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MCAS Miramar Plans Memorial for Pilot Killed in Crash

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Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego will hold a memorial service Friday for a pilot who was killed in an F/A-18C Hornet crash in Twentynine Palms, California last month.

Officials said the service will be held at 10:30 a.m. aboard MCAS Miramar for Maj. Richard Sterling Norton, 36, who was based there. After the ceremony, there will be a procession to the cemetery at 1 p.m.

According to the U.S. Marine Corps, Norton – a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232, Marine Aircraft Group 11, stationed at MCAS Miramar – died around 10:30 p.m. on July 28 in a jet crash during a training mission.

Officials said the single-seat aircraft had departed from MCAS Miramar “to perform a close air support mission” as part of a training exercise taking place at Marine Air Ground Combat Center (MAGCC) at Twentynine Palms when the aircraft crashed.

The cause of the deadly crash remains under investigation.

“My heart goes out to our Marine’s family as we support them through this difficult time," said Maj. Gen. Mark Wise, commanding general of 3rd MAW, in a press release on July 30.

Officials said Norton was a native of Arcadia, California, commissioned in the Marine Corps March 25, 2005. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2012, and also deployed to Japan several times.

Over his military career, Norton was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with gold star, according to the Marine Corps.

“Losing Maj. Norton is a tremendous loss to the MAG-11 Team,” said Col. William Swan, commanding officer of MAG-11 in a press release. “He was one of the best and brightest Hornet pilots our nation had to offer – our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.”

Twentynine Palms is located in San Bernardino County, about 175 miles northeast of San Diego County.

“This Marine was a top performer, stellar Marine by all accounts,” Swan told NBC 7. “Unfortunately the nature of our job as Marines is inherently dangerous.”

Maj. Norton leaves behind a wife. 

The Wingman Foundation, a non-profit that provides post-mishap support for the Navy and Marine Corps aviation community and their families, is collecting donations for Norton's family. 



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SoCal Man, 24, Dies in Valley Center Crash

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A 24-year-old Southern California man died in a crash in Valley Center Monday night after his car drifted into another lane, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials said.

CHP Officer Gil Ochoa said the man – a resident of Fontana, California – was driving his Honda Accord east on Lilac Road, near Candle Way, at around 11 p.m. when, for unknown reasons, his car veered off the right side of the road.

In an attempt to overcorrect, officials said the driver slid into the opposing lane, where he was then broadsided by a Toyota 4-Runner driven by a Valley Center resident.

The man in the Honda suffered serious injuries and died at the scene, Ochoa confirmed. His name has not yet been released. The driver of the Toyota suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital.

The deadly collision shut down Lilac Road for several hours overnight.

The investigation is ongoing but, at this time, CHP officials do not suspect driving under the influence as a factor.



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Road Rage Leads to Gunfire on I-805: CHP

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An apparent case of road rage ended with shots being fired on a freeway near San Diego’s City Heights community Monday night, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials confirmed.

According to CHP Officer Jake Sanchez, at around 10:30 p.m., gunfire erupted on northbound Interstate 805 near Home Avenue during some type of lane dispute between two vehicles.

The driver of an SUV told CHP investigators that he honked his horn on the freeway at a dark-colored hatchback carrying three men. The hatchback allegedly began following the driver of the SUV, pulling up alongside the vehicle.

At that point, one of the passengers sitting in the backseat of the hatchback pulled out a gun and opened fire on the SUV, Sanchez said. One bullet hit the driver’s side of the SUV.

The men in the hatchback fled the scene.

Sanchez said the driver of the SUV exited the freeway and pulled into the parking lot of a church on Murray Ridge Road to call 911. He was not hurt in the shooting.

Officials were not able to immediately locate the suspects. As of Tuesday morning, the group remained at large as the investigation continued. Investigators believe the suspects’ vehicle may have been a gray Honda, but the year or model of the vehicle is unknown.

No other cars were fired upon on the freeway and no injuries were reported, CHP officials said.

Small Plane Flips Over at Montgomery Field

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A Cessna flipped over on Montogomery Field Tuesday evening, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) confirmed.

The incident happened around 6:05 p.m. on runway 28L at Montgomery Field off Aero Drive.

According to SDFD, the pilot got out of the plane safely and was not injured.

It's unknown what caused the plane to flip.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 



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Woman Hit in City Heights

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A woman was hit and injured in City Heights on Tuesday evening, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) confirmed. 

The incident happened at approximately 6:29 p.m. on the 4300 block of University Avenue near Fairmount Avenue. 

According to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD), the driver did stay at the scene.

The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was transported to Scripps Mercy Hospital. 

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 



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No Change to Blagojevich Sentence

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A federal judge on Tuesday declined to lower former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's prison sentence, maintaining his original 14 years, despite an appeals court tossing five of the 18 counts the jailed ex-governor was convicted on. 

"I am sympathetic to [his family], but as I said four years ago, the fault lies with the governor," U.S. District Judge James Zagel said before making his ruling. 

In his first public appearance since entering prison, Blagojevich was shown on a courtroom camera as he learned his fate during his last attempt at early release.  

He shook his head and stared stoically into the camera as Zagel, the same judge who sent Blagojevich to prison in the first place more than four years ago, ordered he remain in prison for his original 168-month sentence. His daughters could be heard crying in the courtroom, knowing their father won't be released until 2024. 

Appearing via a video conference from his Colorado prison, an emotional, fidgety and gray-haired Blagojevich addressed the court before the ruling, saying he's "trying to be the best man I can."

"I recognize that my words and actions have led me here," he said. "I've made mistakes. I wish I had a way to return the clock back."

Speaking for nearly 18 minutes, Blagojevich thanked Zagel for giving him the chance to apologize and noted that time away from his family has taken a toll on him.

"I experience very real sadness when I think of my family and I blame myself for that...Trying to make amends for that," he said. 

The resentencing hearing followed a decision from the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which tossed five of the 18 counts on which Blagojevich had been convicted and ordered the former governor be resentenced.

Attorneys for Blagojevich asked for a reduction in his 14-year sentence for extortion and bribery, but the government urged Judge Zagel to keep his full sentence intact.

In his final words to the judge Tuesday, Blagojevich's attorney asked for a 5-year sentence saying, "We believe he's ready to come home."

Prosecutors argued, however, that Blagojevich "is the same man who appeared before [Zagel] in 2011." 

Both of Blagojevich's daughters spoke in court Tuesday, detailing the difficulties they've faced without their father present. 

"We speak every night, he helps me with my homework, he knows everything," Annie Blagojevich said.

"I almost don't want to grow up because I want to wait for him," she added.

Blagojevich pursed his lips, weeping as his daughters spoke in court.

"He has never given up on us and we will never give up on him," Amy Blagojevich said.

Blagojevich’s wife, Patti, who wrote a two-page letter pleading with Zagel for leniency ahead of the hearing, called the ruling a "profound disappointment."

"From our point of view, and from the point of view of thousands of people that have reached out to me in the past four years, we find his sentence unusually cruel and heartless and unfair," she said outside the courtroom Tuesday. "I would like to express our thanks to everyone who has reached out to us with well wishes and prayers and thoughts hoping that today was going to go differently than what it did. Somehow we will get through this. We love Rod and we will be here for him as we continue to fight through this legal system that has unfortunately disappointed us over and over again... I don’t really have anything else to say. I’m dumbfounded and flabbergasted at the inability for the judge to see that things are different than how they were 4.5 years ago and his unwillingness to bestow even the smallest amount of leniency, or mercy, or kindness.”

His brother, Robert Blagojevich, was seen walking into the courtroom Tuesday.

“He’s my brother, I love him. He’s my only remaining blood relative. I want to be here and see how he is,” he said outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. “My brother has a lot of potential. He’s got a lot to give back to his community and I’m hopeful that Judge Zagel will determine that he’s got a lot of potential left to give back. So I’m hoping for the best for my brother.”

The resentencing was ordered by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals last summer. The counts that were thrown out dealt directly with his alleged efforts to swap the appointment of Valerie Jarrett to the Barack Obama senate seat, in exchange for position in the new President’s cabinet. Prosecutorssaid at the time they would not seek to re-try the former governor on the overturned counts.

In tossing those counts, however, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals also noted that “it is not possible to call 168 months unlawfully high for Blagojevich’s crimes.”

The former governor, who once appeared on Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” has already served more than four years in prison. 

In his strongest statement of remorse to date, Blagojevich conceded last month that he was not blameless in his fundraising efforts, that he “regrets his conduct, which was distasteful or worse and showed extremely poor judgment."

In a sentencing memorandum filed in July, Blagojevich’s attorney Leonard Goodman declared that his client’s pursuit of a challenge to his conviction “does not in any way lessen the remorse that he feels for his behavior.” But the former governor noted that he never collected any fraudulent monies, and that he had spent his time behind bars “improving himself as a person, through hard work, while also being of service to other inmates.”

Attached to the memorandum were more than 100 letters from prisoners, who called Blagojevich "The Gov," and wrote about the positive impacts he has made during his time behind bars. 

“He never snubs anyone and is very humble," one inmate wrote. "I believe he would be an upstanding citizen and doing much more for our society out there than in this prison."

In arguing against a reduction in Blagojevich’s sentence, prosecutors noted that “the defendant remains convicted of the same three charged shakedowns of which he stood convicted at the original sentencing: the Senate seat shakedown, the racetrack shakedown, and the hospital shakedown.”

That sentiment was echoed by Zagel in his ruling. 

"I don't dispute [the governor] may be a model prisoner," Zagel said. "[Inmates] think of him as a good man, but they don't know him, don't know him in the context of a powerful politician."

As court ended, a visibly upset Blagojevich was seen on camera grabbing his court file and walking out of view. 



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Free Shuttle to Launch in Downtown San Diego

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City leaders announced the launch of a free shuttle system for downtown San Diego on Tuesday, which will, at first, consist of 15 five-person electric vehicles.

The program – dubbed “Free Ride Everywhere Downtown” or “FRED” – is aimed at providing more efficient and sustainable transit options in the busy downtown area. The five-passenger electric vehicles in the FRED fleet will make short trips within downtown neighborhoods. That fleet is expected to grow to 20 vehicles within the first year of the program.

The program, according to the City of San Diego, will initially be funded by downtown parking meter revenues and is a collaborative project from Civic San Diego and the Downtown San Diego Partnership.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer discussed FRED in detail at a news conference Tuesday morning, accompanied by Civic San Diego president Reese A. Jarrett and Kris Mitchell, president and CEP of the Downtown San Diego Partnership.

“Sometimes it’s not all that easy to find a convenient parking or a trolley spot nearby,” Mayor Faulconer said.

He says the program is environmentally friendly and will help San Diego reach a goal to cut our carbon footprint by 2020.

“Now with the ease of just a few taps on your smartphone, San Diegans and visitors can request a free ride anywhere from East Village to Little Italy," he said. 

Fittingly, the mayor, Jarrett and Mitchell arrived at the news conference in FRED vehicles. The City of San Diego said this shuttle program is the first of its size in a major metropolitan city.



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Convicted Child Molester Arrested for Illegal Crossing

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Authorities have arrested a convicted child molester caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. 

The incident happened at approximately 4 p.m. Tuesday when U.S. Border Patrol agents saw three men climb over the border fence  near Jacumba Hot Springs. 

When agents responded, they found three men hiding in thick brush. 

The men were subsequently arrested for illegally entering the country and were taken to a nearby border station for processing. 

One of the men arrested had previously been deported after he finished serving a six-year prison sentence for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14. 

The 43-year-old felon was taken to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego. He now faces federal charges for reentering the U.S. as a previously deported foreign national. 

To report suspicious activity to the U.S. Border Patrol, contact San Diego Sector at (619) 498-9900.

No other information was immediately available.


Police Drive Fallen Officer's Daughter to School

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The young daughter of a San Diego Police Department (SDPD) officer killed in the line of duty returned to school this week, proudly escorted to campus by a fleet of police officers.

On Monday, at least six SDPD vehicles drove sixth-grader Amira De Guzman to Heritage Elementary School. Lights flashing, the patrol cars caravanned into the round-about at the entrance of Amira’s school, dropping the girl off – her first day back at school since her father, SDPD Officer Jonathan “JD” De Guzman, 43, was killed.

The drop-off was captured on video and posted to the school’s “Pray4Us Heritage Hawks” page on Facebook, an online prayer group of parents and guardians from the school in San Diego’s South Bay. 

With a big smile on her face, Amira can be seen getting out of an SDPD car and walking up to her school. “Amira, you’re late,” someone is heard joking on the video as the girl giggles.

The video shows police officers exiting their cars, smiling and proudly looking at Amira as she approaches the school. The girl turns around and gives hugs to several of the officers.

“We’ll see you soon, okay?” one officer tells the girl.

Another officer embraces her, giving her a kiss on the cheek.

Upon hearing news of De Guzman’s death two weeks ago, Heritage Elementary School sent a notice to the parents of students. The school called the fallen officer a “quality, involved parent” known by many Heritage Hawk families.

“In full uniform, kids would flock around him,” Francisco Escobedo, superintendent of the Chula Vista Elementary School District, told NBC 7. “He was an active parent, an amazing father. Chula Vista is mourning for him.”

Escobedo said De Guzman was a role model for kids and had been active in several clubs at his daughter’s school.

According to prosecutors and investigators, De Guzman and his partner, Officer Wade Irwin, 32, were gunned down on the job on July 28 in San Diego’s Southcrest community.

The officers were on Acacia Grove Way when Irwin stopped suspect Jesse Michael Gomez, 52, and asked if he lived in the area. Prosecutors said Gomez opened fire at point-blank range on both officers – shooting Irwin in the throat and hitting De Guzman with multiple bullets. The attack happened so quickly, prosecutors said De Guzman never had a chance to draw his service weapon.

The shooting remains under investigation as officials try to piece together what led up to the gunfire as the nation still reels from recent killings of police officers in Dallas, Texas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The shooting has shaken San Diego.

Gomez, a construction worker with a criminal record dating back to 1983, pleaded not guilty to the shooting on Aug. 2 as he was arraigned from a hospital room. Gomez was wounded when Irwin fired back as the suspect fled, police said. Gomez was arrested after the shooting when police officers found him bleeding in a ravine near the crime scene.

De Guzman was a 16-year veteran of the force, beloved by his colleagues and adored by his family.

The officer survived a stabbing on the job in 2003 and was awarded a Purple Heart by the SDPD for his valor. SDPD Chief Shelley Zimmerman has said that even after that incident, De Guzman returned to the force and his passion to protect and serve never wavered.

Both officers work with the SDPD’s Gang Unit, and are husbands and fathers. De Guzman leaves behind two children, Jonathan Jr. and Amira. Irwin has a 19-month-old toddler.

On Aug. 5, hundreds of law enforcement officers and private citizens lined the streets of San Diego for the funeral procession of the slain officer. Citizens waved flags and saluted the police motorcade as the procession made its way to Shadow Mountain Community Church for De Guzman’s memorial service.

The emotional service included many speakers, from San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and SDPD Chief Shelley Zimmerman to De Guzman’s mother, Fe De Guzman, and the officer’s children, Jonathan Jr. and Amira.

The De Guzman family said they are grateful and overwhelmed by the love and support San Diego has shown for their family during this difficult time.

Since De Guzman’s death, San Diegans have been dropping off flowers, candles and heartfelt notes for the police department and De Guzman’s family at a plaque that rests in front of the SDPD headquarters in downtown San Diego.

The plaque is dedicated to the department’s fallen officers. Since 1913, the city has lost 33 officers in the line of duty.



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Chargers' Stadium Campaign Heats Up

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The Chargers' downtown stadium campaign got even more intense Tuesday as a top team executive spoke out sharply in response to growing criticism from opponents, calling them "silly" and "misguided".

Taxpayer advocates have made a point of bashing the Chargers' so-called "ConVadium" project early and often.

While they can't hope to match the team's resources for political spending, they're sounding warnings that the city could wind on the hook of deficit spending.

"I don't think this passes the smell test,” says City Councilman Chris Cate, an activist with the “No Downtown Stadium” coalition. “ I think that voters are due a lot more information than they've been given thus far -- a lot more details. I hope it comes before November. We only have three short months before election day."

The Chargers need a two-thirds super-majority to authorize a $1.8 billion proposal for an East Village stadium and convention facility – which is lacking even simple-majority support in recent public opinion polls.

The team has rolled out an aggressive PR push, and gotten the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce on board.

But not the mayor or Padres, who worry about what'll happen to their Tailgate Park rights, and the Bolts' plans for traffic, infrastructure and promotional signage.

"A lot is going to fall and rest in the hands of both the mayor and this governing agency that's going to resolve a bunch of these issues – or not,” says Fred Maas, the Chargers’ special adviser on stadium issues.

In a Tuesday interview with NBC 7, Maas said the “No Downtown Stadium” campaign has grossly misrepresented the team’s citizens’ initiative, to the point of being “sophomoric, if not disingenuous.”

He insisted that voters aren’t being left in the dark, or asked for blank checks – that many unexplained details will be sorted out “after the fact”, through “enormous public processes”.

"It is misguided to somehow think that the day the voters vote -- even if we get two-thirds, should we be so lucky,” Maas declared, “that miraculously a stadium's going to appear in the East Village. It's not. That will be just the ticket to admission to begin the process to complete this."

Longtime observers of the Chargers' stadium chase say it seems that the goal line is getting farther and farther away -- at least under the team's current game plan.

"I think that what some of the groups that are supporting it are saying is, let's support the Chargers as they go through this, and get the best possible vote that we can get so they'll stay at the table,” suggests Voice of San Diego editor Scott Lewis. “Which brings up the question: What if it's a very poor performance at the election, and they don't want to come back to the table?"

The Chargers say they're ahead of schedule on the $10 million they originally vowed to spend in support of the measure.

But for now, there's no getting them to talk about a Plan B, or the "L.A. option".

Just what's in front them -- and they insist they're in it to win it.



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Ship Scouring Sea for MH370 Ends Mission Without Success

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One of the three ships searching the depths of the Indian Ocean for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will end its mission Thursday, authorities said.

The Fugro Discovery will leave the remote search zone ahead of the anticipated suspension of efforts to locate the wreckage of the missing Boeing 777.

The Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre (JACC) said in an operational update Wednesday that the contracted vessel will "transit to Singapore to be readied for its next project, unrelated to the search for MH370."

It leaves Fugro Equator and Dong Hai Jiu 101 to search the remainder of the 46,000 square mile zone that experts say is the most likely place where the plane crashed in 2014.



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Brazil Senate Indicts President, Opens Impeachment Trial

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Brazil's Senate voted early Wednesday to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and put her on trial in an impeachment process that has stalled Brazilian politics since January.

A conviction would definitively remove Rousseff from office, ending 13 years of leftist rule by her Workers Party, and confirm that interim President Michel Temer will serve out the rest of her term through 2018.

Rousseff's opponents needed only a simple majority in the 81-seat Senate to put her on trial for manipulating government accounts and spending without congressional approval, which they say helped her win re-election in 2014.

A verdict is expected at the end of the month.



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Students Tour Mid-City Police Station

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San Diego-area school children toured a police station Wednesday as part of a pilot program designed to improve the relationship between community members and the San Diego Police Department.

Students taking part in "Readers in the Heights" were selected to fingerprint officers in SDPD’s Mid-City Division. They also interviewed officers about their jobs.

The kids were also able to witness a demonstration with police K-9 officers and climb through some vehicles used by officers to patrol the streets of San Diego.

Once the students finished their tour, they received a stick-on police badge and a certificate to take home.

The event, which was also attended by Chief of Police Shelley Zimmerman, was planned to encourage positive relationships and prevent future tensions between police and communities.

"This is extremely important for Mid-City because we are so tied in with our communities here," SDPD Capt. Mike Hastings said at the event. "A lot of people just think police officers just answer radio calls, when really we’re out in the communities, at community meetings and working with all the schools to integrate within our communities."

Hastings said the event gave the group of second-graders a chance to see what it's like to be a police officer, and maybe even inspire them to some day be officers themselves.

"To be a police officer is a calling and I think these kids are identifying now that they have that calling to serve others. I think that’s important for them to identify now and to be able to work on and to grow on," Hastings added.

Zimmerman said interacting with kids eager to learn about police work was endearing, especially in light of difficult times for the police department as San Diego continues to mourn the death of SDPD Officer Jonathan "JD" De Guzman.

"It’s been a tough few weeks and to see the bright smiles of the children as they approached our officers and gave everyone a high-five as they entered the station here and really, they felt at home and we were just so thrilled, thrilled to have them here," Zimmerman told NBC 7.

In the end, the chief said events like this will help make our communities safer.

Local Athletes Compete in Rio Games: Aug. 10

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San Diego was well-represented Wednesday at the 2016 Rio Games as local athletes set their sights on victory in Brazil.

On Wednesday, athletes with local ties competed in archery, sailing, water polo and women's volleyball.

San Diego native Caleb Paine raced his third and fourth races in the men's finn category. Paine ranks 7th going into the fifth race. His best performance was in his second race Wednesday where he placed third.

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The American women's 470 team of Annie Haeger and Briana Provancha won gold in the test event in Rio – the very place where they will be contending for a medal. Provancha, a 2007 Point Loma High School graduate who grew up at San Diego’s Southwestern Yacht Club, sailed Wednesday in Guanabra Bay in Copacabana. She finished the first race with an 8 ranking and took third in the second race, ending the day fifth overall.

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The U.S. men's water polo team entered their game against France 0-2 but scored a win. The team - with locals Alex Bowen of Santee and Jesse Smith of Coronado - beat France 6-3 with Smith scoring one of the US goals. See results for preliminary play here.

Chula Vista Olympic Training Center (OTC) resident athlete Zach Garrett advanced after his Round of 64 competition with a score of 6-0. He advanced from the Round of 32 with a 7-3 score.

His teammate, Brady Ellison, advanced Tuesday with a win over fellow American Jake Kaminski.

Now, Ellison will face Garrett in the Round of 16 on Friday, Aug. 12 at 6:31 a.m. PT.

Both Ellison and Kaminski have also trained at the Chula Vista OTC.

The U.S. women and locals Karsta Lowe and Carli Lloyd battled at the net against Serbia in the preliminary stage of the women's Olympic volleyball tournament Wednesday. The Americans won three out of four sets to finish 2-1 in Olympic play.  Lloyd is a Bonsall native and Fallbrook High School graduate. Lowe is a Rancho Santa Fe native and graduate of La Costa Canyon High School.

The U.S. now has eight points to lead Pool B, one point ahead of China and two ahead of Serbia and the Netherlands. The women compete again Friday at 11 a.m. PT against Italy.

Carmel Valley’s Steffen Peters  will compete in Team Dressage and the event began Wednesday. The event takes place at the Olympic Equestrian Center in Deodoro. Peters will perform in Thursday's round.

For updates from the 2016 Rio Games, including profiles of San Diego athletes, visit our Olympics section here.

NBC 7’s Steven Luke is reporting from Rio during the 2016 Olympic Summer Games; follow him on Twitter and Facebook for exciting updates from Brazil over the next few weeks.



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Chad le Clos' Wikipedia Page Edited to Say Phelps Killed Him

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Wikipedia trolls edited Chad le Clos' Wikipedia page to say he "died by the hands of Michael Phelps," after the Olympian was defeated by his rival in the 200m butterfly.  

Various edits were made to the South African swimmer's page just minutes after Phelps beat le Clos, who failed to medal Tuesday night.

An editor changed le Clos' wiki profile to temporarily read: "Died by the hands of Michael Phelps, being literally blown out of the water by the greatest American since Abraham Lincoln," according to USA Today.

Additional edits called him "Michael Phelps Pool Boy" and said that "Le Clos was buried beneath Phelps' medals."

The edits were deleted and the profile was restored by early Wednesday morning. 

Le Clos finished fourth in the 200m butterfly as Phelps finished first in his signature event, giving him his 20th gold medal in Olympic competition. Phelps went onto win his 21st gold medal an hour later in a relay.

Phelps lost to le Clos during the 2012 Olympics in the 200m butterfly.

Before another Rio event, Phelps was caught making the "Phelps face" while le Clos was seen pacing near the U.S. star. That prompted heightened anticipation for Tuesday's rematch in Rio. 



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Delta Offers $200 Vouchers to Stranded Passengers

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Delta is offering $200 in compensation to passengers grounded by its worldwide computer failure — but travel experts said many should reject the offer because they are entitled to more than three times that amount. 

The airline canceled 250 more flights Tuesday on top of the 1,000 it scrapped during Monday's system-wide chaos.

The Atlanta-based carrier said a $200 voucher was available to anyone whose flight was canceled or who was delayed by more than 3 hours. 

According to European Union regulations, however, anyone delayed getting across the Atlantic to the United States from one of Delta's dozen or more EU destinations is entitled to claim a cash payment of 600 euros ($670) per passenger.



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How Fast Does an Olympian's Heart Race?

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If you've ever wondered about the level of stress felt by Olympic athletes in the heat of competition, look to Olympic silver medalist Jake Kaminski.

The archer, who trains along with teammates at the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center near San Diego, shared his heart rate graphs with his Instagram followers Wednesday.

"This is the first major event I have worn this to," he said.

Kaminski said he takes the information and incorporates it into his training for his next big competition.

"It's a neat way to track how you feel against actual systemic functions and make adjustments in your training or mental focus to help adjust for the next time."

Click on the message to read Kaminski's description of the different graphs.



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Clinton Slams Trump for 'Casual Inciting of Violence'

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Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of casually inciting violence after making comments suggesting gun rights advocates have options to stop her from appointing judges if elected president, NBC News reported.

"Yesterday, we witnessed the latest in a long line of casual comments from Donald Trump that crossed the line," she said Wednesday, referencing Trump's remarks.

"His casual cruelty to a Gold Star family, his casual suggestion that more countries should have nuclear weapons and now his casual inciting of violence. Every single one of these incidents shows us that Donald Trump simply does not have the temperament to be president and commander in chief of the United States," Clinton said during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa.



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Brutal Pot Shop Robbery Caught On Camera

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Security footage shows armed gunmen storm Seattle marijuana dispensary, leaving employees tied up on the floor as they fled.

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Escondido Roads Temporarily Closed This Month

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Some roads in Escondido will be temporarily closed for about two weeks starting Wednesday as surface improvements are made and new infrastructure is installed, city officials say.

According to the City of Escondido, road closures include southbound North Ash Street, from Lehner to Vista avenues, and westbound Vista Avenue – from Ash Street to Lehner Avenue.

The roads will be closed through Aug. 22 and all work will be performed between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. City officials say residents will not be seriously impacted by the closures and will have access to their homes at all times.

However, residents and motorists may experience some delays on the roadways during the day. Detour signs will be posted to help bypass potential delays.

The improvement work is being completed by Southland Paving Inc., a sub-contractor for Shea Homes’ nearby Canyon Grove housing construction project that is currently underway.



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