The Kentucky state trooper who was fatally shot on Sunday night was trying to help the man who allegedly killed him, NBC News reported.

The trooper, Joseph Ponder, 31, pulled over Joseph Johnson-Shanks, 25, on an interstate just after 10 p.m. Ponder quickly discovered that Johnson-Shanks' driver's license was suspended, Kentucky State Police spokesman Jay Thomas said in a news conference.

Two women who were also in the car didn't have licenses either, Thomas said, so Ponder tried to arrange for a hotel for everyone — there were also two young children in the vehicle, police said.

Then, "for an unknown reason," Thomas said, the suspect fled the scene, leading to a 9-mile chase.

Hungary made final preparations to shut its border with Serbia on Monday as desperate migrants rushed to make it through a single crossing before midnight, NBC News reported.

It was chaos at the Horgos II border post, where Hungarian police allowed only a few migrants at a time through a small gate.

The situation confused many of the migrants, who expected that the tighter restrictions would begin Tuesday.

The Horgos II crossing is the only remaining opening in a newly constructed border fence by which Hungary hopes to stem the flood of migrants and refugees.

Strong thunderstorms caused flash flooding in southern Utah, killing at least six people Monday, according to a fire department official. Seven others were missing, NBC News reported.

Floodwaters washed away two vehicles carrying a total of 16 people in the small town of Hildale, on the Utah-Arizona border, border, Hildale Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Barlow said.

"This hit with a vengeance we haven't seen for some time," said Barlow, who indicated several children and mothers were among the dead or missing.

Former California governor and movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger has been named the new host of NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice." 

"We are thrilled to be opening a powerful new chapter in the story of the 'Apprentice' franchise," said Paul Telegdy, President, Alternative and Late Night Programming, NBC Entertainment. "Arnold Schwarzenegger is the epitome of a global brand in entertainment and business, and his accomplishments in the political arena speak for themselves. It was Arnold’s personal passion for the format that Mark Burnett and Donald Trump built over the last decade, as well as his fresh take on how to take it to new heights for today’s audiences, that made him the man to hire. 'The Celebrity Apprentice' … will be back!"

"The Celebrity Apprentice" will return to NBC for the 2016-17 season.

Schwarzenegger, 68, is replacing Donald Trump who was fired as host, following his critical comments about Mexican immigrants.

In his role as host for seven seasons of "Apprentice," Trump helped raise more than $15 million for charity, according to NBC's press release. 

"After leaving the show to run for political office, Donald made it clear that he wanted 'The Celebrity Apprentice' to be able to continue to raise millions of dollars annually for worthy causes, and now NBC and I have found an amazing new leader to do just that," said executive producer Mark Burnett. "Gov. Schwarzenegger will use his vast and highly successful business, political and media experience to drive this hit franchise to new heights." 

"I can't wait to bring my experience to the board room & raise millions for charity," Schwarzenegger, who was last seen on the big screen in "Terminator: Genisys," tweeted soon after the announcement of his new role was made.

Trump tweeted Monday, "Congrats to my friend @Schwarzenegger who is doing next season’s Celebrity Apprentice. He'll be great & will raise lots of $ for charity." 

He added in a follow up tweet, "To all my fans, sorry I couldn’t do The Apprentice any longer—but equal time (presidential run) prohibits me from doing so. Love!"

Previous "Celebrity Apprentice" winners include Joan Rivers, Piers Morgan, Bret Michaels, Trace Adkins, Arsenio Hall, John Rich and Leeza Gibbons.

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One of four teens accused of beating a homeless man to death in Santee pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter.

Cassidy Rowin, 19, changed her plea during a status conference in East County Regional Court, admitting to her part in the altercation that left Stephen Hissom, 55, dead and his friend, Edward Allen, injured.

Rowin is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 16. She originally faced a murder charge alongside Tyler Dare, Danny Swan III and Sarah Baillie, all of whom were teens during the Nov. 29, 2014, incident.

Prosecutors say the suspects got into an argument with two homeless men riding their bikes on Mission Gorge Road under State Route 52.

The teens are accused of first attacking Allen, but Hissom quickly stepped in to help his friend. According to prosecutors, the suspects then turned their aggression toward him, beating Hissom to death.

Allen was left with injuries to his upper torso. Officials have not released a motive for the slaying.
 

Opening statements begin today, for the retrial of a North County woman who killed her husband.

Jason Harper, a math teacher at Carlsbad High School, was found dead inside his home in August 2012. Investigators found Harper's body buried in clutter in the master bedroom.

When she was tried on first-degree murder charges, Julie Harper told jurors she shot her husband because she feared he would kill or rape her.

Prosecutors argued Harper was spiteful over the marriage and had just filed for divorce in the days before the killing. They questioned why, if she were innocent, she would bury the gun and not immediately report the shooting to police.

A jury acquitted her of those charges last October but deadlocked on lesser charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter.

Now, Julie Harper will be tried on second-degree murder charges.

The Harpers' children were in the home watching cartoons in a separate room when their father was killed.

At 8 and 6 years old, the children told investigators they heard a thump and heard their father yell, officials said.

Harper took the children for coffee and sandwiches, tried to set up a play date with a neighbor, stopped at a children's activity center and then arranged for her sister to watch the kids during the afternoon, prosecutors said.

Watch NBC 7 News Midday at 11 a.m. for updates on this developing story.

More than three years after a Marine wife was found dead in a dirt field in Riverside County, California, the three people accused in her death are facing a jury. 

Brittany Killgore, 22, the estranged wife of a U.S. Marine was preparing to move close to family when she became the victim of kidnapping, torture and murder, prosecutors say.

The case grabbed headlines and attention because of several shocking elements.

There was the short text message "Help" sent from the victim's phone the night she disappeared.

Then there are the defendants – a Marine and his servant and slave who are accused of playing a deadly game of bondage and sadomasochism – all of whose attorneys say their clients didn't kill Kilgore and implicated one or both of the other defendants.

There's also a suicide note entered into evidence that claims the victim was disposed of in a style similar to that of TV's serial killer "Dexter."

Trial Begins

As jurors gathered to hear opening statements Monday, the prosecution revealed for the first time what investigators believe happened to the young Marine wife, last seen alive on April 13, 2012.

She was in the process of moving from her Fallbrook home when she agreed to go on a dinner cruise with an acquaintance, investigators say. 

A friend testified at a pretrial hearing that Killgore agreed to go only because she was promised help moving in exchange.

Four days later, Killgore's nude body was found in a dirt field near Lake Skinner in Winchester, California.

An autopsy report unsealed last month said Killgore was strangled and there was evidence she had been handcuffed. Her face and neck had two small, brown marks suggestive of “use of an electrical weapon,” and her wrist and left knee had a large wound “suggestive of attempted dismemberment,” the autopsy states.

Master, Servant and Slave

Marine Sgt. Louis Ray Perez, Jessica Lynn Lopez, and Dorothy Maraglino lived in a home on East Fallbrook Street that had a room set up to be an apparent sex dungeon, according to search warrants.

Those documents said the three defendants had told investigators they were involved in sexual activities that included master, servant and slave role-playing.

In his opening statements, C. Bradley Patton, Perez's defense attorney, told the court that that night, Perez walked into his house and saw Lopez — his sex slave — gripping a knife with a blank expression on her face. Killgore was dead on the table.

Patton claims Lopez, who he said suffers from schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder, killed her out of jealousy.

But Lopez's attorney has a different story, calling her client the scapegoat who was only doing as she was told. She said there was no evidence found in the defendants' home that shows Killgore was killed in Fallbrook.

Patton admitted Perez did drive Killgore's body to Lake Skinner to dump it.

The attorney for Maraglino said her client is only guilty of lying and covering up for those she loves.

One of the first witnesses to testify lived in the home with the three defendants, acting as a sex slave. She described in detail the types of activities the suspects would do, inflicting great pain on each other for enjoyment. She said everything she did — from what she ate to what she said outside the home — was controlled by Perez and Maraglino.

Items removed from their shared house included plastic and wooden whips and crops, leather restraints, a ball gag, a leather collar, zip ties, various ropes and cords, swords, a machete, black spiked gloves and a black knife labeled “The Black Defender.”

A stun baton was also found during the investigation, the warrants said in 2012.

When Lopez was arrested, investigators found a suicide note that included graphic details describing how she had tried to dispose of Killgore’s body like “Dexter,” the serial killer character on the TV series by the same name, warrants said.

If convicted on all charges, each of the three defendants could face 25 years to life in prison.

A professor at a Mississippi university was fatally shot Monday and its campus locked down as police hunted for the suspected gunman, identified as another instructor at the school.

Shannon Lamb, listed on Delta State University's website as a geography instructor, was initially identified as a person of interest in Dr. Ethan Schmidt's shooting, but police in Cleveland, Miss., later named Lamb as a suspect.

Lamb, who investigators believe could be in a 2011 black Dodge Avenger with the license plate number STF015, was also being sought in connection with another deadly shooting, reported earlier Monday in the town of Gautier, about 300 miles south of Delta State, authorities said.

University spokeswoman Jennifer Farish said the campus of more than 4,000 students will remain on lockdown for the remainder of the day. The lockdown began at about 10:45 a.m. local time, with the university advising students, faculty and staff to take shelter and stay away from windows.

Lamb was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after he ran from Greenville police, who followed and pulled him over, Delta State University police chief Lynn Buford told The Associated Press.

A gunshot wound victim found in Chula Vista may be connected to a shooting heard by many shoppers at a San Ysidro outlet mall, San Diego Police (SDPD) say. 

The incident happened at 12:45 p.m. Monday on the 4400 block of Camino De La Plaza.

Police say people in a white car and a red, compact car were apparently exchanging gunfire, though it is unclear how many people were in each car. 

Customers reported hearing several gun shots in the area, SDPD said, and then saw two cars speed off in an unknown direction. 

When investigators arrived on scene, they found casings and broken glass in the area. 

Chula Vista Police (CVPD) said a person with a gunshot wound found on the 800 block of Anita Street in Chula Vista may be connected to the incident. 

CVPD officers told SDPD officers about the victim and vehicle found with him because it matched the description of one of the vehicles seen leaving the outlets after the shooting. 

Police are securing the victim's vehicle for evidence processing.

The victim was taken to UC San Diego Medical Center. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries. 

No further information was immediately available. 

Refresh this page for updates on this breaking news story. 

The mother of a 4-year-old boy found dead in Mission Bay Sunday morning remembered her son's contagious smile, spirit and passion for life, recalling a boy who often told her he wanted to build her a house. 

"He will live on," Daniesha Hilaire, mother of Wesley, told NBC 7 through tears. "He's not gone. His spirit is still here, oh yes. And that's the only way I'll get through it." 

Wesley's body was found off the shore near Mission Bay's east channel late Sunday morning after he went missing Saturday night. Initial reports said Wesley had been lead off by a man by the beach, prompting an Amber Alert across multiple counties, though San Diego Police (SDPD) Officer Cory Mapston said claims of child abduction were unfounded. Police believe he died in an accidental drowning. 

A day after his body was discovered, Daniesha told NBC 7 her son was "absolutely everything" to her and said she missed her son, who was wise beyond his years. 

"He was amazing, just from his picture you could tell he was amazing," Daniesha said. "He smiled at everything. He always had a smile when he didn't want to do something."

Wesley loved school and could build a 100-piece puzzle quickly, she recalled. He loved his Legos as well, she said, and could build a house.

"He always says, 'Mommy, I'ma build you a house," she said. 

More recently, he had started drawing more and more. He would spend time on YouTube, looking up Mario and Luigi and drawing each scene. In his mind, she said, he was an attorney and ran his own law firm. 

"If you met Wesley, you wouldn't forget him," she said through tears. "Me and my husband would say, Wesley has been here before because Wesley never had a wrong answer. He was right about everything."

After news that her son had gone missing spread, Daniesha stayed at the scene through the night and into Sunday morning, passing out fliers with her son's information, hoping it would help spread the word and find her son. 

As the investigation unfolded throughout the night and into Sunday morning, police told NBC7 they were not ruling out any possibilities, but believed the young boy was either abducted or drowned, though they said they issued an Amber Alert as a precaution in the event he was abducted. 

"It was a mistake, with the whole abduction," said Wesley's mother. "We had witnesses saying they seen him abducted, so we went on that, we chased down that trail first."

Daniesha's sister had taken Wesley to the beach with his siblings that day. When they began heading to leave, they stopped by the bathroom, and Wesley went missing. The details of what exactly happened are unclear. Wesley cannot swim, though Daniesha said they were planning on enrolling him in swimming lessons this month. 

When she was told her son's body was found, Daniesha collapsed and had to be taken away on a gurney. The boy's grandmother, also at the scene, began yelling and screaming. Many in the area gathered to pray. Her husband, who had recently deployed with the U.S. Navy on USS George Washington, was flown home on Sunday. He landed shortly after they found the boy's body. 

"To have him go the way he did, it hurts," Daniesha said Monday. "But I'm sure it's [for] a reason. I might not see it now...but I'll see it."

"He just changed everyone's life," she added. "Friends, family, strangers."

For Daniesha, knowing her son was not abducted provides a small, small sense of relief. 

"I'm happy to have him, his body, and to have my baby laid to rest the proper way and not know that some man probably had my baby," she said through tears. "I'm fine with the fact that I know how he went." 

The Medical Examiner's office has taken the body to their office in Kearny Mesa, Mapston said, and will continue the investigation. 

"When someone drowns or dies outdoors, the Medical Examiner's office takes custody of the body while they conduct an investigation before releasing to the parents," Mapston said. 

 Daniesha said she has yet to walk into Wesley's room, but said she woke up looking for him, expecting to find him getting ready for school. 

"Keep praying," said Wesley's father, crying. "Pray for our strength and health. It's going to be hard from this day on. Pray for his big brothers, they're going to miss him."

Wesley leaves behind twin 6-year-old brothers. 

A GoFundMe has been set up in the family's name, Daniesha said. The money will go to help the family pay for their living expenses during this difficult time as Daniesha is currently unemployed. The money will also help pay for a proper funeral and burial for Wesley. 

Police are investigating a street race between two high-performance exotic cars in Beverly Hills that garnered hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube — and the man claiming to own the cars says he is protected by diplomatic immunity.

The video shows a white Porsche 911 and a yellow Ferrari LaFerrari, a hybrid supercar with a combined horsepower rating of around 950, speeding through a residential tract at high speeds on Saturday evening in the 700 block of North Walden Drive. It includes an exchange between a journalist who captured the video and a man outside the house where the Ferrari was parked.

Video journalist Jacob Rogers said the man confronted him over his filming.

"He told me verbatim, 'I could have you killed and get away with it,'" Rogers said. "I told him, 'the press is allowed to be here on the sidewalk on a public street.' He said, '(Expletive) America' and threw a cigarette at me."

At one point the cars speed through a stop sign. The LaFerrari appears to nearly sideswipe the car of another motorist that's not involved in the street race.

The video ends when the Ferrari's engine starts smoking and pulls back into the driveway. Police could be seen arriving in the neighborhood.

A new LaFerrari carries a price tag of about $1.5 million, but KBB told NBC4 the car could fetch up to $5 million.

Neighbors were furious.

"The kids were terrified and the neighbors were out and this woman was screaming 'cause her husband almost got run over," said Roya Levian.

Police said they did not see the violations and "could not take any law enforcement action such as a citation or arrest," according to a news release.

While police were conducting their investigation, they were approached by a man who said the vehicles belonged to him and denied speeding, running stop signs or driving recklessly.

He said he had diplomatic immunity.

Police said they have been in contact with the United States State Department about the diplomatic status of the people involved and the legality of the vehicles driven on the road. The license plate of the Ferrari belonged to Qatar. 

The renters of the $10 million home where the cars were seen did not want to talk to NBC4 on Monday.
 

The City of San Diego and the University of California, San Diego said Monday they were founding members of a White House initiative to foster closer connections between cities and research universities attempting to solve civic problems.

San Diego and 20 other cities are part of the first wave of the MetroLab Network that will encourage academics to find technological solutions to urban and transportation planning, among other issues, and coordinate their efforts. The network is backed by a $1 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

“The City is partnering with UC San Diego’s brightest minds to solve some of San Diego’s biggest challenges, from traffic to parking to infrastructure,” Mayor Kevin Faulconer said. “San Diego leads in research and innovation and this will capitalize on UC San Diego’s academic resources to create real-world solutions that improve the lives of city residents.”

UCSD and the City of San Diego pledged to carry out at least three research projects in the next year. The other cities and the 25 universities they are working with made similar pledges.

The network is part of President Obama’s $160 million “Smart Cities” initiative, which includes $35 million in grants from the National Science Foundation on self-driving cars, smart buildings, and new apps that leverage gigabit speeds, among other projects.
 

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A photo of a grown man and a young boy walking together in the rain in New York City has gone viral after it was shared on Reddit over the weekend.

The man, assumed to be the father, is soaked wet from the rain while he holds an umbrella over the young boy, assumed to be his son.

The photo was first uploaded to Reddit by 25-year-old Eumine Choi, who goes by the username "Mystarbucknameismike," on Friday night with the caption: "Hope the son just grows up to realize how lucky he is... Pay it forward."

Choi told NBC News he took the photo in Flushing, Queens, after leaving work, and had originally intended to only share the photo on Facebook. He said he didn't think it would grab so much attention.

The photo was reposted by another user an hour later with the simple caption: "Dads." That post has been viewed more than 3 million times.

Three people have been charged in connection with a murder in Glendale, California, including a self-proclaimed heiress and an up-and-coming pop singer.

Glendale police allege that John Michael King-Smith, 31, was killed in a condo on West Windsor Road early Thursday morning in the home of Sparkle Soojian, 32, with the help of Jared Kasiewicz, 28.

Courtney Argue, 25, pleaded not guilty Monday on a charge of accessory to murder after the fact. Her attorney said she would be freed Monday night after posting $50,000 bail.

Soojian's arraignment was scheduled for Tuesday because her attorney was not present Monday.

Argue is a rising pop star who also works on the side as a "shot girl" serving drinks at clubs and parties, according to her attorney.

The attorney said Argue works for a business called Sparkle's Angels, owned by the self-proclaimed heiress who is accused of the murder.

On the company's website, a bio claims that owner Soojian is a heiress of Ak Mak, an Armenian cracker bread invented by her grandparents.

The cause of King-Smith's death has not yet been released.

Kasiewicz pleaded not guilty to murder Monday. Kasiewicz and Soojian are both being held in lieu of $1 million bail.

In the wake of a social media post that went viral over the weekend claiming a Starbucks barista denied a uniformed Philadelphia Police sergeant access to a restroom at a downtown Philadelphia coffee shop, Starbucks has apologized to the sergeant.

A spokesperson for the international coffee shop chain told NBC10 that the company personally apologized to the police sergeant for the incident, which happened late last week. The sergeant, according to a Facebook post shared thousands of times, walked into the Starbucks at 13th and Chestnut streets and asked for the key code to use the restroom. An employee, according to the post, "State[d] in a loud voice ... that the bathroom is for paying customers only."

The post went on to say that the sergeant politely requested access again, and that the Starbucks employee continued to deny it loudly as customers listened.

"While she continued loudly to tell me about the bathroom down the street, I was even more astonished that the many customers and other employees said nothing and seemed indifferent. This is the world cops live in anymore," wrote the sergeant, who has declined to comment, saying he didn't anticipate that his post would gain such traction.

Officer Joe Leighthardt, a friend of the sergeant, was the first to share the fellow officer's post about the incident. Leighthardt said he personally has been to that Starbucks location several times on calls for service, but never as a customer.

"I didn't intend for it to go viral," Leighthardt said, adding that most people who have responded to the post have been supportive.

In reply to Leighthardt's post on Starbucks' official Facebook page, Starbucks wrote in part, "We are aware of this situation, and it is certainly not in line with the experience we want any of our customers to have in our stores. We are taking all necessary steps to ensure this doesn't happen in the future."

A spokesperson for Starbucks did not specify what those steps are when asked by NBC10, but wrote, "We want everyone who visits our stores to enjoy their visit. This customer's experience was not consistent with the welcoming and friendly environment we strive to create for everyone.

"We have personally apologized to the customer and look forward to welcoming him back to our store."

NBC10's Rosemary Connors visited the Starbucks Monday and was allowed to use the bathroom without having to pay for anything. An employee at a Center City Starbucks, who did not want to be identified, also sent the following message to NBC10:

I work at a Center City Starbucks and we allow any customer to use the restroom, we often make an exception for uniformed police officers though, considering their presence keeps us safe.

I've worked for the company for 8 years, and there has always been a problem with non-customers trying to use our bathrooms for bathing or changing, or using drugs. Once, a co-worker of mine was stuck with a syringe while taking out the trash! Limiting our restrooms is for safety to our baristas, however I do agree that uniformed cops, PPA reps, and other federal, state and city employees, should have an exception be made for them.

A San Diego man has been charged with lying to the FBI during a terrorism investigation into his brother, believed to be the first American Jihadist killed in Syria.

Federal prosecutors said 33-year-old Marchello McCain was indicted on Monday.

According to court documents, McCain is accused of providing false information about his brother's travel to Syria and how he financed the trip. McCain already faces gun possession charges.

McCain's lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment, the Associated Press reported.

Marchello's brother, Douglas McCain, was killed while fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) last August.

Douglas McCain attended San Diego City College. While in San Diego, he spent time in the Somali Community and was known at a mosque in El Cajon.

A South Jersey teen was arrested in an alleged plot to carry out an attack during Pope Francis’ visit to the United States, which begins Sept. 22, NBC News confirmed.

The suspect is a 15-year-old. A source familiar with the case told NBC New York that the teen possibly suffers from mental-health issues and had been living in a tent in the backyard of his family's Camden County home.

The source said law-enforcement officials initially debated whether to charge the teen given his age and mental-health status, but decided to move forward with criminal charges because the threats involved the pope and the teen made online contact with people overseas. The teen had also been reviewing ISIS material online, the source said.

A confidential informant had been helping authorities to keep track on the teen, the source told NBC New York.

NBC News confirmed that an alert went out to law enforcement back in August about the potential threat. The alert indicated that the teen was planning a detailed attack that involved multiple attackers, firearms and explosives against a visiting dignitary.

The alert says the teen obtained detailed explosives instructions and disseminated them online through social media. A source, however, told NBC New York the teen had no access to money, resources or materials and authorities do not believe he was capable of becoming operational.

ABC News first reported the threat, citing an intelligence bulletin by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security that said "the minor was inspired by [ISIS]."

The FBI declined to comment on any specific investigation, providing a statement that read in part, "The FBI is working closely with the United States Secret Service and our federal, state and local partners in advance of the Papal visit to ensure the safety and security of all."

Officials at the Vatican were asked about any threats to the Pope during a security-related news conference Tuesday.

“We are not aware of any specific threat to the Pope. The Pope will travel on an open-roof Popemobile to be in touch with the people, as he always does,” a Vatican spokesperson said.

The FBI told NBC10 they are working with federal, state and local partners to ensure a safe environment during the Pope’s visit to Philadelphia on Sept. 26 and 27. Prior to visiting Philadelphia, Pope Francis will make stops in New York City and Washington, DC.

Ocean Beach visitors and residents beware, your activities are about to be recorded on video cameras and transmitted on a live feedback to police headquarters.

Police say the feed is the first of its kind here in San Diego.

San Diego Police hope to have the 12 camera surveillance system operational by the end of this year.

The cameras will record and send back live pictures in real time 24 hours a day through a secured Wi-Fi connection.

Not everyone living and visiting this beach agrees that is the best way to keep the peace here.

If you watch long enough, you just might see some of the strangest things at Ocean Beach. It's the criminal activity though the San Diego police are most focused.

“Great idea. I don't mind cameras whatever keeps us safer around here,” resident Magda Cubik said.

Long time OB resident Magda Cubik takes her son for a sun set stroll on dog beach most evening. While police didn't decide where to mount the cameras, dog beach has been a trouble spot.

Just last month Regina Lovato, says her Maltese named Aria died after she was attacked by another dog four times her size. There was no way to identify who to hold accountable.

Security cameras are already operating in the area. You see them at the western division police substation in the pier parking lot. They are on businesses in the area.

The Ocean Beach Hotel has a live video feed of boardwalk activates you can peek at any time online.

“Beach is a public space so I don't feel like anything watching us is any more like other people watching us,” Cubik said.

While the video feed is 24 hours a day it will not be monitored . Police say the recordings will help solve crimes, identify suspects and perhaps even act as a deterrent.

Some visitors say the money is better spent on more effective ways to achieve the same goals.

If there were more police patrolling the area that might suffice better than just security cameras watching everything,” visitor Tommy Channing said.

“It's more important putting money into the community maybe supporting the homeless or maybe some of the poorer families,” visitor Kate Rocha said.

San Diego Police use security cameras to investigate targeted areas in the past but not to this level of sophistication.

You may come to ocean beach for the sunset just know you'll soon be part of the view.

How long the video is stored, who gets to view it or make copies besides police are issues that will likely be debated.

The program just secured funding.