A man tried to get into the lions' den at the National Zoo Wednesday afternoon.

The man climbed over the first line of protection between the public and the lions' den about 4:30 p.m., when the zoo was crowded, but authorities got to him before he could access the area where the lions could have attacked him.

He was placed in custody then taken involuntarily to a psychiatric facility for evaluation.

Later he said he hears voices in his head telling him to hurt himself, according to the police report.

He has not been charged with a crime.

The den meets or exceeds safety standards set out by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, a zoo spokesperson said, and there are no plans to update security or the enclosure.

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of three suspects believed to have killed a Fox Lake lieutenant on-duty earlier this week in Illinois. 

Detective Christopher Covelli with the Lake County Sheriff's office said the reward is being offered by Motorola Solutions but several other offers and donations for a reward were received as well.

Anyone looking to provide reward money can contact Lake County Undersheriff Raymond Rose at (847) 377-4367. 

A tip line and website has also been set up for residents looking to report any information surrounding the case. Tipsters can call 1-(800)-CALLFBI or go to fbi.gov/FoxLake. 

Authorities on Friday revealed that they now have several videos they believe will aid in their search for the three "extremely dangerous" suspects.

Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Commander George Filenko said new video has been retrieved in the case that authorities believe is "more significant" than any other video they've received.

Filenko noted the videos are being put into chronological order and "there's a commonality" between them. The videos are expected to be reviewed Friday afternoon or evening. 

"I think we’re optimistic about all of these videos right now because they all come together chronologically," Filenko said.

Officials were expected to review home surveillance video a resident claimed could aid in a search for the suspects, but Filenko said that video wasn't reviewed as of Friday afternoon.

Filenko said the three suspects accused of killing Lieutenant Charles "Joe" Gliniewicz are believed to still be in the area, about 60 miles north of Chicago, and authorities say they've made "significant progress" in their search.

"Obviously we have a lot of transportation means in this area — trains, cars, buses — we’re still working off the fact that we’re presuming there’s a good probability that they are still somewhere in the area," Filenko said. "Now whether they're in Fox Lake or any of the surrounding border communities that remains to be seen."

Filenko confirmed Friday that the officer’s gun was recovered at the scene but could not confirm how many times, if any, it had been fired. 

The gunmen are described as two white men and one black man, but further details on their descriptions have not been made available.

More than 100 officers were canvassing the Fox Lake area Friday, revisiting areas and searching new territories. Canines returned to the scene of the shooting Friday in hopes of finding more information. 

Residents, family members and officers from Fox Lake and surrounding communities gathered Wednesday night for an emotional vigil to honor Gliniewicz, a 30-year veteran of the police force affectionately called "G.I. Joe." A funeral has been scheduled for Monday in Antioch, Illinois. 

Migrants and refugees stranded in Hungary will be allowed into Austria and Germany, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said in a Facebook post early Saturday.

"Because of today's emergency situation on the Hungarian border, Austria and Germany agree in this case to a continuation of the refugees' journey into their countries," Faymann said in the post, Reuters reported.

Hundreds of migrants and refugees refused to wait for permission to get onto trains and began walking to Austria. Earlier, Hungary said it would send a fleet of buses to the main Keletic train station in Budapest to bring the people to Vienna. 

Over 1,200 people walked all day and into the night along the highway to reach Vienna. 

The 3-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, whose drowning has shined a spotlight on the plight of thousands of migrants and refugees from war-torn countries trying to get to Europe, was buried Friday alongside his brother and mother in the family's hometown of Kobani, NBC News reported.

Dozens of mourners attended the burial of Aylan, his 5-year-old brother Galip and mother Rehan, 35, two days after a photograph of Aylan face-down in a Turkish beach went viral.

"I want from Arab governments — not European countries — to see (what happened to) my children, and because of them to help people," said Aylan's father Abdullah Kurdi, the family's sole-survivor.

A DUI suspect crashed his car in Escondido overnight, fled the scene and allegedly pulled a knife on Good Samaritans who gave him a ride, police said.

The Escondido Police Department said the reckless driver slammed into a large rock face at Del Dios and Via Rancho parkways around 12:30 a.m. Friday.

He then left the site of the crash.

Police said two Good Samaritans gave the man a ride, not knowing he was a hit-and-run suspect. The man then allegedly pulled a knife on the Good Samaritans because he wanted to get out of the car.

The DUI suspect was ultimately arrested by police with the help of K-9 officers.He was treated for injuries sustained in the crash and by the K-9 unit. His name was not released.

No one else was harmed in this incident.
 

A 21-year-old Escondido resident suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol was arrested Thursday after hitting two pedestrians with his car, officials confirmed.

Police said Joshua Villavicencio was behind the wheel of a silver Cadillac CTS just after 4 p.m. when he crashed into two women walking at the intersection of Escondido Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue.

The Escondido Police Department (EPD) said both pedestrians suffered serious injuries and were transported via helicopter to a local hospital. Their conditions were unknown as of Friday morning.

Meanwhile, police said Villavicencio ran away from the crash. A detective tracked him down two blocks away from the wreck. After a quick chase on foot, he was taken into custody and arrested on several charges, including suspicion of DUI and felony hit-and-run.

Villavicencio was booked into the Vista Detention Facility and is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.
Anyone who witnessed this hit-and-run collision should contact the EPD’s tip line at (760) 743-8477.
 

Dangerous swimming conditions may threaten thousands of swimmers headed to the beach this holiday weekend.

A storm way out in the Pacific generated a fairly large swell that will arrive on Saturday.

The National Weather Service issued a Beach Hazards Statement for San Diego and Orange County beaches, starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, and lasting through 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Waves will build from 4 to 6 feet, with occasional 7 and 8 foot sets. Strong and frequent rip currents will also be a concern. The biggest waves will be present on Sunday.

“It is very important to swim near a lifeguard,” NBC 7 Meteorologist Jodi Kodesh said. “They know where the rips are and will be able to keep you safe.”

The weather this weekend is fitting for a trip to the beach. Coastal areas will climb into the upper 70s, with developing sunshine. Inland areas will be in the low to mid 80s.

Young restaurant workers were secretly recorded by a video camera in the bathroom of a South Bay restaurant, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The allegation was lodged Thursday in a federal complaint against Achiote's restaurant in San Ysidro.

The lawsuit stems from an investigation launched after an employee reported being videtaped in the restroom in May 2012.

Adrian Macias is named in the lawsuit and is accused of using a hidden cell phone to secretly record male workers aged 19 to 21.

Macias is identified in court documents as a manager with the restaurant.

An Achiote’s manager told NBC 7 Friday that an Assistant General Manager was accused of using his cell phone camera to record men in the bathroom. The Assistant General Manager was investigated by SDPD, and lost his job with Achiote’s, the manager told us.

An EEOC attorney said the company allegedly retaliated against employees who complained about the camera by cutting their hours and making comments to ostracize them.

“You can't prevent bad things from happening sometimes but certainly companies can control their actions in response to that,” said EEOC Attorney Anna Park.

When discovering the device in May 2012, a 21-year-old server immediately called the San Diego police.

SDPD investigated the manager for violating peeping tom laws and forwarded the case to the City Attorney's office. The CIty Attorney's office charged Macias with one count of disturbing the peace, according to SDPD. Macias was never arrested or booked into jail on the charge, according to SDPD.

The restaurant manager who spoke to NBC 7 said the server tried to sue the restaurant for $250,000 but that attempt failed. He also claimed the server would sometimes not show up for work.

Achiote’s is located in the Las Americas Premium Outlet mall just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

A man accused of attempting to lure and kidnap young girls at Solana Beach-area schools on two separate occasions has bailed out of jail, his attorney confirmed Friday.

Jack Doshay, 22, is now longer in custody after posting bail, attorney Paul Pfingst told NBC 7. Pfingst would not say exactly when Doshay was released from custody, and would not comment on his client’s whereabouts.

Doshay’s bail was set at $5 million Wednesday during his latest hearing in a Vista courtroom.
He faces 10 charges stemming from two incidents - the one at Skyline Elementary in March 2015 and a previous allegation at Solana Santa Fe Elementary in September 2010. The charges include lewd acts on a child with and without force, kidnapping, false imprisonment with violence and child abuse.

Doshay is accused of trying to kidnap a 7-year-old girl from Skyline Elementary School on March 23. Prosecutors allege his DNA was found on duct tape wrapped around the girl's head before the alleged kidnapper attempted to carry her off. Her screams and kicks caught the attention of staff nearby and the girl managed to escape, unharmed.

This week, prosecutors revealed Doshay is also the suspect in a second allegation from September 2010 involving a five-year-old victim near the baseball fields at SFF Elementary.

In this incident, a five-year-old girl was lured behind a shed after school to see a white bunny. The child was ordered to get on her hands and knees and, as the child was looking for the bunny, the suspect grabbed her by the hips.

Deputy DA Ryan Saunders said the attacker in this incident unzipped the girl's pants and tried to remove them. The girl was able to scream, kick the man in the privates and escape, Saunders said.
Doshay, a member of an affluent family, is considered a flight risk because his parents own a private jet. Glenn and Karen Doshay live in Fairbanks Ranch. The defendant's father is a minority stake owner of the San Diego Padres.

He is being represented by prominent criminal defense attorney Pfingst.

At Wednesday’s hearing, Pfingst argued the Skyline Elementary School victim was not removed from school grounds and was not touched sexually. He also said the victim in the 2010 alleged incident has all but identified another perpetrator, not his client.

Prosecutors argued for $25 million in bail. However, the judge approved $5 million bail, an increase from the previous $2.5 million, under the condition Doshay wears a monitoring ankle bracelet and seeks treatment at a mental health facility. It is unknown if Doshay went straight to treatment following his latest release from custody.

In both incidents, Doshay’s maximum exposure is 50 years to life.
 

Kindergarten teachers in one Long Island, New York, school district will have their work cut out for them this year trying to keep straight the names of the 11 sets of twins who are about to start school.

One set of identical twins, seven sets of twin brothers and sisters, two sets of fraternal brothers and one pair of fraternal sisters all began classes at the Lynbrook Kindergarten Center in Lynbrook on Wednesday, the school said.

It breaks a record seven sets of twins in the district set in 2011.

The twins all started school in different classes, said Principal Ellen Postman. They try to do that with every set of twins that come to the school so they can develop their own identities and make new friends.

"You see them hug each other goodbye when they get off the bus, then talk about their day when they get back together," she said.

At least one of the twins didn't seem to mind, telling NBC 4 New York crews he didn't miss his brother. Others, meanwhile miss their siblings. 

Postman said she's not sure why the school has so many sets of twins this year but added that it will be "exciting" to watch them grow up over the next 13 years.

Health officials believe a food-borne illness that sickened dozens of customers at a Southern California Chipotle is Norovirus.

About 80 restaurant customers and 18 restaurant employees reported symptoms of a gastrointestinal illness after eating at the restaurant located at 1263 Simi Town Center Way in Simi Valley during the week of August 18, officials said in a press release Friday.

A joint investigation between the Ventura County Environmental Health Division (EHD) and the Ventura County Public Health Division found that seven of out of 18 specimen samples tested positive for Norovirus, a "very contagious virus."

After the reported food poisoning, the restaurant voluntarily closed, threw out all remaining food products and sent home a number of affected employees, officials said. Health officials also inspected the facility.

The EHD said employees who tested positive for the virus will remain off duty until they are cleared to return to work.

"Norovirus is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in the United States," said Dr. Robert Levin, Ventura County Public Health Officer. A person can contract Norovirus from contaminated food or water, by touching contaminated surfaces or through affected people.

There have been no further reports of illness since the initial reports, according to health officials.

Employees of a North Park thrift store were shocked to find animal carcasses in the alleyway near the store on Thursday morning.

They found a goat, two roosters and a dove, which had all been beheaded.

“We didn’t know why something like that would be out there and what it meant,” said Tracy Lamb, manager of the Alliance for African Assistance Thrift Store.

What the employees learned from authorities was equally as surprising.

Animal Services investigators said it’s legal for those animals to be decapitated for a religious sacrifice as long as it’s done humanely and the bodies aren’t dumped somewhere, which was what happened near the store on El Cajon Bouevard.

Further, California law states that cattle, sheep, poultry and birds can be sacrificed, but not dogs or cats.

Dumping animals is a misdemeanor crime and something that nearby businesses, including an autobody shop and the thrift store, don’t want to see or smell.

“Our donors pull right up to our back door to make donations and new arriving refugees pull up to get their clothing and stuff,” Lamb said.

Anyone with information on the animal dumpings should call San Diego police or San Diego County’s Department of Animal Services.

A rescue operation to save a blue whale trapped in a fishing net off the coast of Southern California was halted Fridaydue to darkness and rough seas but officials hoped to resume in the morning.

The crews spent hours at sea off the coast of Palos Verdes looking for a blue whale — the largest animal on Earth — tangled in a line, miles out to sea.

Rescuers docked after dark at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro on Friday, "exhausted and ready to deal with it tomorrow if it shows up again," said Peter Wallerstein, the director of the Marine Animal Rescue project in Los Angeles County.

A whale-watching boat was the first to spot the troubled whale around 1 p.m., waiting for hours until help arrived.

"The whale had two to three hundred feet of line, at least, wrapped around it somewhere with buoys floating at the very end of the line, trailing behind the whale," said Joshua Meza-Fidalgo, of Harbor Breeze Cruises.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called on Wallerstein to save his first blue whale, he said; he normally rescues sea lions.

"Well, we would love to have cut it all off and then freed the whale, but sometimes things are impossible," Wallerstein said.

It was dangerous for Wallerstein and another rescue specialist, who were working out of a small Zodiac boat and at the mercy of a giant whale and rough seas.

"It could die," he said. "That's why we were pressured to try and help it, but it's got a long way to go yet and with the buoy on it, it will be easy to spot."

The victim of a brutal attack in a Chicago suburb last weekend left the hospital Friday and said in an emotional statement about the arrest of her alleged attacker that she "won."

"I defeated him," said Melissa Schuster. "He tried to take everything away from me but I won in the end. I did not give up."

Her nose fractured, her face covered in stitches and bruises, Schuster said she looked in the mirror for first time Thursday.

"It kind of broke my heart, I was almost in tears but then I realized it's just the beginning," she said.

Though NBC Chicago does not normally name victims of sexual assault, Schuster said she wanted her story heard because she "wanted to make a difference in someone else's life."

The 26-year-old was unloading groceries in the driveway of the home in the 700 block of 73rd Court at about 1 p.m. Saturday when a dark blue older model Nissan Altima pulled up, and that is when police say 31-year-old Londale Madison got out and approached her.

"All he asked me was, 'Can I have money?" she said. "And I politely said, 'I'm sorry, I don't have any money to give you.'"

She went inside and locked the door, but Madison later knocked and asked again. When she refused, he knocked the door down and attacked her, according to police.

After punching her repeatedly, Schuster says the man forced her to remove her clothes, and get into the shower – where he raped her.

“I remember standing there thinking to myself, ‘This is it. I’m not going to make it. I'm gonna to die,” she recounted.

He stabbed her over 17 times, before stealing her purse and cell phone and leaving her for dead.

“But then I told myself, ‘No, I’m not going to let this person overcome me.’” Schuster said. “I was terrified, but I was not going to give up.”

She managed to build enough strength to run to a neighbor's house.

"She was covered head to toe with blood," the neighbor said. "My husband put a blanket around her and ran outside to see if he could find who had done this to her."

Tips lead authorities to determine that Madison returned to Indiana after the attack. He was charged Wednesday with one count of attempted first degree murder, one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault, one count of home invasion and one count of armed robbery, according to the DuPage County state's attorney's office. All charges are felonies.

Just two weeks ago, Madison was cited in Indiana for violating probation, which he was granted after getting an early release from prison late last year. He received a 6-year sentence in 2012 for a felony burglary conviction in St. Joseph County.

If Madison is convicted on all charges, he faces a maximum sentence of up to 120 years in prison, according to the state's attorney's office.

"I want to see him put away for a very long time," Schuster said.

Madison appeared in court Friday where prosecutors say he confessed to the horrific crime.

Madison has already served time for charges that include felony, theft and battery. After attacking Schuster, police say he went to LaGrange approaching more people for money. He is also being questioned on child molestation charges.

Bond was set at $5 million dollars and he faces up 120 years in prison if convicted.

As for Schuster, her healing process moves forward with the hope of helping others.

"Talking about what happened is a relief, part of my recovery," she said. "I have been talking about it since day one."

A kite surfer in San Francisco was blown from the ocean onto a busy coastal thoroughfare and struck by a car Friday, police said.

The incident was reported at 3:12 p.m. at the intersection of the Great Highway and Sloat Boulevard near the zoo, according to the San Francisco Police Department.

Police said the surfer was setting up his board when a gust of wind, which reached 42 miles per hour, lifted and deposited him in the highway's southbound lane where he was hit by a car. 

But a witness told NBC Bay Area that the man was in the ocean and carried nearly 50 feet over sand dunes and parking spaces into the path of oncoming traffic. The surfer was caught in an uncontrolled spiral and unable to safely eject, he said.

The victim was transported to San Francisco General Hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said, stressing that this is not a hit-and-run collision. 

Police, who deemed the accident bizarre, temporarily closed the Great Highway's southbound lanes near Lincoln Way during the investigation. They were reopened around 5:30 p.m., officials said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the SFPD anonymous tip line at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 with SFPD at the beginning of the message.

A Bengal-Siberian tiger cub found roaming the streets of Hemet will be cared for at an animal sanctuary here in San Diego County.

A woman turned the cub in to a humane society in San Jacinto County. She said she found the 3-month-old cub wandering her neighborhood on Thursday. Officials say the woman would not give her name.

The abandoned animal is being cared for at an animal shelter in Phelan until it can be transferred to San Diego’s Lions Tigers & Bears in the East County.

Bobbi Brink said she was contacted by California Fish & Wildlife officials Friday afternoon.

The 25-pound cub was found declawed and will need surgery to remove a hernia from his abdomen. But he’ll get a lot of care - with regular bottle feedings, a meat-rich diet and plenty of room to run around.
 

Imperial Beach city officials are making some changes after recent attacks in the area near the beach and Dunes Park.

This Labor Day weekend part of the parking lot on Daisy and Seacoast drives will be blocked off and there will more law enforcement presence, city officials said.

Two weeks ago a city employee ended up in the hospital. He was cleaning and closing up the bathrooms here at Dunes Park when someone attacked him, officials said.

Then someone attacked a woman with a stun gun nearby.

City officials decided to put up orange barriers with "no parking signs" last week, hoping to help prevent people from parking in the back lot where some of recent crime has happened.

“It's scary. It definitely is scary but like I said I've been here for years and nothing's happened," said resident Lea Clamp.  "I've left an establishment at 2 in the morning. I feel fine, I feel safe.”

The lot sits next to a hotel and just feet away from the beach, bathrooms and a children’s playground.

City Manager Andy Hall said the barriers and signs are not meant to be permanent but may remain here until they can find a better solution to prevent attacks.

However, one resident said the move is just a knee-jerk reaction.

“It does not solve the problem,” said Chuck Quisenberry. “It doesn't even come close to addressing the problem of violence and drugs in this area.”

As far as the holiday weekend goes, the city says they will use this area for emergency cars that will be patrolling the beach.

A San Diego man who attends the same flight school as a fellow student and instructor killed in a plane crash said he too was scheduled to board the doomed aircraft.

Poway resident Ted Nulty is a student pilot at the El Cajon-based Golden State Flying Club – the club that operates the 1981 Piper Cherokee that crashed into the driveway of a home in Santee Thursday morning, about one mile away from Gillespie Field airport.

The aircraft was carrying flight instructor Robert Sarrisin, 59, and flight school student Jeffrey Michael Johnson, 50, when it began sputtering. The plane clipped two homes and then crashed into a driveway in a cul-de-sac on Paseo De Los Castillos south of Prospect Avenue, crashing into two cars as it hit the ground.

Both Sarrisin and Johnson died from injuries sustained in the collision.

Grieving the loss of both victims, Nulty spoke with NBC 7 Friday and said he is in utter disbelief over the accident.

According to Nulty, he had made plans Thursday to board that same Piper Cherokee alongside Sarrisin, but those plans never came to fruition.

Before their planned flight, Nulty said Sarrisin took a flight – which would turn out to be his last – with Johnson. It was supposed to be a one-hour touch-and-go flight.

“Robert had actually scheduled in another flight before I was supposed to go up,” Nulty explained. “It was very shocking to me that the plane I was scheduled to fly in had gone down.”

Nulty, a former air traffic controller for the U.S. Marine Corps, said he found out about the plane crash when a fellow flight school student who knew he was scheduled to fly with Sarrisin called his home to see if he was okay.

Nulty said the news was a shock to him and fellow members the Golden State Flying Club, especially because the Piper Cherokee was a safe aircraft.

“It’s an older model plane, but it’s safe. [The plane] has been a solid airframe for us for years and years,” Nulty explained.

He said the diligent ground and maintenance crew at his flight school is constantly inspecting aircraft to make sure they’re safe to fly.

In 2013, the Piper Cherokee made an emergency landing on State Route 52 when the aircraft’s engine cut out. In that incident two men aboard managed to glide the plane to a safe landing.

Following that incident, Nulty said the flight school immediately replaced the plane’s engine and all accessories.

Since then, it had flown very smoothly. Nulty said almost everyone at the flight school had flown in the aircraft at some point, sometimes even bringing along family members for the ride.

“It’s been a very sturdy airframe,” he added. “It was just a good, old, reliable aircraft.”

Nulty said the loss of both Sarrisin and Johnson is devastating for the San Diego aviation community.

“It’s hit us pretty hard. Robert was a great guy,” he said.

He was close friends with Sarrisin and had recently made plans to take Sarrisin and his daughter out on his boat and catch a concert at Humphrey’s by the bay.

Nulty describes Sarrisin as an extremely cautious pilot and instructor, which makes the crash even more baffling.

“He always was on the safe side of things, which is why we were shocked that the aircraft went down. He always aired on the side of caution,” Nulty told NBC 7.

The investigation into the crash is ongoing, but Nulty and fellow flight club members are anxious to learn the cause of the accident.

Nulty said the Golden State Flight Club has always put an emphasis on safety in the sky, and he’s confident in their aircraft.

In fact, Nulty said he plans to go out flying next week.

“I’ve never seen safety stressed as much as it is at Golden State. They’re an incredibly safe flying school,” said Nulty. “We’re all stunned. Their safety record will speak for itself.”

The aircraft involved in the deadly crash is registered to Volar Corp., which runs the Golden State Flying Club.

Ian McGregor, of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), told NBC 7 the FAA has no prior accidents or incidents on record for the company.

McGregor said the FAA did issue a letter of correction once to Volar Corp. for violating FAA regulation 141.77A, which pertains to pilots issuing graduation certificates to students under certain requirements.

“A letter of correction is on the low end of our enforcement scale,” McGregor explained. “We have not issued any other enforcements [to the company] since 1991."

Sarrisin, a resident of Rancho Penasquitos, was a former Naval Officer described by loved ones as a family man who could find humor in any situation.

Johnson, who lived in El Cajon, leaves behind his wife and five children between the ages of three and 17. His loved ones have launched a GoFundMe page titled the Jeffrey Johnson Memorial Fund.

The page, in part, describes Johnson as a beloved husband and father who had been "pursuing a life dream to learn how to fly" and says he had been taking flying lessons for a couple of months.
 

A week before the plane crash that claimed their lives, Robert Sarrisin and Jeffrey Johnson were sitting under the plane, going over safety preparations – something ithey did before every flight.

“He took time with every single student,” Mike Roberts, manager of the Golden State Flying Club (which operated the plane) recalled of Sarrisin. “He was a very good instructor.”

Roberts spoke Friday with NBC 7 about his good friend, Sarrisin, and the tragic crash on Thursday in a Santee neighborhood.

Johnson, 50, was flying with Sarrisin, 59, when the small plane suddenly lost power and went down, killing them both.

Roberts said he was heartbroken and shocked about the crash, saying he has logged 200 hours in that very plane and never had problems before.

About Sarrisin, Roberts said he was very popular among flying students.

“I don’t think I ever saw him in a bad mood,” Roberts said. “Every input I got from a student was very positive about him.”

Johnson had been pursuing his lifelong dream to be a pilot and had been taking flying lessons for about two months, his family said in a GoFundMe page set up in his name.

Johnson left behind five children, including two sets of twins, ages 3 and 17.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of the crash, but preliminarily, officials say it appears the plane lost power. There was no distress call issued in the moments before the crash.

A San Diego-based produce company has recalled garden cucumbers believed to be the source of a Salmonella outbreak that killed one woman and sickened people in 27 states.

The cucumbers were imported from Mexico and distributed by Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).

In a news release Friday, CDPH said it has received reports from 285 people with Salmonella serotype Poona. Of those reports, the agency said more than 50 people from California were reporting symptoms of Salmonella exposure.

San Diego County Health Officials say a 99-year-old San Diego woman died August 17 in the outbreak.

Grown and packed by Rancho Don Juanito in Mexico, the cucumbers were distributed between August 1 and September 3.

State officials could not identify the stores where the cucumbers were sold in San Diego. Anderson & Williamson Fresh Produce would not release the names of the retail stores that sold the cucumbers.

The cucumbers arrived in boxes marked as "Limited Edition" brand pole-grown cucumbers but state officials say it’s unlikely the cucumbers would have any identifying brand information on the shelf.

State officials advise consumers to talk with their local grocer to ask if the cucumbers in their refrigerator may be those involved in the recall.

Seventeen California counties have had reports of illnesses.

The cucumbers were distributed in Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Florida; Idaho; Illinois; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Minnesota; Mississippi; Montana; Nevada; New Jersey; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Oregon; South Carolina; Texas, and Utah.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.