Authorities are investigating an attempted murder incident at San Diego County’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, where an inmate struck two staff members with concrete rock, sending them to the hospital.

The incident happened at approximately 9:25 a.m. Monday when inmate Williams Dawes, 36, ran up behind a correctional captain and swung a large piece of concrete rock at him, striking the back of his head, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilition

When another officer responded, Dawes attacked him as well, striking him in the face with the rock, according to a news release. The officer defended himself, forcing Dawes to the ground. Additional officers used a baton and physical force to subdue and restrain Dawes.

The captain suffered a head injury and the officer suffered injuries to his face and head. Both were taken to an outside hospital, where they were treated and released. A Sergeant was also treated for minor injuries at the prison.

Dawes suffered minor injuries and was treated at the prison by medical staff, where he was re-housed in the Administrative Segregation Unit pending an investigation.

The captain, sergeant and officer are all expected to make full recoveries, a spokesman for the facility said.

Dawes is serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of an 11-year-old girl. He was admitted to the Donovan Correctional Facility on Dec. 10, 2008 from Orange County.

No other information was immediately available.

Three aggressive dogs in an Oceanside park Sunday evening were calmed without injury to the animals or any people Oceanside police said.

One of the dogs was attacking a man in Libby Lake Park around 5:30 p.m.injuring his arm and leg officials said.

To stop the dogs the officers used fire extinguishers to divert their attention from the victim.

The technique had just recently been taught at a training session. 

Eventually the humane society took the dogs without any of the animals getting hurt.

The dogs will remain in quarantine for a few days and then they will be evaluated for any medical or behavioral needs moving forward. 

The dogs appeared to be in the park by themselves and law enforcement was unable to find the owner.

The victim was evaluated by Oceanside Fire Department paramedics and chose to drive himself to the hospital.

Oceanside PD reminds pet owners they are obligated to always keep dogs on a leash.

Two Ram pickup trucks were the worst-performing models in a latest round of tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, CNBC reported.

The 1500 Crew Cab and the Ram 1500 Quad Cab earned "marginal" overall ratings and the lowest possible rating — "poor" — in terms of structure. 

In tests where the front corner of a vehicle hits another vehicle or pole — one of the most common and deadly accidents — Ram trucks had "more intrusion than we'd like to see," said Raul Arbelaez, vice president of the Institute's Vehicle Research Center. He said "that led to elevated injury measures on the dummy's lower extremities." 

Ram's parent company, Fiat Chrysler, told CNBC its vehicles "are designed for real-world performance and no single test determines overall, real-world vehicle safety."

Ford's F-Series was the only model tested that earned the highest overall rating, "good," and was deemed an IIHS Top Safety Pick.

A pedestrian was fatally struck near the F Street off-ramp to State Route 94, California Highway Patrol said. 

The victim was hit just before 10 p.m. Monday right before the Interstate 5 junction near downtown. 

Harbor Police Officers were the first to report someone walking on the freeway.

About a minute later a woman called CHP to say she had hit the pedestrian. 

The victim is a man and a known transient in the area officials confirmed. There was no other information on his identity. 

The driver has no reported injuries. 

The investigation is ongoing. 

A distraught traveler screamed at a counter attendant at LaGuardia Airport as her sobbing children and other passengers stood by amid a 12-hour flight delay last month, video obtained by the Daily Mail shows.

The mother and daughter were en route to Miami for a Disney cruise and their New York City flight on March 24 was delayed about 12 hours because of inclement weather, the website reports. 

"I want everything. I’m sorry, you lied to me. You lied to me," the woman screams. "I’m sitting here since 8 o’clock with a 9-year-old who’s waiting for her vacation and my 13-year-old and me."

"If there’s no flight just say there’s no flight. Say there’s no flight," she yells.

During the tantrum, the woman threatens to make airline workers pay for the cruise "and everything else." The camera then pans over to catch the woman's daughter, who cries as her mother continues to shout.

Other passengers stand around silently, some appearing to capture the meltdown on video. The footage was later posted to Facebook, where it garnered more than 500,000 views.

Airline workers eventually called police to help diffuse the situation, the Daily Mail reports.

The flight was scheduled to depart from LaGuardia at 9 p.m. on March 24 but delayed in Philadelphia until nearly 1 a.m. the following day, according to the Daily Mail. The flight eventually left at about 9 a.m. that morning.

"We do apologize that passengers on American Airlines flight 2240 were delayed due to inclement weather at New York’s LaGuardia Airport," a spokesperson for American told the site in a statement. "The inbound aircraft, which was coming from Miami, diverted to Philadelphia due to high winds at LaGuardia."

The passenger who took the video, Jade Weng, later told the Daily Mail she filed a complaint with the airline. Other videos she posted showed passengers in a heated exchange with police and airline workers amid the delays.

A high school Navy Junior ROTC instructor has been arrested and faces charges of having sex with a female student, San Diego County Sheriff’s Detectives confirmed Monday. 

Martin Albert Gallegos, 48, worked as an instructor with the Mar Vista High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NJROTC) program. 

On Saturday, Gallegos was arrested and booked into San Diego Central Jail on five counts of sexual conduct with a minor, deputies said. 

Investigators said the relationship, which had allegedly been going on for months, appeared to be consensual and did not include intercourse.

A Sheriff’s School Resource Officer received a tip Friday that a teacher at the high school was in a relationship with a female student. That information led deputies to Gallegos. 

Gallegos has since posted bail and is scheduled to appear in court on April 19. 

District officials said it appears he only taught NJROTC and had contact with roughly 200 students.

They said they're surprised at the allegations considering Gallegos passed all the background checks.

Several NJROTC students who spoke to NBC 7 called Gallegos caring and compassionate.

District officials said Gallegos is a first-year substitute in the district who was fired immediately.

“This teacher was a sub teacher. We can take immediate action to remove that person from our system. That person will no longer be employed by our district as of today," Manny Rubio of Sweetwater Union High School District said. 

An online court records search didn’t show any criminal history.

Anyone with information can call San Diego County Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

All season long the San Diego Gulls helped develop players for the team’s parent club in Anaheim, only to see them get promoted to the NHL. 

Now four players that made big contributions for the Gulls are coming back to San Diego. 

The Ducks whittled down their NHL playoff roster Monday and sent goalie Anton Khudobin, center Michael Sgarbossa, and right wingers Stefan Noesen and Corey Tropp back to the Ducks’ AHL affiliate just in time for the Gulls upcoming playoff run. 

San Diego also reassigned right wing Matt Berry and goaltender Ryan Faragher back to the Utah Grizzlies - which is San Diego’s ECHL affiliate.

You could say Anaheim’s loss is San Diego’s gain. 

At the same time, kudos is in store for top prospects Nick Ritchie and Shea Theodore. Both players appear to have earned their first opportunities to appear in the Stanley Cup playoffs with the Ducks.

Anaheim opens up its first round playoff series with the Nashville Predators this weekend with games 1 and 2 at the Honda Center on Friday and Sunday respectively. 

The Gulls close out their regular season with home contests against the Ontario Reign (LA Kings affiliate) this coming Friday and Saturday. 

San Diego will then start its first postseason in its inaugural AHL season. 

Exact dates and times for upcoming playoffs games as well as the Gulls first-round opponent will be determined after the regular season concludes this upcoming weekend. 

Since the Gulls stand 2^nd in the Pacific division they will face either the 3^rd seed from their division (currently the San Jose Barracuda based on winning percentage) or the 5^th seed from the Central division. 

Ontario has already clinched the Pacific division.

Bernie Sanders is the only presidential candidate 19-year-old Jacob Landsman says he can trust.

Sanders' push to right economic inequality, his aggressive stands on tackling climate change and campaign finance reform are all positions that the Vassar College student supports. 

“You can go back 30, 40 years and see him saying exactly the same things that he’s saying now,” Landsman said.

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Ahead of the presidential primary in New York on April 19, Landsman is working to try to ensure a win for Sanders, canvassing and calling Democrats to convince them to vote as he will.

But if Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic candidate, he predicts he wouldn't be alone as a disaffected Democrat.

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“She’s definitely not going to be able to capture the imaginations and hearts of progressive liberals,” he said.

Victories by Sanders in Wisconsin and Wyoming and by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in Wisconsin and Colorado have put even more pressure on Clinton and Donald Trump to perform well in the state which Clinton represented in the U.S. Senate for eight years and where Trump made his real estate empire. And for the first time in decades, both parties' primaries will be competitive in the Empire State. 

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Young Democratic voters across the country are turning out overwhelmingly for Sanders, participating in fewer numbers than in 2008 overall but breaking records at the polls in Illinois, Florida and Michigan. In the Great Lakes state, for example, twice as many voters under 30 turned out compared to 2008 to give him an upset win.  

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According to the NBC News Exit Poll, he was the choice of 81 percent of Michigan's voters ages 18 to 29. That split held up in Wisconsin on April 5, when exit polls reported by CNN showed Sanders winning among voters younger than 30 by more than 60 percentage points and 2 to 1 among those 30 to 44 years old. Again Clinton took the older voters.

Will young voters be able to achieve another victory for Sanders in New York? 

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“There’s definitely a generational gap,” said Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, the director of The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.

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Matthew Santucci is so staunch a supporter of Bernie Sanders that the 20-year-old changed his party registration from Republican to Democrat to vote for Sanders.

Santucci, a Fordham University student, had even worked on the national campaigns of two Republicans in his home state of Connecticut before deciding that the GOP did not reflect his beliefs. He lived in Italy for a year and learned to appreciate its much larger social net.

“That really put things in perspective to me,” Santucci said.

In Sanders, he also found a candidate whose consistency he admires and whose views he shares — on the Iraq War, gay marriage and campaign finance reform. He said he loved how passionately Sanders opposed fracking because he said climate change is one of the greatest crucibles facing his generation.

When Sanders held an outdoor rally in a park in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx last week, Santucci was there with thousands of other young people who like him were captivated by the 74-year-old senator. As Sanders stood on a trunk to address an overflow crowd, his supporters pressed against the barriers to cheer him on.

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The race has taken a nasty turn as Clinton and Sanders snipe over each other's qualifications for the presidency — raising worries about party unity when the primary is over. Clinton is ahead of Sanders in New York, according to polls released by Monmouth and Quinnipiac universities in the last two weeks, though the Vermont senator has gained ground. Democrats allocate the state's 291 delegates through a mix of votes cast in New York's congressional districts and superdelegates who can change their vote. 

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On the Republican side, Trump is positioned to win nearly every one of the 95 GOP delegates, according to a Monmouth University Poll released on April 6. Republicans award delegates based on the percentage of the vote a candidate gets in each congressional district, plus there are at-large delegates controlled by the party.

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New York’s primary is a closed one, limited to registered Republicans and Democrats, and that could work against younger voters, half of whom are not officially affiliated with a party. Although the state’s deadline for new voter registrations was March 25, the deadline to change enrollments was last October. The tricky dates mean two of Trump's own children, Eric and Ivanka, will not be able to vote for their father. Both are registered but neither in a party, according to elections records.

“Our experience in New York, and inability to change our party affiliation so that we could vote for our father in the NY primary, was the reason that we proactively began making videos last year to educate voters on a state-by-state basis on what is required in order for them to vote in their own state primaries," the Trump siblings said in a statement.

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As of April 1, Democrats added about 14,000 people to their rolls since the same day last year, according to New York state Board of Elections data, while Republicans added 12,000. Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1 in New York. 

The New York State Board of Election said last week it did not have numbers available on how many voters switched.

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“Something this complicated always disadvantages young voters,” Kawashima-Ginsberg said.

Sanders' campaign says he has been focused on getting large turnouts from his supporters.

"In every one of those primaries and caucuses, a coalition of enthusiastic young people, working families and voters hit hardest by today's rigged economy have come together to defy expectations and build a political revolution," Karthik Ganapathy, a spokesperson for the Sanders campaign, told MSNBC. 

On the day that the line of people attending Sanders' Bronx rally stretched for blocks, former President Bill Clinton was making the rounds of New York unions on behalf of his wife. Although Jeremy Mellema, 27, and Sean Abbott-Klafter, 31, history teachers at the Bronx Compass High School, had been urged to attend a Clinton event at the New York City headquarters of the United Federation of Teachers, they bucked their union and brought a group of students to hear Sanders.

Nearby, two other teachers, 23-year-old Emily Tugwell and Jeremy Klughaupt, 32, both of whom work at the Academy for Environmental Leadership in Bushwick, said they felt misrepresented by the union, which has endorsed Clinton.

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"Of the teachers we know there is overwhelming support for Bernie Sanders, especially among the younger teachers," Klughaupt said.

He said he would not support any candidate who did not make campaign finance reform a key issue, as Sanders has. Tugwell said Sanders was the only one who had not flip-flopped on his positions.

"In regards to Hillary, I'm really sick as a woman of being told to vote for a woman by older generally middle class or wealthy white feminists," she added. "Women have been told for most of history that we don't know what's best for us."

Many younger voters no matter their views are distrustful of politics as a way to affect change, Kawashima-Ginsberg said. Neither side is overwhelmingly supporting the front-runners, and although Republicans are breaking voting records in every state, they have failed to coalesce as definitively around one candidate, she said. Young Republicans are fiscally conservative but at the same time more socially progressive than the national party. Meanwhile young Democrats are asking for more liberal policies.

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“Turnout really would be everything in New York and other primaries if young people were to have an impact,” she said.

Among young Democrats, 65 percent say they would vote for Clinton if Sanders were to drop out — a number Kawashima-Ginsberg warns is not high enough.

“You really need every single youth vote in order to win those key states in the general election,” she said.

During the Democratic debate in Charleston, South Carolina, in January, Clinton was asked why she was getting beaten by Sanders 2 to 1 among young voters — a question she did not answer directly.

She said only that she would keep working as hard as she could to reach as many people of all ages about her experience and ideas.

“And I hope to have their support when I'm the Democratic nominee,” she told NBC's Lester Holt.  

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Of the 2,383 delegates needed to take the nomination, Clinton has won 1,756 to 1,068 for Sanders, as of April 11. But those include superdelegates whose allegiances could change, according to NBC News.

Twenty-year-old Angela Bujaj, a pre-med student at Fordham University, worries that too many of Sanders’ young supporters will stay home if he loses the nomination. Most young people are focusing on Sanders’ call for a revolution and falsely painting Clinton as an establishment monster who lies, she said.

“But this is real life,” she said. “It’s not Bernie or Bust. Someone will be elected president if he’s not."

A Clinton supporter, she likes the former secretary of state’s foreign policy experience and her positions on curbing gun violence. And Bujaj criticizes Sanders’ votes against gun control — against the Brady Bill and later to prohibit lawsuits against gun manufactures. The differences between the two candidates should be important to young people, she said.

“America is a hotbed for gun violence and the NRA and conservatives prevent any meaningful legislation from getting through,” she said.

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Emma Maher Horvath, 25, and her 27-year-old brother, Ryan Horvath, are certain about their choice for president, but while she describes Hillary Clinton as the most sensible candidate, he has a tattoo of Bernie Sanders on his arm.

She says Clinton understands what can be accomplished in the country's polarized political climate. He likes Sanders' uncompromising stands on foreign policy and the environment.

She says Sanders should drop out before weakening the Democratic party further. He volunteers for Sanders' campaign though he knows Clinton has the advantage.

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Maher Horvath, a student at the University of Albany, said she was at first excited about Sanders’ campaign but believes Clinton knows how to get changes made for the most Americans — on affordable education, women’s issues and gun rights. She said she could imagine Sanders as secretary of labor.

“I don’t really see him as a president,” she said. “And I don’t see him representing the issues that are closest to my heart.”

Her brother, 27, who lives in Vermont and works for the state's Agency of Natural Resources, voted for Sanders in his state's primary.

"He's the best chance of really taking some action on climate change, student-loan debt, minimum wage, foreign policy," he said.

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Ian Baize, a 20-year-old sophomore at Hamilton College, at first thought he would support Clinton. But Sanders has tapped the issues most important to him — particularly an affordable college education, campaign finance reform and climate change.

“The Clintons have been at the summit of money and power for 20 years now, so it’s hard to see how there’s not going to be some influence going on there,” said Baize, who voted by absentee ballot in the Massachusetts primary.

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Caleb Zachary, a student of Vassar College's class of 2018, has been volunteering for the Sanders campaign in New York though he will vote in his home state of California in June. He rejects criticism that Sanders' plans are unrealistic. Many European countries, for example, make university affordable, he said. And he especially likes Sanders' reliance on small donors. 

“He represents a pivotal change in American politics that a lot of people have been waiting for for a long time,” Zachary, 20, said. “And I know it’s not just young people who have been waiting for that change but it’s young people who seem to think that it’s realistic."

And Landsman said he thought that the 2008 recession and the Occupy Wall Street movement opened the way for Sanders' campaign.

"Bernie himself is a pretty unique guy and this was his time," Landsman said.

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A San Diego judge granted a request to delay jail time for the woman accused of stealing money raised to help local families with children battling cancer.

Brianna King appeared in a Downtown courtroom Monday with her newborn child. King was supposed to surrender into custody to begin her year sentence but asked a judge for more time, citing a medical reason.

The judge and prosecutor know the medical reasons given by King’s attorney but said due to health information privacy rules, those details cannot be released to the media.

King pleaded guilty to grand theft in September for stealing thousands of dollars in connection to her time at the helm of the nonprofit WishWarriors.

The district attorney’s office opened a criminal investigation into King after an NBC 7 investigation revealed children profiled by the charity never received the donations they were promised.

King would solicit items and gift cards from stores as donations to auction off at fundraisers, but prosecutors say she would instead use them herself. King would also spend donation money at hair salons, spas and on car payments and other personal bills, prosecutors said. 

King has been ordered to serve a year in prison and five years of probation. Her term was delayed to April 11 because King was pregnant at the time she was sentenced. 

Now, after this new delay, she is scheduled to surrender to authorities on June 21.

However, she will have to serve an additional 45 days, the judge ruled.

King has told NBC 7 Investigates she does not wish to discuss the sentencing and has refused to answer any questions about the charges and investigation.

She was ordered to continue making restitution payments for what she stole from the charity. She has already paid $10,000 but still owes more than $8,000, according to prosecutors. The judge ordered King to make payments of at least $100 a month.

A young man was killed in a shooting at a South Bay motel Tuesday and now homicide investigators are looking for the gunman. 

The San Diego Police Department Homicide Unit was called to the E-Z 8 Motel on Outer Road, south of Palm Avenue and east of Interstate 5. 

Officers found a 27-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his chest on the second floor of the motel. 

They attempted to give the victim CPR before he was rushed to a nearby hospital. Medical staff pronounced the man dead. 

Someone called police at 1:20 a.m. after one gunshot was heard in the area. 

Now investigators are looking for a possible suspect involved. 

There is surveillance video throughout the motel and officers have been using it to figure out what started the shooting. 

A man was spotted wearing a black hoodie and gray sweatpants running south on Outer Road but police say they aren't sure if this man is connected to the shooting. 

The ex-San Diego police officer whose sex crimes against women cost the City of San Diego millions in legal settlements was released from a South Bay prison Monday.

Anthony Arevalos, who was sentenced to eight years, was released from Donovan Correctional Facility after serving four years with credit for good time.

Arevalos was convicted of sexual battery, assault and asking for bribes in 2012. He preyed on young, female drivers during traffic stops made in the Gaslamp Quarter from 2009 to 2011.

“I just learned this an hour and a half ago and it immediately, you get kinda goosebumps. It’s eerie,” Talia Tortora told NBC 7. 

Tortora identifies herself as Arevalos' first victim. She testified that the 18-year veteran police officer cited her for a suspended license, then drove her and a friend back to their apartment and made sexual advances toward both of them.

“So many people will just try to heal from this in a much longer time than he spent in jail. It seems like a slap on the wrist for him,” she said.

Attorney Dan Gilleon said he represented eight of Arevalos' victims.

Arevalos was convicted of eight felonies and four misdemeanors, for sexually assaulting and harassing women during traffic stops in the Gaslamp Quarter while he was wearing an SDPD uniform.

“He is going to be out there. If he changes his name or changes his look he will blend in,” Gillian said.

When one victim was pulled over by Arevalos in September 2009, he insisted on "favors" for letting her go without a citation.

He told another woman she could avoid DUI charges if she pulled down the top of her dress in January 2010.

The former officer put his hand down another woman's pants and moved his hand from front to back after asking her to flash him in October 2010.

He was found guilty of felony sexual battery by restraint and assault and battery by an officer when he took a 32-year-old woman, known as “Jane Doe” in court documents, into a 7/11 bathroom downtown on Mardi Gras and sexually assaulted her while in full uniform.

Defense attorney Gretchen Von Helms represented Arevalos. She said he's served his full sentence, that the crimes in which the former cop was convicted did not reach the level of mandatory sex offender status.

“He was a humiliated broken man. He wept openly at his sentencing hearing. He profusely apologized to every one of the victim witnesses he had injured,” Von Helms said.

NBC 7 reached out to County probation for the terms of Arevalos' parole, but the details were not readily available.

Von Helms said her client will have to report regularly and his parole will likely include severe restrictions for up to four years.

His convictions will prevent him from ever getting a job in law enforcement.

Three elementary school students in Brockton, Massachusetts, were hospitalized after one brought liquid nicotine from a vapor cigarette onto the school bus Tuesday and shared it with the others, according to police and school officials.

Brockton police said an 11-year-old girl brought the liquid nicotine from home and gave it to two friends, ages 10 and 11. According to Davis Elementary School officials, the first student "shared a few drops" with the others.

"The students’ parents brought them to the hospital to be checked, as a precaution, and the substance was turned over to medical personnel," Brockton Superintendent Kathleen Smith said in a statement.

Smith said no students were ever in danger. The superintendent is urging parents to "be vigilant and securely store away all substances." She said the school will "continue to educate children about the importance of health and wellbeing (sic)."

Police said the Department of Children and Families was contacted, per standard procedure.

A man accused in the grisly slaying of a San Diego woman whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase last week will appear in court for the first time Tuesday.

Joshua M. Palmer, 32, was arrested Friday in connection with the killing of Shauna Haynes, 21.

Haynes’ body was found on April 6 stuffed inside a suitcase that was left near some trash bins in the 1300 block of 7th Avenue and A Street in downtown San Diego.

A man who lives in the area, a former Navy service member identified only as Phil, told police he spotted the suitcase on the ground as he took out his trash. He walked over to the luggage and was soon faced with the horrifying discovery.

Phil told NBC 7 he knew something was terribly wrong when he saw strands of human hair peeking out of the zipper of the suitcase.

"That’s going to be an image that I – that’s going to be on my mind for a while. You don’t erase that. It’s a person," Phil told NBC 7 in an interview last week. "I have a mother, a sister, family friends that I love. No one deserves to be thrown out with the trash like that."

Homicide investigators with San Diego Police Department (SDPD) have not yet released details on the manner of Haynes’ death, nor her connection to the suspect.

According to Haynes’ Facebook page, she worked at the Old Spaghetti Factory in downtown’s Gaslamp Quarter – not far from where she was found dead. A spokesperson for the restaurant told NBC 7 Haynes’ death is a "sad and tragic event for our whole community."

Haynes was a 2013 graduate of Grossmont High School.

Haynes’ friends held a tearful vigil for the young woman Sunday at the very site where the suitcase was found. They described Haynes as a vibrant, caring person with a warm demeanor.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on this case can call the SDPD’S Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

According to court records, Palmer has no criminal history in San Diego County, including felonies, misdemeanors or citations of any kind.

Records show Palmer did have some run-ins with the law in two cities where he once resided: Webster in Harris County, Texas, and Yorba Linda in Orange County, California.

According to court records, in 2006 Harris County prosecutors filed a charge for a fraudulent check against Palmer. The amount stolen was less than $500 and in 2010, Harris County courts dismissed the case after no arrest was made.

In 2012, Palmer pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor DUI charge in Orange County. In connection with that case, he was sentenced to two days in jail and informal probation, along with court fines. Records indicate he may have had some sort of probation violation in 2015, leading to his probation being extended to 54 months, but details of that violation were not available.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich delivered a warning Tuesday in New York about the consequences of electing his Republican rivals to the White House, a move he said "could drive America down into a ditch."

Kasich delivered his "Two Paths" speech at 10:30 a.m. EST at the Women's National Republican Club in Manhattan.

The Ohio governor declined to name his opponents — GOP front-runner Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — but outlined the potential ramifications of their policies, particularly those on immigration, border control, taxes and trade.

Kasich also criticized his fellow candidates for a slew of personal attacks that have plagued the GOP race.

"I have stood on a stage and watched with amazement as candidates wallowed in the mud, viciously attacked one another, called each other liars and disparaged each other's character," Kasich said, adding that he "will not take the low road to the highest office in the land."

He told voters the country must make a choice and take one of two possible paths.

The first choice — "the path that exploits anger, encourages resentment, turns fear into hatred and divides people" — presumably represents a nation led by Trump or Cruz.

"This path solves nothing. It demeans our history, it weakens our country and it cheapens each of us," Kasich said. "It has but one beneficiary and that is to the politician who speaks of it."

The second path "is the one America has been down before" and "the same path our forebears took together," according to Kasich.

In taking the second path, "America’s supposed decline becomes its finest hour, because we came together to say 'no' to those who would prey on our human weakness and instead chose leadership that serves, helping us look up, not down," Kasich said. "This is the path I believe in. This is path America believes in. And this is the America I know all Americans want us to be. Please join me on this higher path."

Kasich's speech comes a week before the primary election in New York, where polls have heavily favored Trump.

The San Diego City Council approved a plan Monday to build a large condominium complex in Mission Beach. 

The council passed the redevelopment plan by developer McKeller Mcgowan Company with a 6 - 2 vote. 

The former Mission Beach Elementary School at the corner of Santa Barbara Place and Mission Boulevard would be demolished. In its place, three 3-story residential buildings would be built, creating 51 condo units. 

Opponents are concerned about what the addition of so many units in the densely populated beach community will do to traffic, parking and infrastructure.

The community group called Mission Beach Citizens for Responsible Development argues the Environmental Impact Report was conducted during non-peak months of February and March.

There are roughly 5,000 residents in the winter months, October through May, the group has said, compared to the approximate 20,000-30,000 that live in Mission Beach during the summer months.

The group also argues that oversized triplexes and quadplexes are out of character with Mission Beach.

According to the developer, the properties were zoned residential and "are identified as MBPD-R-S, which allows 36 dwelling units per net residential acre."

The proposal still has to go to the California Coastal Commission for approval. 

A tasty event in Hillcrest this weekend will delight the palates of both foodies and those with wanderlust, showcasing bites from around the world.

The annual Taste of Hillcrest – a self-guided culinary tour of the top restaurants in Hillcrest – runs from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

According to organizers, more than 35 eateries are set to participate in the event this year, many of which specialize in international cuisine, from tastes of Thailand and Japan to India and Mexico.

Tickets can be purchased in advance for $30 per person. That entry includes access savory samples at all eateries along the Taste of Hillcrest route, plus some sips and desserts at certain locations. Patrons can walk from spot to spot to taste the dishes, which include everything from fresh seafood and pasta to pizza and tacos.

Here’s the list of Hillcrest restaurants participating in this year’s foodie event:

• 100 Wines + Kitchen
• Babycakes
• Baja Betty’s
• Bombay Exotic Cuisine of India
• Brazen BBQ
• Bread & Cie
• Cali “O” Burgers
• Candy Depot
• East Coast Pizza
• Fiesta Cantina
• Gossip Grill
• Hillcrest Brewing Company
• Ike’s Place
• Juice Crafters
• Lemonade
• Lotus Thai
• Luna Grill
• Micho’z Grill
• Napizza
• Oscar Wilde’s
• Pardon My French
• Pinkberry Hillcrest
• Rakitori
• Rolled Up
• Seaport Oil & Vinegars
• Subterranean Coffee Boutique
• T-Lounge
• Tajima Ramen
• Taste of Thai
• The Brew Project
• The Smok’d Hog
• TRUST Restaurant
• Uptown Tavern
• Urban Mo’s
• Veganic Thai Cafe
• Vinavanti Urban Winery
• Vom Fass
• Wine Steals

Organizers say attendees can pick up their tickets, along with a Taste of Hillcrest map, at two will call locations on the day of the event: Rite Aid Pharmacy at 535 Robinson Ave. and Gossip Grill at 1220 University Ave.

The event does have a reputation for of selling out, so it’s best to snag your ticket in advance. For more details, visit the Fabulous Hillcrest website.

Talk about a cool deal: Ben & Jerry’s is holding its annual “Free Cone Day” Tuesday, offering a free scoop of ice cream to patrons at shops across the country. 

The ice cream company has been hosting Free Cone Day since 1979 and gave away more than one million scoops of the sweet stuff last year during the popular promotion. The company says it’s their own, sweet way of thanking loyal ice cream enthusiasts for their support.

This year, the offer runs from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

In San Diego, two downtown-area scoop shops will dish out the freebie during those hours: the Ben & Jerry’s in Seaport Village (859 A W. Harbor Dr.) and the location inside Horton Plaza mall (471 Horton Plaza).

At the Seaport Village shop, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., patrons will be treated to free cones scooped by participants of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County organization.

So, which flavor will you choose? A poll on the Ben & Jerry’s website pits three classics against one another: Cherry Garcia, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Chocolate Fudge Brownie. According to ice cream fans, 47 percent will pick Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, 30 percent will opt for Cherry Garcia and 23 percent will go for Chocolate Fudge Brownie.

Ben & Jerry’s says fans can post photos of their free cones on social media using the hashtag #FreeConeDay.