Eater San Diego shares the top stories of the week from San Diego’s food and drink scene, including an exciting first look at new restaurants in Rancho Santa Fe and Carmel Valley, plus scoop about a fried chicken concept headed to La Jolla.

Famed Bay Area Tapas Bar Expands to North County
After 18 years in Berkeley, California the owners of César recently launched another location of their popular tapas bar in Rancho Santa Fe. The recently-remodeled space features lunch specials, craft cocktails and dinner menu of authentic Spanish signature dishes and small plates inspired by seasonal and local produce and ingredients. 

Mediterranean-Inspired Crudo Opens in Carmel Valley
Well-traveled chef Pascal Lorange chose San Diego as the launching point for a new upscale fast-casual concept called Crudo, which opened in Carmel Valley this week. The sleek space features a menu of raw seafood dishes, fusion sushi and seasonal plates with flavors influenced by Mediterranean cuisine and ingredients. 

North Park's StreetCar Merchants Bringing Chicken Concept to La Jolla
StreetCar Merchants of Fried Chicken, Doughnuts & Coffee, which opened in North Park in 2014, will expand its concept for a new La Jolla location set to open in September. Beyond fried chicken, the menu will feature roast chicken and gluten-free fried chicken, plus salads and Southern dishes. This outpost will also offer full table service and a bar program. 

Where to Watch the Olympics in San Diego
With the 2016 Rio Games kicking off on Aug. 5 on NBC, sports bars across San Diego will be supporting Team USA with viewing parties, drink specials and more. Here are a dozen places to catch the ceremonies, games and get in on all the Rio Olympics action. 

Farmer's Table Announces Plans for New Eatery in La Mesa
A new restaurant with a farm-to-table philosophy is headed to downtown La Mesa, where it will slot into the space recently vacated by Sanfilippo's Pizzas after four decades. Partners Alberto Morreale (Fig Tree Cafe) and Vincenzo Lo Verso (Osteria Panevino) plan to launch Farmer's Table in September.

Of course, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention the biggest food news of the week (and maybe ever in life, for foodies, at least), which Eater San Diego broke on July 26: Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles is officially expanding to San Diego, opening a location soon in Barrio Logan.

The Sally Ride Science Junior Academy has educated more than 400 students over the course of three weeks and is helping to close the gender gap in science and technology careers, according to Cindy Marten, superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District.

The academy, in its first year, is part of a partnership between UC San Diego and Sally Ride Science, an education company co-founded by Sally Ride, the first woman in space.

“Half of the jobs today in our society require some type of technical background,” Marten said. “In the next decade, it is predicted that number could climb to 75 percent. We’re not going to be able to fill those jobs unless we start attracting more and different students to those fields. Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego Junior Academy is helping to inspire the next generation of innovators.”

Held at UC San Diego, the students learn science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) through hands-on-workshops, including the science of earthquakes, space exploration, oceanography, robotics, 3-D modeling and virtual reality.

The academy is concentrated on expanding the interest and ability of young women in scientific fields, offering 150 scholarships focused on girls in 6th to 12th grade.

“This program is about more than technical know-how. It is about sparking an interest and then showing these students the path forward,” Karen Flammer, co-founder of Sally Ride Science and its current director of education, said. “In this economy, technical know-how is not enough. You need creativity to innovate and that’s why it is so important that we incorporate arts with science technology, engineering and math.”

The curriculum, a collaboration between UC San Diego extension, the San Diego Super Computer Center and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is taught largely by scientists at Scripps.

Ed Abeyta, assistant dean of community engagement and pre-college programs for UC San Diego Extension, hopes to expand the program into the school year.

“This summer we’ve seen the interest and demand is there for this type of STEAM programming,” Abeyta said. “It’s clear we need to provide even more opportunities for students throughout our region to access this best-in-class STEAM education.”

The 18-year-old man who was fatally shot by Chicago police on Thursday died from a gunshot wound to the back, according to an autopsy report. 

Paul O'Neal, of the 1700 block of E 70th St, was killed around 9 p.m. Thursday night in the city's South Shore neighborhood, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. 

His death has been ruled a homicide. 

Two Chicago Police officers were "relieved of police powers" on Friday, a department spokesperson said, adding that the officers may have "violated" policy. The third and final officer involved was relieved from duty Saturday, according to a statement from the Chicago Police Department.

"Tonight, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has relieved two officers of their police powers following last night's police involved shooting from 73rd and Merrill," CPD spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said Friday. 

The officers' identities were not released. 

"Following the release of autopsy results from the Cook County Medical Examiner this morning, Johnson spent hours behind closed doors at police headquarters Saturday getting briefed on the results and rereviewing video evidence with Department officials," Guglielmi said in a statement Saturday.

He said the "chronology of events is complex" and still being investigated by the Independent Police Review Authority. Johnson spent the afternoon with advisors and department command staff going over the incident, Guglielmi wrote.

Around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, officers saw a Jaguar S-Type convertible that had been reported stolen from Bolingbrook, according to police. Police said they "attempted to curb" the car near 74th Street and Merrill Avenue when the Jaguar sideswiped the police vehicle and another nearby parked car.

Three officers then fired their weapons at the Jaguar, police said. O'Neal, who was in the car, was taken to an area hospital where he died, police said.

According to police, officers sustained injuries while attempting to stop the vehicle and were transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The officers were wearing body cameras, police said.

"CPD investigators determined three officers discharged their weapons in the course of their duties and given what is known thus far, it appears that departmental policies may have been violated by at least two of the police officers," Guglielmi said in the email.

All three officers will be assigned to administrative positions pending the IPRA's investigation, he said.

Another police-involved shooting occurred on Chicago's South Side Thursday, when officers wounded a man suspected of robbery in the city's Englewood neighborhood. 

Giant panda Xiao Liwu celebrated his fourth birthday Friday with gift boxes, treats and an ice cake flavored with fruits and vegetables.

Mr. Wu, as he is known to his keepers and fans, is the sixth cub born to mother Bai Yun.

Dozens of zoo visitors watched his party, and it was available on the Zoo’s online Panda Cam worldwide.

"When he came out on exhibit he decided he was going to check out his presents first," senior keeper Jennifer Becerra said. "Every kid loves their presents. He decided to walk around the exhibit and then he eventually discovered his ice cake."

The cake had strawberry-kiwi, fruit punch drink, pureed yams, carrots, apples and honey, and was topped with apples and four bamboo sticks that resemble candles.

"Mr. Wu is now four years old, which is an amazing age for any of the giant pandas. It’s just before sexual reproduction, but he had such a growth spurt in this last year and he is about 160 pounds now. He’s about the same size as his father Gao Gao and he’s still an amazing, patient bear that loves to train for his keepers."

His birthday gifts were part of the enrichment that pandas get on a regular basis to keep them active and stimulated and encourage natural behaviors like foraging.

Police are looking for a man they say burglarized an apartment building in Manhattan while hobbling around on crutches.

Investigators on Friday released images of the suspect taken by a surveillance camera.

The thief struck three apartments between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday in a building on West 56th Street in Midtown, police said. His loot included a Rolex watch, jewelry, a laptop computer and a tablet computer.

The suspect is wearing a medical boot on his right foot.

Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign was warned by the FBI last spring that they detected attempts to hack into its network, NBC News reported.

According to a U.S. official and another source with direct knowledge of the matter, the campaign didn’t grant an FBI request to examine its internal data.

A Clinton aide said the FBI didn’t tell the campaign that it suspected Russian intelligence agencies were behind the attempts. The aide said the campaign already took measures to protect its networks.

The campaign says although a computer system it used was hacked, there is no evidence intruders got into internal campaign networks. The campaign declined to comment publicly on the FBI meeting.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump blasted activist brothers, Charles and David Koch, saying he “turned down” a meeting request with them, NBC News reported.

Trump made the comment in a tweet, which came after Politico reported Friday that Trump's finance team asked for a meeting but that the request was denied by the Koch organization. Trump held two rallies in Colorado Friday, including one in Colorado Springs. 

Officials with Freedom Works, the Koch’s political arm, said they requested no meeting. 

"We are not engaging in the presidential," said James Davis, a spokesman for Freedom Partners.

Staying out of presidential politics is a change for the network. It spent $400 million in the last presidential election cycle and planned to spend $300 million in 2016.

Flood waters rushed through the streets in parts of Maryland as rain and thunderstorms moved through the area Saturday evening, killing two people and leaving 120 in need of rescue.

Andy Barth, spokesman for Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman, said the bodies of a man and a woman have been recovered. Both bodies were found on the Baltimore County side of the Patapsco River, authorities said during a news conference.

The victims have been identified as 35-year-old Jessica Watsula, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and 38-year-old Joseph Anthony Blevins, of Windsor Mill, Maryland, Baltimore County Police said.

Police said Watsula's body was found about 2:20 a.m. Her brother told police that she and family members were visiting Ellicott City when the flooding happened. They were inside the Watsula's vehicle, trying to leave, when the vehicle was swept away. Everyone but Watsula managed to escape the vehicle.

Watsula was swept away and eventually found about 200 yards from the Ilchester Bridge, police said.

Blevins' body was discovered washed up on shore near Ilchester Road about 8:30 a.m. by a man walking a trail, police said.

Police said Blevins was in Ellicott City with his girlfriend. The vehicle was swept away with the couple inside. The woman got out of the vehicle and was rescued, but Blevins was swept away.

Everyone else who was thought to be missing has been accounted for, Kittleman said.

The thunderstorms caused extensive damage to property and infrastructure in the central part of the state, including intense flooding in the historic town of Ellicott City. 

"The devastation is quite remarkable," Barth said, noting that six inches of rain fell in about three hours. "I've done this a lot, and I've never seen it like this."

Barth said he was unsure about any other serious injuries due to flood waters.

Kittleman said in a statement that 120 people were rescued during the flash flooding. He said the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services rescued more than 40 people from the Phoenix Emporium, a bar along Main Street in Ellicott City, and at least 80 others from cars in different locations.

Kittleman said the damage sustained during the flooding Saturday night was the worst in at least 50 years and possibly the worst in the 244-year-old town's history. He says virtually every structure and business along Ellicott City's Main Street was damaged. He estimates the cost of the recovery will run into the tens of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in Howard County on Sunday. The order allows the state to efficiently coordinate support and provide additional assistance to Howard County.

"We are coordinating all available resources to address this emergency as quickly as possible," Hogan said. "Our administration is working closely with local officials, including Howard County Executive Allen Kittleman, to respond to this major storm event."

The Hogan administration has asked state agencies to respond to the effects of this storm, including the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, which has increased its activation level and is coordinating resource requests received from Howard County.

Those affected by the storm who are in need of non-emergency assistance can call Howard County’s Police Department at 410-313-2200.

The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company showed more than 4,000 customers were without power on its outage map about 11 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, the outages were down to 930.

Addressing the media after his team’s first training camp practice of 2016, Chargers head coach Mike McCoy opened by inadvertently bringing up the elephant in the room: the player who was NOT in the room.

“It sure is nice to get back on the field with everybody and get all 90 guys … or 89 I should say … practicing,” said McCoy. It’s that 90th guy who is the largest topic of conversation.

Defensive lineman Joey Bosa, the third overall pick in the NFL Draft, is the only first rounder yet to sign his contract. As a quick refresher, he wants more of the bonus money paid earlier in the contract and to have what’s known as offset language where he can get paid by two teams if he’s released before the contract expires.

The Chargers will negotiate the first point. They absolutely will not negotiate the second point, so the guy they were hoping would add a much-needed pass rush element to their defense is nowhere to be seen. Players in the locker room are saying the right things about the rookie’s absence.

“It’s a business,” said Pro Bowl defensive back Jason Verrett, a first round pick in 2014 who signed his contract in May of that year. “That’s out of my control. He’s gonna be here when he gets here and we’re just focused on the guys we’ve got out there right now.”

Quarterback Philip Rivers, who held out in 2004 before the NFL had limits on rookie contracts and first round picks missing parts of training camp was commonplace, believes Bosa is not doing any long-term damage to his relationships in the locker room by missing practice time.

“These guys are our teammates and it’s not normal football,” said Rivers. “There is that business side to it. So it’s not like anybody in there is upset at him. When he gets here he’ll trot out there and we’ll play like he’s been there the whole time.”

But the coaching staff is more direct in voicing its displeasure with the situation.

“He definitely needs to be out here as a rookie,” said McCoy. “He needs to be here. I think everybody needs to be here, especially as a younger player, through the installations and playing with your teammates. The more you play together the faster you’re going to be able to play come game day.”

Bosa’s absence opens the chance for another young player to potentially steal a starting job. Both Darius Philon and Tenny Palepoi have shown flashes of being impact players along the defensive line and are healthy after missing time last year with injuries.

“We’re going to coach the guys who are here and the players that are here did a nice job today,” said McCoy. “It’s an important couple of days for some younger players to step in and do their job.”

When the MLB season started, it seemed impossible the Padres would ever be able to get out from under the contracts of Melvin Upton Jr. or Matt Kemp.

In less than a week, both of them were traded away.

On Saturday the Friars agreed to deal Kemp to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for troubled but talented IF/OF Hector Olivera in a money-saving move for San Diego.

Kemp is having a better-than-expected offensive season with 23 home runs and 69 RBI but his .285 on-base percentage and sub-par outfield defense nullify the traditional statistics. The Padres owed him about $54 million through 2019.

Olivera has not played since April 11 because he’s serving an 82-game suspension for violating MLB’s Domestic Violence policy. Atlanta owes him about $29 million through the 2020 season. San Diego is expected to designate Olivera for assignment when he is eligible to play again on August 1, basically eating his contract. All-in-all the Padres are expected to save in excess of $20 million in the transaction.

The Padres don't have many big-name players left, something Padres General Manager A.J. Preller is aware of. But he hopes building a better overall product will be better than having a few household names.

"Matt Kemp is a name that's recognizable and he's done a lot of good things in the game and will continue to do that," said Preller, "but I think our goal and the purpose behind the deal is to get a group of guys together and a group of guys the fans are going to enjoy watching every single night and a team that's at the top of the standings."

The move also clears space in the outfield for the Padres to promote another of their prospects. Jabari Blash, who made the team out of Spring Training, will return from El Paso and be in the starting lineup on Sunday afternoon against the Reds.

Kemp’s time in San Diego was short but certainly not boring. The former Dodgers All-Star was the cornerstone piece in the wild 2014 off-season where Padres General Manager A.J. Preller completely restructured the franchise. Kemp is the one who gave Preller the nickname “Rock Star G.M.” after A.J. swung trades for him, Justin Upton, Wil Myers and Derek Norris.

Kemp, though, did not lead the Padres back to the playoffs like many fans had hoped. He leaves after hitting 46 home runs and driving in 169 runs in just 254 games.

Between Tuesday and Saturday Preller traded Kemp, Upton (to the Blue Jays), and starting pitchers Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea (to the Marlins).

Two of the 16 or more people killed in Saturday's hot air balloon crash near Austin, Texas — one of the deadliest in U.S. history — were identified by their brother Sunday, and remembered as "incredible human beings."

Matt and Sunday Rowan, both 34, were married within the last year, according to Matt's older brother, Joshua Rowan. Officials have not yet released the names of the deceased, but Joshua Rowan told NBC News about his brother and sister-in-law on Sunday, hoping to share with the world what good people they are.

"They’re going to be incredibly missed. They made a difference in so many people’s lives," he said.

Matt Rowan was a professor who had just started working at an army hospital burns trial unit. He believed his work would help soldiers who have been burned, according to his brother, himself an Iraq veteran.

Rowan was also a stepfather, and he and Sunday had bought a house together in San Antonio, Joshua said. "They were trying to a grow their family. It makes the timing of it even more horrific."

Federal and local investigators are just beginning to look into what caused the balloon to catch fire early Saturday morning, over a field in Lockhart, which is south of Austin in central Texas.

The National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday at least 16 people died, but added that investigators are still trying to determine the exact number of passengers. A small team of NTSB investigators was already at the site Sunday morning, an official said, with more on the way.

"The identification of the victims will be a long process according to the NTSB and the medical professionals," according to a news release from the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office. The FAA and FBI are also investigating the crash.

It wasn't known if the operator of the hot air balloon — whom authorities haven't identified, or the pilot — filed a passenger manifest before taking off, an NTSB official said Sunday.

NBC News confirmed the balloon was operated by Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides through the company's Facebook page. The owner of the account verified that it was the company's balloon that went down.

Skip Nichols identifies himself on his Facebook page as the chief pilot of Heart of Texas and pictures posted by him are on the business' Facebook page. His roommate told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth that Nichols was the pilot of the balloon, but authorities had not confirmed that information.

With two national conventions concluded, you might be thinking that this costly and historically unpopular election is about to wrap up.

Think again: there are still 100 days until the general election on Nov. 8, NBC News reports.

That's longer than usual. The gap is 40 days longer in 2016 than in 2012. Both conventions were moved up nearly a full month this year, in hopes of giving candidates more time to raise money and campaign before the general election and to accommodate the Summer Olympics in August, which will eat up a lot of voters' attention.

The extra month is sure to spice up what's already proved to be an unusual race. NBC News rounds up how.

Donald Trump was still defending the idea that he has “no relationship” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite a 2013 interview where Trump said he did, NBC News reported. 

"I do have a relationship and I can tell you that he's very interested in what we're doing here today," Trump said at the time, in an interview with MSNBC's Thomas Roberts, then in Moscow.

During an interview on ABC Sunday, Trump said he feels Putin “treats me with great respect” but that the two do not know each other. He asked “what do you call a relationship?” and said he doesn’t know what it “means by having a relationship.”

"I haven't spent time with him. I didn't have dinner with him. I didn't — go hiking with him. I don't know-- I-- I wouldn't know him from Adam except I see his picture, and I would know what he looks like," Trump stated unequivocally.

A strike team from the San Diego Fire Department has joined a Cal Fire strike team and more than 5,000 firefighters working to stop the Soberanes Fire near Big Sur in Northern California.

The fire has charred over 35,000 acres, destroyed 57 homes and threatens at least 2,000 more. It is 15 percent contained.

The fire started a little over a week ago, and has already claimed the life of a bulldozer operator working the fire line. 

Huge plumes of smoke have settled in the area, causing air quality concerns. 

Officials expect the fire to linger until the end of August.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says Muslim Americans who serve in the U.S. military should be honored — "period" — and that he would reject any proposal that would require a religious test for entry into the U.S.

The House speaker made the comments in a written statement issued Sunday. He also praised a U.S. Army captain, Humayun Khan, who was killed in a suicide bombing in Iraq in 2004. 

"America's greatness is built on the principles of liberty and preserved by the men and women who wear the uniform to defend it," he said in the statement. "Captain Khan was one such brave example. His sacrifice—and that of Khizr and Ghazala Khan—should always be honored. Period."

"As I have  said on numerous occasions, a religious test for entering our country is not reflective of these fundamental values. I reject it."

Ryan addressed the 

The captain's parents have come under criticism from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump for speaking out against his candidacy during the Democratic National Convention.

The bereaved father, Khizr Khan, has called on Ryan to withdraw his support for Trump after the candidate's remarks about the family. 

In his statement, Ryan doesn't mention Trump but says Capt. Khan's sacrifice and that of his parents should always be honored.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called on both Ryan and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to revoke their endorsement of the real estate mogul. 

“Senator McConnell and Speaker Ryan approvingly spoke at Donald Trump’s convention, endorsed Donald Trump for president and believe he is mentally fit to sit in the Oval Office," Reid said in a statement. "Occasional statements that do nothing to repudiate Donald Trump’s words and actions are spineless. Anything short of revoking their endorsements is cowardice."

Here's a look at what's coming up in San Diego sports for the week of August first through the seventh.

MLB: The Major League Baseball trade deadline is Monday at 1 p.m. local time.

PADRES: The Friars are home all week long. Monday to Wednesday the Milwaukee Brewers come to Petco Park. After an off day Thursday, the Phillies come to town Friday to Sunday. Saturday former third baseman Ken Caminiti will be inducted into the Padres Hall of Fame before the game. Fans get a replica jersey from the 1991-2001 era.

CHARGERS: The Bolts are back! Training Camp is in full swing and fans have plenty of opportunities to watch the Chargers prepare for the season this week. Practices are open to the public Monday 9:30-11:25 a.m., Thursday 9:30-11:25 a.m., Friday 3-5 p.m., and Saturday is FanFest 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Qualcomm Stadium.

Sen. Bernie Sanders urged his supporters to back Hillary Clinton, saying his key issues stand a better chance under President Clinton rather than a President Donald Trump, NBC News reported. 

"I would tell all of my supporters, and we got over 13 million votes, to take a hard look at the issues impacting the American people," Sanders said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "Which candidate, for example, wants to overturn this disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, which allows billionaires to buy elections and is undermining American democracy? That is Hillary Clinton's position."

Sanders said he takes issue with Trump’s economic plans and contended that the Republican nominee was running a campaign “based on bigotry.” 

The former Democratic nominee said he would ask supporters to “get away from the personality conflicts that media tries to bring forward.”

The "murder house" mystery is solved.

The new buyers of the spooky, haunted house in Los Angeles that has been the stuff of legend for decades are celebrity attorney Gloria Allred's daughter Lisa Bloom and her husband Braden Pollock, the The Los Angeles Times reported. 

They paid about $2.3 million for the four-bedroom mansion at 2475 Glendower Place in Los Feliz.

It was the scene of a murder in 1959 when Dr. Harold N. Perelson bludgeoned his wife to death with a hammer and attacked his 18-year-old daughter before killing himself.

Bloom used to anchor a legal news program on truTv called "Lisa Bloom: Open Court." She is a legal analyst for NBC News. 

Nancy Sanborn, the realtor of the property, said Tuesday that a couple purchased the home in a probate sale last month. She did not name the buyers, only saying that they really wanted to buy the house.

The "murder house" has become the center of morbid fascination, sparking ghost hunters to ruminate about it online.

After the Perelsons, another family bought the home in probate in the early 1960s. When they died, the son inherited it from his parents but he didn't live there. The last owner died last year and the home went to probate again. The house went up for sale last week, said Sanborn.

Some claim they've seen the ghost of Dr. Perelson.