TRANSFORMED INTO HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS RIGHT HERE IN SAN DIEGO. NEWS 85 STARTS NOW. A
LOCAL FAMILY FEARS THE WORST
AFTER LEARNING THE FORMER CHP
OFFICER WHO KILLED THEIR
DAUGHTER COULD BE RELEASED FROM
PRISON. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS
FOR JOINING TONIGHT. I'M
BARBARA LEE EDWARDS. I'M CARLOS
RICARDO. CRAIG PYRE HAS BEEN IN
PRISON FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS
FOR KILLING 20 YEAR OLD KARA
NOT IN 1986 BUT TONIGHT THE NOT
FAMILY IS WORRIED ABOUT A
POSSIBLE EARLY RELEASE. NEWS 8
STEEP PRICE EXPLAINS KARA
KNOTTS MOTHER TOLD ME TODAY
THAT HER DAUGHTER'S KILLER
CRAIG PIRES SHOULD NEVER SEE
THE LIGHT OF DAY. SO IMAGINE
THE FAMILY'S SURPRISE WHEN THEY
RECEIVED THIS NOTICE SAYING
THAT PYRE COULD BE RELEASED
EARLY FROM PRISON BECAUSE OF
KOVAC 19 CONCERNS. MOMENTS
LATER THEY EMERGED WITH PILAR
IN HANDCUFFS. IT WAS A SHOCKING
THE REST TO A HORRIFIC CRIME.
20 YEAR OLD KARA NOT A STUDENT
AT SAN DIEGO STATE STRANGLED
AND THEN THROWN FROM A BRIDGE
OFF A 15 YEAR POWER AWAY JUST
TWO DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS BACK
IN 1980 SIX. CRAIG PYRE, A CHP
OFFICER WAS CONVICTED OF
MURDER, PREMEDITATED KILLING.
MIKE ON DUTY POLICE OFFICER IS
PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST. HE
TRAILS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN DO
TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DAY OF
THE CRIME OF MURDER. PAUL
THANKS TO PROSECUTED THE CASE
EMPIRE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN
PRISON WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
PAROLE WHICH HE'S BEEN DENIED
MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE PILAR
STILL MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE.
BUT EARLIER THIS WEEK KIRA'S
SISTER CHERYL POSTED THIS
SHOCKING MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK.
DEAR FRIENDS, MY FAMILY
RECEIVED TERRIBLE NEWS THAT
THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY
THAT MY SISTER KARA EBEL AND
KNOTT'S MURDERER MIGHT BE
RELEASED EARLY FROM PRISON ANY
DAY NOW. THIS MONSTER SHOULD
NEVER BE FREED. WE CAN'T KEEP
PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED CRIMES
LIKE THIS IN PRISON. WHY DO WE
HAVE PROOF? PILAR APPARENTLY
FALLS UNDER THE CATEGORY OF
HIGH RISK MEDICAL MEANING HE'S
BEEN DEEMED HIGH RISK FOR KOVAC
19 COMPLICATIONS. HE'S NOT
SERVING A SENTENCE OF LIFE
WITHOUT PAROLE. HE'S BEEN
ASSESSED AS A LOW RISK FOR
VIOLENCE AND IS NOT A HIGH RISK
SEX OFFENDER. FIXED SAYS
THE PRISON SYSTEM BEING
CAUTIOUS IS NOT A GOOD REASON
TO RELEASE PYRE. ULTIMATELY
THE PRISON SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE
TO EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND TO
THE NOT FAMILY WHY IT IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY NOT JUST
CAUTION BUT ABSOLUTELY SOMEBODY
WHO COMMITTED AN ACT LIKE THAT
INTO THE PUBLIC. THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS SENT US THIS
UPDATED MUG SHOT OF PYRE AND A
STATEMENT SAYING AT THIS TIME
THERE ARE NO PLANS TO EXPEDITE
THE RELEASE OF CRAIG BUYER. BUT
KERRY'S FAMILY IS TAKING NO
CHANCES. RIDING A POWERFUL
LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR AND
ASKING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME
ENSURING PRYOR WHO ISN'T
ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AGAIN UNTIL
2027 STAYS BEHIND BARS AS LONG
AS POSSIBLE. STEVE PRICE NEWS 8
THE MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING A
MAN TO DEATH ON A PUBLIC
RESTROOM AT PACIFIC BEACH MADE
HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE BY
VIDEO TODAY. THIRTY THREE YEAR
OLD MARTIN ALVAREZ PLEADED NOT
GUILTY TO MURDERING 39 YEAR OLD
MICHAEL BAGLEY BACK ON AUGUST
16TH IN THE PUBLIC RESTROOM
NEXT TO THE LIFEGUARD STATION
OFF GRAND AVENUE. PROSECUTORS
SAY ALVAREZ HAD JUST BEEN
RELEASED EARLY FROM PRISON
WHERE HE WAS SERVING TIME FOR
FELONY THEFT AND A 6 3 DAYS
LATER COMMITTED THIS RANDOM ACT
OF MURDER REMARK AFTER
ATTACKING A VICTIM FROM RIGHT.
NO BAIL HAS BEEN SET. ALVAREZ
IS DUE BACK FOR A BAIL REVIEW
HEARING THIS FRIDAY. HIS
PRELIMINARY HEARING WAS SET FOR
OCTOBER 7TH. BETTER WEATHER IS
GIVING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
CREWS BATTLING RAGING WILDFIRES
A LITTLE BOOST TODAY. THEY'RE
MAKING SOME PROGRESS AGAINST
THE MASSIVE FIRES THAT HAVE
KILLED SEVEN PEOPLE AND BURNED
NEARLY 13 HUNDRED HOMES AND
BUILDINGS. THE EL AND YOU
LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRE IN
THE WINE COUNTRY NORTH OF SAN
FRANCISCO IS NOW 27 PERCENT
CONTAINED AND HAS DESTROYED
MORE THAN 350 THOUSAND ACRES
SOUTH OF THAT. THE SEIU
LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRE IS NOW
15 PERCENT CONTAINED AFTER
DESTROYING MORE THAN THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY THREE THOUSAND
ACRES. HELICOPTERS DROPPED TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS OF
WATER ON THAT FIRE YESTERDAY
MAKING IT WHAT ONE FIRE
OFFICIAL CALLED THE BEST DAY
YET OF BATTLING THAT FIRE.
THE RIVER FIRE HAS BURNED MORE
THAN FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND ACRES
SO FAR IN THE MONTERREY AREA.
SOME EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN
LIFTED BUT HELP IS STILL NEEDED
AND NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE.
ANIMALS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED TOO
.THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY
SENT A TEAM TO MONTERREY TO
HELP WITH FARM ANIMALS THAT
WERE EVACUATED. NEWS KELLY HAS
IT ALL SPOKE TO A TEAM MEMBER
AND HAS MORE ON THE EFFORTS TO
KEEP THOSE ANIMALS SAFE. WELL,
THE TEAM FROM THE SAN DIEGO
HUMANE SOCIETY STARTED WORK
BRIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING
IN MONTERREY. THE RIVER FIRE IS
JUST ONE OF MANY FIRES BURNING
UP NORTH. AND ANIMALS NEED ALL
THE HELP THEY CAN GET. THESE
GUYS ARE SUPER STRESSED.
THEY'RE NOT IN THEIR NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT AND THEY'VE BEEN
MOVED. THEY CAN TELL THAT THEIR
OWNERS ARE STRESSED. YOU KNOW,
THEY FEED OFF OF OUR EMOTIONS
AND WHAT OUR FEELINGS ARE AT
THE MOMENT. SOME ARE PIPER'S
PART OF THE SAN DIEGO HUMANE
SOCIETY'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE
TEAM, A SIX PERSON TEAM THAT
LEFT SAN DIEGO YESTERDAY AND
MADE THE SEVEN HOUR JOURNEY TO
MONTERREY. THEIR MISSION TO
SUPPORT A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER
DISPLACED BY THE RIVER FIRE AND
TO TAKE CARE OF FARM ANIMALS
WHO WERE EVACUATED. SO YOU CAN
SEE WHY WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
SHEEP. WE'VE GOT SO MANY PONIES
OR SO MANY HORSES BEHIND US
HERE AND THEN ALSO THERE'S SOME
GOATS OVER TO MY LEFT SHOULDER.
WE'VE GOT SOME CHICKENS,
ROOSTERS, SOME MORE GEESE. IT'S
REALLY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF ANIMALS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T DON'T
TRAIN THEIR ANIMALS HOW TO LOAD
AS WELL. SO TRYING TO LOAD AN
ANIMAL IN A STRESSFUL SITUATION
WHERE THEY CAN SMELL AND SEE
FIRE IS IS INCREDIBLY HARD.
THE RIVER FIRE IS SO SCORCHED
MORE THAN FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND
ACRES AND DESTROYED AND DAMAGED
AT LEAST 30 HOMES AND
STRUCTURES. THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN
EVACUATED IF WE CAN HELP TAKE
CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS AND THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS WHILE THEY'RE
OUT TRYING TO DEAL WITH THINGS
WHILE THEY'RE EVACUATED FROM
THE FIRES. BUT REALLY THAT'S
IMPORTANT. SHE ADMITS SHE'S
ALREADY GROWN ATTACHED TO SOME
OF THE ANIMALS HERE. IT'S SO
HARD. LIKE I ALMOST RAN OUT
WITH A COUPLE THOSE LITTLE BABY
YOGA GOATS UNDER MY ARMS AND I
WAS LIKE I'M NOT COMING BACK.
THAT'S HER MESSAGE WHEN IT
COMES TO WILDFIRES, HAVE A PLAN
FOR YOUR ANIMALS. THE SAN DIEGO
HUMANE SOCIETY CAN HELP YOU
EVACUATE THEM. IT'S SUPER
HECTIC WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO
EVACUATE AND TRYING TO GET THAT
ALL TOGETHER AT THE LAST MINUTE
REALLY. SO IF WE KNOW WHAT TYPE
OF FEED THAT THEY'RE ON AND WE
KNOW WHAT THEY'RE EATING
SPECIAL MEDICATIONS OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT IS TO BE PREPARED.
AND PIPER SAYS THEY COULD
REMAIN IN MONTERREY FOR AT
LEAST THE NEXT 10 DAYS TO HELP
OUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT AN EVACUATION
PLAN. JUST GO TO OUR WEB SITE
CBSA DOT COM AND CLICK ON THIS
STORY. BARBARA LEE AND CARLO.
ALL RIGHT, KELLY, THANKS. WELL,
ANOTHER HUMID DAY OUT THERE ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTY BUT
TEMPERATURES DO SEEM TO BE
COOLING COMPARED TO THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS. OUR CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST SEAN STILES IS
HERE WITH A FIRST LOOK AT YOUR
MICROCLIMATE FORECAST. ALL
RIGHT, BARBARA LEE, WE ARE
STARTING TO TREND IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. HOWEVER, WE STILL
HAVE THIS EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH
OUT OVER THE DESERT BUT NOTICE
THE REST OF SAN DIEGO. NOTHING
GOING ON OTHER THAN IT'S ABOVE
AVERAGE AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES
ARE CONCERNED. NOW YOU
MENTIONED IT WAS A LITTLE BIT
COOLER TODAY ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE COASTLINE. WE'LL SHOW YOU
THAT SATELLITE LOOP COMING UP
IN JUST A BIT. BUT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT MID TO UPPER 70S
NOW IN THE PAST COUPLE DAYS
WE'VE BEEN IN THE LOW 80S AT
FIVE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. WE'RE IN
THE MID TO UPPER 80S INLAND
MICROCLIMATE. BUT NOTICE NO ONE
IN THE 90S. SO WE'LL TAKE THAT
.WELL, I'M SORRY. NINETY ONE
IN ALCOHOL. BUT ONE HUNDRED
THIRTEEN SO YOU CAN SEE WHY
THE DESERTS ARE STILL OUT THERE
DEALING WITH THE HEAT
HUMIDITIES ARE COMING DOWN TOO.
WE'RE NOT IN THE 40 TO 50 60
PERCENT RANGE. THIRTY SIX
PERCENT IN RAMONA. 38 NOW
OPINED IT'S NOT TILL YOU GET
OUT TO THE COAST UNTIL WE SEE
HUMIDITY START TO JUMP UP.
HERE'S YOUR EIGHT DAY MICRO.
MAKE THAT YOUR THREE DAY
MICROCLIMATE FORECAST AND AS
YOU CAN SEE SOME COOLER
TEMPERATURES COME IN ON FRIDAY
FOR YOU FOLKS IN THOSE INLAND
MICRO CLIMATES. WE'RE GOING TO
STAY HOT BUT THE HUMIDITY IS
GOING TO COME DOWN AND LOTS OF
RELIEF BY THE WEEKEND. SAN
DIEGO COUNTY IS ONE WEEK
REMOVED FROM THE STATE'S
COVERED 19 WATCH LIST AND ONE
DAY CLOSER TO BEING ABLE TO
REOPEN SCHOOLS. THE FINAL
DECISION OF COURSE UP TO
INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS DISTRICTS.
TODAY'S CASE RATE IS AT EIGHTY
ONE. THAT RATE HAS TO STAY
BELOW ONE HUNDRED CASES PER
100000 PEOPLE FOR SIX MORE DAYS
BEFORE ALL K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS
WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO REOPEN.
TODAY THE COUNTY REPORTS TWO
HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN NEW CASES
OUT OF MORE THAN 50 500 TESTS.
THAT'S A RATE OF FOUR POINT
EIGHT PERCENT ABOVE THE 14 DAY
ROLLING AVERAGE OF THREE POINT
SIX PERCENT. ONE NEW COMMUNITY
OUTBREAK WAS REPORTED BRINGING
THAT NUMBER TWENTY ONE IS STILL
ABOVE THE COUNTY'S TRIGGER OF
SEVEN OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS.
FIVE NEW DEATHS WERE ALSO
REPORTED BRINGING THAT NUMBER
TO SIX HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE.
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
IS CRACKING DOWN ON AMERICANS
WHO ARE CROSSING THE BORDER FOR
NON-ESSENTIAL REASONS. IT'S
CAUSING A BACKUP AT THE BORDER
THAT STRETCHED FOR MILES AS
NEWS AIDES BRANDON LEWIS
EXPLAINS. SOME DRIVERS SAY THEY
WAITED FOR MORE THAN EIGHT
HOURS TO REENTER THE U.S. CARLO
AND BARBARA LEE. THIS IS ALL
PART OF A CRACKDOWN ON
NON-ESSENTIAL BORDER TRAFFIC.
BACK IN MARCH, THE U.S. AND
MEXICO BOTH AGREED TO LIMIT WHY
PEOPLE CAN CROSS THE BORDER IN
AN EFFORT TO TRY TO LIMIT
THE SPREAD. NOW THE U.S. CBP
SAYS THEY'RE FINDING MANY
AMERICANS AREN'T FOLLOWING
THE RULES. SO NOW THEY'RE
SENDING ALL NONESSENTIAL
TRAVELERS TO SECONDARY
SCREENING AND THAT'S CREATING A
BORDER BACKLOG. I THINK IT'S A
BUNCH OF HOOEY. BARBARA HENWOOD
AND HER HUSBAND WERE AMONG
THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS STUCK IN
HOURS LONG LINE TO THE BORDER.
HE'S GOT TO GO IN STARTING NEXT
MONDAY EVERY DAY FOR A 10
MINUTE SESSION OF RADIAL
RADIATION 10 MINUTES. AND
FORTUNATELY WE GOT A MEDICAL
PASS SO HOPEFULLY I DON'T KNOW
HOW LONG THE MEDICAL PASS LANE
IS. IF WE CAN FIND WE'LL GET
THERE NEXT WEEK. THE ISSUE
STARTED OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
CRACKED DOWN ON NONESSENTIAL
TRAVEL. THE AGENCY FOUND IN A
SURVEY OF 100000 TRAVELERS
THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE
CROSSING THE BORDER FOR
NON-ESSENTIAL REASONS. NOW MANY
ARE BEING REFERRED FOR A MORE
THOROUGH SECONDARY SCREENING
WHERE THERE WILL SEE EDUCATION
MATERIAL FROM THE CDC AND AN
EXPLANATION OF THE TRAVEL
ADVISORY. ALL OF THAT TAKES
TIME. WE SAY WELL IT'S JUST
BEEN A NIGHT AND HOPEFULLY IN
THE MORNING IT WON'T BE THAT
LONG. TIJUANA POLICE SAY
DRIVERS WAITED UPWARDS OF EIGHT
HOURS TO CROSS INTO THE U.S..
IT CREATED MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAMS
ON THE CITY STREETS FOR
RESIDENTS. AT LEAST THREE
PEOPLE RAN OUT OF GAS WAITING
IN LINE. TWO WERE ARRESTED FOR
ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND A SENIOR
HAD A HEART ATTACK. LONG LINES
OF PEOPLE TRAVELING TO WORK IN
THEIR DAILY ROUTINE WITHIN
THE CITY OF DETROIT. SO WE HAVE
NOT QUANTIFIED THAT. WE'VE
TALKED ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO
BEAR THE BRUNT OF THIS BIT
WHICH IS CAUSE OF MANY U.S.
CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS THAT ARE
LIVING IN TIJUANA OR ROSARITO,
THIS SMART BORDER COALITION.
ADVOCATES FOR PRACTICAL
CROSS-BORDER SOLUTIONS AND SAYS
THEY UNDERSTAND WHY CBP AND
THE U.S. ARE TRYING TO LIMIT
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL DURING
THE PANDEMIC. IT IS A MEASURE
THAT I BELIEVE WILL HAVE SOME
SUCCESS AND YOU KNOW, I HOPE IT
DOESN'T DOESN'T STAY THERE FOR
TOO LONG. TAKE ON. POLICE SAY
THEY'VE ASSIGNED EXTRA OFFICERS
TO TRY TO HELP CONTROL
THE TRAFFIC FLOW. THEY'VE ALSO
SET UP NEW ROUTES FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE PLANNING TO CROSS
THE BORDER. WE HAVE SOME MAPS
AND INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
JUST CLICK THIS STORY ON CBSA
DOT COM CARLO AND BARBARA LEE.
THANK YOU, BRANDON. THE SAN
DIEGO ASSEMBLY WOMAN IS BEHIND
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND BILL THAT
WOULD REGULATE HOW POLICE CAN
USE LESS LETHAL FORCE LIKE
RUBBER BULLETS. THAT'S COMING
UP. PLUS, PINPOINTING FIRES
BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF HAND
THANKS TO A NEW GENERATION OF
SATELLITES NEXT THE SHOOTING OF
A BLACK MAN IN WISCONSIN AND
HOW HIS FAMILY IS REACTING