>> This is San Diego News Daily.
I'm Nicole Gomez.
>> Let's get right into your top
local stories. From the skies to
the roads, the Thanksgiving
travel rush already officially
underway. An estimated 55
million Americans are traveling
for the holiday. So if you've
been out and about, maybe you've
already noticed the roads
picking up a little bit. I want
to show you these images from
Los Angeles. Yeah, If you think
it's bad here in San Diego, look
at LA. That's the 405 freeway
last night. Already gridlock,
but made worse by the
Thanksgiving travel rush. You
can see plenty of people already
headed out with just one day
until Thanksgiving, the airports
just as packed. Here's a look at
the rush at four airports across
the country, including San Diego
International. That's where we
find NBC 7's Andrew Stafford
with what you need to know to
make your holiday travel go
smoothly.
>> The holiday travel rush seems
to be kind of coming in waves.
It's not nearly as busy out here
now as it was first thing this
morning, but it's certainly not
your average Wednesday here at
San Diego International. All
whether you're taking off or
landing or just dropping people
off for their flights, be
prepared to do a lot of waiting
in line and in traffic, like
84,000 people are expected to
take off and land here at San
Diego International each day
this week, including Lauren
Marshall and her three children.
Oldest daughter Sinai and twins
Sofia and Savion.
>> It goes with the territory.
You know, you got to be ready to
wait. What they can't wait for,
though, is what's on the other
end of their flight.
>> We're going to New York.
>> Macy's Parade. And that's
what we're going to see it. You
know, it's longer now.
>> It's supposed to be great. So
first time for us to go see
Macy's Parade. We are super
excited, though.
>> They may have brought a few
too many things, a lot of
luggage, because they said the
weather is going to be cold.
>> So, you know, we're West
Coast kids, so we don't know
about that.
>> So we probably overpacked,
but we won't be cold for sure.
>> So from San Diego
International Airport, I'm Audra
Stafford, NBC 7.
>> Hope they have fun. Well,
some members of San Diego
County's Democratic Party are
calling for an audit of the
party's finances. This comes
after a South Bay lawmaker and
her brother were accused of
fraud. Both are members of the
Democratic Party's central
committee, Chula Vista City
Councilwoman Andrea Cardenas and
her political consultant brother
Jason Arce, are accused of
taking money from the payroll
protection program and using it
on personal expenses. They
pleaded not guilty earlier this
month and now party members say
they want transparent when it
comes to finances.
>> There are a lot of questions
not only for how we fund
campaigns, how endorsements are
made, but then what risks are
people at personally by
volunteering and not being given
this information and having
these audits done as required?
>> Said the head of the San
Diego County Democratic Party,
says a review of the party's
finances was already in the
works, even before these
allegations came to light. Both
brother and sister are due in
court in January. Well, the
Ocean Beach pier will be closed
through the entire storm season.
So pretty much throughout winter
for the 57 year old structure
was damaged last month from high
surf. And we know storms are an
even bigger risk. Pass Winter
storms have ravaged the pier,
closing down at 30% of the time
over the past five years and
costing the city around $1.7
million on repairs. Once the
storm season has passed. The
city says it will reassess and
come up with a more permanent
plan. Now here's Ashley with a
check of your first alert
forecast.
>> Hi, Nicole. Happy Wednesday
to everyone at home. Just wanted
to show you what the state of
California looks like for any
travel you may be doing this
afternoon or early evening. And
it looks really good to get to
your destination. Really dry
conditions across the state for
today. Here's a quick look at
what you can expect. This after
noon, downtown San Diego should
be at about 79 degrees by mid
afternoon, mid to upper 70s for
the rest of the coast. Inland
valleys coming in at 82 for
high, well above average for
this time of year. Mountain 60,
Desert 76. New details in a
scary rollover crash in La Jolla
overnight as police are still
searching for the driver.
>> Sentimental memorials removed
from Swami's Beach. Why the city
of Encinitas say they needed to
be temporarily taken away. Poway
and flu Covid and RSV are on the
rise this holiday season. Why?
The CDC says vaccinations can
help you prevent it from getting
>> This is San Diego News Daily.
>> I'm Nicole Gomez. Welcome
back. Three passengers were hurt
after being ejected in an
overnight rollover crash. This
happened in La Jolla, San Diego.
Police are searching for the
driver who ran from the scene.
Officers say that driver of the
Nissan frontier was heading
westbound on Nautilus Street
when they lost control. You can
see the car flipped several
times. One person suffered major
injuries and the others only
minor injuries. Police say
alcohol was a factor in that
accident in the North County. A
substitute teacher was arrested,
accused of lewd acts with a 13
year old girl. The girl's
parents contacted police after
they found her in a car with
Connor Chernov at an Oceanside
park. The mother says she
noticed inappropriate activity
to know of works as a substitute
teacher in Vista. He also
coaches an all girls water polo
club in Carlsbad and previously
worked as a lifeguard in both
Encinitas and Carlsbad. He was
booked into Vista jail and bail
was set at $1 million. His first
court appearance is scheduled
for Monday. Well, people in
Encinitas are demanding answers
over the city's decision to
remove iconic park benches. This
is right above Swami's Beach. A
city manager's office
spokesperson said the city
removed 13 memorial benches this
past Friday due to needed
maintenance and repairs. But
many of those benches served as
memorials and loved ones say
they weren't given any notice.
But the city says it's just
temporary. At Tuesday's parks
and RECs meeting, people voiced
their concerns.
>> INS Is it really such an
emergency that they had to be
removed between for this
cleaning, this kind of weird
while we're concerned about the
benches, we're even more
concerned about being lied to.
>> While others say they're
worried the benches were removed
to deter homeless from sleeping
in that park. The mayor and city
manager's office say some of the
benches will be returned by
December first, while others may
take a bit longer. Experts at
the CDC are hoping more people
will get their flu and Covid
shots only about a third of
people so far have received a
flu shot this season. And just
14% of adults received the
updated booster that came out in
September. Covid is still making
the rounds and making people
sick. Nearly 800 people across
San Diego County got Covid last
week and those are just cases
confirmed through testing at a
doctor's office. We know by now
that most people test at home.
Five people died from Covid last
week when it comes to the flu.
Cases are rising to 244 cases
confirmed countywide over the
past week. Experts say if you do
get this year's flu shot, you
will have a pretty strong
protection this year.
>> The match is very good. It's
between 60 and 65, which is
excellent. So we definitely want
to see, you know, get get like
we're telling everybody, get in,
get that vaccine.
>> RSV is also spreading in San
Diego. You remember parents had
a nightmare last week, last year
dealing with their kids, getting
it. Cases have nearly doubled in
the past few weeks with 236
cases across the county last
>> Hello, Happy Wednesday to
you, Ashley Matthews here with a
look at your weather for today
and the rest of the week. And,
of course, for your holiday, for
Thanksgiving. So today at the
coast, we're still going to be
above normal for these
temperatures for this time of
year. We should be at mid to
upper 70s at the coast, low 80s
for the inland valleys and then
look at what happens tomorrow.
Temperatures will be about ten
degrees cooler for the coast and
inland valleys. Dry conditions.
We do have a slight chance for
some very, very light rain, even
like a drizzle Thursday night
into Friday morning. Here's a
quick look at the mountains and
deserts as well.
>> For more coverage you count
on, you can head to NBC 7 .com.
Thanks for watching. Have a