San Diego families say a fire risk is growing in their backyards

Several families in San Diego's South Bay are invaded by weeds, trees and brush growing out of a 30-foot berm the city built more than 20 years ago. They say they can't fight back anymore and that the city is not stepping up to help them.

You’ll sometimes catch Fred Threat getting some practice golf swings before the sun warms up in the morning. He hits toward his backyard fence, which is just about overwhelmed by brush and weeds creeping into his property.

“This right here is coming over, and I don’t want it here because of rats,” the Navy veteran said, pointing to a tree weed with branches draping over his fence onto his property.

He then walks to a second tree that’s smack in the middle of his fence and his neighbor’s, no longer on public land. He says its growing and spreading quick