A technical glitch prevents the city from reporting its ambulance emergency response times, according to a recent city memo.

For years, the city has vowed to improve its failing emergency response times after multiple reports and investigations revealed emergency responders were arriving too late to high-priority calls, particularly in underserved communities like Paradise Hills, Skyline and Encanto.

The city requires its ambulance contractor, Rural Metro, to arrive at a medical emergency within 12 minutes at least 90 percent of the time.

But for the first six months of this year, the city can't tell whether those goals were met because of a technical problem.

"Beginning in April and May of this year, we noticed we were having some response time data errors popping up," said San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Chief Javier Mainar in an exclusive interview with NBC 7. "San Diego, it was showing ambulances arriving at a scene before they were ever dispatched and so on."

Mainar said the issue has been fixed.

"We ended up buying a new server to create what's called a trusted time source, so now everything points to the same server so it's getting its time data from a single source," Mainar said. 

NBC7's media partner Voice of San Diego exposed problems with response times back in 2013, finding the issue is particularly prevalent in underserved communities.

That investigation focused on first responders, who arrive in fire engines, while the more recent problem is with ambulance responders.

Voice of San Diego Senior Editor Liam Dillon said the technical glitch is a big problem.

"The city should be concerned when it doesn't know things that are important," Dillon said. "Clearly, showing up when people have emergencies is an important thing." 

The city's $10 million contract with Rural Metro says the company can be issued penalties if it doesn't meet the goal of arriving within 12 minutes at least 90 percent of the time.

Mainar said the city will have accurate data by mid-October, and there has been some improvement in response times.

"We had some initial improvement because of the addition of the ambulance at the border," he said.

Still of concern, Mainar said, is a sharp increase in 911 calls and labor issues with Rural Metro that have affected response times.

In the last fiscal year, the fire department received 142,528 calls for emergency response, and about 120,000 of those calls were medical calls.

Two new confirmed cases of West Nile virus have brought the total number in San Diego County to five, according to health officials.

Since the start of the year, five residents have contracted the mosquito-spread disease. Earlier this month, a 79-year-old woman died after catching West Nile.

Health officials say by this time last year, there were 11 human cases and two deaths associated with the virus.

However, 2015 has seen a huge spike in the number of infected dead birds: 227 compared to 41 in 2014. Workers have also collected 31 batches of infected mosquitoes this year, while they only had 6 by this time last year.

According to the county health department, 80 percent of people who become infected with West Nile have no symptoms. Of the 20 percent who do get sick, most have headaches, fever, nausea, fatigue, rashes or swollen glands.

One in 150 of infected patients develop possibly life-threatening neurological complications, which increase in people over 50 years old and those with weakened immune systems, health officials say.

They recommend residents prevent mosquito breeding by dumping containers inside and outside the home that can hold still water -- such as plant saucers, rain gutters, garbage cans and buckets -- because mosquitoes breed in stagnant water.

If residents have unused swimming pools or ponds, the Vector Control Program is providing free mosquito-eating fish to help control the insect population.

Additionally, officials recommend staying inside during peak mosquito activity, around dusk and dawn. Insect repellant that contains DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or IR3535 is best to keep mosquitoes away when spending time outdoors.

Dead birds and green swimming pools should be reported to the Vector Control program at (858) 694-2888 or by emailing vector@sdcounty.ca.gov.

Four children in New York were among five people hurt when a livery cab jumped a curb and crashed into a group of pedestrians in the Bronx near a school bus stop Wednesday morning, witnesses and fire officials said.

Fire officials said two of the five victims were critically injured. The worst hurt included an 8-year-old girl, who broke her legs and pelvis in the 8:30 a.m. accident at Valentine Avenue and East 194th Street, according to authorities and people familiar with the family.

Witnesses said the injured 8-year-old was trapped under the vehicle; good Samaritans tried to lift the car off her but couldn't and someone got a jack to lift the cab off the child. Firefighters arrived and got the girl out. Her 5-year-old brother was also hurt.

"I still have that image in my mind, seeing the children underneath the car," the grandfather of another child at the scene said. Breaking into tears, he said he thought his own grandson had been badly injured or killed at one point because he couldn't find him.

The injured siblings' 33-year-old mother, Gianerys Heredia, was also injured; she remains in the hospital with her children. A babysitter said another of Heredia's children, a 10-year-old girl, was with her family at the time of the accident but the mother pushed her out of the way.

"It was a bad experience, watching them cry for their mom and dad," she said. "It's something that's always going to touch my heart."

The sitter said the badly injured 8-year-old girl was undergoing surgery Wednesday.

An 11-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl suffered less serious injuries, officials said.

Images from the scene show a heavily damaged car up on the sidewalk, braced against a deli that has its steel grate down. Caution tape cordons off the scene and the front of the vehicle appears completely destroyed, with pieces of the smashed hood scattered on the ground.

Neighbors say the school bus stop near the accident scene should have been moved years ago because it's a high-traffic area with speeders.

The livery cab driver was questioned by authorities but not charged.

In an exclusive interview with NBC 4 New York, the driver, Bialo Daillo, said he was heartbroken by the accident. The driver said he stepped on the break and the car wouldn't stop. He said he feels fine physically, but is sad for those who were injured.

"I just care about the other people; I'm not bleeding. I'm sorry for the other people," Daillo said. "Nobody wants that. Nobody wants this. I don't know what happened."

The driver says he has been driving a cab for 18 years.

George Perez, who witnessed the accident, said everyone started screaming when Daillo's cab barreled into the crowd.

"People were flying everywhere," he said. "I witnessed shootings, all kinds of crimes here, but nothing like that. It was really horrific to see young people, kids in school ... laying like that everywhere."

A girl who crashed into a parked car and dumpster, killing her mother, had more than two times the legal limit of alcohol in her blood hours after the crash, prosecutors said at her arraignment. She pleaded not guilty. 

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said the driver, 26-year-old Paulina Munoz, was driving southbound at high rate of speed in the 3500 block of Clairemont Drive around 2:20 a.m. Saturday when she lost control of her vehicle. Prosecutors said she had been drinking the night of the crash with her partner and her mother. 

As she drifted off the roadway, she slammed into a parked car, which pushed that vehicle into another parked car nearby. She then drove onto a sidewalk and plowed into a dumpster, investigators said.

The woman was accompanied by her 50-year-old mother, Maria Villarreal. Villarreal was sitting in the passenger seat and suffered critical injuries in the collision. She was pronounced dead at the scene, police confirmed.

After the crash, prosecutors said Munoz told the police her mother had been driving the car, but officers determined she had been the one behind the wheel. 

Ninety minutes after the crash, Munoz's blood alcohol level was a .20, about two and a half times over the legal limit for driving, prosecutors said. 

Investigators said the daughter, suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol, was taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Munoz was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI causing great bodily injury. 

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on the crash should call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

Several companies are recalling bicycles with quick-release front wheels.

Quick-release levers on some front wheels can come into contact with the disc brake rotor, potentially causing the front wheel to come to a sudden stop or separate from the bike, according to the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association.

This may cause injury to riders, says the BPSA.

The following brands are participating in the recall:

• Access
• Breezer
• Cannondale
• Civia
• Diamondback
• Felt
• Fuji
• Giant
• GT
• Haro
• Jamis
• Novara
• Norco
• Raleigh
• Ridley
• SE
• Specialized

For more information on the recall, click here.

 Police have arrested a suspect who led officers on a pursuit and later jumped out of the car, hopping fences as he fled officers. 

The incident began when police tried to pull over a car from a vehicle code violation in San Diego's Skyline neighborhood. 

When the car didn't stop, a police pursuit began near Welling and Springford. The car led officers on a chase across the South Bay. 

At 50th and Madrone, the suspected got out of the car and began jumping fences as he tried to escape. 

Police later found the suspect and arrested him. 

No further information was immediately available. 

A youth football league has banned two of its Southern California teams after the players’ parents began to brawl while watching a game, one of the coaches told NBC 7 Wednesday.

Startling cellphone video shows how an adult’s heckling escalated to a huge fight during a Sept. 26 game at Otay Ranch High School. That night, the Otay Ranch Broncos were taking on the Inland Empire Ducks in the San Diego Youth Football & Cheer (SDYFC)’s 14-and-under league.

On Wednesday morning, SDYFC Commissoner Cathy Luna sent an email to Broncos and Ducks leaders, informing them that their U14 teams were expelled for the rest of the season, according to Ducks Coach Keefe Pierson.

"It has nothing to do with the kids,” said Pierson. “The kids should still be able to play football. That's what it comes down to. We can't control parents; they're adults."

Otay Ranch Broncos players and supporters rallied Wednesday in Chula Vista to protest the SDYFC’s decision. For many of the teens, this will be the last year playing before high school.

“We have launched a lawsuit, a civil lawsuit, into this commission and Cathy Luna,” said Rev. Shane Harris, the president of the National Action Network.

Saturday’s brawl started after game organizers asked fans from each team to sit on separate sides of the field. According to Pierson, one man refused to sit on his team’s side. Instead, he began yelling at the players.

His shouts soon turned to another adult in the stands, the cellphone video shows, and their insults became punches. As more and more people piled on, many left bleeding from various injuries.

“When they started fighting, we went to where we’re supposed to be, in the endzone,” said player Hasan Johnson. “I don’t understand why we are being punished for something some of our parents did.”

Chula Vista police were called to the scene, but no arrests were made and no one was taken to the hospital.

NBC 7 has reached out to the SDYFC about this story, but we have not heard back.
 

The health care program for 9/11 first responders expired at midnight Wednesday, but supporters expect to make it permanent long before it runs out of money sometime next year.

Congress recessed without reauthorizing the James Zadroga Health and Compensation Act, which covers medical care for those who became sick after working at the World Trade Center following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Former "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart has made the program a public cause, personally lobbying lawmakers to act before its Oct. 1 "sunset" date.

The act is fully funded well into 2016, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, told reporters earlier this month that "we do plan to extend the program."

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he’s going to toughen up on Syrian refugees if he wins the upcoming federal election, NBC News reported.

"I'm putting people on notice that are coming here from Syria as part of this mass migration, that if I win, they're going back!" he said at a town hall on Wednesday in Keene, New Hampshire.

The comments are a departure from Trump’s previous, softer remarks about the ongoing refugee crisis. In a speech in Rochester, N.H. two weeks ago, Trump said the U.S. can do something about the crisis, but “we have to get other people to help us.”

This is Trump’s 14th visit to New Hampshire.

San Diego Police are on the lookout for a suspect who shoved a student and took her laptop south of the San Diego State campus Wednesday.

Investigators say the man walked up behind a group of three students at the corner of Dorothy and Campanile drives at 5:30 p.m.

The suspect pushed one woman, stole the laptop she was carrying and ran south on foot, according to the SDPD.

No one was injured in the incident.

The suspect is described as a dark-skinned man, about 20 years old with a medium build. Standing about 6-feet, the man was wearing a gray short-sleeved shirt, black shorts and an Angels baseball hat on backward.

If you know about this crime, call the SDPD at 619-531-2000.

Controversies continue to swirl around San Diego Unified School District board president Marne Foster.

The three main issues in the perpetually thickening plot are a fundraiser Foster held for her sons, her role in a college evaluation written about her son and a legal complaint filed in response to that evaluation.

This week, the district voted to commission an independent investigation to look into some of Foster’s questionable behaviors.

NBC's Monica Dean and Voice of San Diego's Mario Koran detail the accusations against Foster and how each incident represents a blurring of the line between parent and public official.

That’s this week’s San Diego Explained.

The Afghan government said its forces had recaptured most of Kunduz from the Taliban on Thursday, three days after the militants seized the provincial capital, NBC News reported.

Afghan Ministry of the Interior spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi told NBC News that special forces broke Taliban lines of defense in the early hours of the morning and cleared the city center "without much resistance."

"A massive search and clear operation is underway in all Kunduz city right now," he said. "The remaining enemy forces are being chased by Afghan national security forces."

Taliban spokesmen denied the Afghan government had recaptured the city, and it was not immediately clear what parts of Kunduz were in whose hands.

The Secret Service apologized to Rep. Jason Chaffetz on Wednesday for violating federal privacy law, NBC News reported.

The agency improperly accessed sensitive personal information on about him dozens of times in little more than a single week. The handling of his information was confirmed Wednesday in a 29-page report by the inspector general's office of the Department of Homeland Security, which includes the Secret Service.

"It's a bit scary. If they would do this to me, I just, I shuddered to think what they might be doing to other people," he told NBC News. "I'd like to tell you how tough I am, but it's scary, and it's intimidating, and I will continue to investigate the Secret Service and others, but this should have never ever happened."

Chaffetz, R-Utah — who applied to the Secret Service in 2003 — has aggressively pursued allegations of Secret Service misconduct as chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
 

Who doesn’t love a good sandwich?

This week, we take a look at local eateries that certainly know their way around the lunchtime staple, offering their versions stacked high with deli meats, cheeses and toppings. These sandwich spots are highly-ranked on Yelp, so add them to your must-try list and get to chowing.

Crossroads Deli (University City)
Have a happy day with a hoagie from this hidden gem; in fact, you can even make your sandwich a “double” and get twice the meat. We suggest a glance at the daily specials menu, which includes a Meatball Sub on Mondays, a chicken wing creation on Wednesdays and Falafel Fridays. Al’s Famous Club is also a solid selection, and don’t forget a side of the Soup of the Day

Hungry Bear Deli & Sub Shop (Escondido/Vista)
If you haven’t had “Poppa Bear” (aka, the owner, Michael), and his family make you a sandwich, then you’re truly missing out. Head to Vista or Escondido and get a tasty of that family-style customer service that makes Hungry Bear a fan favorite. We suggest the Ultimate Italian or one of the famous subs like the Teriyaki Chicken. For traditional sub lovers, the cold cuts here are piled on high, so you won’t be disappointed.

T Deli (Hillcrest)
An amazing selection of wraps, tortas and the option to pair your choice with the “Tea of the Day” make this neighborhood favorite a win all around. The Roast Beef with Provolone is what midday dreams are made of, stacked with crispy, fresh toppings. Reviewers also rave about the Chicken Pesto Torta with Swiss cheese and jalapeños. You’ll also find plenty of raw juices, smoothies and salads here, too.

The Yellow Deli (Vista)
People come from miles around to snag a Sammy from this unique restaurant, housed in a whimsical house that looks almost hobbit-like located on East Broadway. The menu boasts selections like the Yellow Deli Sub and the Deli Lamb Sandwich, with a homemade sauce on a soft egg roll that you won’t want to miss. Heads up: this place is closed on religious holidays through September and October, so check the deli’s calendar for dates to dine.

Grapes and Hops Deli (East Village)
This downtown deli has a solid five-star rating on Yelp and the customer service makes a basic lunch feel like a true treat. For a real taste of tradition, try the California Thanksgiving Sandwich. It’s available year-round and made with oven-golden turkey breast, avocado, Swiss cheese and cranberry sauce. The Gaslamp Elite is another excellent choice, featuring with sweet ham and pear. By the way, back in August, Grapes and Hops Deli was ranked No. 1 on the Yelp Top 100 list.

Fatboy’s Corner Store & Deli (North Park)
Beyond meat and cheese by the pound, this deli boasts a menu that will have your mouth watering. Create your own concept from the large selection of toppings or go with a Fatboy’s Signature option like the Fat Bastard: a giant, half-pound of meat with four slices of cheese, six slices of bacon, plus avocado and other toppings. For the meat-free fans, a vegetarian menu is available, too!

A baby boy born last week at San Diego’s Petco Park headed back to the ballpark Tuesday night – this time so he and his parents could reunite with the nurse and an EMT who helped their family.

Holding 5-day-old baby Levi in her arms, mother Jaime Stiles was reunited with Petco Park’s on-staff nurse and midwife, Donna Borowy, and EMT Anthony Moore before the Padres vs. Brewers game.

Her husband, Steven, was also there and the group was all smiles as San Diego Padres cameras filmed the sweet reunion.

“Congratulations!” Borowy said to the family.

The proud parents gave heartfelt hugs to Borowy and Moore as little Levi slept on his mom. Both Borowy and Moore gazed lovingly at Levi, happy to see healthy newborn.

“He’s the guy that took care of you,” Borowy said to Levi, gesturing towards Moore.

Jaime gave birth to her 6-pound, 14-ounce baby boy on Sept. 24 on a bench at the ballpark’s Palm Plaza around the third inning of the Padres vs. Giants game.

When security guards saw the mother going into labor, they called on Borowy to help until paramedics arrived. The delivery happened very quickly, Jaime said, and both mom and baby were healthy following the ballpark birth.

Petco Park said Levi was the first-ever baby to be born at the stadium. News of his birth was announced over the loudspeaker during the game that night to the sounds of excited fans cheering in the stands.

From her hospital room the following day, Jaime told NBC 7 she never expected to have her baby at a baseball game and called the experience “surreal.”

“It happened so fast I didn’t really have time to think about it. It was seriously from zero to 60 in like 30 minutes,” she said. “I was in total shock. It was the craziest thing that I could’ve ever imagined. There it was, me having a baby at Petco Park.”

Jaime said she had felt some contractions earlier in the day but thought her labor would progress very slowly, as it did when she had her first son, Grayson.

She and her mother decided to go to the baseball game as a “distraction” but before they could even get to their seats, Jaime realized Levi was ready to make his grand debut – ballpark or not.

Though Levi’s father missed the birth, he said his son’s birth story is pretty amazing.

“I’m sorry we missed you,” Borowy joked with Steven at their reunion.

“I know!” the dad replied with a smile.

Read more about how fans reacted to Levi’s birth, and read Jaime’s labor and delivery story here.
 

A man at the center of a Pacific Beach SWAT standoff who threatened to light his house on fire, was taken into custody without incident, police said. 

The incident began at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday on the 1300 block of Reed Ave. The 1300 block of Reed Ave. between Fanuel Street and Gresham Street was closed. 

Firefighters were also on standby as they said the man inside the house told them he poured lighter fluid all over his house and in surrounding areas earlier in the day. He threatened officers, telling them he would light a match and set his house on fire. 

Neighbors in the area told NBC7 the suspect moved in seven months ago and said they have been having issues with him ever since he moved in. One neighbor said they have a restraining order against the suspect. 

No further information was immediately available. 

Five men were arrested after they tried to solicit prostitution from undercover officers, the Escondido Police announced Wednesday.

During the operation, the suspects approached the undercover personnel and arrangement to pay for sex acts, investigators say.

When they arrived at an arranged location, the men were arrested by officers. The suspects booked into jail on suspicion of prostitution include Sergio Martinez, 30; Jose Sotelo-Sotelo, 40; Clifford Helbock, 71; Alberto Ibanez, 42; and Joel Taylor, 49.

Escondido Police say they are stepping up efforts to crack down on crimes that are encompassed in human trafficking, which often includes prostitution.

The illicit activity mostly includes women who have been coerced or forced into it by drug use or physical beatings, according to police. Prostitution is often a product of criminal gangs or organized crime.
 

A La Jolla father hit and left paralyzed in a Fiesta Island bicyclist crash last summer testified in the trial of the woman accused of running into the group, telling the jury that the crash wrecked his life. 

"My life is destroyed, everything is different," said Juan Carlos Vinolo in court Wednesday, testifying in the trial of Theresa Owens. 

Owens, 49, faces charges of felony DUI and possession of a controlled substance. Police say she was under the influence of methamphetamine on Aug. 12 when she drove the wrong way on the Mission Bay island and hit a group of cyclists. During her arrest, a bag of meth was found in her vagina, prosecutors allege. In April, she was found mentally competent to stand trial. 

"When my kids come running, I can't pick them up anymore, or play with them, or kick a ball around, or put them to sleep," Vinolo said. "Simple things that you take for granted, I can't do anymore."

Vinolo said he was one of about 25 cyclists in a crowd that day riding around Fiesta Island, a route he had taken many times before. He had been biking since he was 14 years old and considered himself a "extremely advanced" cyclist. 

Owens' defense attorney said the question facing the jury was whether the driving in the crash was impaired, pointing out that the crash was a horrific accident but not necessarily a crime.

"Because, just like you can drink alcohol and still drive without being impaired, you can have methamphetamine in your system and still be able to drive without being impaired," the attorney said. That day, Owens was not impaired for the purposes of driving, he said.

The psychiatrist who evaluated Owens had earlier said she had bipolar disorder marked by persistent delusions about her mother and boyfriend. He said she was having a hallucination that her boyfriend “appeared and disappeared” during the crash.

In court Wednesday, Vinolo turned his back to Owens in his wheelchair as he recounted the ride that day. He said he was riding in a group as they were increasing their speeds and it was his turn soon to lead the pack, and he was preparing to take over. 

"So I was thinking of staying close to that wheel and we were going through a corner and in an instant, I saw a car, and next thing you know, I was on top of it," Vinolo testified. 

He said he did not remember the moment of impact, but soon realized he was in a crash "because I was looking around and I saw my legs to my left in a really awkward position," he said. He immediately could not feel his legs. 

"They [his legs] were almost right next to my face. Ten inches," he said. He could see his knees parallel to his face. He said his body was bent in a 'V' shape. 

"I kept saying, I don't wanna be paralyzed, I don’t wanna be paralyzed," he said. He was concerned because he couldn't feel his legs at all. He said he hoped he was in a temporary state of shock; he started to fear for his life. 

Friends held up parts of his body until paramedics came and took him to the hospital. There, he learned one of his vertebrae had "completely disintegrated" and he had suffered a severed spinal cord, lost a kidney, dislocated his left clavicle, separated his shoulder, broken eight ribs, had a collapsed lung and had extensive damage to his spleen and liver. He later went into shock and had to breathe with a tube down his throat. Doctors had to fuse his spine with two titanium rods. 

"Pretty much my heart and my brain were the two main organs that did not sustain any major damage," he testified. 

He spent one month in intensive care and underwent multiple surgeries and later spent two months in rehab. 

"It was hell," he said when asked about his time in the hospital and in rehab. 

More than a year later, his shoulder is still in constant pain, Vinolo said, and he is still dealing with the "many, many lasting effects" of the crash. 

"It's a very hard physical challenge and emotional and also economical, because your life, all of a sudden, becomes very expensive," he said. 

Those effects have taken a toll on his personal life as well, he testified, as his wife has become a caregiver and mother all at once, and he can't play with his young children like he used to be able to. 

"It hurts me to see a six year old kid trying to push his dad around," he said. 

Ten people were injured in the Fiesta Island crash in August.

The crash prompted the city of San Diego to improve signs and road safety in the area to prevent another incident.

If convicted, Owens faces up to 18 years in prison. 

I really hope the Padres are shut out at least one more time in their last four games of the 2015 season. Finishing the year with 19 shutouts just seems sick and wrong.

That number means far too much to have it in any way associated with this level of ineptitude. The Friars were blanked again on Wednesday night, losing to the Brewers 5-0 in the next-to-last game of the year at Petco Park.

Milwaukee rookie Zach Davies gave up five hits and struck out six in his 7.0 innings of work. For the Padres is was just more of the same stuff we've grown aggravatingly accustomed to. They went 0-6 with runners in scoring position, squandering what few opportunities they had to push runs across.

As if the final score was not nauseating enough left fielder Justin Upton might not play again this year (or for the Padres ever again). The team's home run leader ran headfirst in to the left field wall chasing a triple by Logan Schafer. He needed help to make the walk from the warning track to the clubhouse.

If Upton is not available for the series finale against the Brewers or any of the final three games at Dodger Stadium he becomes a free agent and could very well be too pricey for the Padres to bring back.

The last home game of the year starts at 3:40 Thursday afternoon. Ian Kennedy takes the mound in what might also be his final appearance in a Padres uniform against Taylor Jungmann.

An Indiana pizzeria that made headlines after one of its owners said she would decline to cater a gay wedding 'unwittingly' catered a vow renewal ceremony for a gay couple.

After Governor Mike Pence signed a “Religious Freedom” bill that critics said allowed businesses to refuse service to gays, Memories Pizza’s Crystal O’Connor said to a news station that she would decline to cater a gay wedding because of her religious beliefs.

Robin Trevino and his husband, Jason Delgatto, renewed their vows this weekend, and the couple decided to get two pizzas from the restaurant for guests, Trevino told NBC Chicago. 

Trevino, who is a member of the comedy troupe GayCo Ensemble, wanted to appear "straight and confident" as he ordered the pies from the restaurant, according to a video of the purchase and subsequent ceremony that the troupe posted to YouTube. One of the people in the establishment appeared to be O’Connor.

The video then shows the couple renewing their vows and serving the pizza to a crowd.

"Ever since the SCOTUS decision to make same-sex marriage the law of the land, people have asked my husband and I if we were planning to renew our vows. This seemed like the perfect opportunity," Trevino said to NBC Chicago in an email. "I decided to have them unwittingly cater my ceremony to put a blemish on their legacy of prideful discrimination."

Memories Pizza would not discuss the transaction on the phone.