A little girl was struck by a car in the parking lot of a daycare in Linda Vista Tuesday morning, officials confirmed.

The collision happened around 9 a.m. in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 6700 block of Linda Vista Road near Glidden Street, the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said.

The victim appeared to be about two years old, officials said. She was transported to Rady Children's Hospital with minor, unspecified injuries.

SDPD officials said the driver remained at the scene of the crash and cooperated with officers. She was released by police a short time later. It is unclear if she will face charges in the accident. The driver told reporters she was a minor and couldn't speak to the news media.

A daycare for infants ages two and under operates out of the complex where the accident took place although, at this point, officials have not confirmed if the victim is a member of that daycare or whether she was being dropped off at the facility.

An employee of the daycare told NBC 7 the child was "tapped" by a car, but offered no further information, including whether the child was in the care of the daycare or a parent or guardian at the time of the accident.

No further details were immediately released by police at the scene.

NBC 7 spoke with a parent dropping off her child at the daycare who said she didn’t know the details of the accident but said she plans to be more careful in the parking lot knowing a child was hit there.

Another parent said people don’t always pay attention in the parking lot while dropping their kids off at the daycare.

Watch NBC 7 News at 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. for the latest details on this developing story.

A woman who was secretly recording while giving birth by emergency caesarean section in September 2012 at Sharp Grossmont has filed a claim against the hospital for what she alleges is a "systemic and shocking breach" of her patient privacy rights.

Sharp Grossmont Hospital secretly recorded women giving birth and undergoing other surgical procedures between July 2012 and June 2013, in an effort to catch an alleged anesthesia drug thief. 

The issue was initially uncovered by our media partner, inewsource.org.

Patient Melissa Escalera's claim says the hospital recorded approximately 15,000 videos of patients during surgery. It then turned some of the video over to other people, including attorneys and security guards, according to the claim.

Escalera told NBC 7, her 3-year-old daughter was born under emergency circumstances. Her water broke and her baby presented in a breech condition. 

"When I arrived in an ambulance and was wheeled into the operating room on a gurney, my concern was with my daughter who was in distress, and coming 6 weeks early," Escalera said. "I was not planning on having a baby that September 4th day. It was a highly stressful and emotional time for my family and my doctor. No one ever asked me to record one of my most tender, life-changing moments. I would have never agreed to be recorded in that vulnerable moment." 

"These video clips show Defendants' female patients unconscious, undressed on operating room tables and undergoing medical procedures," the claim states. "Because of the nature of these procedures, the video captured women while they were emotionally and physically exposed, often naked with their most genital areas visible."

The hospital did not immediately respond to request for comment about the claim being filed in San Diego Superior Court on Tuesday. For a prior story, the hospital declined an interview request, but said via a written statement that it is “very sorry that this error occurred and that the privacy of these patients was breached.”

The hospital also indicated patients consented to the video recordings through a generic patient admissions agreement since the issue involved patient safety.

"Like many U.S. hospitals, Sharp's Admission Agreement for Inpatient and Outpatient Services, which is given to each patient allows for the taking of photographs and videos of medical treatment for scientific, education, quality improvement, safety, identification or research purposes, at the discretion of the hospital and your caregivers and as permitted by law."

Numerous lawyers not involved in the case told NBC 7, the agreement doesn't circumvent the patients' constitutional rights to privacy. 

The class-action claim does not specify a requested amount for damages nor name any other plaintiffs.

"Triggered by motion-detecting sensors, these cameras began recording events in these operating rooms whenever any person entered the room," the claim states. "These videos captured images of caesarean births, birth complications, dilation and curettage to resolve miscarriages, hysterectomies and sterilization procedures. Patients were undressed, exposed and at their most vulnerable during these procedures," the claim states.

If you take out all the games the Padres have played against the Giants and just push those aside for a moment, San Diego’s record is 19-20.

That’s just one victory away from the .500 mark. Not great, but considering all the injuries the Padres have had to their starting rotation and around the infield, that’s not horrible either.

Unfortunately those 8 games the Padres have played with San Francisco do count.

And when you go 0-8 against an opponent, well they clearly have your number.

The first-place Giants just keep finding ways to beat the Padres. Right now they are just – better.

The latest example came Tuesday evening when the Giants turned a tense 1-1 game into an 8-2 laugher.

The Giants put up a five spot in the 8^th to put this one out of reach. Brandon Crawford delivered the big blow with a bases-clearing 3-run triple off of Padres reliever Keith Hessler.

San Francisco starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija was also part of the problem. He went 6.2 innings and struck out seven batters. In the process, Samardzija improved to 7-2 with the victory (and three of those wins were against San Diego).

Jon Jay turned his only mistake into a solo shot when he led off the 6^th inning. But before Jay’s homer, the Padres had not scored a run against the Giants in the previous 21.1 innings, which is both impressive and sad at the same time.

San Francisco improved to 12-1 in its last 13 ball games and is holding the Padres to just 2.1 runs through their first 8 meetings.

It’s frustrating to see the Padres struggle in this fashion but it’s especially tough to watch against a division opponent that employs one of your former managers.

Bruce Bochy’s squad got out of a bases loaded jam in the 7^th inning while clinging to a 3-1 lead. San Diego’s Alexi Amarista worked the count full with two outs but then proceeded to ground out to second base to end the threat.

Hector Sanchez added a RBI single in the 9^th to close out the scoring.

The Padres were also on the wrong end of two challenges. In the bottom of the 3^rd inning, Derek Norris thought he had Gregor Blanco tagged out at home plate but the play was reversed and Blanco was ultimately called safe.

Then in the 8^th inning with the Padres down 3-1, Matt Kemp tried to stretch a double into a triple and was thrown out when he got a little greedy.

Andrew Cashner was taken off the disabled list and made his first start since May 8^th. He was solid until the 6^th inning, when Buster Posey pounced with a RBI double and Crawford followed with a RBI single moments later.

Cashner’s ERA is now 4.87 after he lasted six innings and allowed three earned runs.

To make room for Cashner, the Padres had to make a roster move Tuesday. They optioned reliever Kevin Quackenbush to Triple-A to work on his fastball command.

Expect Quackenbush back in the bigs soon depending on how he performs in El Paso as well as the Padres’ needs as they juggle multiple injuries. Quackenbush made 24 appearances and compiled a 2-2 record and 4.64 ERA.

Padres first baseman Wil Myers was granted a rare day off Tuesday after tweaking his left forearm. He had played in 45 of the team’s first 46 contests and started 43 of them.

Myers missed a game back on May 15^th against the Brewers after feeling tightness on the side of his forearm.

San Diego and San Francisco finish their series in a Wednesday matinee at 12:45 p.m.

San Diego sends James Shields to the hill to oppose former Padres ace Jake Peavy.

The San Diego Unified School District Board unanimously voted Tuesday night to allow bright lights to be put up at Point Loma High School stadium.

The controversial issue has received a lot of backlash from neighbors.

But despite strong opposition and even the threat of lawsuit, the board is moving forward.

Some nearby residents fear the new lights and public address system will bring problems to their neighborhood they never had before.

"Our neighborhoods will see a dramatic increase in property crimes, we will see an increase in vehicle thefts, vehicle burglaries, burglaries, assaults, all of this associated with night games," one resident said.

The plan calls for seven new poles with speakers mounted at the top. Four 70 foot light poles around the field, and four 20-foot light poles in the grandstands.

A use-policy limites the night time events to 18 per year.

The San Diego Unified School District Board's plan promises little light and sound spill over into the community.

More than 30 homeowners, school staffers and students spoke for and against stadium changes at Tuesday board meeting .

Those in favor of the project say, it provides better opportunities for students and athletes to participate in sports and other extracurricular activities. Working parents will also have the opportunity to watch them.

"All children should have the opportunity to go to a good school and have access to the benefits other schools have to offer," a parent for the plan said. "Point Loma High cannot stay the only school in the district that does not have stadium lights. Our students deserve more than to be left in the dark by their community."

Stadium upgrades are expected to take nine months. construction will begin this year.

Other improvements including a new classroom building and library as well as upgrades to existing campus structures.

A Pennsylvania mom is speaking out after she says employees at a local YMCA shamed her for breastfeeding her son during a class for toddlers Monday morning.

Kate Haslam, 35, takes her 19-month-old son, West, to a toddler gym class every Monday morning at the Spring Valley YMCA in Limerick, Pennsylvania. This Monday started off just like any other, but little West was hungry, so Haslam sat on a balance beam along the wall in the classroom and breastfed her son.

That's when she says things went downhill. A YMCA employee asked Haslam to leave the classroom and breastfeed outside because she was making people "uncomfortable," Haslam said. When the mom protested, telling the employee it's against the law to tell her to breastfeed elsewhere, Haslam said, two other YMCA officials got involved, pressuring her to move.

"It just kept getting deeper and deeper," Haslam told NBC10. "That's what's upsetting."

Haslam said one YMCA official told her women don't breastfeed at the Y -- which she says isn't the case -- and that she needed to breastfeed in the locker room if she chose to feed there.

"It was just such a weird thing. I told [the employee] the locker room is coed," Haslam said. "They said, 'Well, we have curtained areas.'"

She said the employees backed off requiring her to move when they looked up the law and realized that it is indeed illegal in Pennsylvania to ask a breastfeeding mother to move, then saying the YMCA preferred that she breastfeed in private.

"Why should I have to go somewhere different?" the mother asked. "I didn't do anything wrong."

Haslam took to Facebook Monday night and wrote a post about her experience. By Tuesday morning, more than 300 people had shared her post, and people began writing on the Spring Valley YMCA's page to express their outrage over the incident.

Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA President & CEO Shaun Elliott, who oversees the Spring Valley YMCA, called the incident a misunderstanding.

Elliott said the employee wanted Haslam to move from the balance beam she sat on to breastfeed so that children in the class could use it, and that the employee is "distraught" that Haslam interpreted the request in the way that she did. Haslam said that the employee did also point out that "a couple of members had expressed to her that they were uncomfortable" with Haslam breastfeeding.

"But that, quite frankly, is a challenge for them to deal with," Elliott said of the other members who expressed concerns. "She was just being honest with the woman. In no way, in her mind, was she communicating that it was inappropriate for her to breastfeed."

Elliott said breastfeeding is accepted anywhere in the facility and that the Y's policy is clear. He said the staff "tried to do the right thing" and will improve the way it's communicated in the future.

"The Y is an inclusive place where we want to make everybody feel comfortable, and to the extent we can get better, we're always happy to try to improve," he said.

The YMCA also posted a message from Elliott on its Facebook page in response to angry comments from members and others about the incident.

Haslam disputed Elliott's explanation, saying that nobody asked her to move because she was on the balance beam. She said employees specifically told her multiple times that she should breastfeed elsewhere, and that another Y member had complained of being uncomfortable with it.

"That's not even true. At least if you're going to post an apology, don't shame me more," Haslam said of the Facebook statement the Y posted. "I wasn't doing anything wrong."

Haslam said that when she breastfeeds West outside of her home, she generally wears two shirts and West sits up to nurse, blocking the view of her breast.

"It's not like I'm sitting there topless," Haslam said. "People have less on at the pool and in workout gear."

Not that it would matter if it wasn't -- the Pennsylvania Freedom to Breastfeed Act, signed into law in 2007, reads in part, "A mother shall be permitted to breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be present, irrespective of whether or not the mother's breast is covered during or incidental to the breastfeeding."

Haslam said that YMCA officials have reached out to her to talk more about the incident, and that she hopes to set up a meeting to get to the bottom of why it happened.

"I'm just shocked by it. I just can't believe the stuff that they said," Haslam said. "The only reason I went public was because they need training. They need a dedicated facility for moms nursing who want privacy, they need to train their staff on customer service and laws, they need signs saying they're breastfeeding friendly. It's a family facility."

Haslam said that since she had West, Monday's incident was the first time she felt discriminated against for breastfeeding in public. As someone whose family has been involved with local YMCAs for decades, she said Monday's incident disheartens her.

"I felt very unwelcome, and very shamed for doing something that's natural," the mom said. "I'm still in shock by the whole situation ... I'm hurt in 2016 that we're still fighting this battle, especially in a family facility."

A Fort Lauderdale, Florida, police officer fired for allegedly sending racist text messages and a video will not be getting his job back, an arbitrator has ruled.

James Wells was fired last March along with officers Christopher Sousa and Jason Holding following an extensive internal affairs investigation into the distribution of the racist materials. A fourth officer, Alex Alvarez, resigned during the course of the investigation and would have been fired, Police Chief Frank Adderly said at the time.

Wells claimed he never should have been fired and took his case to an arbitrator, who sided with the city in his firing.

According to a police report on the firings, the officers criticized co-workers' appearance and work ethic, and they "exchanged text messages that included derogatory comments toward Hispanics and homosexuals." The inappropriate material included images of President Barack Obama and fellow Fort Lauderdale police officers, the report said.

Alvarez's ex-fiancée reportedly released the text messages after a nasty breakup. Wells said he expected the messages to be private.

More than 40 cases linked to the four officers have been dropped, according to the Broward State Attorney's Office.

Two Democratic senators could be gearing up for an ideological rematch on the best ways to curb sexual assaults in the U.S. military.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said Tuesday she will reintroduce a bill that would remove the decision of whether to prosecute military sexual assaults from the military chain of command — a legislative effort which failed to move forward in 2014 after being opposed by the Pentagon, NBC News reported.

Pushing the bill again may put Gillibrand at odds with Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, who argues that reforming the military from within is the best path to change. She says the Pentagon has made strides in stemming sexual assault in part due to legislation she sponsored that was passed that same year.

But Gillibrand argues that despite attempts at reform, a "troubling command culture" in the military still seems to favor closing cases over pursuing justice.

Anyone who has been to a nightclub knows bouncers are there to keep people safe, check identification and make the evening peaceful. Some bouncers are expanding their duties by keeping an eye out for terror attacks.

Soft targets, like nightclubs, have been hit by terrorists in places around the world. Robert Smith, a nightclub security consultant, is teaching a group of D.C. club bouncers how they can help protect their establishments and the people inside.

The bouncers are taking a 12-hour class over two days to receive National Host Security Certificate training. Smith, a retired 20-year veteran of the San Diego Police Department, said one of the things they look for is a convincing fake identification, usually made in China.

"When a bouncer is checking ID, not many self-respecting terrorists are going to use their own legitimate ID. They will go get a China fake," Smith said, referring to counterfeit ID’s.

Last November, terrorists launched an attack at soft targets in Paris, hitting cafes, restaurants and a music venue. The director of the D.C. Nightlife and Hospitality Association supports the training, hoping it will help keep people safe.

"This training, programs like this, are how we ensure that our member businesses are prepared for any kind of scenario," said director Mark Lee.

The bouncers believe the training will help them serve as another front line in the war on terror.

"You don't want to see anyone [set] down a bag or... those things," said bouncer Vincent Andrews. "It makes me look at it twice."

Smith told the bouncers to take the fake IDs they come across and tell the person to call police in order to get it back.

Russia on Wednesday released a military pilot dubbed Ukraine's "Joan of Arc" in an exchange for two Russian prisoners of war, her lawyer said Wednesday, NBC News reported. 

Nadiya Savchenko, an Iraq war veteran, was captured by Russians during fighting involving pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine in 2014.

She was convicted in March of involvement in the death of two state TV journalists during a shelling. Savchenko, 35, pleaded not guilty, while her lawyers said the case was fabricated by the Russian court.

In Ukraine, she is seen as a symbol of resistance to what most consider an invasion by Vladimir Putin's forces.

Authorities in Washington have found bodies they believe to be a missing couple from Arlington on Tuesday.

Patrick Shunn and his wife Monique Patenaude were both reported missing on April 12 in Oso, Washington, just northeast of Arlington.

Shunn was last seen at his workplace the day before and his wife was seen outside the couple’s home. Both were presumed to have been murdered sometime after they went missing.

Tony Clyde Reed, 49, turned himself in to the U.S. Marshals Service in San Diego on May 16th. Clyde is suspected of helping his brother, John Blaine Reed, 53, in the killing of Shunn and Patenaude.

Reed was booked into county jail.

His brother, John Blaine Reed, is still outstanding.

You can still check out books and access the internet inside the downtown library, but as a lucky patron recently found out, you can also get a prosthetic hand.

Nick Sissakis, 39, took his kids to the library a few months back and stumbled upon the “innovation lab”, a creative and collaborative third floor space where tech-savvy librarians work with community members to make stuff.

Sissakis, born without his right hand, presented the innovators with an interesting challenge. Could they use their 3-D printers to make a prosthetic hand? The answer over the last few months turned into a resounding yes, but not without the critical involvement of two regulars from Escondido.

Calexis and Calramon Mabalot are brothers and business partners. They’re also 12 and nine-years old respectively. Last year they watched the movie “Big Hero 6” and became inspired to build their own 3-D printer.

It took them four days.

Now, they have clients all over the world and the largest 3D printing hub in Escondido, but Sissakis is their 1st prosthetic customer and 1st customer from the library’s innovation lab.

“We wanted to know more about it” said Calexis, “because we really started our business to learn”.

Using 3D scanners, the brothers and lab staff fitted Sissakis's arm and over the next few months inched closer to a working prototype.

Last week the team experienced a huge breakthrough when he tried on the hand and grabbed a bottle of water.

“Last week was the absolute 1st time I’ve ever picked something up and the rush of emotions through me was amazing” said Sissakis.

Eight-year old Calramon described the experience with a different word.

“It made me feel great because we were using the habit of synergizing."

The synergy between the library staff, Sissakis and the Mabalot brothers resulted in a working prosthetic hand, made pennies on the dollar compared to the real world price, which is why Sissakis hasn't had one until now.

"The prosthetic that I was looking at purchasing in the past was $60,000. Insurance companies refuse to pay that, you'd have to crowd-source to get it," Sissakis said.

Now the brothers want to make it better, allowing him to use his cell phone or an iPad.

“Every couple hours, I'm finding a new way to use it" said Sissakis.

Today, he can do more than just carry grocery bags and pick up tools, he can actually hold his daughter's hand, with both of his.

It’s amazing what you can find inside a library these days.

A judge has unsealed the case against an American ISIS defector whose identity is still hidden, NBC News reported.

The 27-year-old former Columbia University student, who is identified as Mo, spoke with NBC News last week — with the permission of prosecutors — about why he signed up with the terror group, the violence he saw and his desperate escape. Prosecutors acquiesced to revealing the defector's information after the interview.

Among other things, the case file details Mo's initial contact with the FBI in 2014. He told the FBI, "I just want to get back home. All I want is this extraction, complete exoneration thereafter and have everything back to normal with me and my family…Please help me get back home."

FBI officials have told NBC News that Mo pleaded guilty to two terrorism charges that carry between 10 and 25 years in prison — though he could get less because of his ongoing cooperation.

Mountain bikers discovered a body Tuesday inside a car at the bottom of a ravine in Poway, San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputies said.

Firefighters arrived to the scene at 12:30 p.m. and worked their way down to the wreckage along Scripps Poway Parkway east of Danielston Street.

Deputies said it appears the Nissan 300 Z6 was traveling westbound on Scripps Poway Parkway when it drove off the road and into a canyon.

They found a deceased person sitting in the driver’s seat, deputies said.

Deputies are working on identifying the victim, Sgt. David Cheever said

There was a missing person report that may match the person in the vehicle, Cheever said.

A pedestrian was struck by a car early Wednesday at a busy intersection near Interstate 8 in La Mesa.

La Mesa Police responded to a traffic collision near Fletcher Parkway and Baltimore at 6:13 a.m.

A red vehicle was stopped with what appeared to be clothing and other items near the front left tire.

California Highway Patrol confirmed a Sig Alert was called for the area.

The right turn lane from southbound Baltimore was closed to traffic as well as the left turn lane of northbound Baltimore. The closure was affecting traffic from Fletcher Parkway onto westbound Interstate 8, officials said.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

A teenage driver was arrested Wednesday after he returned to the scene of a rollover crash with his father, California Highway Patrol officers said.

The vehicle crashed on the offramp from southbound Interstate 5 to Palm Avenue just after 3 a.m., CHP officers said.

The driver was initially reported missing by officers on the ground. CHP requested air support to search through the bushes in the area because they were worried he may have been ejected in the crash.

Shortly after, the driver returned to the scene with his father.

CHP investigators say the 19-year-old man lived in the area and may have been on his way home when the crash occurred.

He was arrested at the scene for driving under the influence.

Gelson’s Markets plans a May 26 opening for its store in northern Pacific Beach, which will be the third San Diego County location for the Encino-based specialty grocer.

A company statement said the store is opening at 730 Turquoise St., near the Bird Rock community of La Jolla. The debut will follow Gelson’s earlier openings this year in Del Mar and Carlsbad.

The three sites are among eight leased California locations that Gelson’s acquired late last year for approximately $36 million, out of the bankruptcy proceedings of northwest supermarket chain Haggen Inc. Last year, Haggen opened but quickly closed a total of 25 locations in San Diego County.

Gelson’s officials said the Pacific Beach store includes new salad, hot-foods and antipasti bars. There is also a carving cart within the service deli, along with juice offerings and a cut-fruits counter, among other health-oriented offerings.

Founded in 1951, Gelson’s currently operates 24 full-service stores in Southern California, with the Pacific Beach location and three others opening soon, according to its website.

Robert E. Lee Elementary School will have its name changed officially to Pacific View Leadership Academy.

The San Diego Unified School District Board voted to change the name during Tuesday night's meeting.

The push for a name change arose after the racially motivated church massacre in Charleston, South Carolina last year in June. The shooting led to a nationwide movement to ban symbols of the Confederacy from public places.

Robert E. Lee Elementary School, named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee, has been an a hot-button issue in San Diego since then.

The name will offically be changed on August 1st.

A pit bull who gained Internet fame when a 6-year-old boy read to him at a Los Angeles County animal shelter is one step closer to finding his forever home.

Pirate the pit bull won the hearts of people around the country after Jacob began visiting the Carson Animal Shelter to practice his reading.

Jacob, who lives in La Habra and has autism, would sit on a mat outside Pirate's cage and read to the dog every Thursday. 

"He likes it... that makes dogs friendly," Jacob said.

Shelter workers shared Tuesday that Pirate was leaving the shelter with an experienced rescue worker who will train him for a permanent home.

"Be happy at your new home!" Jacob told his buddy Pirate.

A YouTube video posted by the shelter shows Jacob jumping for joy as Pirate is loaded into the car.

Jacob's mother said her son has loved books ever since he was a baby. He lost all verbal skills around the age of 2 and subsequently was diagnosed with autism.

His progress in learning seemed to stall — until his aunt brought him to the shelter. Jacob had a calming effect on the dogs, said his aunt, Lisa Ferranti, who rescues animals.

"If I read to the dogs, they will come out of their cages and find homes," Jacob said. "They have to find new homes because they are alone."

Jacob reads at a third-grade level after all his practice with Pirate.

Learn more about the Carson Animal Shelter on Facebook.

A hacker known as Guccifer, who claims he broke into Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server, pleaded guilty Wednesday, NBC News reported.

Marcel Lehel Lazar, who's Romanian, entered guilty pleas to charges of identity theft and unauthorized access to protected computers before a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia. He could face up to seven years in prison. 

Prosecutors said he broke into the e-mail and social media accounts of about 100 Americans, including members of the family of former presidents George W. and George H.W. Bush.

Lazar served time in a Romanian prison and was brought to the U.S. in late March to face federal charges.