West Haven police found around 600 marijuana plants growing in the backyard of a day care, police said.

According to police, officers responded to 159 Norfolk St., a licensed day care, on Friday after being called by state child care inspectors.

The inspectors called police when they were denied access behind a tall wooden fence in the backyard which they found suspicious, according to the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood.

Police obtained a search warrant and found about 600 plants, each between 6 and 10 feet tall, growing in a garden in the backyard, police said.

City housing inspectors shut down the facility and the day-care license was suspended.

State records indicate that the day care license is registered to Rosalee Miller.

Maggie Adair, a spokeswoman for the Office of Early Childhood, confirmed that Miller is the day care operator and said that the license is on summary suspension, which Miller can request a hearing to appeal. The state suspended the license because Miller denied inspectors access to the garden when they came on Friday.

The suspension is separate from the criminal investigation, Adair said.

Police said arrests are forthcoming but did not name any suspects or detail potential charges. 

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

A large crowd applauded and cheered Monday as the doors opened on a new Hobby Lobby in San Diego County.

The craft and home décor retail chain opened its location on North 4th Avenue in Chula Vista.

Store manager Mark Whitney described the store as “supersized” with a lot of seasonal and crafting items as well as a phenomenal staff.

Shopper Latoya Neely wanted to look for decorations for her children’s rooms and her living room.

“I love it. I’m so happy that it’s right here,” the Chula Vista resident said.

Another local, Debbie Vigil, said she was picking up some necessities for Thanksgiving. She said she appreciates the variety of items and the prices.

There are more than 700 stores in the U.S. but this is the second location in San Diego County.

Firefighters quickly put out a small, half-acre brush fire burning in a canyon near Imperial Marketplace in San Diego's Mountain View neighborhood. 

The brush fire broke out near 355 Marketplace Avenue on Monday afternoon, firefighters said. 

Crews quickly quelled the half-acre fire, which burned near the Imperial Marketplace shopping center, and a Home Depot. 

Home Depot officials said the store was not affected as the fire was in a canyon nearby. 

No other information was immediately available.

A man was arrested after he threatened an employee inside a La Mesa gas station and brandished a knife at officers on Monday, according to La Mesa Police Department.

The incident happened at approximately 10:22 a.m. at a gas station on the 7900 block of University Avenue near La Mesa Boulevard.

Police say the man allegedly threatened an employee with a knife and told the employee that if officers arrived, he would threaten them as well. When officers got to the scene, they found the man sitting against a sign post outside the gas station. 

He allegedly waved the knife at officers and threatened to charge at them.

A K-9 unit, a police helicopter and officers were on scene, attempting to negotiate with the suspect.

At approximately 11:04 a.m., police say the man surrendered to officers.

He will face two felony charges of brandishing a weapon and threatening officers, according to police.

Chula Vista residents are fighting back after a series of recent car break-ins. 

Chula Vista Police say that in recent weeks, at least one suspect has been hitting whole streets at a time in the city's Eastlake neighborhood.  

In an effort to help catch the person or persons responsible, residents have begun installing security cameras. The community has also begun a neighborhood watch program. 

"We let our homeowners association know, nothing has happened since then," said Veronica Delgado, a Chula Vista homeowner. "I put flyers on every single house, there's over 40 houses just on this block, and I put flyers on everybody's house saying are you interested, has this happened before, be aware that this has happened overnight and are you interested in starting some sort of community watch."

In security camera video from residents, at least one suspect can be seen going from car to car up and down one street, checking to see if any doors are unlocked. When he finds a door that is unlocked, he gets inside for just a few seconds, pushing on the brakes, and then he moves onto the next car. 

Owners of those cars say some belongings have been taken, as well as personal information like insurance cards and VIN numbers. 

In some cases, windows were broken and cars were damaged. Delgado said the damage to her car left her with a big bill.

"There was a broken beer bottle when we came out in the morning for school," said Delgado. "You can see the two dents, and you can see where it, measured up like boom, boom and hit here. And they're just two small, but because of the location, we were quoted over $2,000 to get it repaired, so that's really unfortunate."

Some residents say insurance cards and other documents with personal information were taken.

Police say with that information, the thieves can open credit cards and use the information for other forms of identity theft. 

"Any kind of personal identification obviously can be used for identity theft theft, or some kind of fraud, so if you're going to keep any of your personal identification in a vehicle, make sure you lock your doors when you leave the car," said Chula Vista Police Department Lt. John Autolino.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Chula Vista Police Department. 

At least 10 people were killed in Baghdad late Monday in a car bomb attack claimed by ISIS near a hospital in a central district, police and hospital sources said.

A suicide bomber had targeted a gathering of Shi'ite Muslims in the Karrada district, according to a statement circulated online by the Amaq news agency, which supports the ultra-hardline Sunni militant group.

The police sources said at least 39 people were wounded in the blast and they expected the death toll to rise, NBC News reported.

The fight against ISIS, which seized a third of Iraq's territory in 2014, has exacerbated a long-running sectarian conflict in Iraq, mostly between the Shi'ite majority and the Sunni minority.

Monday's blast occurred not far from the site of an ISIS suicide attack in July that killed 324 people.

A vigil was held Monday evening to remember the Grossmont High School student and "Captain America" fan whose visit with his heroes tugged at our hearts earlier this year.

Friends and family of 18-year-old Ryan Wilcox will gather to remember the young man who they say did not lose his battle against cancer.

"He beat it a long time ago by the way he chose to LIVE," the family posted to Facebook when they announced his death Saturday.

Wilcox, a student at Grossmont High School, was so beloved by his classmates that earlier this year they held a school rally in his honor. 

"He stood in front of the stage and everyone in the audience had an arm up and he posed in front and we were able to get this awesome picture," said Allison Schafer. "And it represented, not only the school but the community coming together."

Another student says Wilcox brought separate groups together in the high school after they heard of his battle and strength.

Candles formed the words "Ryan Strong" on the stage; words used to describe Wilcox by his friends and peers.

"Tonight, it made me realize how strong he made us come together and how our community became powerful through him," said student Kelsey York.

The teenager drew strength from the superheroes in the "Captain America" film franchise.

So the students asked for Wilcox to receive a visit from his idols, the cast of Captain America.

Actor Chris Evans responded with a video that surprised Wilcox at the May 6 rally.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who plays Pepper Potts in the franchise, suggested that she, Evans and Robert Downey, Jr. follow up with a visit to the teenager.

The trio followed through and stopped by for a visit a few weeks later.

Grossmont High School and all of the other schools in the district are asking students to wear red, white, and blue on Tuesday to honor Wilcox.

A routine fishing trip for four people on board the boat Sweet Marie quickly turned into a rescue mission.

Early Saturday, a sport fishing boat crashed into one of the Coronado Islands off the coast of Mexico.

The 63-foot Invicta struck rocks and was taking on water with 21 passengers and crew onboard.

Passenger Darian Fox boarded the boat Friday night for an annual fishing trip planned by employees of a San Diego-area plumbing company.

The trip came to an abrupt end when the boat crashed into the rocky shore of one of the Coronado Islands.

“The boat went full on collision with the islands,” Fox remembered. “It threw everybody and put everybody in a frenzy.”

Just over a mile away, John Rodriguez was the only person awake on his 35-foot boat Sweet Marie.

He and his 3-person crew were on their way to fish tuna when he heard a mayday call and saw a flare light up the sky.

“The sense of urgency at first for me wasn't that great until I realized how quickly they were sinking,” Rodriguez told NBC 7.

Sweet Marie arrived moments later to find everyone with life jackets on. But the current was too strong for them to get away from the rocky island on a life raft without help.

“That's when it really set in,” John’s wife Sandy Rodriguez said. “It's like 'Oh my gosh.'"

"Had we not been there, these people in those rafts would have been smashed into those rocks just like the big boat was.”

Coast Guard chopper video shows Invicta in pieces. But what you may not be able to see are all of the fishing poles, wallets, keys and other personal belongings that went down with the boat.

“It's eerie and eye opening to see in how little time things can go bad and I mean real bad,” Sandy Rodriguez said.

The Rodriguez family loaded all 26 people onto their own boat, making sure to distribute their weight evenly for the next hour or so until the Coast Guard Cutter Sea Otter took over the rescue.

The Coast Guard called the Sweet Marie crew a group of Good Samaritans.

“Not heroes just good Samaritans,” said Sandy Rodriguez. “In the hope that if we're ever in that situation, someone lends us a hand.”

“When you're on the water you respond. It's just something you do," John Rodriguez explained.

The Coast Guard has launched an investigation into the crash, though it could take months.

One passenger suffered a back injury, but declined medical treatment. Everyone else was unharmed.

NBC 7 reached out to H&M Landing in San Diego, a booking agency for boats. A rep from the Landing told NBC 7 Invicta was one of the boats booked out by the agency. All of the boats that go through the Landing are independently owned and operated, the rep said.

A Lake Murray man was leaving his apartment for a bike ride on Labor Day when he was stabbed multiple times and robbed for his phone, San Diego Police confirmed.

A woman called 911 at 6:36 a.m. to report her boyfriend had been stabbed three times in the parking lot behind their apartment complex on Lake Arrowhead Drive southeast of Lake Murray Boulevard and west of State Route 125.

The victim, described as a man in his 20s, was leaving to go on a bike ride when he was approached by a stranger, Sgt. Nicholas Dedonato said.

The victim was robbed of his phone and stabbed three times in the chest but was able to walk back to his apartment, police said.

"At this time his wounds are superficial, they are not life-threatening," said Dedonato.

There have been no arrests. Officers were looking for a man driving a silver Ford Focus.

Neighbor Josh Norris found the incident unsettling.

"It’s eerie especially like I said I leave for work the same time this happened. If someone else can get robbed getting in their car, who's to say that couldn’t have been me," Norris said.

No other information was immediately available.

Two men placed a photo near a San Carlos intersection, marking the spot where a traffic collision took the most important person in their lives.

“It just rips you apart in disbelief,” Dimitri Bialk said Sunday. "There's no other feeling in this world that can describe how painful it is to lose your mother."

Marjorie Bialk, 76, taught special education in schools across San Diego for more than 30 years.

Described as an endlessly giving woman, she dedicated her life to children and God, her sons said.

“My mom gave a lot to the community. That was how she got through things. She had a really hard life but she knew if she gave, she felt good inside," Joe Bialk said of his mother.

Marjorie Bialk was driving a Toyota Camry north on Park Ridge Boulevard through the intersection at Navajo Park. For some reason, another driver failed to stop at a red light, San Diego Police said.

Bialk was later pronounced dead. 

The other driver, identified by police as Clarina Chu, 88, of San Diego also died from injuries suffered in the crash.

Since their deaths, flowers decorate the traffic poles around the intersection showing how big of a loss it is for this community.

Along with messages of support proving these brothers are not alone.

San Diego County has begun a “heightened response” after an individual reported to have travel-associated Zika virus is living within an area with mosquitoes known to carry the virus, county health officials said Saturday.

The Mount Hope resident traveled to a country that has Zika infections and became symptomatic upon their return, according to Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., San Diego County Public Health Officer.

The county learned of the case Monday, August 29 and reported it to the Department of Environmental Health. The patient granted permission for county officials to look around their residence and collect specimens of aedes mosquitoes.

“We ultimately found out the person was being tested, we obtained our own results and got those initial results back Friday night,” Wooten said. By that time, the patient’s symptoms were gone.

When asked if there were any immediate threat, Wooten said, “There is low risk but we want to err on the side of caution.”

She said the county is trying to prevent the spread of the infection.

“As soon as we know if a person is infectious, we notify the Department of Environmental Health so they can assess the area for this aedes species of mosquitoes to prevent the mosquito from biting the individual and then spreading it to the greater population of aedes mosquitoes,” Wooten said.

Signs were soon posted on corners warning residents of mosquito spraying scheduled for Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A 12-person team will hand-spray Pyrenone 25-5, similar to the spraying last month in South Park after a suspected case. In that neighborhood, the patient tested negative for mosquito-borne illness.

The spraying will occur within a two-block radius bordered by Market, F, Quail and Raven streets.

Rebecca LaFreniere, Deputy Director with Department of Environmental Health San Diego County, suggested residents help the county control the aedes species of mosquitoes by routinely removing breeding areas around their home.

She suggested something as small as a toy, a lawn ornament or a saucer could provide a perfect amount of water for mosquitoes to multiply.

In the Mount Hope case, Wooten said the person went to their provider but could not say who treated the patient or where the patient traveled.

“If you have a person that is infectious, and if you have the mosquitoes around their home then the mosquito can bite the infected person and then spread the virus to other mosquitoes,” Wooten said.

There have been no local cases of Zika reported in San Diego County.

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It may be one of the final beach days of the summer season, but that wasn't enough to entice enough San Diegans to the beach. 

Despite the Labor Day holiday and great afternoon weather, San Diego beaches actually saw significantly less Labor Day visitors than usual.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said they typically see about 300,000 beachgoers on summer’s unofficial finale. However, this year, they estimated that less than 200,000 people came to the beach to celebrate the holiday.

When holidays come around and crowded beaches are anticipated, people head to the coast early to secure a parking spot and reserve a nice spot on the sand -- but not this year.

One San Diegan made sure to arrive to Mission Beach as early as possible, but was surprised by how empty the beach was when she got there.

“There were very few [people],” beachgoer Betty Keerikikoolparn said. “I was real surprised. I thought ‘Oh, gee. I’m going to have to fight my way to get a space.’”

Lifeguards say that early morning overcast skies and a slight breeze may have shied some people away from the beach.

Local visitors, along with some in town on vacation, enjoyed building sand castles, kayaking and just hanging out. Twin brothers at La Jolla Shores were sculpting with sand until seaweed caught their interest.

Not everyone had the day off from work, though. One man made the most of the first half of his day by spending some time at the beach before going into work.

"There are so many people that get to enjoy their day," he said as he packed up his belongings. "But I have to be one of the ones that goes to work. Somebody's got to do it."

Biochemists at the University of California, San Diego have made a discovery that could lead to a vaccine against flesh-eating bacteria.

According to a press release by UC San Diego, researchers discovered hidden sequence patterns in the outer protein coat of group A Strep.

The study was published Nature Microbiology.

“At present, there is no vaccine against group A Streptococcus, and our discovery of hidden sequence patterns has offered up a novel way to devise such a vaccine,” said Partho Ghosh, chair of UC San Diego’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Ghosh headed the team of researchers who made the discovery.

He said the biggest obstacle in developing a vaccine for the group A Strep is the “hyper-variability” of the protein. Different strains of the flesh-eating bacteria have different proteins on their surface. But since the body’s immune system has to respond with specific antibodies for each different strain, patients are more vulnerable to the infection.

Researchers were able to study the structures of four different protein types that were bound to a human protein called C4BP and found a common sequence pattern among all of them.

“The idea now is to have antibodies do the same thing as C4BP — that is, recognize many different M protein types,” Ghosh said. “That way, the antibody response will not be limited to one M protein type and one strain of group A Strep, but will extend to most, if not all, M protein types and most, if not all strains, of group A Strep.”

Now, researchers are working to develop a vaccine that they hope will protect against most, if not all, strains of the flesh-eating bacteria.

According the UC San Diego press release, more than 500,000 people die every year from the highly infectious bacteria. 

Tens of thousands of British Airways passengers experienced long lines and hours-long delays at airports around the world overnight after a computer failure affected check-in systems, NBC News reported.

Airline employees had to manually process passengers at airports including San Francisco, Seattle and Phoenix, delaying the departures of dozens of London-bound transatlantic flights.

Angry passengers shared photos of long lines in Atlanta and Mexico City.

An Oceanside community is mourning the loss of a 15-year old girl, found dead at a playground in a park on Saturday.

Family, friends and community members gathered at Balderrama Park on San Diego Street Monday for a fundraiser and memorial to remember the teenager.

Anabell Flores was found dead on a playground structure around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday morning after officers responded to reports of shots fired in the area. 

Police say they believe this was a targeted attack and not a random act of violence.

Those who knew Anabell told NBC 7 she was a bright, friendly teen who was loved by her family and the community. On Monday, they gathered to call for a change after the senseless tragedy left many in the community reeling.

During the memorial, a former gang member and an Oceanside police officer exchanged a handshake and a hug.

Joseph Lopez told NBC 7 that he used to hate police officers but now sees them as just another person.

“Because that police officer knows the type of individual that I was,” he said. “He used to chase me through these streets.”

Oceanside Police Officer Jose Lopez says it was a special moment when they shared a handshake and a hug.

“He’s got young kids that he wants to see grow up safe in this neighborhood,” said Officer Lopez. “Well, I want his young kids to grow up safe in this neighborhood.”

“We’re all hurting from this,” he added. “It’s not something that we all look forward to dealing with.”

The community, which has been impacted by gang activity, is working to promote a better future for young through various mentoring programs.

“We go there with the hope that the experience of us sharing our testimony, that they don’t have to go through what we went through,” said Shanell Rodriguez with Project CLAIM. “They don’t have to go to prison; they don’t have to experience gang violence for rape of addiction or anything like that. Especially what happened this weekend with Anabell. She was loved. We all loved her.”

Meanwhile, Oceanside Police say they believe there is a specific witness who saw the shooting and could help them identify the suspect(s). They are asking for the person to come forward and share any information.

Problems with the check-in systems for British Airways caused delays and cancellations at multiple airports Monday night, including Lindbergh Field.

More than 1,000 flights were canceled. 

There is only one British Airways' flight in and out a San Diego Airport per day. On Monday night, the flight, scheduled to depart at 8:40 p.m. was delayed until 11 p.m.

A line of waiting passengers wrapped around the lobby near the ticket counter earlier in the evening. Passengers told NBC 7 that at one point, it had reached beyond the terminal doors.

British Airways says there is a problem with the check-in system and is working to fix the error.

While some passengers are disgruntled, others say it's something to be expected.

"It's the convenience of being able to fly. This stuff happens, it's the nature of the world we live in right now," said Tierrasanta resident Jo-Ann Olson-Thompson, who is on her way to Rome for vacation.

The total number of flight delays has not been determined and it's unknown how long it will take to fix the problem.

At least one person may have been injured in a house fire Monday night in Rolando, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD).

The fire began at approximately 10:11 p.m. on the 6300 block of University Avenue. 

SDFD says the fire was quickly knocked down quickly.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this news story. 

Convicted sex offender Brock Turner is back in his hometown in Ohio, but many neighbors have been anything but welcoming.

Some of them even brandished rifles, carrying the guns under the state's open carry laws to send the message that what Turner did will not be forgotten.

"No one is going to shoot him unless we see him victimizing people," said Micah Naziri, one of several Greene County residents protesting Turner's lax punishment for a sexual assault conviction.

The former Stanford University swimmer was released from Santa Clara County jail Friday morning after serving three months of a six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman after a fraternity party at Stanford in January 2015.

Judge Aaron Persky issue the sentence in June and has since been under fire for being too easy on Turner, who could have received a 10-year prison term for his crimes.

Now back at his parents' home, Turner is serving three years probation. He must register as a sex offender and will be monitored by law enforcement as such for the rest of his life.

Several groups have been protesting Turner's choice of residency. The armed protesters stress they are not threatening to harm Turner, unless they catch him committing another crime. They say it's their form of justice and a way to keep Turner on edge.

"Even if the justice system fails, the community is not going to fail," Naziri said.

Meanwhile, the committee working to recall Persky is blaming the judge for the gun patrols, saying his light sentence for Turner is having a trickle-down effect. The group said it doesn't agree with the armed protesters but believes Persky is responsible for creating a more vigilante environment.