAVE THAT SHALLOW MARINE LAYER
BUT THEN THERE'S HIGH PRESSURE
AND IT'S PUSHING THE CLOUDS
DOWN A BIT. SO THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE NOTICING MAINLY IN THE
NORTH COUNTY AS YOU SEE FOR
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, NICE AND
CLEAR PLACES LIKE MISSION BAY.
I'M NOTICING THE CLOUD COVERAGE
ALREADY BREAKING APART FOR YOU.
SO IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHERE
YOU'RE DRIVING. IF YOU DO TAKE
THE FIVE GOING THROUGH NORTH
COUNTY, JUST KNOW YOU'LL WANT
TO GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME.
HERE'S OUR VIEW FROM SAN
MIGUEL. YOU SEE SWEETWATER
RESERVOIR RIGHT THERE. SO MANY
PORTIONS OF OUR COUNTY RIGHT
NOW ARE NICE AND CLEAR. YOU'RE
WAKING UP TO THAT SUNSHINE. IT
IS GOING TO WARM YOU UP HERE
PRETTY QUICKLY. HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING OVER THE SOUTHWEST.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DEALING WITH
THIS HEAT. OUR TEMPERATURES
SOARING INTO THE 90S FOR INLAND
VALLEYS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A
LOT OF SPOTS, MAINLY THE 15 OR
E OF THE 15. THAT'S ALL YOU'LL
NOTICE 90S LOW TO MID 90S TODAY
.TOMORROW THOUGH THE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE THEIR
HOTTEST AND THEN BLISTERING IN
OUR DESERTS, POSSIBLY SOME
RECORD BREAKING CONDITIONS. THE
ALL TIME HIGHS COULD BE BROKEN
IN PLACES LIKE BORREGO SPRINGS.
SO EXCESSIVE WARNING FOR THE
DESERT STARTS HERE IN THE NEXT
FOUR HOURS AT 10:00 IT'S GOING
TO