HOW
HOW TO
HOW TO READ. NEWS 8 AT 5:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS IS NEWS 8 AT 5:00.
♪
♪
♪ >>
♪ >> THEIR REACTIONS THEIR --
HERE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE
SAFETY OF RESPONDERS FOR NOT
HAVING TO RESPOND TO AN
INCIDENT.
INCIDENT.
INCIDENT. >> EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION IN LA
JOLLA OVER FREARS -- FEARS OVER
A POSSIBLE CLIFF COLLAPSE.
KERRI: THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO
ORDERED ROAD CLOSURES AND
EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN
IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY. BARBARA-LEE: AFTER GEOLOGY
EXPERTS DISCOVERED A WEAKNESS
ZONE ON THE CLIFFS AND SEA
CAVES.
CAVES.
CAVES. THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS EXPECTED
TO CLOSE SECTIONS OF COAST
BOULEVARD TO TRAFFIC FOR SIX
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. ALICIA SUMMERS IS LIVE WITH HOW
AREA BUSINESSES WILL BE IMPACTED
BY THE CLOSURES.
KERRI: WE BEGIN WITH MONIQUE
GRIEGO AND WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. GOOD
NOW. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. MONIQUE: ONCE THE CITY REALIZED
IT WAS DANGEROUS, THEY
IMMEDIATELY CLOSED OFF THIS
SECTION FOR REPAIRS.
THE CAPE RUNS UNDER COASTAL
BOULEVARD.
BOULEVARD. WHILE THIS IS A VERY BUSY PART
OF LA JOLLA, ENGINEER SAID THE
ROAD WOULD HAVE COLLAPSED.
>> IT'S BEEN GRADUALLY ERODING
OVER THE YEARS.
MONIQUE: A RECENT SURVEY THAT
SHOWED THE CAVE WAS IN DANGER OF
COLLAPSING.
COLLAPSING. >> YOU CAN GET THE RIGHT
CONDITIONS OF TRUCK LOADING
AND A SEISMIC AND WHAT YOU'LL
SEE IS A COLLAPSE WITHOUT MUCH
WARNING.
WARNING.
WARNING. MONIQUE: THE CITY CONDUCTED THE
SURVEY AND THAT IS WHEN THEY
DISCOVERED A VOID 25 CUBIC
YARDS IN SIZE.
>> WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 300
CONCRETE TRUCKS HAVE TO MAKE
IT INTO YOUR TO POUR THE
CONCRETE.
CONCRETE.
CONCRETE. WHEN IT IS DONE, IT WILL BE
SAFE, STRUCTURED FOR MANY
DECADES.
DECADES.
DECADES. MONIQUE: THE PRIORITIES HAVE
CHANGED TO STABILIZING THE
CAVE.
CAVE.
CAVE. >>
CAVE. >> WHY IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN
ANY OTHER SEA CRAVEE?
BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
WEAKER MATERIAL.
WEAKER MATERIAL. THE BEST THING WE CAN DO TO SAVE
LIVE IS TAKE PREVENTATIVE
MEASURES.
MEASURES.
MEASURES. .
.
. MONIQUE: FOR ENGINEERS THE
CLOSURE IS ABOUT SAFETY
ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEING ONE
WEEK OUT FROM THE DEADLY BLUFF
COLLAPSE THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES
OF THREE PEOPLE.
>> IF YOU HEAR A BRIDGE COLLAPSE
AT YOUR SEE A FAILURE, THAT IS A
REMINDER AND GET YOUR ATTENTION.
MONIQUE: WITH THIS SECTION
EXPECTED TO BE CLOSED FOR SIX
WEEKS, THOSE WHO FREQUENT THE
AREA ARE GETTING READY FOR THE
TRAFFIC TO BACK UP EVEN MORE.
>> THAT IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT
OF CHAOS DOWN HERE.
MORE TRAFFIC THAN THERE NORMALLY
IS.
IS.
IS. MONIQUE: AND, BECAUSE OF THIS
CLOSURE, THAT WAS DEFINITELY A
LOT MORE TRAFFIC HEADING INTO
THE COVE THIS AFTERNOON.
KEEP THAT IN MIND IF YOU PLAN ON
HEADING TO LA JOLLA THIS WEEK
IT.
IT.
IT. THERE
IT. THERE ARE ALSO SOME BUSINESSES
IN THIS AREA.
FOR HOW BUSINESS ARE -- ARE
BEING AFFECTED WE WILL SEND IT
OVER TO ALICIA.
ALICIA: THIS IS PEAK TOURIST
SEASON AND NOW THAT THE STREET
IS BLOCKED OFF AND MOST OF THE
PARTY SPOTS ARE ALSO BLOCKED
OFF, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS IS
HURTING BUSINESS.
HURTING BUSINESS. AT 6:30 THIS MORNING, BROCKTON
VILLA'S OWNER.
VILLA'S OWNER. >> SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE
WITH A ROAD.
ALICIA: FOUND AT THE CITY CLOSED
THE BOULEVARD IN FRONT OF HIS
RESTAURANT BUT HE DID NOT KNOW
WHY.
WHY.
WHY. >>
WHY. >> IT TOOK ME THREE HOURS TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE HAD NO NOTIFICATION, EVEN
THOUGH THE CITY HAD PUT UP SIGNS
THREE DAYS AGO ALONG THE AREA,
INDICATED NAME RIGHT BE NO
PARKING BUT THERE WAS NO
NOTIFICATION OF WHAT WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN.
TO HAPPEN. ALICIA: IT TYPICALLY GETS 500
GUESTS ON A FRIDAY IN THE
SUMMER.
SUMMER.
SUMMER. >> THERE ARE USUALLY MORE
HUNDRED
>> THERE ARE USUALLY MORE HUNDREDS WHO STOP BY AND FIND
THE DIRECTIONS DOWN HERE BUT
WITH EVERYTHING CLOSED OFF IT IS
DIFFICULT TO FIND.
ALICIA: THE CAVE STORE ALSO DID
NOT KNOW WHY AT INITIALLY.
>> THIS WAS THE FIRST I HEARD
THAT THEY WERE RE-STABILIZING
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> I HAD NO WORD.
WE SAW THIS TODAY.
ALICIA: ALEX SAYS IT IS A REALLY
DIFFICULT BECAUSE PARKING IS A
HASSLE BUT NOW IT IS NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE.
IMPOSSIBLE. >> 25 OF THIS PARKING SPOT --
25% OF THE PARKING SPOTS ARE
CLOSED.
CLOSED.
CLOSED. IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE AN
IMPACT.
IMPACT.
IMPACT. ALICIA: THE BUSINESSES
UNDERSTAND THAT SAN DIEGO WAS TO
BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS ON THE HEELS
OF THE TRAGIC CLIFF COLLAPSE
THAT KILLED THREE PEOPLE.
THIS EMERGENCY CLIP
STABILIZATION PROJECT IS FOR
SAFETY AND WILL BENEFIT THE
BUSINESSES IN THE LONG RUN, BUT
THEY WISH THEY HAD A HEADS-UP
AND MORE INFORMATION.
.
.
. >>
. >> IF
. >> IF IT WAS PLANNED OUT A
BETTER TIME, BECAUSE IT IS
AUGUST, THE WEATHER IS GREAT AND
PEOPLE LAW TO BE IN THE WATER
AND THIS WILL AFFECT THE AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE BEACH
, FOR SURE.
ALICIA: COAST BOULEVARD, THIS
AREA SHOULD BE CLOSED FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS BUT THE BUSINESSES
ALONG THIS ROUTE WILL REMAIN
OPEN BECAUSE THIS AREA IS STILL
OPEN TO FOOT TRAFFIC.
BARBARA-LEE: THANK YOU.
CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY NEED TO
FORTIFY A WEAK POINT.
EXACTLY WHERE IS THAT?
SHAWN STYLES KNOWS THE AREA WELL
AND JOINS US NOW TO SHOW US.
SHAWN: I'LL TELL YOU THIS AREA
IS SUPER BUSY IN THIS IS A WIDE
PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE ARE
LOOKING AT.
LOOKING AT. WE GOT LA JOLLA COVE, AND THE
CHILDREN'S POOL.
CHILDREN'S POOL. LET'S ZOOM IN, AND GO TO A 3-D
PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. WE WILL SWING THIS AROUND WARMER
TIME FOR YOU HERE.
SO, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE
LOOKING SO WHEN WE COME DOWN
HERE, HERE IS WHERE THE CAVE IS.
JUST ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
IF WE CAN GET THIS TO WORK.
JUST LIKE THIS.
THAT IS WHERE THE CAVE IS
UNDERNEATH.
UNDERNEATH. WITH T HIS CAVE IS CAUSING
CONSTRUCTION TO BE A REAL
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. WE GO TO THE 3-D IMAGE.
WHEN YOU GET TO STREET LEVEL YOU
CAN SEE WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT HERE.
ABOUT HERE. ONCE YOU ARE DOWN THE STREET
LEVEL THERE IS A LOT OF PROBLEMS
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. YOU
HERE. YOU HAVE BROCKTON VILLA.
YOU SWING THIS AROUND IN HERE IS
THE OCEAN OVER HERE.
HERE IS COAST BOULEVARD.
AND THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE
REALLY WORRIED ABOUT -- THIS
CAVE COMES UP UNDERNEATH THIS
ROADWAY AND HUGE CONSTRUCTION
TRUCKS YOU'RE BACK AT THE COVE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. AS
HERE. AS WE TAKE YOU UNDERNEATH, HERE
IS THE OPENING UNDERNEATH THE
ROAD.
ROAD.
ROAD. THIS IS ALL THE WAY UP
UNDERNEATH.
UNDERNEATH. LOOK AT THIS GUY HERE.
LOOK HOW HIGH THE CEILING IS.
MAYBE 15-20 FEET.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST 20
FEET OF VERTICAL OPENING IN THE
HOLE.
HOLE.
HOLE. SAND DEPOSITS ON THE BOTTOM OF
THE CAVE COMING DOWN FROM THE
TOP IN TWO LOCATIONS IN THIS
TELLS YOU HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS.
SAND FALLING FROM THE ROOF.
SEEPAGE FROM THE ROAD AND ROOTS
COMING INTO THE CAVE ITSELF.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION.
SITUATION. THE CITY IS TRYING TO AVOID A
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. AS YOU HEARD, 300 TRUCKS OF
CONCRETE IS WHAT IT IS GOING TO
TAKE