Padres manager Andy Green is not a hothead. But when he’s had his fill of frustration he can blow like any other human being.

Green lost his temper in the top of the 5th inning of a 12-6 loss to the Orioles on Wednesday at Petco Park. With the O’s up 4-0 and the bases loaded Baltimore slugger Chris Davis hit a dribbler up the first base line. Padres pitcher Christian Friedrich fielded the ball and threw to first, and that’s where the fun began.

San Diego 1st baseman Wil Myers missed the throw and the ball ended up in right field. Yovani Gallardo and Jonathan Schoop scored to put the Orioles up 6-0 but Green thought Davis was running too far inside the first base line and should have been called out for interference.

"I got down to 1st base and could see his footprint right there in fair territory, which is where you're not allowed to be," said Green. "With his footprint there and with the way it transpired it should have been an interference call."

Umpiring crew chief Bill Miller, who was at 1st base, disagreed and Green got hot. Really hot. Green started waving his hands and pointing angrily at Miller, who didn’t take too long to throw Andy from the game. After that Green stayed a while longer and really let the ump have it before heading to the clubhouse to watch the rest of the afternoon's proceedings.

"It's my job to fight on behalf of my players," said Green. "I recognize it's a difficult call. There's a lot spinning but the way I saw it in real time it very much looked like he interfered with Wil's ability to catch the baseball."

That was the last inning Friedrich threw on a day where he started off looking tremendous. The Padres lefty retired the first nine hitters he faced, throwing 20 of his first 26 pitches for strikes. But he walked Morse High School alum Adam Jones to lead off the 4th and things immediately unraveled.

Schoop followed with a double to left-center to score Jones … Manny Machado singled to score Schoop … and Mark Trumbo unloaded his 23rd home run of the season in to the second deck in left field to give the Orioles a 4-0 lead.

Meanwhile, Gallardo was cruising on the mound for the O’s. He didn’t allow a hit until the 5th inning when Poway native Alex Dickerson dropped a single into shallow left field. The only runs the Padres scored came an inning later when Brett Wallace ripped a 3-run home run to straightaway centerfield. At the time it brought the Padres to within 7-3, theoretically just one grand slam away from tying it up.

That hope evaporated in the 9th inning. Ryan Buchter, one of the most reliable relievers in baseball for much of the year, walked three guys and gave up three hits. Two of the hits were RBI doubles by Machado and Trumbo that put Baltimore up 12-3 and solidified their 2-game series sweep.

Wil Myers bolstered his All-Star resume with a 2-RBI double in the 9th inning. Myers finished June with 21 extra-base hits, tying Greg Vaughn's franchise record for most extra-base hits in a single month.

The Padres get a day off on Thursday then open a 3-game set at Petco Park on Friday night against the New York Yankees. Colin Rea gets the start against Nathan Eovaldi.

With U.S intelligence increasingly confident that Tuesday's Istanbul airport attack was the work of ISIS, officials are stepping up security at American airports — some concerned about possible plots coinciding with the Fourth of July holiday and the Muslim Ramadan holiday, others seeking to reassure travelers with a visible show of force, NBC News reports.

ISIS has specifically called for more attacks on the West during Ramadan, which ends July 5. Officials are concerned that after battlefield setbacks in Syria and Iraq, the terror group is more determined than ever to attack inside the U.S.

The Transportation Security Administration has increased security at major U.S. airports. That includes the deployment of Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response teams — heavily armed officers, clad in body armor, who sometimes conduct random security sweeps and searches, law enforcement sources told NBC News.

But airport drop-off and pick-up areas are among the many soft targets in the U.S. that are nearly impossible to protect from a concerted armed attack, officials said.

A program in San Diego's East County is helping veterans who have been on the streets get back on their feet.

At the Volunteers of America Southwest Hawley Center, veterans can stay for up to two years in a transitional program. 

Mike Wilson, one of the veterans in the program, served in the Navy and the Army. He said that while in the Army, he became severely depressed. 

“I attempted suicide in the Army, that's how I was discharged. But I was honorably discharged,” Wilson said.

He said he spent time on the streets and turned to alcohol and drugs to deal with his depression. When he found about the Hawley Center, Wilson said he decided it was time to make a change.

“I needed somewhere where to go I could be a man. Where I could find myself,” he said.

The Hawley Center has case managers that connect veterans to counseling, drug and alcohol programs, legal help, classes, and jobs. The center also has a computer room, laundry room, a weight room, and a television room to relax. Outside there is a garden, a volleyball court and basketball court and a lawn.

Eric Campbell, the Director of Mental Health at Volunteers of America Southwest, said the individual plans developed for each veteran are the keys to the success of the program.

“You can hand them a house. You can hand him a job but if they are mentally not ready, they will just fall right back into what was depression," Campbell said.

“It's part of our mission to turn around peoples’ lives,” said Brad Bianchi, from Mission Advancement and Communications, Volunteers of America Southwest.

After seven months, Wilson said he is ready to pursue a career in culinary arts.

He has already earned degrees from culinary school and volunteered for the non-profit Mama’s Kitchen.  

“Spiritually, I'm like I'm like so grateful and I'm so happy and I'm so glad, so excited. I'm optimistic for the future,” he said.

A Navy SEAL who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama earlier this year was in Coronado Wednesday evening to accept a $50,000 donation on behalf of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.

Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers Jr. helped rescue an American doctor who was being held hostage in Afghanistan in 2012. The Navy SEAL Team 6 member was the second Navy SEAL to enter the building where the hostage was kept.

Byers fellow Navy SEAL Team 6 member Nicolas Checque was the first one through the door during the rescue mission. He was shot and killed.

In February of this year, Byers received the Medal of Honor from President Obama, becoming the first living, active duty member of the Navy to receive the award in 40 years.

Born in Toledo, Ohio, Byers trained in Coronado and graduated from BUD/S class 242.

On Wednesday evening, Byers accepted the donation from Shamrock Foods during the “Supplier of the Year” awards banquet at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort.

The money will go to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society which provides need-based financial assistance and education to active duty and retired members of the U.S. Navy and Marine Cops, their family members and survivors.

Fees and special assessments specifically earmarked for certain purposes like infrastructure upgrades, stadiums or sales-tax hikes are particularly hard to pass in California because of the state's stringent two-thirds voter approval requirement, which was recently lowered by an appellate court.

That lower threshold now stands in jeopardy as the state's highest court has agreed to weigh-in on the issue.

The California Supreme Court will decide whether or not certain tax increases need the approval of two-thirds voters or whether a simple majority is sufficient, when those proposals initiate with a citizen's request.

A change in precedent could drastically impact California's political landscape, including whether or not the Chargers can garner enough to support to build a stadium in downtown San Diego.

"I can’t think of anything that would change California politics more," said Voice of San Diego's Scott Lewis. "This would have ramifications far beyond our little sports drama."

The decision to take up the case marks a potential reversal from a recent appellate court ruling that would have lowered the threshold for voter approval to a simple majority.

The appellate court decision, if unchallenged, would have brought California more in line with other states like Texas and Colorado that have approved building stadiums in recent years with a simple majority of voters.

Tax increases for general purposes still only require a simple majority.

Attorney Cory Briggs, backing the Citizens' Plan, said his initiative is not impacted by the decision, because the money collected from a proposed hotel tax would be deposited into the city's general fund and not specially earmarked for certain purposes.

"The significance locally is that the Chargers no longer have the benefit of the lower appellate court ruling that says they would only need 50 percent plus one for their special tax," Briggs said. "They now face uncertainty for the next couple years."

The state's highest court could take years to make a decision.

City Attorney Jan Goldsmith said the ruling would have far-reaching impacts across the state and even just the signal that the CA Supreme Court has taken up the case means the long-established two thirds voter approval requirement stands.

"Absent further court rulings, we plan to return to well-established law requiring two-thirds voter approval," Goldsmith said.

Briggs disagreed that the decision to review the appellate court's ruling means anything other than uncertainty.

"You can't read anything into it," Briggs said. "Just because the Supreme Court is intervening doesn't mean they are going to reverse lower court. They'll take it just to settle the controversy sooner rather than later."

Besides the Chargers proposal to increase local hotel taxes and build a stadium downtown with some public money, the ruling could lower voter approval on school bond measures, sales tax hikes, or other tax increases, as long as those proposals initiate with a citizen's request.

It's not good news for the Chargers.

If their plan passes with more than 50 percent of the vote but less than the two-thirds, execution could be delayed for years as the high court decision is made, according to Lewis.

"This certainly complicates their picture," Lewis said. "With the appellate court's decision, they had a much smaller hurdle."

Briggs said he foresees no impact on the Citizens' Plan because there is no special earmarking, but the City Attorney doesn't agree.

Having both plans on the November ballot could potentially confuse voters, but Briggs said it's of no concern.

"We’re very confident that the voters are capable of evaluating the proposal and making a decision one way or another," Briggs said.

Less than a year after graduating from Hart High School in Valencia, 19-year-old Anthony Ervin was at the Olympics.

The teen reached the pinnacle at the Sydney games in 2000, tying for gold in the 50-yard freestyle race.

But in the months that followed, Ervin turned to drugs and alcohol. His life spiraled out of control. From LSD to cocaine to excessive drinking — Ervin said he did it all.

One night, he drank too much, woke up in a hospital and then got taken to jail.

"You know, I still had a couple years of college swimming, which I felt like I had a duty to finish, but I wasn't my best self, not the best that I imagine I could've been," Ervin said.

And competing all the while.

He was cutting every corner possible until one night, he almost lost it all. Ervin hit another rock bottom when he took a fistful of his old Tourette syndrome medication in an attempt at suicide.

"As I was fading out, as the darkness started closing in on me, I was like, 'This was a big mistake.' And I got terrified, the most terrified I'd ever been in my life in that moment. And then it winked out," Ervin said. "And then I woke up."

Ervin calls that a moment of rebirth — a literal moment of revival. He started to get his life back. He cleaned up and went back to college at age 26. A few years later, he jumped back into the pool, rediscovering something he had lost long ago.

"I turned what were the destructive habits...I bent that into something that had, at one point, been my true love," Ervin said. "I recaptured that and it wasn't like something I'd planned, it's just something that came to me.

And before I knew it, a year and a half later, I was back at the Olympics."

Twelve years after winning Olympic gold, his comeback was complete. Ervin finished fifth in London and said it's probably a good thing he didn't win. He said he enjoyed the experience there "100-fold" over his victory in Sydney.

Now, he's back for one last try. He's made the cut in the top eight for the 100m freestyle on Wednesday, moving on to finals on Thursday.

The 35-year-old said he would love to make it to Rio — but these games won't define him.

"You never have to win," Ervin said. "If only people knew that. But I think winning is a noble pursuit. Go for it man, and tell me the story of what happens when you get there and thereafter."

Donald Trump is once again taking on former Republican rivals and traditionally conservative allies, NBC News reported.

The GOP presumptive nominee, less than three weeks from the party's convention, told a crowd on Wednesday that he isn't happy that some of his former rivals aren't endorsing, saying him there should be consequences.

Without naming specific politicians, Trump called those 2016 candidates who have yet to endorse him in accordance with the RNC pledge "sore losers" who "should never be allowed to run for public office again." Among those names yet to officially endorse Trump are Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Names that could, come next election cycle, be back in play once again.

For his part, Trump says he "would have honored the pledge" if the roles were reversed. "I wouldn't have gone crazy, I wouldn't have had 'Let's yell it from the loudest building,' but you know what, I would have honored the pledge."

A short-lived cult soda from the '90s returns this summer.

PepsiCo announced the comeback of Crystal Pepsi this week. The Purchase, New York-based soda company said the translucent soda will be available in the U.S. and Canada later this summer.

Crystal Pepsi will be available for a limited time, beginning July 11 in Canada and Aug. 8 in the U.S. It will be sold in 20-ounce bottles at major retailers.

The soda was sold for a brief time — from 1992 to 1994 — before it was pulled from store shelves because of lagging sales. But it ultimately developed a cult following over the years, with a #BringBackCrystalPepsi movement gaining steam online.

After months of speculation, Pepsi brought the crystal-clear soda back late last year as part of a contest for members of its brand loyalty program. Thirteen-thousand six-packs of the soda were awarded to 13,000 winners. Many ended up on eBay, where some are still selling for well over $100. An original 16-ounce bottle was listed at $149.

"We've always had a special place in our heart for Crystal Pepsi, and there has been a huge groundswell of support to bring it back," marketing director Stacy Taffet said in a statement this week.

The return of Crystal Pepsi comes as Pepsi's sales are lagging behind Coca-Cola. Just this week, PepsiCo said it will reintroduce aspartame to some of its beverages less than a year after pulling the artificial sweetener as part of a marketing move. It was met with backlash from fans who said the new soda didn’t have the same flavor.

To seal the deal with the '90s nostalgia crowd, Pepsi said it's kicking off the "Summer of Crystal Pepsi" with the release of "The Crystal Pepsi Trail" online, a take on the popular '90s computer game "The Oregon Trail."

"What better way to celebrate this iconic 90s cola than to introduce a new take on one of the most beloved games of the decade. Totally rad!" Taffet said. 

In a well-timed coincidence, Hi-C Ecto Cooler is returning to store shelves this week. The bygone Ghostbusters-themed beverage was introduced in 1987 and eventually pulled from store shelves in 2001. Like Crystal Pepsi, the neon-green drink also developed a cult following over the years. It’s marketed by Coca-Cola.

Iraqi warplanes and helicopters destroyed around 200 vehicles believed to be transporting ISIS fighters fleeing one of their former strongholds, a senior official told NBC News on Thursday.

Brig. Yahya Rasool, a spokesman for Iraq's Joint Operation Command, said the convoy was targeted on a road about 12 miles south of Fallujah on Wednesday. 

"All ISIS militants traveling in these vehicles were killed," he said without providing a number of people who died. 

The Iraqi military released video of the airstrikes. The Pentagon said Wednesday that it did not have details about the airstrikes. 

Police are investigating whether a serial killer is on the loose in Phoenix after five people were murdered in the Maryvale neighborhood since April, NBC News reported.

All the victims were shot dead outside their homes, near their cars, on weekend evenings in the working-class neighborhood.

Those details and the lack of obvious motive in each case led investigators to link the slayings, but multiple law enforcement sources confirmed there is also physical evidence tying them together.

Phoenix Police Sgt. Jon Howard told NBC News that investigators can't say for sure if it's a single killer or a group working together. There are no known links between the victims, so police have not determined how the shooter chooses the targets.

Victims include Horacio de Jesus Pena, 32, Diego Verdugo-Sanchez, 21, Manuel Castro Garcia, 19, Angela Linner, 31, Maleah Russell, 12.

Donald Trump said last Thursday he was forgiving over $45 million in personal loans made to his campaign, an announcement that drew plenty of coverage.

But a week later, NBC News has learned the FEC has posted no record of Trump converting his loans to donations.

Trump's campaign has also declined requests to share the legal paperwork required to carry out the transaction, though they have suggest it has been submitted.

Campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said last week the presumptive Republican nominee was submitting formal paperwork on Thursday, according to the Wall Street Journal. But when asked by NBC News, Hicks said it "will be filed with the next regularly scheduled FEC report.

In his most recent FEC filing, posted June 20, Trump treated all his spending on the campaign as loans. Until Trump formally forgives the loans, he maintains the legal option to use new donations to reimburse himself.

The all-clear has been issued at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after reports of an active shooter were deemed unfounded, the base said Thursday morning. 

Joint Base Andrews was locked down just after 9 a.m. after someone mistook an active shooter drill for the real thing, senior law enforcement officials told NBC News. All personnel were directed to shelter in place.

Officials said first responders received reports of an "real-world active shooter situation" around the same time the base was conducting a "no-notice" active shooter exercise. 

Someone on the third floor of the Malcolm Grow Medical Facility saw two people walking across the base with long guns, law enforcement officials told NBC News' Pete Williams. The person didn't know a drill had been planned and reported an active shooter.

Reports of a real-world active shooter situation at the medical facility were "miscommunicated" before the drill began, Joint Base Andrews posted on Twitter after the incident.

Col. Brad Hoagland, 11th Wing and Joint Base Andrews commander, praised first responders for their quick reaction.

"We take all threats seriously and reacted to ensure the security of those on the base," Hoagland said.

The lockdown was lifted around 10:40 a.m., but the investigation at the medical center continued. Rodney Smith, a patient advocate at the Malcolm Grow Medical Facility, told The Associated Press the situation unfolded at the newer of two buildings. Smith was in the older building.

Joint Base Andrews, in Prince George's County, Maryland, is the home of Air Force One and to other emergency reaction units for the area around the nation's capital.

Vice President Joe Biden was scheduled to fly out of the base Thursday morning for an event in Ohio, his office said. Biden was being held at the Naval Observatory during the lockdown. 

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson addressed the investigation during his testimony at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security. At the time, he called it an "unfolding situation" and said he would "take a break from this session" if need be.

Some military installations in the D.C. area increased their security in response to the investigation.

Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, said it increased its "security posture," and the Washington Navy Yard in Southwest Washington ordered "100 percent ID check" and "long guns at entrance gates." Security was also heightened at the Naval Observatory in Northwest Washington and the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Carderock Division in Montgomery County, Maryland. 

Prince George's County — which would normally assist Joint Base Andrews during a security incident — said it did not assist with any emergency response.

Last month, Joint Base Andrews was placed on lockdown after a woman walked onto the base and claimed she had a bomb. An Explosive Ordinance Disposal team found the woman had no explosives, and she was apprehended. 

The base has a long, storied history. The first prisoners of war back from Vietnam in 1973 arrived at Andrews Air Force Base as did the U.S. hostages from Iran in 1981.

Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev was the first foreign head of state to fly into Andrews in 1959.

Construction on a military airfield there began in 1942 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was named Andrews Field in 1945 in honor of one of the founders of the Air Force, Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews. He had died in an airplane crash on May 3, 1943, the day the base opened.

The base's name was changed to Andrews Air Force Base in 1947, shortly after the Air Force became a separate service in 1947. It combined with the Naval Air Facility Washington to become Joint Base Andrews in 2009.

With children now on summer vacation, they have less access to nutritious meals like they do during the school year.

San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is hosting a Summer Fun Café, which provides free lunch and activities for students starting in the Skyline Hills Community.

The Summer Fun Café program provides healthy meals to kids 18 years and younger for free. This program has been in place since 2003 and serves nearly 250,000 meals and snacks throughout the summer all over San Diego County.

The United States Department of Agriculture funds the program through its Seamless Summer Feeding Option which requires no paperwork for families to participate. Meals will be served through August 19 at 61 sites, including 28 park and recreation centers, 16 community and military sites and 17 schools.

For a complete schedule of Summer Fun Café lunch programs in San Diego, click here.

Many talk about the joys of becoming a new mother. But for some women, it can be a very difficult, dark time.

Often times, the topic of postpartum depression is not talked about. Maureen Provenzale, who once suffered from postpartum depression, hopes people can become more aware of it.

She was hospitalized for postpartum depression and treated for what she says was a "true chemical imbalance." 

It took her time before she realized she needed help.

"I sat on the couch and I stared at the wall, and had the baby sitting on the floor," she said. "I was thinking about getting in the car, [thinking] ‘I'm just going to go away. He'll be better with someone else,’” Provenzale explained.

Provenzale spoke with NBC 7 while attending a conference at the Marriott Hotel in Mission Valley. It was the 29th annual conference of Postpartum Support International (PSI).

"Women are expected to be happy, especially if they have had a normal baby, especially if things have gone well,” PSI president Ann Smith said. “There is a certain degree of stigma about admitting to feeling that badly."

One goal of PSI is to make people more aware of a mental illness that impacts so many women.

"It needs to be talked about early on in pregnancy," Provenzale added.

For information about postpartum depression or for support, call PSI at (800) 944-4773. There’s also a great deal of information about postpartum depression in the documentary, “When the Bough Breaks,” which is narrated by actress Brooke Shields.

A man who used a machete to kill his friend last fall at a home in San Diego’s Rolando community changed his plea to guilty Wednesday.

Vincent Salas Garza, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the grisly slaying of Vicente Carrera.

Garza is accused of hacking up Carrera’s body with a machete on November 5, 2015, after the men got into an argument at a home in the 6800 block of Waite Drive.

Carrera’s lifeless body was discovered the following day among clutter on the back patio of the home, buried beneath clothing and boxes.

One week after the killing, the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said detectives had recovered the murder weapon – a machete – and honed in on a suspect.

Shortly thereafter, Garza was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona, in connection with the murder. He was extradited to San Diego. He was charged with first-degree murder but the count was changed to second-degree as prosecutors had no reason to believe the murder was premeditated, San Diego County Deputy District Attorney David Mcnees told NBC 7.

Now, with the plea bargain, Garza faces the maximum sentence of 15 years to life in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for September 2.

Mcnees said the victim's family was satisfied with the change of plea Wednesday and glad the case will not be prolonged with a trial filled with details of the violent crime.

"It's worth it to have this case over sooner," said Mcnees. "Especially in this case, the injuries were quite gruesome and the autopsy photos and finding out exactly what happened is not something a family should ever have to sit through."

According to police, Garza was a heavy methamphetamine user at the time of the killing. Garza’s family said Garza and Carrera were close friends and ran errands together on the day of the murder.

Residents in the Rolando neighborhood said they had seen many people coming in and out of the home where Carrera’s body was discovered. One neighbor told police he heard screams coming from the house before police arrived.

Mcnees said Carrera's famiy will have an opportunity to address the court during Garza's sentencing hearing this fall, if they choose to do so.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will be adding a new requirement for all first-time driver’s license or identification card applicants starting next month.

As of July 1, 2016, the DMV will require applicants to provide two forms of identification proving California residency, instead of just one.

Acceptable documents to prove California residency include:

• Rental or lease agreement with the signature of the owner/landlord and the tenant/resident
• Deed or title to residential real property
• Mortgage bill
• Home utility bills (including cellular phone)
• Medical documents
• Employee documents

The new requirement applies to all first-time applicants, including commercial, motorcycle and Class C.

It does not apply to people renewing their license, applying for a duplicate or a correction to their current card.

Right now applicants are required to present one form of I.D. to prove residency.

Go to the DMV’s website for a full list of accepted documents.

Amazon announced it will host its second annual summer shopping event, known as Prime Day, on Tuesday, July 12.

The e-commerce giant debuted Prime Day last year on July 15 to celebrate Amazon's 20th anniversary. The one-day sale is exclusive for members of the online retailer's Prime subscription shopping service, which costs $99 a year for unlimited two-day shipping among other perks. The sale is opened to new and existing members in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Belgium, and Austria.

This year's Prime Day will kick off at midnight PT (3 a.m. ET) and Amazon says it will launch new deals as often as every five minutes over the 24 hours of the sale. Overall, there will be more than 100,000 deals worldwide.

Additionally, there will be "countdown deals" in the run-up to Prime Day starting on July 5. U.S. Prime members will have access to "summer entertainment deals," including a 32-inch TV bundle with a Fire TV Stick for $120.

Amazon faced a backlash on social media during last year's Prime Day event — with the hashtag #PrimeDayFail trending — after many members complained about a lack of in-demand deals and items selling out too quickly.

In response, Amazon Prime Vice President Greg Greeley said the company has "dramatically increased the inventory behind many deals," for this years event and has nearly double the number of TV units in the U.S. "compared to Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined."

Amazon has also created a number of new tools for shoppers to find and track deals. Newly-enhanced deal shopping will help customers sort deals by category. Shoppers will be able to track specific deals and be notified when a deal is about to go live, a feature originally launched for Cyber Monday last year. Owners of an Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap will benefit from "Alexa Specials." Amazon did not provide any further information on what those rewards may be.

CEO Jeff Bezos said in the company's annual letter to shareholders this year that he wants to make Amazon Prime indispensable.

"We want Prime to be such a good value, you’d be irresponsible not to be a member," Bezos wrote.

San Diego tops the list of Fourth of July holiday destinations for Southern Californians this year, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California’s travel forecast.

The city came in No. 1 in a survey of AAA travel agents, followed by Las Vegas, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Yosemite.

It is expected to be the biggest July 4th travel weekend on record since 2002, according to the Southern California division of AAA.

More than 3 million Southern Californians are planning to go out of town over the Independence Day weekend, according to the travel forecast, topping the total who traveled in 2015 by 1.3 percent.

Most travelers will be hitting the road, while 20 percent plan to fly, according to the Auto Club.

“Lower gas prices have put some more disposable income in travelers’ budgets and have also lowered average airfares, encouraging more trips this holiday season and throughout the summer,” said Filomena Andre, the Auto Club’s vice president for travel products and services. “We’re also seeing more travelers willing to spend a little extra on credit with a growth in consumer confidence.”

The Auto Club’s forecast was conducted by IHS Global Insight with historical travel data provided by DK Shifflet, which measures consumer travel.

Rodrigo Duterte, a firebrand who has drawn comparisons to Donald Trump for his coarse defiance of the traditional ruling class, was sworn in as president of the Philippines on Thursday.

The 71-year-old said the U.S. ally "will not be dependent on America," while signaling his readiness to expand economic ties with Beijing, citing a Chinese offer to build a railway project in the Philippines.

Duterte wants to bring back the country's death penalty and said he would pardon himself for mass murder and kill any of his children if they were involved with drugs. He also jokingly threatened to cut off the penises of men who don't use birth control.

He has been likened to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, although he detests the comparison and says the American billionaire is a bigot and he's not.

In a violent, bizarre episode early Thursday, a man picked up an oxygen tank and smashed the windows of an ambulance parked outside Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego’s Hillcrest area.

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said the unruly suspect was near the hospital in the 4000 block of Fifth Avenue around 3:20 a.m. and refused to leave.

He became aggressive and, according to police, he grabbed an oxygen tank and used it to smash the windshield and back window of an ambulance parked outside the hospital’s emergency exit.

When officers arrived at the scene, they deployed a Taser on the suspect and also used pepper spray to subdue him. The SDPD said the man was treated at the hospital for injuries sustained in the encounter with police. Once he’s released from the hospital, he will be arrested, police said.

No one other than the suspect was injured. Hours later, staffers continued to clean up the broken glass left behind from the incident.

Police did not say whether the suspect was a patient at the hospital at the time of the incident, or whether he had walked up to the hospital. No further details were released.