The San Diego Sockers player known as “Shadow” was remembered with a special tribute before the team’s game Sunday.

One by one players ran on to the field at the Valley View Casino Center and touched the jersey of defender Abel Sebele.

Ten days earlier, Sebele was seen trying to cross traffic from the right shoulder to the center median along Interstate 5 near Old Town Avenue. He was struck by a car and died at the scene.

Teammates were visibly shaken as they fathered in a circle mid-field and listened to the video tribute.

Sebele, 26, was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and came to the U.S. in 2005 to live in the Washington, D.C. area. His nickname "Shadow" came from his childhood tendency to follow around his older brother, according to team officials.

After playing for West Virginia University for three years, he began playing professional indoor soccer. He joined the Sockers this year, coming from the Witchita B52's.

Sebele was considered a bright prospect for the future of the club after just five games.

“Even more important than his exploits on the field, Shadow will always be remember for his demeanor and the way he treated everyone with respect and dignity," the announcer said.

California Highway Patrol Officers have not determined why Sebele was crossing the highway. The traffic collision remains under investigation.

A driver fled the scene after slamming a possibly stolen red Honda Civic into a tree at the corner of Clairemont Drive and East Mission Bay Monday.

San Diego police and fire responded to the incident, which happened around 7:15 p.m.

Officers are looking for the driver who ran across Mission Bay golf course. 

No further information was immediately available. 

Refresh this page for updates on this breaking news story. 

Treatments to combat sleep deprivation have become big business.

Americans spent more than $40 billion last year searching for that elusive good night’s sleep. The marketplace has exploded with plenty of options to help you get your zzzz’s on. But are they really great gadgets or just sleep gimmicks? Consumer Reports takes a look under the covers.

 The $60 My Pillow promises “deeper, longer REM sleep.” But there are no clinical studies to support that.

How about the $150 Sleep Shepherd? It’s basically a beanie with built-in speakers. It claims to monitor brain waves and drown out distractions. The evidence that it accurately monitors brain activity is pretty thin, but hearing the rhythmic sounds can be soothing.

In fact, white-noise machines like the $50 Marpac Dohm DS help most people who try them sleep better, according to a Consumer Reports survey. And apps like White Noise and My Noise let you get soothing sounds on your smartphone free.

You should also think about why you can’t sleep. Electronics devices like smartphones and laptops emit blue light, which slows the production of the sleep hormone melatonin and keeps you awake.

There’s a pricey pair of glasses that promise to block blue light, and they do block some. But when Consumer Reports tested glasses in a special light-measuring sphere, the ones that actually blocked out the most blue light were the Uvex Skyper Safety Glasses—with orange lenses—which cost just $8.

Although you might be craving a simple chemical solution to sleeplessness, the Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs team –– which evaluates the safety and effectiveness of medications –– reviewed the research on sleep drugs and found them to be limited in their effectiveness. And they pose some serious risks of side effects, like next-day drowsiness.

What’s the best way to beat insomnia? Quit smoking, cut back on caffeine and alcohol, and turn off screens long before you head to bed.

A 19-year-old suspected drunk driver killed when he plowed his car into trees was the father of a two-year-old girl, his family told NBC 7 San Diego. 

According to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD), driver Erick Ordonez Olguin and his passenger, also 19, were traveling at a high speed in the 900 block of Mariner's Way when he lost control of his 2003 Ford Mustang. His vehicle veered off the road and slammed into some trees.

The father was celebrating a friend's birthday Friday night when he was pulling out of the Mariner's Point parking lot and crashed into a tree, friends said. Olguin was taken to a local hospital with major, life-threatening head injuries. He was pronounced dead at the hospital several hours after he arrived. The passenger suffered minor injuries. No other cars were involved in the crash.

A growing memorial at the site of the crash has candles, pictures and beer bottles under the tree where Olguin died. 

The mother of his child, 19-year-old Alyssa Corrales, sat under the tree Monday morning, mourning the loss of her boyfriend. She said she has been struggling to tell their daughter, Aubrey Chanel, where their father is. 

Aubrey asks daily where her dad is, Alyssa said, and she can only respond with tears. She said if she could tell Erick one last thing, it would be that she loved him. 

High school friend Devin Tanzela said Olguin, who was nicknamed "Tiny" because of his height, loved cars, shoes and skateboarding. 

"I try not to look at his picture, because every time I did, I started crying," he said. "I looked away, think about it, think about it, talk to him. It still hasn't fully hit me yet. I wake up, think it's not true, look at his picture, and it hits me."

The crash is under investigation, but police suspect alcohol played a factor.

The tumultuous race for the Republican nomination is taking a toll on the GOP's image, with more than four-in-ten voters saying that the primary contest has soured their perceptions of the Republican Party -- more so than impressions of the Democrats, according to the latest NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll.

In the poll, 42 percent of registered voters said the primary race has made them feel less favorable about the GOP, compared to just 19 percent who said they feel more favorable. Thirty-eight percent said the brawl for the Republican nomination hasn't changed their view of the party as a whole.

Republican primary voters are split on whether the contentious race, which has been largely dominated by the often bombastic rhetoric of front-runner Donald Trump, has improved or eroded their perceptions of their own party.

A third -- 33 percent -- say they view the party more favorably now, while 23 percent say they now have a worse image of the GOP.

“It’s been pried apart like with crowbars and the whole back of the mailbox is completely bent out so they’ve been able to take mail from every box,” Eastlake neighbor Lisa Roberts told NBC 7. “My concern is I have a check coming from work. “

Around 10:30 p.m. Sunday night Roberts said a neighbor texted her saying someone had broken into their mailboxes. The metal on the back of the boxes had been pried open and all the mail was gone.

Casey Prenatt noticed the vandalism when his mother asked him to get the mail. He said he’s shocked and doesn’t understand why someone would steal mail. He explained nothing like this has ever happened before.

“Never. Nothing really bad ever happens in this neighborhood,” Prenatt said. “It’s kind of shocking something like this would happen.”

Around 11:20 a.m. Monday morning, Chula Vista police got a call about an unknown suspect damaging the community mailbox in the 700 block of River Rock Road. Although police haven't determined exactly what was stolen, residents are on edge.

Police are investigating the case as vandalism, but when they confirm mail was stolen, it will be labeled a federal crime and the US postal inspector will get involved.

Extra patrols are being conducted in the area.

In another example of El Nino's strange effect on sea creatures, a great white shark swam close enough to shore to get hooked by a fisherman off the San Clemente Pier Monday.

Penny Novak was taking a midday stroll with her family when she saw a fisherman struggling with his line at the end of the pier.

"When we looked over the edge, there it was,” Novak said. “Its head was fully out of the water, its mouth was open. It was just like something out of a movie.”

Immediately, she took out her phone and began recording the fight.

For about 15 minutes, the fisherman tried to get the shark to let go, she said. He had no interest in trying to reel in the large creature.

"Then finally, it went under the water for a little bit. We all thought maybe it died, and then all of the sudden it came back up and we heard like a big, loud crunch, and then it like moved around a little bit and broke free and then took off,” said Novak.

NBC 7 showed video of the encounter to Andrew Nosal, a marine biologist with Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He confirmed the shark was a great white and estimated it was about six feet long.

That means the shark was a baby; great whites don’t usually mature until they’re nine feet long, Nosal said.

A sighting like this is not uncommon, according to the biologist, though young great white sharks are typically seen off the Orange County and northern San Diego County coasts in the summer months.

Warmer winter waters, caused by El Nino, most likely drew the shark closer to the beach.

Keeping the shark on the line put it in a life-threatening situation, Nosal explained. Sharks such as great whites need to keep moving forward in order to breathe.

"In this case, the shark couldn't really do that,” said Nosal, “so it was probably losing oxygen during that fight. But luckily at the end, it seems to have broken free and seemed to swim off, which is a really good sign."

When she first spotted the shark so close to San Diego County, Novak’s first thought went to her family members.

"I was a little freaked out because my family likes to surf so I was thinking, oh my gosh, this is just like 'Jaws,'" she said.

But Nosal said seafarers have little to fear from these young sharks, especially compared to their older relatives who like the colder waters of Northern California.

"We've actually detected some tagged baby white sharks off of Scripps Pier in La Jolla,” said Nosal. “So they're around, and we normally don't see them, and that's a testament to the fact that they're not really interested in us and they typically keep their distance."

He explained any big shark with a big mouth could potentially be dangerous, but the younger ones just feed on fish and are unlikely to approach a human.
 

After refusing to engage in a “cage match” with Donald Trump for months, Ted Cruz finally directly challenged his Republican rival on the campaign trail.

Cruz highlighted Trump’s record, drawing contrasts between the two men in a speech on Monday night. He highlighted conservative issues, like the 2013 debate over the Senate’s immigration measure, urging the crowd to wonder where Trump was during that fight.

He told voters they have “reason to doubt the credibility” of a candidate who takes hardline positions only after announcing his candidacy.

Cruz said he has “no intention of reciprocating” the “insults” launched by Trump, but thinks a policy discussion is “fair game.”

A "person of interest" being questioned in the death of an ABC7 Chicago producer who was killed while vacationing in Belize has been charged with an unrelated crime and sentenced to prison, authorities said.

Belize Police Department spokesperson Raphael Martinez said a 24-year-old Guatemalan man was sentenced to six months in prison for illegal entry into Belize.

"Since he was charged with illegal entry, I am sure the persons that in terviewed him could squeeze absolutely nothing in relation to the death of Anne from him, however, the investigation continues as police are following several leads," Martinez said, referring to Anne Swaney, the executive producer of online operations for abc7chicago.com. 

As of Monday, he had not been charged in connection with Swaney's killing. She found dead Friday.

The 24-year-old man had entered Belize illegally. He was taken into custody Friday morning and was being interrogated by police. He told police he was on a fishing expedition near the resort where 39-year-old Swaney was staying, according to authorities.

Police said the Guatemalan man gave them misleading information and conflicting statements. According to authorities, when he was taken into custody near the scene Friday morning, he did not have any fishing equipment, but he did have a knife, which is currently being analyzed. He appeared in court Monday morning. 

Belizean police revealed Sunday they also planned to question two tour guides.

Swaney arrived more than a week ago for a seven-day vacation at Nabatunich Resort, Benque Viejo Police Superintendent Daniel Arzu told NBC Chicago. She was traveling alone. 

Swaney was found dead after a daylong search with bruises on her neck and lacerations on either side of her head, Arzu said. Police believe she may have been sexually assaulted.

"We suspect that she may have been sexually violated,” Arzu said. “She had bruises around her neck that reveals that there might have been some strangulation or some sort of fight back.”

Post-mortem reports show Swaney was bleeding profusely, but there was no blood on the deck where her belongings were found, police said Sunday, which leads them to believe that the crime may have been committed somewhere else.

She went out to do yoga Thursday morning around 8 a.m. along the Mopan River near the resort, Arzu said. Hours later, a tour guide found her belongings along the river but no sign of her.

Dogs were brought in to help search for Swaney Thursday night. Her scent was picked up near the river, though she was not located until the following day when she was found floating face-down in the river wearing only a bra, authorities said.

An autopsy performed by the Benque Viejo Police Department was unable to determine conclusively if she had been sexually assaulted. The cause of death was ruled to be asphyxia by compression of the neck, manual strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head and neck, which police believe was committed with a rock.

DNA evidence was collected from Swaney's body, according to authorities. It was not semen, but is being analyzed to find a possible link to any persons of interest.

Swaney's family members will not be traveling to Belize, but are arranging to have her body taken to the U.S. by no later than Wednesday. A visitation will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Rollins Funeral Home. A private family graveside service will follow.

Swaney was an avid world traveler and lover of horses, friends said.

"When she walked on the premises, it was like you knew Anne was here," said Carol Waynauskas of Sarah's Stables in Willow Springs, where Swaney spent much of her time with her horse, Sequia.

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked for contributions to the Northland Therapeutic Riding Center and the Changing Leads Equine Rescue, both located in Missouri. 

"A lot of people are terribly broken up about this," President and General Manager of ABC7 John H. Idler said. "She had that capacity to make everybody around here better. She demanded that from those around her. She mentored people throughout her career."

Two female passengers were killed Tuesday morning when a Greyhound bus carrying 20 passengers flipped on its side in South San Jose, tying up traffic and raising questions about bus driver working conditions and hours.

In an afternoon news conference, California Highway Patrol Officer Chris Miceli said the driver – who was reportedly in stable condition at Regional Medical Center of San Jose – acknowledged he had been "fatigued." 

The driver of the bus has been identified by the CHP as 58-year-old Gary Bonslater, a resident of Victorville.

"He did say he was fatigued leading up to the collision," Miceli said of Bonslater. "He says he remembers hitting the black barrels and then the next thing he remembers the bus was on its side."

Passengers claim Bonslater seemed tired and report he was knodding off at the wheel. 

Bonslater is a veteran driver who was hired by Greyhound 26 years ago. The CHP said Bonslater had a clean driving record prior to Tuesday's crash.

CHP Sgt. Lisa Brazil said in the collision two women were ejected from the windows and died at the scene. One woman killed in the crash has been identified by family members as 51-year-old Fely Olivera, who leaves behind two sons.

The accident was reported shortly before 6:40 a.m. on U.S. Highway 101 at state Route 85, a busy South Bay thoroughfare that remained jammed during the rainy, early-morning commute.

In addition, Brazil said that eight other people suffered injuries, including an 8-year-old boy and 72-year-old woman. One adult suffered major injuries, the CHP said. Initial reports were that all 18 passengers were injured.

"There were a few passengers having great difficulty dealing with what happened – the traumatic incident that occurred – but we were able to get them off scene and get them with their relatives and friends," CHP officer Amy Tritenbach said.

Witnesses driving behind the bus told CHP officers that they saw the rear end of the bus "fly in the air" while trying to veer into the carpool lane before flipping onto the K-rail, Brazil said.

She added investigators did not know why the bus landed on its side, and disputed reports from a passenger who told a news outlet that the driver may have fallen asleep.

Brazil said that all the passengers interviewed told officers that they were asleep themselves before the crash occurred. According to Greyhound's bus tracker, the vehicle had left from Los Angeles just before midnight. Its final destination was supposed to be Oakland. A CHP officer told NBC Bay Area the bus made a stop in Gilroy to let two people off.

The bus was also scheduled to make stops in Avenal, San Jose and San Francisco.

"We do apologize," Greyhound spokeswoman Lanesha Gipson said. "Safety is the cornerstone of our business."

She would not elaborate on any more details of the crash, saying it was under investigation.

Larry Hanley, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents Greyhound bus drivers, told NBC Bay Area he did not have firsthand knowledge of the accident early Tuesday morning.

But Hanley did say that the union has been pushing Congress to act to include bus drivers in the Fair Labor Standards Act.

On average, inter-city bus drivers earn about $13 an hour and can work 70 hours a week and they don’t get overtime past 40 hours, the union states. After every 10 hours, they must take a break, however.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, fatigue has contributed to about 3 percent of all fatal crashes nationwide since 2005, and 13 percent of all big rig and bus crashes were caused by driver fatigue in 2006 and 2007. 

Lengthy shifts behind the wheel were also one of 2014's top violations for truckers and bus drivers, federal officials found. 

Most drivers have multiple jobs and are often fatigued, he said. "There’s a crisis in America," Hanley said. "The bus industry is forcing drivers to work too many hours to make a living wage."

While Gipson wouldn't speculate on whether the bus driver had been fatigued or not, she did say that Greyhound mandates its drivers get "nine hours of rest" after each 10-hour shift.

The crash was horrifying to those who witnessed its aftermath.

Anthony Cordero was driving to his job in Palo Alto with his two children, ages 3 and 4, when he passed by the crash. He heard responders inside the emergency vehicles shouting, "Get out of the way! Move!"

He said he saw the bus "completely smashed" and "literally hanging" over the side of the concrete barrier. He was listening to the radio and knew that there were fatalities. He asked his children to look away.

"I feel really badly for the families involved," he said. "But I also feel thankful. I was running a little late. If I was running on time, I would have been in that lane."

CHP investigators spent the day measuring and inspecting the bus, taking photographs and checking the road for signs of skids. They said the bus was outfitted with a camera but couldn't confirm whether it was operating at the time of accident. 

The National Transportation Safety Board says it also plans to investigate the deadly crash, which littered the highway with passengers' belongings, including blankets, a pillow and a shoe.

"Terrible as it is, the fact that no other vehicle was involved is miraculous," Miceli said.

The bus was uprighted by crews after 3 p.m. After being mounted on a truck, the crumpled bus was removed from the scene just after 5 p.m.

Greyhound passenger Robert Wesley, who was preparing for a ride from San Jose to Southern California Tuesday afternoon, said he was shaken by the news of the fatal crash, but didn’t plan to alter his travel plans.

"That’s really sad, really sad for those that lost their life," he said. "If it happened once it might happen again, but I’m not going to stop traveling just because of an accident."

There have been other notable bus fatalities in Northern California. Two years ago, 10 people were killed when a Fed Ex truck hit a bus carrying high school students en route to Humboldt State University. In 2009, five French tourists were killed when their charter bus left the road on Highway 101 near Soledad.

And the worst highway disaster in Bay Area history was when the brakes failed on a bus near the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, killing 27 Yuba City choir students and one teacher in 1976.

Friends and family of anyone who was on Greyhound bus No. 6876 can call 1-800-972-4583 to check on their status.

NBC Bay Area's Rhea Mahbubani and Kristofer Noceda contributed to this report.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will be in Coronado Jan. 20 as the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps kick off their ‘Great Green Fleet’ initiative.

At the center of the project is an aircraft carrier strike group using alternative fuel as well as energy conservation measures. Several San Diego-based ships will support the Washington-based aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis.

The Great Green Fleet will be a yearlong initiative. The name is a play on the Great White Fleet of battleships and escort ships that steamed around the world 100 years ago.
 

A 15-year-old Palestinian boy has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing a Jewish mother of six in her West Bank home.

NBC News reported that the suspect was detained in a raid late on Monday, according to a police spokesman.

Dafna Meir, 38, died after an attacker entered her home in the Jewish settlement of Otniel on Sunday. Officials said three of her children were home during the attack.

Jewish settlements in the West Bank have long been a subject of tension. Built on lands Israel captured in the 1967 war and claimed by Palestinians, the international community considers the settlements illegitimate.

The last three and a half months have seen attacks on Israelis by Palestinians that have killed 24 and the deaths of at least 141 Palestinians by Israelis.

Schools in several communities in the Northeast were evacuated or locked down Tuesday amid threats of violence.

It's unclear if any of the threats are connected. Law enforcement sources have said the FBI is monitoring the threats while local police lead the investigations, according to NBC News and NBC 4 New York.

DELAWARE

Three schools in Delaware have been evacuated, including Long Neck Elementary School in Millsboro, Woodbridge High School in Greenwood and Silverlake Elementary School in Middletown, according to state police.

A fourth — Rehoboth Elementary School in Rehoboth Beach — also received a threatening message, according to State Sen. Ernesto Lopez, who called the perpetrator a "coward" who would be "prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

Local police departments send K-9s to sweep the school campuses.

The superintendent at Silverlake said in a message to parents the threat was made during a robo-call Tuesday morning and the situation was "under control," NBC 10 Philadelphia reports. Police have not revealed details of the other threats to Delaware schools.

State police said each threat came in the form of a robo-call.

PENNSYLVANIA

At least one school district in Pennsylvania was evacuated Tuesday.

Officials with the Chichester School District in Delaware County urged parents against driving to school to pick up their children while police investigated, according to NBC 10 Philadelphia. 

NEW JERSEY

Meanwhile, at least 10 schools in Bergen County, New Jersey, received bomb threats or mass shooting threats Tuesday, NBC 4 New York reported.

New Jersey officials said schools in Sayreville, Teaneck, Garfield, Tenafly, Clifton, Fair Lawn, Leonia, Bergenfield, Englewood and Hackensack received threats from someone who claimed to have planted bombs or threatened a mass shooting.

Authorities initially said New Milford also received a threat, but the superintendent said that wasn't the case.

At least three schools received threats over voicemail that appear to have been routed through Bakersfield, California, according to the Bergen County sheriff.

A police source familiar with the investigation told NBC 4 New York four of the affected schools had been cleared by law enforcement and the other five are expected to be cleared shortly.

Police in Clifton said there was "no indication of any validity to the threat."

MASSACHUSETTS

Students were evacuated Tuesday from at least five schools in Massachusetts, including Arlington High School, Groton Middle School, the Florence Roche School in Groton, Fitzgerald Elementary School in Waltham and the Ayer-Shirley Regional High School, where students were moved to a nearby elementary school.

Authorities are also responding to schools in Tewksbury and Newton.

The superintendent of Taunton Public Schools received a threatening call Monday night, prompting police to send officers to the school Tuesday morning. Authorities determined the message was not specific to Taunton and school remained in session.

The FBI is helping police investigate the threats in Massachusetts, but officials told necn they believe the threats are not credible. 

PRIOR THREATS

It's the second time in as many weeks that threatening messages have targeted a number of schools in Massachusetts and Delaware.

Four schools in Delaware received bomb threats last Monday, according to a news release posted on the state police Facebook page.

Threats also targeted schools in at least nine Massachusetts communities on Friday, prompting several to evacuate. Many were deemed unfounded.

The biggest headline came last month, when education officials in Los Angeles received an email threatening weapons and explosive devices, prompting the city to shutter all 900 of its public schools.

The threat was found to be a hoax, as was a nearly identical threat sent to New York City schools the same day.

An ice cream truck operator was carjacked in Encanto early Tuesday, San Diego Police said.

The truck was flagged down on Akins Avenue at 4:30 a.m. by two men posing as customers, officers said.

Both men had knives, jumped in the truck and ordered the driver out, police said.

They drove off heading west on Akins.

The van was later recovered on Webster Avenue. No arrests have been made.
 

A crane working on Interstate 8 near El Cajon struck a utility line and started a small fire early Tuesday.

The crane operator was working in eastbound lanes of I-8 near 2nd Street just before 4 a.m. when the vehicle struck the utility line crossing the interstate.

Officers say the crane was moving one of the concrete barriers when the boom of the crane hit a line.

Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire that sparked during the incident. No one was injured.

California Highway Patrol officers did not close any additional lanes to traffic. The two far-right lanes were already closed down for the overnight construction project.

The crane involved has the logo of the same rental company that was involved in a similar incident last week.

A truck crane from Lakeside-based Bob's Crane tipped over on State Route 15 south when the operator was moving a K-rail. In that incident, the operator was injured.

No further information was immediately available.

In their attempt to figure out if they’re going to be roommates in a brand new NFL stadium in Inglewood, the Chargers and Rams will be holding a series of negotiating meetings over the next few days.

The two sides wrapped up their first session on Monday afternoon. Soon after the conclusion Chargers Special Counsel Mark Fabiani released the following:

JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE RAMS AND CHARGERS

January 18, 2016

We have concluded our first meeting. We mutually have agreed not to publicly discuss details of this or any future meeting.

Yes, thank you. That’s very helpful. Basically both sides are saying, “We understand the desire for information on this topic but you have to give us some space to do our jobs.”

Chargers owner Dean Spanos and Rams owner Stan Kroenke were reportedly not at Monday's get-together.

Odds are the meetings will be wrapped up and a decision will be made by the end of the week. Hopefully they will break their proposed silence long enough to tell us what that decision is.

A volunteer for Ben Carson's Republican presidential campaign died Tuesday after a van carrying four staff members flipped over on a patch of ice in Iowa and was rammed by another vehicle, hospital officials confirmed Tuesday night.

Carson immediately suspended his campaign for at least two days to travel from South Carolina to Omaha, Nebraska, where the volunteer was rushed for treatment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the campaign said. He planned to meet with the family of the volunteer, whom the hospital identified as Braden Joplin, 25, NBC News reported.

Joplin died at 4:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. ET), the hospital said. The three other passengers involved in the accident near Atlantic, Iowa, were treated and released from a local hospital.

The Carson campaign said it would cover travel expenses to Omaha for Joplin's family in Texas.

A woman driving a silver Toyota sedan smashed into the right side of a white house in Imperial Beach on Monday night and fled the scene, officials said.

Authorities were alerted to the crash near the corner of Elm Avenue and 7th Street at about 10:30 p.m. When deputies with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) arrived at the scene, they discovered the wreck, but no driver.

The sedan appeared to have veered across a lawn of dry grass, striking the home. The impact tore through wall panels, breaking a glass window and damaging part of the home's foundation.

Building inspectors are currently investigating the home to evaluate the scale of damage. No injuries were reported for either the residents of the house or the driver of the vehicle.

Deputies were able to locate the driver shortly after the crash. She was arrested on a hit-and-run charge. Investigators are trying to determine if drugs or alcohol contributed to the collision.

A natural gas leak that has spewed methane into the atmosphere for months in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles will be capped by late February, if not sooner, according to the Southern California Gas Company.

The utility said in a statement Monday a relief well project is moving along more quickly than expected.

"Our team of experts has been working around the clock since we started relief well operations in early December and we're pleased with the progress we've made thus far," said Jimmie Cho, senior vice president of gas operations and system integrity for SoCalGas, in a written statement.

Relief well drilling began in early December as part of efforts to plug a gas well that began leaking at the Aliso Canyon facility Oct. 26. The leak has prompted the relocation of schools and more than 2,000 households from the neighborhood in northwest Los Angeles.

Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for the Porter Ranch area, where residents have complained of headaches, nausea and other symptoms they believe are a result of massive gas plumes that have floated into their neighborhoods.

"Our top priority remains the safety of those working on the site and of the nearby community. We are focused on stopping the leak as quickly and safely as possible, mitigating the environmental impact, and supporting the community. Our schedule to control and stop the leak in February is consistent with the plan we have submitted to state regulators," Cho said in the statement.

The gas leak has drawn the ire of residents, community activists, environmental groups and state and local officials.

According to the Environmental Defense Fund, the leak has released some 84,000 metric tons of methane and 7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as of Friday.

The daughter of San Diego Chargers great Junior Seau shared a heartfelt tribute to her father on social media on Tuesday in honor of his birthday.

Sydney Seau posted a photo of herself as a little girl at the beach with her father on Twitter and Instagram. “I love you forever and always,” she writes.

Seau would have been 47 years old on Tuesday.

Considered by many to be the greatest linebacker of all time, Seau played for the Chargers from 1990 to 2002. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this past summer.

He died in May 2012 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Oceanside home, less than three years after his retirement.