CBS 8 San Diego Reviews

During a large fire in San Diego, local ABC and NBC stations broke into regular programming to update viewers on evacuations. San Diego’s CBS-8, however, was blacked out for any customers of AT&T’s DirecTV. The local CBS affiliate is in a dispute with the AT&T television provider over fees and has discontinued all broadcasting. AT&T and CBS-8 put corporate greed above the safety of their customers and viewers during a local emergency and should be fined.

Ok after several days, and multiple tries I am almost done.
Strike 1) Glitching and slow. I can scroll about half way down a page and then it jumps back to the top. I prefer to read the news quickly than to watch it. I thought maybe it is just this one story nope it happens on most of them.
Strike 2) I set up my preferences and I now have to scroll even more to get to the local and national or world news. (I don’t want the fluff and stuff stories.)
Strike 3) Hasn’t happened yet.
Well we all know what happens after 3 strikes ... 😕

CBS8SanDiego is so ad filled it’s annoying! You cannot copy and past anything from the news article so as to share.
You cannot “enlarge” any photo as was today’s article about SDG&E tier pricing!
Terrible app, used to be my favorite go to news source via phone and TV but both haven’t gotten worse. No surprise the viewership has dropped, and I’m another one until you get it fixed.

Tried CBS8SanDiego and the first thing I noticed is how laggy it is when scrolling. Second is that while trying to read an article, the paragraphs start moving and add start to appear. After every paragraph is an ad. Sorry, this is far to full of ads, at least nbc7 or fox5 San Diego doesn’t have half of ads as this one does. But it’s also just to buggy and ad ridden for me to keep on my iPhone. Deleted

It would be good if there is an audio option only too (for example like listening to podcasts while driving or working out).

App functions great, does the job of bringing in local news. However, the ads on here are super super weird. There are so many odd casino ads, and you cannot skip at any point. I finally deleted CBS8SanDiego because they just got to be too much. I would suggest working with a better ad-placement company, there are so many great local ones to work with.

The live links to video (COVID Updates, etc.) are not reliable. They often fail after the commercial ad plays and then it loops a second time. Once that happens, it is 2min into the update so I don't even bother to click on the notifications anymore. I just pull up another SD Local channel's live feed.

Mostly I enjoy using CBS8SanDiego . I do enjoy the updates especially important breaking events occurring here in San Diego. Because I am partially blind. Are use a special application on my iPhone. This application helps me to navigate and use websites, and to read text. This application is called “voice over“. The voiceover app has a hard time navigating the news eight app. I sometimes cannot advance properly on News stories. And I cannot play the videos displayed on the News eight app. Because I am partially sighted I turn off the voice over app, and activate the videos without it’s benefit. This sometimes causes me to have more difficulty while trying to enjoy the articles, or stories offered. Overall I very much enjoy the convenience of being able to hear breaking news on the go. It’s also fantastic to be able to enjoy the great news eight coverage pretty much wherever I’m standing. Since downloading the News eight app I have also found myself watching more news eight on my own television at home. Thank you for your attention. God bless all journalist everywhere, who go into harms way to bring people like me the news. Thank you for your attention.

Views are still slanted slightly against conservative views but of all the local networks, Eight is on the most even keel. The national morning and evening news casts however are horribly interpretive of their own views. What happened to just REPORTING the news and let the public form their own opinions??
I only watch the local News 8 for that reason.

Great show that I can’t see any more because of fighting between big selfish companies for more money. We already pay too much.

I really enjoy the News on News 8, keeps me informed on Current News

I want to delete my post and I am unable to do so. I dislike the barrage of negative comments that ensued..
I think I have to unfollow Ch8 since I cannot delete my comment.

I love news 8 but wish CBS8SanDiego had a search feature

I appreciate the Newsfeeds that pop up on my phone. I want to Thank News 8. Especially Nora on World News. Thanks again

Thank you for the informative stories.

Used the traffic map part of CBS8SanDiego everyday. Fast & real time. Now hit traffic and get articles—no map. Worked with it several —gave up & deleted app. Loaded channel 10 app instead. Works great!

We think Channel 8 creates such heartwarming features that bring out the best in the people of San Diego-Especially the Zevely Zone! You’re reporters seem to really put their hearts into their jobs and it shows! Thank you!

I have faith in channel 8 all the time. I get an alert immediately after any incident happened. They provide great stories for reading and family entertainment. I love channel 8 for keeping me up to date.

Only news app I use for local news. I even have the notifications on because they are seldom and when they do happen are actually important and prompt.

I love waking up too news 8! The beautiful smiles! Well dressed! You can see they care about giving the viewers the best! Update on everything and maybe something we might have missed. Great Job!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽well done ✅ ❤️🌞🌼💙💜💕👏🏽🤩 Thank you. Sharon

Wow what a crap update. At least it’s a new app and I can still use the old one until they shut off the server.

Is there something that is supposed to be “better” about this?

Ok, look, I’m an app developer myself. I know News8 doesn’t have a software development staff and got sold a bill of goods.

Bad choice. Try again. Please don’t throw bad money after good and please ditch this, and stop promoting this cr*p on air. It is only to your detriment.

But it’s a station that makes bad technical choices. Fix you grating on-air audio eq. It is as harsh as KUSI’s is shrill.

I’m not sure why there is not built in mirroring function for Apple TV for the local news. I loved watching the 6 am & 5 pm broadcasts and being able to use my phone simultaneously. Now, I can’t even bring it up as there are mini segments that make it more difficult. What a bummer!

Better than the previous app and much better than other local news apps in my opinion.

Overall I'm happy with the focus on the region and the local updates. Ways to improve would be for more diverse sub sections of reporting

News 8 has the best and most pleasant to watch newscasters in the city. When we have to watch news on another local channel because of a sporting event on 8, the difference in quality is amazing. We especially love Barbara and Carlos!

CBS8SanDiego will provide you with great and up-to-date coverage of what is happening in our communities, state and nation.

Always a great local news app. 8 made their app easy to use and updates with relevant local SD news! Great job 👍🏼

I like CBS8SanDiego redesign - easy to navigate. I also like the customizable features.

Thanks to News 8 for keeping timely updates.

The weekend news on Channel 8 is so disappointing if you desire actual News. The continual laughter and banter is not why we watch the news.