A partial report from a U.S. government study on on rats and mice has found a possible link between cellphones and cancer, giving new life to the longstanding debate over whether cellphone use might lead to cancer, NBC News reported.

The report is not finished yet, but advocates pushing for more research learned of the partial findings and the U.S. National Toxicology Program has released them early.

The partial findings suggest that male rats exposed to constant, heavy doses of certain types of cellphone radiation develop brain and heart tumors. But female rats didn't, and even the rats that developed tumors lived longer than rats not exposed to the radiation.

Dr. Michael Lauer of the NIH said there's just not enough information to say whether the experiment shows the radiation caused the tumors. 

The National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, is still analyzing the findings. 

What they do not show is whether humans are at any risk from using cellphones, or whether using a headset or keeping phones away from the head and body might make a difference.

A newly renovated section of the Mission Beach seawall was officially opened with fanfare Thursday.

Over the last year, workers replaced the seawall between San Fernando Place and Ventura Place - four-tenths of a mile of oceanfront promenade south from Mission Boulevard, near Belmont Park.

The reconstruction project cost nearly $5 million and restored it to how the seawall looked when it was first constructed in the 1920's.

“I jog on the boardwalk here at least once a week,” Mayor Kevin Faulconer said. “It’s been great to see the progress.”

The project went over budget when the city learned the Boardwalk is a national "historical resource" that needed ultra-special, labor-intensive treatment to restore.

The fix includes 26 ornate lamps of the same make as the long-gone originals from 1925, from the same foundry in Springfield, Pennsylvania.

It's part of a long-term effort to improve the entire boardwalk and seawall along Mission Beach.

"We're not stopping here," said Mission Beach Town Council president Fred May.

He said they'll be looking to other agencies for funding to complete the job.

“We’re going to claw our way to that funding to get the rest of the money so that we can do the seawall the entire length,” Councilmember Lori Zapf said.

The world's first surviving septuplets are now high school graduates.

The McCaughey septuplets — Alexis, Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Kenny, Natalie and Nathan — graduated from Carlisle High School in Carlisle, Iowa, on Sunday.

Kelsey, Nathan, Natalie and Joel will be attending Hannibal-LaGrange University in Hannibal, Missouri, which offered full scholarships to all the McCaugheys in 1997, the year they were born.

Kenny and Alexis will live at home and attend Des Moines Area Community College, where Alexis will major in early childhood education and Kenny will work toward a degree in building trades/construction.

"We have been around each other the past 18 years," Kenny told NBC News. "I am ready to be on my way, and I think everyone else is, too."

Donald Trump is encouraging "Little Marco" to run for re-election in Florida. 

After weeks of aggressive attacks and name calling during the GOP primary, Trump and Marco Rubio have called a truce, of sorts, NBC News reported. 

Rubio recently came to Trump's defense on Twitter, saying the protesters at Trump's rallies are "professional" and not violent, as he claims the media puts it. And now, Trump, who once said Rubio couldn't get elected "dogcatcher" in Florida and called him "Little Marco," is urging his former rival to keep his Senate seat.

"Poll data shows that @marcorubio does by far the best in holding onto his Senate seat in Florida. Important to keep the MAJORITY. Run Marco!" Trump tweeted. 

On CNN Thursday afternoon, Rubio said he wants "to be helpful" to the GOP presumptive nominee and will release his delegates to vote for Trump. Rubio also said he would be willing to speak on Trump's behalf. 

A tutor facing criminal charges for having a relationship with a 16-year-old Mar Vista HS student is the victim of an antiquated law, his attorney said Thursday.

Alejandro Rodriguez, 20, is charged with four felony counts of oral copulation and one count of sodomy of a person under 18 years of age. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.

Outside court Thursday, Rodriguez' defense attorney said his client was contacted through Facebook by a young man who was a freshman at the school when his client was a senior.

"The incident did occur, but my client was not Mr. Doe’s tutor," Turner said.

The alleged victim, identified only as John Doe in court, testified at a pretrial hearing that they he and Rodriguez engaged in oral and anal sex.

The relationship lasted about one week when John Doe told a cousin about the defendant. It was then that John Doe’s father contacted police.

Deputy District Attorney Carolyn Matzger said the DA's office is prosecuting the relationship as a non-forcible sex crime.

"Mr. Rodriguez knew John Doe's age, knew that he was a student and knew that it was wrong to do this. They clearly discussed this before they had any contact," Matzger said.

It's illegal for a minor to consent to a sexual relationship with an adult, she added.

“Mr. Rodriguez was an employee of South Bay Community Services and was a tutor at Mar Vista High School, the same high school that John Doe was attending as a student,” Matzger said.

However, Turner said if his client had been involved in a relationship with a young woman, things would be handled differently.

“There would be a less restrictive charge available to the prosecution,” Turner said.

“The laws here are not fair and need to be addressed," he said. "There ought be a middle ground here."

If the same acts were performed by a couple of opposite genders, the consequences would be the same, Matzger said.

"They're being treated similarly to opposite sex couples," she said.

Rodriguez is out on bail awaiting trial.

His arrest on March 9 was the third sex crimes arrest in three days involving adults with ties to the Imperial Beach-area high school.

Del Mar Union School District has canceled classes at an elementary school after 60 to 100 people were struck by a virus and "vomiting at school" Wednesday. 

In an official statement, the district said it is treating the outbreak as norovirus.

Parents were instructed to send their children to the school as normal Thursday after custodians disinfected classrooms. However, approximately 300 to 400 students did not attend class Thursday.  The school enrolls approximately 600 students.

Then, by mid-afternoon, district officials began instructing parents to pick up their children as soon as possible.

Deputy Public Health Officer at County of San Diego Eric McDonald estimated 60 to 100 students and staffers fell ill Wednesday at Sage Canyon School in Carmel Valley.

Since Monday, there has been an increasing number of students, staff, teachers absent from the school, the county health official said.

McDonald said the outbreak may be norovirus, but he won't know for sure until a specimen sample is given to the health department.

The school has reached out to the state’s Department of Health Services, which recommends all children with symptoms stay home from school until they’re free of symptoms for 48 hours.

The district will bring in a special cleaning crew to disinfect classrooms, common areas, carpets and filters.

Sage Canyon’s principal, William Cameron, sent out a note to parents Wednesday alerting them of the apparent virus outbreak at the school.

"As a precaution, we cleared all classrooms at approximately 10:30 a.m. to have our site and district custodial staff sanitize the classrooms and common areas," Cameron said.

In addition, Thursday's open house has been postponed until May 31.

Donald Trump said he believes the Republican National Committee will help him in his ground game and his plans to turn 15 blue states red, NBC News reported. 

"As far as building the infrastructure for campaign, the RNC has been doing it for many years, Reince [Priebus, the RNC chairman] has really upped it, all over the country, and part of the benefit is that we get to use those people," Trump said Thursday, noting they were staffing themselves but suggesting that the RNC could build a ground game better than he could in just a few months. 

The RNC has historically helped in the campaigns of presidential candidates, but they’re also helping Senate and House elections as well. So could the RNC do the majority of planning for Trump’s ground game? 

"No," former RNC Chairman Michael Steele said. "Those duties and responsibilities have to be split." 

Trump’s staff told The Associated Press that teams are being sent into 15 states by the end of May. While a Trump campaign source who spoke to NBC News on the condition of anonymity said that plan is “non-existent,” Trump’s spokesperson declined to discuss staffing or offer any information about new hires.

Just as tourists are expected to flock to the Statue of Liberty over the Memorial Day weekend, a new report warns of the threat from climate change to the symbol of freedom and other landmarks across the world.

The report focuses on the risks to 31 World Heritage sites, such as rising seas, drought, wildfires, coastal erosion and other results of a changing climate. Among the sites at risk: Yellowstone National Park and Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, which are both facing more frequent and more severe wildfires.

"From Venice and its lagoon to the Galápagos Islands, some of the world’s most iconic World Heritage sites are vulnerable to climate change," cautions the report "World Heritage and Tourism in a Changing Climate."

It was written by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO, the United Nations Environmental Program and the Union of Concerned Scientists, and covers 29 countries.

More than 1,000 properties have been designated World Heritage sites, many of them important tourism destinations, according to the report. Earlier studies evaluated the danger to other World Heritage sites.

The Statue of Liberty was closed to visitors after Hurricane Sandy flooded 75 percent of Liberty Island in October 2012, the report noted. It did not reopen until July 4, 2013. Nearby Ellis Island was also damaged — for a total of $77 million in costs at both sites — and Ellis Island remained shut until October of last year.

A later analysis by the U.S. Park Service found that the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island were at high risk because of their vulnerability to storms. The report warned that "the intangible cost of future damage to this international symbol of freedom and democracy is incalculable."

Other places highlighted are among the world's most iconic places, such as Venice and its lagoon, Stonehenge in the United Kingdom, Komodo National Park in Indonesia, the only place where the Komodo dragon is found, and Rapa Nui or Easter Island, Chile, famous for its enormous moai statues. Tourism is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing economic areas, providing one in 11 jobs, the report noted.

Missing from the report was a section on damage to the Great Barrier Reef after the Australian government asked that it be removed so as not to drive away tourists, Australian and other media reported. Terry Hughes, the director of the Center for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at the Australian Research Council, told The New York Times that it was astonishing that the reef had been excluded.

“There is an unprecedented bleaching event underway,” Hughes said. “Climate change and coral bleaching is the single biggest threat to the tourism industry, and the reef itself.”

An historic accord reached in Paris in December by 195 countries commits them to lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

"The need to act is both urgent and clear," the report said. "We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement while providing the financial resources, support and expertise necessary to ensure the resilience of World Heritage properties over the long term."

Fowler Property Acquisitions LLC of Newport Beach has acquired Hotel Metro, in downtown San Diego’s East Village, for $6.1 million. Plans call for redeveloping the property into market-rate studio apartments, according to brokerage firm CBRE Group Inc.

The seller of the building, at 434-435 Thirteenth St., was the San Diego Housing Commission, represented by CBRE’s Jim Neil, Eric Comer and Merrick Matricardi. The buyer represented itself.

Brokers said Fowler plans to reuse the existing building shell and will reconfigure interiors into market-rate apartments. “This was a complex adaptive re-use opportunity and entitlement challenge,” Neil said in a CBRE statement. “Hotel Metro was an opportunity to deliver a new residential development in a short time frame.”

Hotel Metro was formerly a 195-unit single-room-occupancy development for low-income residents, built in 1990 on land owned by the housing commission. It has been unoccupied since November 2015.

Commission officials said most of the formerly homeless and low-income San Diegans who lived at Hotel Metro were relocated into the nearby new 201-unit Alpha Square Apartments, a housing commission partnership development that opened in December.

The housing commission will use $3 million of the sale proceeds from Hotel Metro to provide funding for local programs geared to homeless veterans. Other funds will go toward other commission programs geared to affordable housing.

San Diego Police geared up Friday for protests at Donald Trump campaign events Friday, following similar events around the country that led to violence and arrests.

San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said her department prepared by speaking with police agencies in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Anaheim. Officers in uniforms and plain clothes will surround the San Diego event, she said.

"For anyone who comes to disrupt, to do illegal activities, we will take swift and decisive action to make sure we have a peaceful event," Zimmerman said.

It’s a good time to eat in San Diego. This week, Eater San Diego shares the top stories from our local food and drink scene, including expansion news for Little Italy's The Crack Shack, plus exciting restaurant openings in Kensington, Carmel Valley and La Jolla.

The Crack Shack Hatches Second Location in Encinitas
Celebrity chef Richard Blais launched this fast-casual fried chicken concept in Little Italy next to Juniper & Ivy to rousing success. Now, word comes of a second Crack Shack location in the works for Encinitas that should open by the end of the year.

Cucina SORELLA Swings Open in Kensington
The Adams Avenue space that was once home to Kensington Grill and then Fish Public has reopened as cucina SORELLA, a new Italian-inspired offering from restaurateur Tracy Borkum that's a riff on her popular CUCINA urbana and enoteca concepts.

Carmel Valley's WESTROOT Tavern Offers Food, Drink & Entertainment
Now open in the Village at Pacific Highlands Ranch complex from Verant Group (barleymash, Sandbar), WESTROOT features SoCal-influenced upscale bar food alongside a slew of beer taps, craft cocktails and entertainment that ranges from live music to DJs.

All-Outdoor Eatery Splashes Into La Jolla Shores
Shore Rider lands in the beach neighborhood just in time for summer. It’s an all-outdoor eatery that welcomes tourists and locals alike to its surf-inspired patio with an accessible menu of salads, tacos, sandwiches and more, plus craft beer.

Bankers Hill Gets a Beer Infusion From New Gastropub
Slotting into to the space vacated by French restaurant Hexagone in Bankers Hill is The Corner Drafthouse, which will open next month at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Laurel Street. The gastropub will feature a whopping 70 taps of craft beer and lunch, dinner and brunch menu centered on shareable plates utilizing seasonal ingredients.

San Diego will honor U.S. military heroes this weekend with a host of special remembrance ceremonies for fallen service members and veterans. Here's a guide to those events.

Veterans' Memorial Service at Miramar National Cemetery
The fifth annual memorial service for veterans will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Miramar National Cemetery. Major General Joseph M. Martin, Commanding General of Fort Irwin, will speak at the ceremony. He’s responsible for the Army’s National Training Center in the Mohave Desert. Poway native Ed Berger, a retired Navy Chief Warrant Officer, will join Martin at the podium. He is the 2015 San Diego Veteran of the Year, recognized for his 22 years of Navy service and community involvement.

The Veterans Museum at Balboa Park
In a touching ceremony on Saturday, the Vietnam Veterans of San Diego will read the names of fallen soldiers from the Vietnam War at the Veterans Museum in Balboa Park. A candlelight vigil will honor the service members at 7:51 p.m.

On Sunday, the Veterans Village of San Diego will read the names of service members from San Diego County who served in the Vietnam War. There will be a wreath laying ceremony on Monday at 8 a.m., hosted by the Vietnamese Community of San Diego. Local guest speakers will give speeches to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers, and end with the Playing of Taps. The museum will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free to the general public on Memorial Day. 

Legacy Week at USS Midway
From Saturday through Monday, the USS Midway's Legacy Week sends appreciation to our military members with several events. On Saturday at 9 a.m., the Veterans' Wreath Remembrance Ceremony is open to the public with free admission. The ceremony honors WWII veterans with guest speakers, musical performances and a vintage aircraft display accompanied by pilots with firsthand expertise on the planes. The Kid's Adventure Zone offers family-friendly exhibits from aircraft restoration to using military equipment and other activities. The US Coast Guard Auxiliary Band Arizona will perform on the flight deck. 

The 7th Annual American Freedom Festival is Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Featured performers include the World Classic Rockers band with former members of Journey, Boston and Santana. People can purchase tickets on eventbrite. The proceeds go to local San Diego military charities.

On Sunday and Monday, pilots will be stationed by each aircraft on the ship, ready to answer everyone’s questions about the planes they once flew.

On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Band Arizona will perform at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. There will also be a Blood Drive at 3 p.m., and participants will receive a free museum pass.

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
A ceremony will be held in tribute of fallen soldiers at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. The grave sites are open to visitors from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Memorial Day. 

Come at 10 a.m. to listen to Major General Daniel J. O’Donojue, a service member with 30 years of experience, speak at the event. Another time to visit is 3 p.m., when the national moment of remembrance takes place.

Memorial Day Ceremony at Mount Soledad
On Monday there's a Memorial Day Ceremony at Mount Soledad. A special plaque presentation honors the history of President Theodore Roosevelt and his contributions to the military. Captain Craig Clapperton, the Commanding Officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), is a keynote speaker who will give a speech in tribute of service members at 2 p.m.

American Legion San Dieguito Post 416
There's a special ceremony held by the American Legion San Dieguito Post 416 on Monday to honor service members running from 11 a.m to noon. Live music will play throughout the day at 210 W. F St. in Encinitas.

Nashville recording artist Amy Scruggs will sing the national anthem and perform. This event also features Cub Scout Troop 772 and other musicians from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Food and refreshments will be offered at an outside barbecue with burgers and brews.

Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the Hiroshima atomic bombing on Friday, using the moment to call for a world without nuclear weapons, NBC News reported.

Some 140,000 people were killed when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city on Aug. 6, 1945.

Obama spent a short time at the Hiroshima Peace Park Memorial Museum and then placed a wreath at the arched monument at the memorial park.

Obama reflected on the day "death fell from the sky and the world was changed," telling a gathering of survivors and officials that a "wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself."

Obama did not apologize for the U.S. actions and instead paid tribute to "all the innocents killed across the arc of that terrible war," saying that "their souls speak to us" and "mere words cannot give voice to such suffering."

The 19-year-old man suspected of abducting a teenage girl Wednesday in Northern California has died following a shootout, authorities said Thursday afternoon, but the girl remains missing.

The California Highway Patrol had issued an Amber Alert for 15-year-old Pearl Pinson, whom investigators believe was kidnapped at gunpoint about 7 a.m.Wednesday as she walked to a school bus stop on Taylor Avenue in Vallejo. Officials said the teen never arrived at school that day.

Authorities said the suspect, identified as Fernando Castro of Vallejo, was involved Thursday afternoon in a pursuit and shootout in Santa Barbara County, about 300 miles from the scene of the suspected abduction.

Castro was first spotted in San Luis Obispo County, where CHP officers pursued him into Santa Barbara County.

The Solano County Sheriff's Office late Thursday said investigators are searching area of Sir Frances Drake Boulevard near the San Rafael Bridge in Marin County after officials said Castro was seen on surveillance cameras in the area at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

A vigil for the missing teen was held Thursday night at 1001 Taylor Ave., in Vallejo. Family and friends prayed for Pearl's safe return.

"Pearl, you need to come home," said her sister, Rose Pinson. "Find a way. I know you can."

Sheriff's officials said they believe Pinson and Castro are acquaintances and the incident is not a stranger abduction, but that Pinson did not willingly go with Castro.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department said the suspect was first spotted Thursday heading southbound on Highway 101, just north of Los Alamos.

The suspect exited in Bulleton and was pursued by deputies through Solvang, where the pursuit ended after the suspect crashed in front of a mobile home park. The pursuit was followed by a shootout, which left the suspect dead, sheriff's officials said.

Video from the Santa Maria Times appears to show the shootout involving police and the suspect in Solvang.

Thursday's Amber Alert said Castro may be driving a gold 1997 Saturn with a California license plate of 5XZD385, the same car that was seen in Santa Barbara County Fire pictures of the pursuit.

The information on the shootout came after a search prompted by the sound of a gunshot and cries for help Wednesday morning.

The sheriff's office said they received reports Wednesday morning of shots fired near the Interstate Highway 780 pedestrian over-crossing in the area of Home Acres and Taylor avenues in Vallejo.

A witness reported seeing a man with a gun pulling a female, who was bleeding and yelling for help, on the over-crossing. The witness heard a gunshot while running for help, and responding deputies found blood on the ground, sheriff's officials said.

"I heard screaming, panicking screaming, and then after that, I heard two gunshots and the car went off really fast," said witness Leslie Caro.

The sheriff's office has not confirmed Pinson was shot or the extent of her injuries.

Pinson has green hair and was last seen wearing a gray sweater, black leggings and had a black and turquoise backpack.

The sheriff's office set up a tip line at 707-784-1963 but anyone with urgent information is asked to call 707-421-7090.

Bay City News contributed to this report.

San Diego Sector Border Patrol Agents seized 26 pounds of cocaine hidden beneath the center console of a truck on Thursday morning on Interstate 5 near the San Clemente checkpoint.

Border Patrol agents stopped a man driving a 2004 Ford F-150 at 8:30 a.m. when a K-9 unit alerted the agents during a search.

An after-market compartment was discovered beneath the truck’s center console concealing 12 bundles of cocaine. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the bundles weighed 26.46 pounds in total and carried an estimated street value of $423,360.

The man, a 49-year-old U.S. citizen, was taken into custody by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the vehicle was seized by the U.S Border Patrol.

Crews on Thursday evening had mopped up a fire that forced the evacuations of homes and nearby Oak Valley Middle School.

Homes in a one-block area along Palomino Valley Road and the middle school were evacuated after a vegetation fire broke out in the 4S Ranch area.

Students were taken by bus to the Westview High School gym, where parents were told to pick them up.

Crews contained the fire to 6 acres, fire officials said.

The fire, first reported at 3 p.m., was sending thick smoke above the area of 42 Ranch Parkway and Dove Creek Road, west of Interstate 15 and south of Camino Del Norte.

Fire officials said the fire had torched a riverbed behind homes on Palomino Valley Road and has a slow rate of spread.

No injuries have been reported and no home have been damaged.

Conditions were favorable to slow the rate of spread, NBC 7's Dagmar Midcap said. Humidity was at 50 percent, winds were in the single digits and temperatures were in the 70s.

A resident who lives in the area told NBC 7 that he managed to "go to my neighbors, turn their sprinklers on, keep our lawns totally wet. Make sure the fires didn't come up this way."

Fire investigators said the fire is believed to be accidental and was caused by a stray spark from a welding torch blowing into brush.

A Southern California school district knew a student might bring a gun to school but failed to notify the boy's parents, possibly preventing the situation, NBC 7 San Diego has learned.

San Ysidro School District held its first expulsion hearing in years Thursday night regarding a March incident at San Ysidro Middle School. County education officials listened to arguments from the students father and the school district. They needed to decide whether to uphold the district's decision to expel the student.

The district argued it was doing what it thought was best to keep all the students at the school safe.

Officials also said legally and according to its policies, district administrators followed protocol.

However, the student's father said the district did not act when officials apparently knew his son was being bullied. He said administrators knew the student may bring something to school to defend himself and again did nothing.

Kevin Washington is a single father of the student involved in the incident. He said he is heartbroken.

"I'm afraid I could lose him where he is right now. He needs to be in school," Washington told NBC 7 in an exclusive interview.

He said his son was severely bullied at San Ysidro Middle School and brought an unloaded gun to campus in March. He did not dispute that was poor decision by his son.

Washington appealed his son's expulsion because, he said, the night before the incident, the school district had information his son might bring a gun, and did not call him or the boy's mother.

"If you were concerned about the safety of the children, what about the safety of my child when you knew something was going to happen," he asked the school district officials at the hearing.

At a meeting with County Office of Education, county board members had the same questions for the San Ysidro School District. An attorney for the district responded.

"In an ideal situation a call would have been placed," said attorney Michael Wolfsohn. "I don't know the exact reason why the call wasn't made."

"The initial action was to see if there was a firearm and then call the parent," he added.

Ultimately, board members upheld the district's decision to expel Washington's son in a 3-2 vote. Their main objective was to decide "did the district act within the scope of its authority."

However, they still had strong words and requests that the district review its policy and procedures.

"I only have 10 minutes to fight for my son's education life when these people had almost 24 hours to contact me. It's not fair," Washington said.

The caretaker for a 93-year-old woman charged with the attempted murder of her best friend has been ordered to stand trial after pleading not guilty last month.

Margaret Wood was visiting her best friend, Marian Kubic, at her house when Kubic’s caretaker, 66-year old William Sutton, allegedly threw Wood through a screen door.

Sutton was arrested on April 17 and charged with attempted murder and willful cruelty to an elderly adult. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bail on May 17.

If convicted on all counts, Sutton could face up to 14 years in prison.

The attack was caught on surveillance camera. Wood was thrown down three porch steps. She fell backwards onto the concrete and cracked her skull.

The family of the victim said that Wood's health was in serious decline in the weeks after the incident and that doctors told the family that Wood needed hospice care.

Sewage contamination warning signs have been posted along one shore of Mission Bay just before Memorial Day Weekend.

A blocked sewer line has spilled hundreds of gallons of sewage into a creek that empties into Mission Bay near Campland beach.

The spill was discovered at 7:43 pm on Thursday, according to the County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health (DEH). Water quality samples were being collected.

Roots blocked the sewer line, spilling an estimated 1,175 gallons of sewage near Bluffside Avenue and Bella Pacific Row.

Officials with the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department estimate 675 gallons were spilled into Rose Canyon Creek through a storm drain. That creek flows into Mission Bay near Campland beach.

Due to the amount of sewage spilled, county officials don’t expect other beaches on the bay to be impacted.