In an ongoing effort to reduce domestic violence, the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) has developed a training program for local businesses to help employers recognize the warning signs of someone suffering abuse.

SDPD Lt. Misty Cedrun oversees the Family Justice Center in downtown San Diego, located at 1112 Broadway, which helps provide support for victims of domestic violence and their children.

This year, Cedrun began working with local businesses by developing a comprehensive training program that hones in on the signs of someone involved in an abusive relationship. The hope is that managers will use the program to help employees impacted by domestic violence.

“We started to see domestic violence isn't going away. What piece were we missing? Incarceration and crisis intervention – those two things alone were not solving the problem,” said Cedrun. “We're not suggesting corporate San Diego solve domestic violence. We're simply saying get educated find out what the resources are in your community, where you can send your employees for help.”

Cedrun says most workplaces do not have active policies or programs to recognize signs of domestic violence, and first-line supervisors are crucial to identifying potential problems.

"Some of the very basic things employers can do is just putting up a poster in a break room or restroom or locker room. That's a start," she explained.

Cedrun's project has led Qualcomm – the wireless technology company that employs approximately 15,000 people in San Diego and 30,000 around the world – to take a more focused approach to addressing the issue.

“We think it's our responsibility to be in the forefront and to be leaders in this area as well,” said Jim Bird, Qualcomm Senior Manager of Global Security.

Bird said Qualcomm wants to help employees who may be in an abusive relationship, and protect its other employees as well.

“One of the classic problems we have is if there's an abusive situation and one of the partners leaves to get away from the abuser. That person might not know where he or she lives, but that person knows where she works,” explained Bird, who is also a retired FBI agent.

“And if he can't find her any other way, he might come to the workplace. So it's not a personal issue, it's a business issue because that person might show up on our campus. Maybe to harm that person, and maybe to harm other employees as well,” he added.

Cedrun said businesses lose millions of dollars every year because of domestic violence. Employees who have problems at home often bring those issues into the office, where they are sometimes less productive, or may often call out sick.

In 2014, the SDPD responded to about 22,000 domestic violence calls and investigated more than 7,300 domestic violence cases. Even with those numbers, Cedrun said a considerable amount of domestic violence cases are not reported to police.

At least 12 domestic violence cases in San Diego County ended in homicide in 2014. Six of those cases happened outside of the workplace.

The Family Justice Center is one option for locals dealing with domestic violence.

The SDPD runs the center and partners with the District Attorney's Office, the City Attorney's Office and Children's Services to keep it operating.

The center also provides a military liaison for active-duty service members who need help, along with an immigration attorney and representatives from Rady Children's Hospital.

Among other services offered at the Family Justice Center:

• Counselors who can conduct risk assessments and provide therapy for adults, children and families.
• Family law attorneys who can help victims with legal advice or obtain a temporary restraining order.
• A career center with resources to help people find jobs and get their careers back on track.
• A Dress For Success area with professional suits, shoes and jewelry to wear for job interviews.

All of the services are free and confidential. For more information about the Family Justice Center, or to request a free training session from the SDPD on addressing domestic violence in the workplace, call (619) 533-6000. You can also learn more about the center on this website.
 

A federal court in San Diego has barred a man from preparing federal tax returns for others, providing tax advice for compensation or any promise of compensation and working for any business that provides tax advice or prepares tax returns.

Lawrence Preston Siegel, who was wanted on a 20-count criminal complaint, was failed to appear in court November 9 to defend his civil case.

The complaint, filed in 2014, charged him with Medi-Cal fraud, grand theft, forgery, identity theft, financial dependent adult abuse and tax evasion.

The civil complaint alleges that Siegel used multiple aliases to impersonate licensed California attorneys. It says Siegel lost his CPA license in 1997 after being convicted of tax evasion among other federal crimes. He allegedly never regained his accreditation. He resigned from the California bar in 1994.

According to the complaint Siegel falsely advised successful business owners that they could establish companies in another state, usually Nevada and treat their California home as an out-of-state corporate office. That way, he claimed, the business owners could claim personal expenses as deductible business expenses.

In preparing tax returns, Siegel reportedly filed many without reviewing them or with the permission of clients. According to the complaint he also attempted to hide fraudulent tax deductions from the IRS by lumping them together and reporting them as expenses for ‘supplies’ and ‘medical records and supplies.’

Siegel allegedly provided false corporate documents to the IRS in order to deceive auditors examining his fraud, produced fake contracts to IRS auditors and lied to IRS officials during U.S. Tax Court litigation when asked to confirm information on behalf of his customers.

According to the complaint Siegel bragged about his tax schemes via email.

Over the last ten years the IRS has obtained injunctions against hundreds of dishonest tax preparers. Tips for selecting a tax preparer can be found on their website.
 

Giant Panda Xiao Liwu, 3, explored his snow covered habitat at the San Diego Zoo Saturday.

The snow, brought in to keep the animals stimulated and active and to help them show their natural behaviors, was made possible by donors who contributed to the Zoo’s online Animal Care Wish List.

Zoo guests can visit mom Bai Yun, dad Gao Gao and their son, Xiao Liwu, at Panda Trek inside Panda Canyon.

A leader of ISIS's branch in Libya was struck and presumed killed by a U.S. airstrike Friday night, a defense official told NBC News.

The terror suspect was struck by a missile fired by an F-15 fighter/bomber. The official said the operation began before the Paris attacks and was not related to that event.

Kevin Baron, editor of Defense One and a national security analyst for NBC News, said the man goes by the nom de guerre Abu Nabil. 

San Diego has joined the growing list of cities showing support for France in the aftermath of Friday's deadly attacks.

The U.S. Grant Hotel in Downtown San Diego is the latest national landmark to change its lighting color scheme to the blue, white and red stripes of France's flag. The Grant declined to make an official comment, saying they did not alter their lights to make a political statement.

They simply wanted to show solidarity with the nations of the world making similar gestures and let the people of France know San Diego stands with them.

Military members traveling through the San Diego airport during the week of Christmas will receive ‘Waves of Appreciation’ bags in appreciation of their service.

The local alumni chapter for Pepperdine University, the San Diego Waves, will put together approximately 4,000 bags Sunday at the USO Neil Ash Airport Center located outside Terminal 2.

The bags will be filled with snacks and thank you cards from the community.

This is Pepperdine’s fourth year working with USO San Diego.

A 37-year-old man was carjacked by a man and two women in San Pasqual Friday night.

The victim let the woman, whom he had met a few days previously, drive his car.

She picked up another man and woman near the 17000 block of Bandy Canyon Road around 11:48 p.m. While the car was stopped the male suspect pulled the victim from the car and hit him over the head several times with a BB or pellet gun.

The victim was then shot in the chest three times with the same gun and the suspects drove off.

The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The first suspect is described as a woman about 5’5”, 130 to 140 pounds, black hair with piercings in the top of her ears. She had a tattoo with the letters “SD” on her neck.

The second suspect was described as a 22 to 30-year-old bald man with a goatee and a tear drop tattoo next to his right eye. He is 5’10” and 170 to 180 pounds and was wearing a maroon sweatshirt.

The third suspect was described as a 22 to 24-year-old woman, 5'4” 5'6” and 160 lbs. She was wearing a white sweatshirt with a red emblem and black spandex.

The stolen car is a silver 2013 Ford Focus.

San Diego Police Northeastern Division Detectives are investigating.

Irish rock band U2 visited the Bataclan in Paris and laid flowers at the site of the deadly hostage siege that stunned France on Friday night.

U2 was in Paris to perform on Nov. 14 and 15 for televised live concerts by Live Nation and HBO. The shows were postponed after the Paris attacks and U2 said they would perform again "at an appropriate time."

"We watched in disbelief and shock at the unfolding of events in Paris, and our hearts go out to the victims' and their families across the city tonight," the band wrote on its website on Friday. 

The multiple terrorist attacks that unfolded in Paris, killed 129 people and injured 352, police said. Bataclan was the site of the biggest casualties where concertgoers were attending a show by American band Eagles of Death Metal.  

U2 frontman Bono spoke out about the terrorism in an interview with RTÉ2fm radio in Ireland on Saturday morning.

"Our first thoughts at this point are with the Eagles of Death Metal fans," he said. "This is the first direct hit on music that we’ve had in this so called war on terror or whatever it’s called. It’s very upsetting. These are our people. This could be me at a show. You at a show, in that venue. It’s a very recognizable situation for you and for me and the coldblooded aspect of this slaughter is deeply disturbing and that’s what I can’t get out of my head."

He added that he did not want terrorists to "set our agenda" and he looked forward to playing music again in Paris.

"I remember U2 was the first big act back into New York after 9/11," Bono said.

In playing at Madison Square Garden "the feeling just this is who we are, you can’t change it," Bono said. "You’re not gonna turn us into haters or you’re not gonna turn us around in the way we go about our lives. That was the feeling of Madison Square Garden back then and I hope that will be the feeling at Bercy when we get back there."

A California State University, Long Beach student was among those killed in the Paris terrorist attacks, the university confirmed Saturday.

Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, from El Monte, was killed during the attacks in and around Paris Friday. According to Cal State Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley, Gonzalez was at a restaurant with other students when she was wounded. Details on how she was killed were not made available.

Gonzalez was a senior studying design and was in Paris attending Strate College of Design during a semester abroad program, according to a press release by the university.

Only four students were supposed to go to Paris, but Gonzalez was accepted into the program at the last minute as the fifth and final student, said her aunt Sandra Felt.

Michael LaForte, a lecturer at Cal State Long Beach, called Gonzalez a "star student" and a "deep, profound" presence of the design department.

"She brought joy, happiness and laughter to everybody she worked with," he said. "She functioned like a mentor to the younger students."

The design department is "close-knit," LaForte said, and her death affects them profoundly.

"She was a beautiful person, she would give the shirt off her back to help someone else," Felt told NBC News in a phone interview.

Felt said Gonzalez spent Christmas and Easter at her house and that the two were "very close." She said Gonzalez, also called "Mimi" by friends and family, liked sports and was a "go-getter" who worked to save up money for her trip to Paris. 

"She’s going to be greatly missed," the aunt said. 

Shondra Thomas, Gonzalez's cousin, said they were raised together like sisters.

She said her heart broke as soon as she overheard her mom crying on the phone.

"The last thing we told each other was, 'See you at Christmas,'" Thomas said.

Gonzalez's boyfriend, Tim Mraz, also expressed his grief in an Instagram post: 

"Yesterday I lost the most important person in my life. She was my best friend and she will always be my angel forever. I am lost for words. My prayers are with her family. Such a bright soul and the sweetest girl with a smile on her face. Thank you to the friends and family that are reaching out. You will always be my Pocahontas and I will always be your John Smith. Te amo@poca1019."

The school's homecoming celebration Saturday has taken on a "somber tone," officials said. The university will hold a vigil at 4 p.m. on Sunday to mourn Gonzalez's passing and to grieve for the victims of the attack.

"I'm deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Long Beach State University student Nohemi Gonzalez," Conoley said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends during this sad time. Our university stands with our nearly eighty foreign exchange students from France as they struggle with this tragedy. We will extend all support necessary to comfort them. We will also extend support to all students, faculty and staff who are in need."

Councilmembers from the city of El Monte expressed their sympathies in a statement released Saturday.

“Nohemi Gonzalez was living life to the fullest, studying abroad, doing what she loved,” said El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero. “It breaks my heart that she was an innocent victim of senseless violence."

He called for the entire El Monte community to keep Gonzalez's family and friends in its prayers.

"Our students grow up strong, smart, creative and eager to see the world," said councilwoman Victoria Martinez. "We must unite as a global community to ensure freedom is alive and our children are safe."

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti shared his sympathy in a tweet: "My heart goes out to the Gonzalez family of El Monte, who lost their Nohemi last night. We mourn for all victims including one of our own."

Sixteen other Long Beach students who are also studying abroad in Paris are safe, Conoley said.

At least 129 people were killed and 352 injured in the attacks Friday night in Paris. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility.

An American woman, was also undergoing surgery late Saturday at a Paris hospital after being wounded in the attacks. Helen Jane Wilson was at the Bataclan concert hall to hear the Eagles of Death Metal band perform Friday night when gunmen burst into the venue, killing 89 people. 

Wilson told The Associated Press she was shot in the leg and was heading into surgery at L'hopital Saint-Antoine.

Wilson said she lived in New Orleans before moving to Paris, where she runs Rock en Bol, a catering company. According to her Facebook page, Wilson is originally from Los Angeles.

Among those killed at the concert hall was a British man, Nick Alexander, his family said, NBC News reported. 

Two days after terrorists killed 129 people and wounded 352 others in a bloodbath in Paris, U.S. presidential candidate Jeb Bush told "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd "we should declare war" on ISIS, which has claimed responsibility for the massacre.

"You destroy ISIS and then you build a coalition to replace this radical Islamic terrorist threat to our country and to Europe and to the region with something that is more peace-loving," Bush said on "Meet the Press" Sunday.

Bush, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, said ISIS "is not something you can contain."

"Each day that ISIS exists, it gains more energy and recruits around the world," he explained. "We should declare war and harness all the power that the United States can bring to bear — both diplomatic and military, of course — to be able to take out ISIS. We have the capabilities of doing this, we just haven't show the will."

When asked how he would like to see President Barack Obama respond to the attacks, Bush said the president should declare a no-fly zone over Syria, arm Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Iraq, "reengage" with Sunni leaders and "garner support" from the United States' European allies.

"Lead. That's what I want him to do. Lead," Bush said.

Multiple terrorists carried out coordinated attacks Friday at six locations in Paris, authorities said.

Assailants opened fire at multiple restaurants in the city's 10th and 11th arrondissements, while suicide bombers detonated explosive vests outside the national stadium, where a soccer match was underway. Others gunned down at least 89 people at a music venue where concert-goers had gathered to see a California-based rock band.

Paris' prosecutor said Saturday seven assailants died in the attacks, which French president Francois Hollande has called an "act of war" that warrants a "merciless response."

Four people suffered major injuries following a crash on Saturday night on Fiesta Island.

The crash happened just after 11:30 p.m. in the 900 block of Fiesta Island Road at Mission Beach. It wasn’t clear what prompted the crash, but several passengers were ejected from the car, San Diego police said.

Police said the driver was intoxicated and subsequently arrested on suspicion of DUI.

The driver was among four people taken to the hospital with major injuries. Their conditions on Sunday morning were not immediately known.

The NFL announced it will reinforce security tomorrow for all games after terrorist attacks in Paris left hundreds dead and wounded.

Games will be hosted in 13 cities including in California, New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

America has been on high alert since extremist stormed Paris on Friday killing and injuring concert-goers, cafe diners and soccer fans in a series of orchestrated shootings and killings. 

There is no known threat against the stadiums the NFL wrote in a statement noting they had been in communication with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security. Security presence will be increased both inside and outside the stadium, the statement said. 

A San Diego woman dealing with the death of her brother, U.S. Marine killed in a motorcycle crash, is now feeling even more pain after some of her final memories of her late loved one were recently stolen.

Justin Dorson, 26, was killed on Nov. 1 after he crashed his 2012 Triumph motorcycle into a large boulder on State Route 94, outside Dulzura, in San Diego’s East County.

The Marine left behind two sons and another child on the way, his pregnant wife told NBC 7 days after the deadly accident.

On Saturday, NBC 7 spoke with Dorson’s sister, Sabrina Dorson, who said her car was stolen Friday night outside the family’s home on Connoley Circle in Chula Vista.

The worst part: Sabrina said her car was filled with broken pieces from her late brother’s motorcycle – pieces from the crash scene that the family had made a point to save as the final memories of Dorson.

“I have no car, glass on the ground, but no car,” Sabrina said. “We don’t know where [the motorcycle parts] are and it’s heartbreaking, because it’s all I had.”

Sabrina said her family is now pleading with the thief to return the parts – the memories that mean so much to them.

“That was my brother in that car,” said Sabrina. “Those bike pieces, that’s a part of my brother and that’s all I want back.”

Sabrina said her brother was known to spend hours in the family’s garage, working on what his family calls his “dream bike” – the same motorcycle involved in the fatal collision.

“This is where my brother was who he was – in this garage,” said Sabrina, walking through the space.

Staring around that garage, she said it’s impossible for her not to think about her brother.

“This is where he always was,” she recalled.

While the broken motorcycle parts may mean nothing to the person who stole Sabrina’s car, they are everything to her family.

“Throwing away those bike pieces is like throwing away my brother – throwing away his legacy,” she explained. “And he loved that bike. He named it ‘Leila.’ So I couldn’t get rid of Leila. I couldn’t do that to him. I couldn’t see those bike pieces leave.”

The theft on the heels of Dorson’s death has left Sabrina with a heavy heart.

“I just lost him,” she lamented. “I shouldn’t have to be going through this after saying my final goodbyes to my brother. This is really crappy.”

Dorson was a Camp Pendleton-based heavy machinery mechanic. His wife is a Navy service member. Following the tragic accident, friends of Dorson’s family set up a GoFundMe page in his name to help his family with funeral and childcare costs.
 

Authorities in Belgian have detained seven people linked to the Paris attacks on a stadium, a concert hall and Paris cafes that left 129 people dead and over 350 wounded, 99 of them seriously, the Associated Press reported.

A Belgian official told the Associated Press two of the seven attackers who died in Paris on Friday night were French men living in Brussels. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing investigation, said one of the French attackers was living in Brussels' Molenbeek neighborhood, which is considered a focal point for religious extremism and fighters going to Syria. NBC News has not independently confirmed if the assailants were from Brussels.

On Saturday, French authorities detained a father and brother of one of the suspected attackers, a former French official confirmed to NBC News. The official said they are related to an attacker identified only as Ismail M. A former French official confirmed to NBC News that Ismail M. and Abbdul Akbak B., identified by French media as two of the attackers, was correct.

Three teams of extremists carried out the gun-and-suicide bombing attacks across the French capital, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said. Officials initially said there were eight attackers — as did ISIS, raising questions over whether an accomplice may still be alive.

"We can say at this stage of the investigation there was probably three coordinated teams of terrorists behind this barbaric act," Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said.

Speaking at a news conference, Molins confirmed one of the hostage takers involved in the deadly siege at the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people were killed, was a French-born citizen and known to authorities. The 29-year-old suspect was placed on a security file for Islamist radicalization in 2010 but was never implicated. Another attacker at the concert hall was born in Syria, he added.

The attackers at the concert hall mentioned Syria and Iraq during their rampage, the Associated Press reported, citing the prosecutor.

Meanwhile, Balkan authorities are tracking the travels of a man whose Syrian passport was found near the body of a suicide bomber at France's national stadium Friday night. Officials in Greece say the passport's owner entered the European Union through the Greek island of Leros on Oct. 3, The Associated Press reported.

Belgium's federal prosecutor's office announced three people were arrested Saturday after a car with Belgian license plates that was seen near the Bataclan theater Friday night was stopped at the Belgian border.

Spokesman Jean-Pascal Thoreau said it was a rental vehicle and police organized several raids in the St. Jans Molenbeek neighborhood in Brussels on Saturday.

All seven suicide attackers wore identical explosives vests in the assaults that spanned six locations and involved at least eight terror suspects. Molins said they used Kalashnikov rifles with 7.62 mm-caliber bullets, NBC News reported.

French President Francois Hollande has vowed that France will wage "merciless" war on the Islamic State group, after the jihadists claimed responsibility for the attacks, which included restaurants, Friday night. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

A man believed to be directly involved in Friday's massacre in Paris is on the run and the subject of an international manhunt, NBC News reported.

The French National Police tweeted a picture of the suspect, identifed Salah Abdeslam, a 26-year-old man born in Brussels. The notice said Abdeslam was likely involved in the attacks and is dangerous. "Do not intervene yourself," police said. 

Investigators said the man rented a Belgian-registered black Volkswagen Polo, which was allegedly used and abandoned by the hostage-takers who killed 89 people inside a Paris concert hall.

He is allegedly the brother of another suspect currently in custody and being questioned, officials said.

Three separate teams of terrorists armed with Kalashnikovs and identical explosives vests laid coordinated siege to Paris at six locations in the French capital — which struck a soccer stadium, a crowded concert hall and busy restaurants — killing 129 people and wounding at least 350 others, 99 seriously.

French officials were working with authorities in Belgium, Spain and Serbia in an attempt to shed more light on the attack, which ISIS claimed responsibility for and which French President Francois Hollande described as an "act of war."

By Sunday morning, authorities had identified 103 bodies, including a 23-year-old American student from Southern California, according to France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

On the heels of the deadly terror attacks in Paris, San Diego State University (SDSU) confirmed Saturday that it appears all SDSU students currently studying abroad in France are safe.

The university’s media relations office released a statement on the well-being of the 34 SDSU students studying in France. Of that group, eight students are in Paris studying at three different schools, SDSU said.

“All of our students in Paris are safe,” the statement from the university said.

“We have been in contact with 31 of our students and all 31 are safe. The other three are in southern France and we are actively reaching out to them, their coordinators and our partner universities,” the statement continued.

The statement said SDSU sent out messages to all 34 students in France following the deadly terror attacks asking the students to reply back about their safety and locations, and reminding them to let their loved ones know they’re okay.

The message from the university to the students also asked them to reach out to their host campus coordinators with any concerns and to speak with counselors if needed.

SDSU’s statement also included condolences about the death of Cal State University, Long Beach student Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, who was among the 129 killed and 352 wounded in the Paris attacks.
As of 12 p.m. PT Saturday, Gonzalez was the first known American killed in the massacre.

“We are saddened by the tragic events that took place in Paris yesterday,” SDSU said. “And we are heartbroken to learn that one of the victims is a student from Long Beach State University. Our thoughts go out to the victim’s loved ones and the entire Long Beach State community.”

SDSU said it will update its SDSU Newscenter website with any additional information on its students in France as it becomes available.

One day after deadly terror attacks shook Paris, San Diegans showed their support for the people of France by leaving flowers and heartfelt notes as part of a makeshift memorial in Balboa Park.

Residents from across the county visited the House of France in the International Cottages Center in Balboa Park Saturday, a nonprofit organization that fosters appreciation of France and the country’s culture.

The doors were closed, but that did not stop visitors from leaving their condolences.

Visitors left thoughtful tokens on the doorstep of the House of France – symbols of solidarity as Frances reels from the tragedy that, as of Saturday afternoon, had left 129 dead and 352 wounded.

One of the items left at the makeshift memorial was a touching note written in French left behind by the House of Puerto Rico, a neighbor of the nonprofit.

San Diego resident and French-American Sarah Malka visited the site also, and translated the note.

“We are united in solidarity with our French brothers and sisters,” she read. “Vive La France!”

Despite the feeling of unitedness, the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris sparked a sense of fear in some San Diegans currently living abroad in the city, including Raul Ruiz.

“It’s a bit of a state of paranoia and fear,” Ruiz told NBC 7. “I really like going to concerts and knowing that [one of the attacks was at] a concert hall makes me afraid.”

Malka also said the massacre in Paris has left her feeling numb.

“I’m in shock – terrible shock,” she said. “It’s very worrisome.”

Malka’s brother lives in Paris and he told her he could hear gunshots outside his home Friday night as the city was under attack.

Del Cerro residents Ray Fluta and Marc Overton have traveled to France every year since 2004. They visited the House of France with flowers and a poster, a simple gesture amid the tragedy.

Overton said he and Fluta consider themselves Francophiles who very much love France.

They felt compelled to show their love for the country – even from afar.

Fluta said seeing news coverage of some of their favorite places in Paris under attack was surreal.

“At first you can’t believe it. We [thought], ‘We were there – just a few blocks away.’ And we’ve walked past those places,” he explained. “It’s just hard to believe it. Paris is so vibrant. It’s just a beautiful city.”

“It’s terribly heartbreaking to see it. I just hope we’re seeing the tail-end of these kinds of terrible things rather than the beginning,” said Overton.

The House of France plans to hold a "Je Suis Paris" gathering at 8 p.m. on Nov. 20 to pay tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks.

A San Diego native was among those who suffered a scare on Sunday morning in the Place de la Republique in Paris.

Firecrackers that went off scared crowds mourning those killed in the terrorist attacks. The ordeal drew police with drawn guns to disperse crowds. Shortly later it was determined to be a false alarm and mourners returned to the vigil at the plaza.

Raul Ruiz, a San Diegan who recently moved to Paris, was caught in the chaos on Sunday and was forced to hide in a nearby café.

He spoke to NBC 7 via Skype about his ordeal.

“They rushed in. One of them pretty much jumped in,” Ruiz told NBC 7 about seeing panicked people run into the cafe. “Everybody just threw themselves on the ground.”

Ruiz was at Le Votiguer Café where workers were forced to throw down metal curtains and herded customers to the third floor for shelter.

“It felt very scary. I imagine any moment there could be gunshots,” he said.

Those in Paris have been under extreme caution since Friday’s attacks.

“I go out with a heightened sense of caution, always minding my surroundings (and) waiting to see if people are running,” he said.

Ruiz returned safely to his Parisian home and says the experience won’t keep him in hiding.

“You have to go out now with a bit of courage and as an act of defiance,” he said. “You can’t just stay. You can’t just be defeated by what happened and you have to try to live as normally as you can.”

We’ve got a full slate of sporting events coming up for the week of November 16th-22nd so here’s a breakdown of who is playing when and where.

GULLS: The Gulls are on the road for three games this week. Wednesday they’re at Stockton 7 p.m., Friday they travel to Grand Rapids 4 p.m. before wrapping up the road trip Saturday in Milwaukee 5 p.m.

SOCKERS: The San Diego Sockers are back on the pitch Saturday for a home game against the Ontario Fury at the Valley View Casino Center at 7:05 p.m.

CHARGERS: After a bye week, the Bolts are back. Sunday the Chargers host the Kansas City Chiefs at 1 p.m. It’ll be a special day at Qualcomm because the Chargers will retire Ladainian Tomlinson’s #21.

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AZTECS:
-MEN’S BASKETBALL: Monday at (16) Utah 7:30 p.m. MT, Wednesday vs. San Diego Christian 7 p.m., and Saturday vs. Little Rock 1 p.m.
-WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Monday vs. UC Riverside 6:30 p.m., Thursday vs. UC Davis 6:30 p.m.
-WOMEN’S SWIMMING: Thursday –Saturday at Art Adamson Invitational in College Station, Texas 6 p.m. CT, Thursday-Sunday at Wildcat Diving Invitational in Tucson, Arizona all day.
-FOOTBALL: Saturday at UNLV 7:30 p.m.
-WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Saturday at San Jose State 1 p.m.
Go to www.GoAztecs.com for more information.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO TRITONS:
-WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Tuesday at Cal State Dominguez Hills 5:30 p.m. This weekend they’re at the Northwest Classic in Azusa facing Seattle Pacific Friday at 3 p.m. and Western Washington Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
-MEN’S BASKETBALL: Tuesday vs. Winona State 7 p.m. and Sunday vs. Colorado School of Mines at 1 p.m.
-SWIM: Thursday-Saturday A3 Performance Invitational at Monterery Park (ELAC) all day.
-WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Thursday-Sunday CCAA Tournament at UCSD. Thursday Tritions vs. Cal State L.A. 7:30 p.m.
-MEN’S WATER POLO: Friday-Sunday at WWPA Championship all day in Colorado Springs.
-FENCING: Saturday IFCSC Duals 10 a.m. at Irvine.
Go to www.ucsdtritons.com for more information.

POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY SEA LIONS:
-WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Wednesday vs. Bethesda (exhibition) 5:30 p.m. and Saturday vs. Northwest Nazarene (homecoming) 6 p.m.
-MEN’S BASKETBALL: Wednesday vs. Cal Poly Pomona 7:30 p.m. and Saturday vs. Cal State East Bay (homecoming) 6 p.m.
-WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Saturday vs. Concordia 1:30 p.m.
Go to www.PLNUSeaLions.com for more information.

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO TOREROS:
-MEN’S BASKETBALL: Tuesday at Western Michigan 4 p.m. and Saturday at Cal State Fullerton 3 p.m.
-WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Tuesday vs. Cal State Northridge 6 p.m. and Saturday vs. Arizona 4 p.m.
-WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Thursday vs. San Francisco 7 p.m. and Saturday vs. Santa Clara 12 p.m.
-WOMEN’S SWIMMING: Friday-Sunday at Purdue Invite in West Lafeyette, Indiana all day.
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Nearly 500 people turned out for the second “Must Dash for a Cure 5K” in San Marcos this weekend for diabetes awareness month.

The event, started last year, benefits diabetes research. Janet Gidner, who is very close to the cause, was at the event on Sunday.

"It follows us on vacations, it never gives us a break,” Janet told NBC7. Her daughter was diagnosed with juvenile type 1 diabetes as a baby.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease with no cause or cure where the body attacks its own pancreas.

Nine-year-old Addison depends on a glucose monitor that she tracks 24 hours a day.

"It’s mind boggling the math that we have to do every day,” Janet explained. "We hear beeping all day.”

It’s a full-time job especially since Addison’s four-year-old brother also has type-one diabetes.

"Just knowing that they're going to live with this disease for the rest of their lives is heartbreaking,” Janet said.

The family has an entire cupboard just filled with supplies to “keep our kids healthy and alive."

"It’s like a child drowning in a pool and we're pulling them out to rescue them, “she explained.

Most of the families who ran the 5K are affected by the disease in one way or another but hopefully  a few steps closer to finding a cure.