,1,The State of California wants the parents of two young children to pay more than $675,000 for starting a fire that burned 100 acres in Jamul during a family camp trip in June 2020.
In a newly non-conformed lawsuit from Attorney General Rob Bonta's Office, the state says parents, "Nathan S." and "Joy S." (their last names were not used in the lawsuit) failed to supervise their kids while camping at the Skyline Truck Trail in Jamul.
The Skyline 3 Fire ignited at the Skyline Truck Trail at 1:08 pm on June 11, 2020, and burned for three days, according to CalFire.
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/california-wants-parents-to-pay-for-the-wildfire-their-kids-started-while-camping/509-5f2e5dc5-0dd2-4236-adc7-91b4e0bf35a9
,1,Hundreds of supporters came out on Memorial Day to see Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak.
Kennedy touched on everything from the COVID lockdown, to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, to his concerns that America's middle class is in danger of collapse.
Taking the stage at Humphrey's on Shelter Island in San Diego, RKF Jr. paid tribute to all fallen service members by quoting his uncle, John F. Kennedy.
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/robert-f-kennedy-jr-makes-campaign-stop-in-san-diego/509-634458fd-4fdc-458b-af44-da68ab19756b
,1,Officers served search warrants at several locations throughout the county Thursday morning.
The raids were part of Operation Mic Drop, according to civil rights activists who are up in arms about redactions in the warrants.
One search warrant left at a home in Spring Valley had all addresses, property locations, and person(s) to be search information redacted.
Full story on CBS8.com: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/san-diego-officers-raid-homes/509-fcbe412b-15f5-46c6-9a98-01307e7c2c37
,1,With electricity demand reaching record levels due to a drawn-out heat wave, Southern California and the whole state avoided rolling power blackouts as the manager of the power grid called for maximum conservation efforts by residents.
The California Independent System Operator extended a Flex Alert until Wednesday, urging residents to take all possible measures to conserve electricity during the peak hours of 4-9 p.m. for the eighth consecutive day.
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/weather/flex-alert/509-ec1c19ee-6ea5-4f77-8f6e-f1c58fae43b0
,1,A group of teenagers in the South Bay punched a 7-Eleven employee in the face and then slammed her back into a candy rack, causing puncture wounds. Now the store’s owner is releasing a video of the incident, hoping their parents will see what happened and talk to their kids before the violence escalates any further.
“It got very violent,” said Jason Habib, who owns the 7-Eleven on Palm Avenue in Egger Highlands. He says the trouble started just after midnight last Wednesday, August 17th. As soon as the teens walked into the store, employees recognized them from a run-in they had about 3 weeks ago, where the kids stole a bunch of items. This time, things turned physical.
Read the full story: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/crime/security-video-teens-attacking-7-eleven-store-worker-theft/509-72c1597f-6324-4f47-a0b6-bcfa9d7b8a41
,1,Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed the vote toward passage in the House, saying the country's earlier ban “saved lives," but the bill will likely stall in the 50-50 Senate.
,1,The 35-year-old Air Force veteran lived in Ocean Beach with her husband. Her uncle choked back tears as he told us that Ashli Babbitt was a patriot.
,1,While many expected an exciting showdown between the 2020 Democratic candidates in California this weekend, no one expected the drama that unfolded Saturday.
While California Sen. Kamala Harris was speaking at a panel hosted by the liberal group MoveOn in San Francisco, a man jumped on stage disrupting the presidential candidate and snatched the microphone from her.
The man identified as Aidan Cook spoke with News 8 via Skype from the Bay Area on Sunday. June 2. See more: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/protester-that-jumped-on-stage-grabbed-microphone-from-sen-kamala-harris-speaks-to-news-8/509-291528ed-4904-4142-87ea-9df7ef789974