It is the first day of fall and a far cry weather-wise from the last full day of summer. It is dry, partly to mostly sunny and much, much more comfortable. The “tropical” conditions have moved on with the rain, leaving behind weather worth bragging about. The only bad mark on the day are the gusty winds we’re seeing in our mountains and deserts. They are coming in from the west and blowing to the east. Some gusts have already reached 30-35 mph and they could top 50 mph before calming down early tomorrow. On Friday, those winds will begin to switch around from the east and we’re looking for a moderate Santa Ana event for the weekend.

In the meantime, if you’re wondering how much rain fell on those final days of summer, 2016, here are the total from the San Diego office of the National Weather Service.

BROWN FIELD 0.74

SAN YSIDRO 0.55

CHULA VISTA 0.47

KEARNY MESA 0.43

VISTA 0.41

LA JOLLA 0.40

FASHION VALLEY 0.39

MONTGOMERY 0.38

CARLSBAD 0.36

ENCINITAS 0.36

MISSION BEACH 0.33

LINDBERGH FIELD 0.32

POINT LOMA 0.29

OCEANSIDE 0.27

CITY HEIGHTS 0.23

SKYLINE RANCH 0.92

BARONA 0.89

HARBISON CNYN 0.81

ALPINE 0.79

GRANITE HILLS 0.72

SD CNTRY ESTATES 0.67

LOS COCHES CREEK 0.66

MT. WOODSON 0.63

GOOSE VALLEY 0.61

LAKE WOHLFORD 0.59

FLINN SPRINGS 0.55

VALLEY CENTER 0.54

MIRAMAR LAKE 0.54

POWAY 0.52

RANCHO BRNRDO 0.51

RAMONA 0.50

EL CAJON 0.49

ESCONDIDO 0.48

LEMON GROVE 0.43

LA MESA 0.42

SCRIPPS RANCH 0.39

SANTEE 0.29

ELFIN FOREST 0.28

BONSALL 0.28

LAKE MURRAY 0.28

FALLBROOK 0.23

DE LUZ 0.21

RAINBOW 0.20

SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS

BIRCH HILL 1.98

PALOMAR MTN 1.72

MT LAGUNA 1.51

LAKE CUYAMACA 1.31

DESCANSO 1.24

OTAY MOUNTAIN 1.15

JULIAN 1.05

VOLCAN MTN 1.00

CAMPO 0.97

PINE VALLEY 0.96

WARNER SPRINGS 0.92

HENSHAW DAM 0.91

PINE HILLS FS 0.89

SKY OAKS 0.88

SANTA YSABEL 0.64

RANCHITA 0.62

SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS

AGUA CALIENTE 0.60

SAN FELIPE 0.59

BORREGO SPRINGS 0.42

OCOTILLO WELLS 0.31

A Tijuana man is facing chargers for smuggling nearly 6,000 pills containing an ultra-deadly mix of the drug fentanyl, the U.S. Attorney's office announced. 

Jose Arturo Acevedo, 35, was arraigned on multiple charges related to smuggling the 5,857 pills, 55 pounds of methamphetamine, 24 pounds of cocaine and 12 pounds of heroine, the U.S. Attorney's office said. He faces four counts of importation of a controlled substance. 

Fentanyl is a Schedule II synthetic laboratorieskiller produced in laboratories. When made in labratories, the drug can be 100 times more potent than morphine, and even inhaling or absorbing a trace amount through the skin can be fatal. 

Acevedo allegedly entered the San Ysidro Port of Entry on July 19, according to the filed complaint. In his car, he had 24 packages of drugs hidden in a speaker box lying on the floor of the car behind the front seats 

The thousands of blue pills Acevedo allegedly smuggled had the markings and physical dimensions of oxycodone. However, Drug Enforcement Administration lab officials determined the pills actually contained fentanyl. 

The escalating number of fentanyl seizures concern law enforcement authorities.

In the past two weeks alone, officials have seized fentanyl in powder form three times. 

“We are extremely troubled by the number of fentanyl seizures we’ve seen recently,” said U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy in a statement. “Drug users, listen up! This is life or death. If you are buying painkillers on the street and not in the pharmacy, your drugs might contain fentanyl, and even miniscule amounts of fentanyl can have devastating consequences for those who abuse it or literally even touch it. The extreme danger of fentanyl cannot be overstated.”

Th drug can be anywhere from 25 to 50 times more potent than heroin. In some parts of the U.S., heroin is spiked with fentanyl, or replaced entirely with it. 

The Drug Enforcement Agency released a nationwide public health alert on the drug last year. 

Acevedo is scheduled to appear in court next on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. 

A man called NBC 7 Responds after he says his phone carrier charged him for using thousands of dollars-worth of data, while he was asleep. 

Greg Sacco said he doesn’t do anything fancy with his smart phone. 

“I just have it with me so if it rings, I’m there,” he said. 

Greg said he recently replaced an old iPhone that was giving him trouble. One night, Greg said he had the phone charging while he slept when the phone was flooded with text messages. 

“Must have been 60 or 70 text messages, one right after the other telling us that we’re over our limits,” Greg said. 

The next morning he said he called his phone carrier Verizon to ask what’s going on. Verizon told him they would investigate what the text messages were about. 

A month later, Greg received his monthly bill in the mail. It wasn’t his usual $197 bill, the total was $3,720. 

According to the bill, Verizon said Greg’s phone used more than 340GB of data in one evening. That’s the equivalent of watching 23,000 YouTube videos in one night. 

Greg took his phone back to the Apple store where he said they told him there appeared to be a software glitch. 

“They [Apple] deleted this phone, rebooted it, reloaded it and ever since they did that, nothing has happened,” Greg said. 

Greg said he talked to more than a dozen people at Verizon trying to explain the problem but the bills kept coming. 

So, Greg turned to NBC 7 Responds for help. We contacted Verizon to find out more about the charges. 

“Verizon Wireless has erased my debt and eliminated over $5,200 in data charges,” Greg said. 

Verizon eliminated the charges for the data usage and additional charges added after the jump in data occurred.

Verizon thanked us for bringing the issue to their attention in a statement a Verizon representative said, “we strive to provide the best possible experience for our customers, at every touch point. In this case, we did not deliver on that promise. We appreciate NBC 7 bringing this issue to our attention and will do our best to continue earning Mr. Sacco’s business.”

A woman shot in the head by her own sister in San Diego’s Warner Springs community has died, officials confirmed Wednesday.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SDSO) said Carrie Deatherage, 51, died from a single gunshot wound to her head.

Her older sister, Sandra Stoneburner, 57, is accused in the deadly shooting, which investigators said happened at around 11:45 p.m. on Sept. 16 on the Los Coyotes Indian Reservation.

That night, deputies were called to a home in the 1000 block of Camino San Ignacio to investigate reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found Deatherage lying unresponsive inside the home, in grave condition.

The victim’s sister was detained for questioning that night. Ultimately, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office determined Deatherage’s case to be a homicide. Stoneburner was arrested and booked into the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility.

The SDSO said the suspect now faces a first-degree murder charge. Stoneburner is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 30.

No further details on the case were immediately released. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information can call the SDSO’s Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321 or (858) 565-5200, or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

Warner Springs is located in San Diego’s North County, approximately 70 miles northeast of downtown San Diego.

Padres rookie rightfielder Hunter Renfroe wasted little time notching his first career hit in the majors.

After getting intentionally walked Wednesday evening the first time he stepped into the batter’s box, Renfroe singled to left field in his first plate appearance Thursday against the Giants.

He finished with two base knocks in four at-bats but was stranded both times he reached safely.

Manny Margot started in center and Carlos Asuaje debuted at second base but both finished hitless in their first MLB starts.

Part of the reason they struggled at the plate was Jeff Samardzija. The right-hander pitched seven shutout innings for San Francisco and struck out nine without walking a single batter.

Samardzija also limited the Padres to only four hits and the Giants shaky bullpen did not quiver this time when handed the lead.

Poway’s Alex Dickerson notched his 10th homer of the season when he sent a towering solo shot over the wall in right.

Dickerson’s blast cut the Giants lead to 2-1 but the Padres could not climb even the rest of the way.

Facing Giants closer Sergio Romo in the bottom of the 9th, Renfroe popped up and Asuaje sent a grounder to shortstop for the final two outs.

Edwin Jackson toes the rubber Friday as the Friars try to bounce back against the Giants.

First pitch is slated for 7:40 p.m. at Petco Park.

If given the chance, not many people might choose to work on their 95th birthday — but National Park Service Ranger Betty Soskin sees her work as an opportunity to share her wisdom.

Soskin, the oldest park ranger for the country, is in Washington, D.C., to help celebrate the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

"I know how my generation met the threat of its day," Soskin told a group of local students on Thursday.

Soskin met with the local students to share her experience growing up during World War II and what is was like for women and minorities like herself during the civil rights era.

"We have no nostalgia for that period. That is a painful period of rejection," Soskin told News4.

Sharing her story is Soskin's full-time job back in her home state of California, where she works at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond.

She didn't become a park ranger until she was 85 years old.

Soskin said touring the new African American museum brought memories of the days during her childhood when she traveled with relatives from California to Louisiana.

"When we got to El Paso, Texas, we would have to go into the Jim Crow car," Soskin said.

Recently, she made national headlines after someone broke into her home and brutally attacked her, stealing the presidential coin she received after lighting the national Christmas tree last December. In July, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell gave Soskin a replacement coin during a surprise ceremony.

Jewell asked Soskin to go with her to the grand opening of the African American museum on Saturday.

As Soskin says in her blog, "this 'lil ole lady ranger will be rubbing shoulders with the likes of Laura Bush, Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Willie Brown, General Colin Powell, etc., and we may all be wondering just how on earth she ever got on the A-List!"

When Dawn Jones realized she'd just hit the lottery, it was definitely a moment. She picked up the phone and called a fellow nurse.

"My heart feels like it's coming out of my chest, I may be having a heart attack," she told him.

"Just breathe," he chuckled.

The Trenton nurse and mother is probably breathing a lot easier after claiming her cash.

Jones won New Jersey's CASH4LIFE lottery, which pays $1,000 a day for the rest of your life. She opted to take the money up front, which amounts to $7 million before taxes.

Every Monday, Jones buys lottery tickets for five different games. She plays the very same numbers for each game because they're personally significant.

That's how Jones knew without even checking that she had the winning ticket for the Aug. 8 drawing. But just to be sure she grabbed the ticket and asked her daughter to come over and read the numbers out loud.

"Then came the silent scream," said Jones, who plans to pay off her student loans, help put her daughters through college and then get started on her bucket list.

Oh, and work? Jones is still providing long-term acute care at two different facilities in New Jersey. She didn't even take the next day off to savor her new multi-millionaire status.

"I thought about calling out rich," Jones said, "But I know that a lot of people depend on me, so I went to work."

A North Carolina congressman has apologized for saying the violent demonstrations that have rattled Charlotte stems from protestors who “hate white people because white people are successful and they’re not,” NBC News reported.

During an interview with the BBC broadcast in the United Kingdom late Thursday, Rep. Robert Pittenger, a Republican, said: “The grievance in their mind, the animus, the anger — they hate white people because white people are successful and they’re not.”

In a series of tweets two hours after giving the interview, Pittenger apologized "to those I offended" and said the anguish he feels over what is taking place in his hometown "led me to respond to a reporter's question in a way that I regret."

He claimed he was "quoting statements made by angry protesters last night on national TV" and that his "intent was to discuss the lack of economic mobility for African-Americans because of failed policies." 

At least one more potential victim of a San Marcos man accused of sexually assaulting women while he worked for a ride-hailing service has come forward. 

Jeremy Vague, 37, a former driver with Uber and Lyft in San Diego, is facing four felony counts in the sexual assault and sexual battery of three women. Escondido police believe there may be additional victims. 

Police announced Vague's arrest Wednesday, and received calls from two additional victims in the following 24 hours.

One adult woman called on behalf of her friend, who she believes was assaulted by Vague. Police are in the process of interviewing her.

The other potential victim may be a juvenile, police said. 

Authorities say on Sept. 16, at approximately 1:15 p.m., an 18-year-old student at Palomar College San Marcos campus requested a ride to an Escondido home through Uber.

The driver, identified as Vague, arrived in a blue, 2014 Chrysler minivan 7SMH182, according to Escondido Police spokesperson Justin Murphy.

Instead of taking the victim home, Vague intentionally turned off the Uber app and veered away from the route to an area where he sexually assaulted the victim, Murphy said.

After the assault, the suspect drove the rider home and dropped her off.

Wednesday night, Palomar College sent out an e-mail alert to students advising them of what happened. 

Students at the school said the news is upsetting.

"I know a girl today who took an Uber to class, and I told her to be very careful because of the news," said Ivette Patricio, a student. "It's scary because it's our lives at stake, we're coming here to get an education and the last thing we should be worrying about is getting assaulted in any way."

Vague was arrested on Friday and is being held without bail.

On Tuesday, Sept. 6, the same suspect allegedly attempted to lure another Palomar College student into his van during school hours. The woman did not feel comfortable and did not request a ride-hailing service.

During the evening on Wednesday, Sept. 7, the same suspect gave a woman a ride through the Lyft service. Vague is accused of sexually battering the 19-year-old rider and another 19-year-old female who was waiting for her.

Escondido Police say investigators were not aware of the initial report until after the Sept. 16 investigation began.

Police said Vague's employment at Lyft and Uber has been suspended pending the investigation.

The Escondido Police Department is asking anyone who may recognize Vague or the circumstances to reach out to their investigators.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation can call Detective Damian Jackson at (760) 839-4932.

The Marriott International brand has become the largest hotel chain in the world, after its $13 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide closed on Friday morning.

The new deal means changes for how 78 million loyal customers of both Marriott and Starwood will manage their reward programs.

Beginning Friday, members of Marriott and Starwood loyalty programs will be able to link their accounts together, The Associated Press reported. Platinum and gold statuses will be interchangeable between the two companies. Marriot silver members will be the equivalent of Starwood's lowest category, Preferred Plus.

In addition, the merger comes with a 3-to-1 exchange rate that has been deemed equal; every Starwood point is worth three Marriott Rewards points.

Points can be used by members for free nights, sporting or entertainment events, shopping on the company’s online mall, among other exclusive experiences. By linking the rewards programs together, members now have a wider variety of locations they can stay in.

While the accounts can be linked, the loyalty programs will remain separate for the time being, Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson confirmed to the AP. Marriott has partnerships with Chase and United Airlines, while Starwood has partnerships with American Express, Delta Air Lines and Uber. Marriott plans to keep operating both programs for the next two years until eventually phasing out the Starwood Preferred Guest program.

“Nothing changes immediately,” Sorenson said. “We have to see how those partnerships evolve.”

The new company will encompass 30 hotel brands with more than 5,700 properties across more than 110 countries, the AP reported. 

You know those drivers facing a construction zone narrowing the lanes of traffic who zip up to the front of the line and cut in?

Annoying for the patient drivers who stay back and wait for an opening in traffic, right?

Well, transportation officials from several states say that tactic actually results in less congestion and is the recommended practice.

If drivers see that their traffic lane will close ahead, they should wait until the point where the lane is closed off before merging, some traffic experts propose.

Kansas is the latest state to adopt this strategy, while a number of states, including Missouri, Colorado, Minnesota and Washington, have already adopted the “zipper merge.”

Minnesota even created this informational video on the practice:

The strategy can reduce traffic delays by 35 percent, Colorado Department of Transportation told USA Today.

The thinking is that those drivers who stay back and wait to merge are leaving a lane unused, a Colorado transportation official told the newspaper.

This spring, the Kansas Department of Transportation rolled out a memo encouraging drivers to start using the zipper merge.

“When traffic volumes are heavy and traffic is moving slow, it is much safer for motorists to remain in their current lane until the point where traffic can orderly take turns merging,” the Kansas Department of Transportation memo reads.

What do you think? Should California drivers adopt the zipper merge? Leave a comment below.

Dogs left homeless by recent flooding in Louisiana will be flown to San Diego Friday and put up for adoption.

The Rancho Coastal Humane Society is expecting a group of 65 dogs and one cat Friday afternoon.

“They would still be in their homes if it hadn’t been for the floods,” the humane society’s president Jim Silveira said on the site’s website. “We want to match them with their new families as soon as possible so they can begin their new lives in California.”

As many as 11 people were killed and thousands of people were forced from their homes when unrelenting rain flooded the state beginning Aug. 13. A storm system dropped three times as much rain on the state as Hurricane Katrina, according to National Weather Service records.

Dogs who were separated from their families are in need of homes. In some cases, the families had to relinquish the dogs because shelters could not accept them.

Some of those animals will arrive to Gillespie Field in El Cajon Friday afternoon.

The dogs will be dispersed to several area groups including Thrive Animal Rescue and Labradors and Friends Rescue. The groups will be updating their social media pages with information about the dogs and the adoption process.

The dogs will be examined by a veterinarian and receive needed vaccinations, the rescue said. Each will also be spayed or neutered before offered up for adoption.

The dogs will be available for viewing beginning Saturday, Sept. 24 with adoptions beginning on Friday, Sept. 30.

World leaders are making remarks at the opening session of the UN General Assembly.

Check here for a live stream.

L.A. County-based Xencor Inc. is expanding its operations into San Diego, the company announced Thursday.

The biopharma’s new San Diego facility is now open in Del Mar Heights and staffs 17 employees, with plans to hire four more staff in the near future.

The company, which is developing engineered monoclonal antibodies to help treat autoimmune diseases, asthma, allergic diseases and cancer, will also be expanding its team headquartered in Monrovia, California, according to a company news release.

“We’re expanding our team quickly and it is a great sign of the future ahead as we prepare to advance additional candidates using Xencor's XmAb bispecific technology into the clinic by the end of 2017,” said Bassil Dahiyat, CEO at Xencor, in a statement.

Xencor currently has 10 product candidates engineered with Xencor's XmAb technology in clinical development internally and with partners.

The expansion in both sites enables Xencor to focus on its clinical-stage drug development, and broaden its pipeline of XmAb drug candidates.

A fire hydrant was knocked over early Friday, shooting thousands of gallons of water high into the air near San Diego International Airport.

The geyser from the corner of Noell and Hancock Streets could be viewed from traffic on the nearby Interstate 5.

The incident was west of I-5 and south of Interstate 8.

Two raccoons found themselves in a sticky situation Wednesday when they couldn't climb out of a dumpster in Grantville. 

A resident passing by the recycling plant dumpster spotted the two terrified young raccoons peering out of the carton. Had they not been found, they would have been crushed. 

The resident called County Animal Services and Animal Control Officer Angela Jones used her rescue equipment to safely pull out the animals. 

“Usually wild animals like these tend to hide deep in the dumpster debris when people come around,” said County Animal Services Lieutenant Mitchell Levy in a statement. “Luckily, someone noticed before they were crushed.”

Because the twin raccoons were healthy, Jones released them back into the wild several blocks away near the San Diego River. Oftentimes if wild animals are found healthy and unharmed, officers will release them into the wild. 

If you ever spot a raccoon trapped in a dumpster or pit of some sort, one simple solution to try is to place a large piece of debris inside the dumpster to act as a ladder. 

You can also call County Animal Services at (619) 767-2675 and they will help or refer you to someone who can help nearby.

A 15-year-old girl says she was overwhelmed with emotion when sheriff's investigators told her she was one of 33 students and staff members who were on the hit list of a student at Encore High School in Hesperia.

"I started crying," Madison Argo said. "It was just really shocking because I knew him, like I thought he was a friend."

Argo said most of the people on the list were friends with the student.

Over the weekend, San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies were alerted by a parent that the boy, a 14-year-old eight-grader, had allegedly made a threat on social media. Investigators questioned him and his parents, but didn't make an arrest until Tuesday after they say they discovered a hit list and a plan at his parents' two homes.

"That student had limited access to firearms, as well as there was some information about explosives that was obtained during the search warrant," Sheriff John McMahon said.

On Wednesday, school administrators told parents and students about the arrest, explaining that the boy was kept away from school until he was taken into custody.

"We sent our kids to school for three days — three days — while this was still being investigated," said the girl's mother, Christy Argo. "By Monday we should have been notified."

Madison Argo says other people on the hit list included the school's founder. She's glad her former friend is now behind bars.

"I don't know if he would have actually gone through with it, but it's possible," she said.

It's unclear if the boy, who has not been identified, will be charged as a juvenile or as an adult, or when he will face a judge for the first time.

Officials said they are confident that the student was acting alone and they are not seeking additional suspects.

An hours-long SWAT standoff in Pacific Beach ended late Thursday when authorities entered the home the suspect had allegedly barricaded himself in, only to find that he was not inside. 

The standoff stemmed from an incident on the 6400 block of La Jolla Boulevard at approximately 1 p.m. San Diego Police responded to calls for domestic violence and learned a man had scaled his girlfriend's balcony and pointed a handgun at her head. 

Authorities identified the man as 52-year-old Michael Anthony Davee.

After scaling her balcony, the man then escaped and left in a car, driving to a building on the 1700 block of Law Street, near Gresham Street and half a mile from Pacific Beach Middle School. 

Once he arrived, officers saw him throw a gun over the side of the wall. 

Despite repeated calls to surrender, authorities received no response. Hours later, they stormed the house and found no one inside. 

During the standoff, some of the surrounding residents on Law Street were evacuated. 

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

A jury reached a verdict Thursday in a case involving a former U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of giving his daughter’s teenage friend cocaine and committing sex acts on the minor.

After two days of deliberations, a jury in a San Diego courtroom found Daniel Alfredo Spear guilty on three counts: digital penetration of a minor; oral copulation of a minor; employment of a minor to perform prohibited acts.

Six months ago, at a pretrial hearing, Spear’s victim took the stand as the prosecution’s key witness.

The teen testified that Spear – her friend’s father – brought cocaine, money, lingerie and a camera to the Dana Inn hotel on Mission Bay last October. After giving the 17-year-old the drugs, Spear allegedly took photos of the minor while performing sex acts on her.

The teen also testified that Spear touched her inappropriately when she spent the night at his house during the Fourth of July.

San Diego Police Department (SDPD) detectives found more than 10 photos of the teenager on Spear’s phone. Several of those pictures showed the teen posing in lingerie.

In the March 2016 pretrial, Spear’s attorney said Spear and his wife had given money to the teenager to pay for food and rent, as the teen was allegedly having problems with her mother. The attorney also questioned the minor about her medical condition, fibromyalgia, which she acknowledged affects her memory.

Ultimately, a judge ruled there was enough evidence for Spear to stand trial. During the course of the investigation, the U.S. Border Patrol placed Spear on paid administrative leave, and also launched an internal investigation.

The San Diego County District Attorney's office said Thursday that Spear faces a maximum sentence of four years and four months in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 18.

A fight is brewing between the city and residents of the Bay Ho neighborhood in San Diego, over the future building plans of a vacant lot.

SANDAG would like to use Eminent Domain, a process in which the government can legally seize private property for public use, to take the vacant lot in the 2500 block of Clairemont Drive. City officials say they would like to set it up as a "Park and Ride" staging area and parking lot for a future trolley station.

However, local residents are less than thrilled with the prospect of adding another city parking lot to their neighborhood. Residents have voiced their preference for a more scenic addition to beautify the community.

One local resident, John Beard, lives within a few blocks of the vacant lot in dispute. He said he isn't happy with the idea of SANDAG using Eminent Domain to take the property for a "Park and Ride."

A spokesperson for a group opposing Eminent Domain, Bay Park Boardwalk/Raise The Balloon, James LaMattery, says he wants community members to gather together on Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to speak with the developer who is working on the site.

"So we're having an event to introduce Jeffrey Essakow, President of Protea properties, to our residents, and it’ll be a time when residents can fire away and let this development group know what they want or do not want," said LaMattery.

Bay Park Boardwalk/Raise The Balloon, the community group opposing Eminent Domain, would prefer to use the vacant lot as a community 'gateway' to Bay Park and Bay Ho neighborhoods, as well as a mixed-use lot for grocery stores, offices or condos.

"The best thing that is going on right now is that this developer is including the community in the community planning process," said LaMattery.