Do we have a head full of dreams or did this just happen: Coldplay are finally returning to San Diego!

The UK pop/rock band and Live Nation announced Friday that in nearly one year to the date, their current “A Head Full of Dreams Tour” will touch down in San Diego: Coldplay will headline Qualcomm Stadium on Oct. 8, 2017. Having already played to 2.5 million fans since March throughout Europe, the U.S. and Latin America, the group is turning their attention back to America’s Finest City as the final date of their fall 2017 leg.

The show is still a ways off, but it’d be a good idea to snag tickets early if you can. Coldplay have a habit of selling out shows the world over. Citi cardholders will have access to presale tickets starting Monday, Oct. 10 at noon PST through the Citi Private Pass Program, while tickets to the public go onsale on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. PST right here. 

For fans, it’s been a long time coming. The band hasn’t played in town since their July 16, 2009 show at Sleep Train Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, but it hasn’t been from lack of demand. They’re one of the biggest rock bands in the world, thanks to their near-countless hit singles (“Yellow,” “Clocks,” “Fix You,” “Viva la Vida,” and “A Sky Full of Stars” just to name a few) and chart-topping albums, starting with 1999’s multi-platinum “Parachutes.” Over the years, they’ve won seven Grammy awards, sold more than 80 million albums worldwide, and even headlined the Super Bowl 50 halftime show this past February.

It might be rush of blood to the head, but we’re thinking Oct. 8, 2017 can’t get here fast enough!

A half-acre fire sparked in National City Friday morning in brush and trees near a freeway, sending heavy smoke into the air.

The National City Fire Department said a witness called just after 9:35 a.m. to report smoke coming from trees near northbound Interstate 805 and Plaza Boulevard.

Crews arrived quickly and worked to surround the fire. California Highway Patrol officials helped by shutting down the on-ramp to northbound I-805 at Plaza Boulevard so fire crews could have full access to the area to battle the blaze.

As of 10 a.m., the ramp remained closed to traffic. A Caltrans camera caught some smoke billowing over I-805 south of State Route 54.

By 10:25 a.m., officials confirmed that the fire was contained; no evacuations were ordered.

Fire crews plan to remain in the area for at least two hours monitoring hot spots and mopping up.

The fire sparked amid hot, dry and windy conditions in San Diego County, a trifecta of weather conditions known to fuel wildfires.

No further details were immediately released.

Whew! San Diego and the rest of Southern California caught a real break over the last 12 hours when the Santa Ana that threatened us with dangerous fire conditions decided to spare the region.

Now, it's hot and drier than it should be, but those gusty, devilish northeast winds just never took hold.

It was becoming apparent that the winds would be less than projected by midday Thursday, prompting the National Weather Service to cancel the fire weather watch the agency had issued during the early morning hours. The Red Flag warning and high wind advisory in place for all of the counties north of San Diego are also set to expire at 2 p.m. Friday.

Since early Thursday we've seen only a few sporadic wind gusts surpass the 40 mph mark and Friday, when winds were expected to be at their worst for San Diego County, it just didn't happen.

At tops we've seen only a few gusts of wind around 30 mph and then only in the mountains themselves; nothing threatening reached the coast or even the inland valleys.

That has also prevented those expected very low humidity levels from reaching across the county. This too has been great news for local firefighters who have been on stand-by all week, knowing how devastating October wildfires can be in San Diego County.

San Diego County's two worst wildfires in recent years have both taken place during the month: the Witch Fire in 2007 and the State's largest wildfire ever, the Cedar Fire which started near Julian on Oct. 25, 2003 and grew from 50 acres to more than 5,000 in a matter of hours, fueled quickly by strong Santa Ana winds.

Still it's a hot, dry Friday and Saturday is expected to be even hotter.

So even without the wind, the current weather situation means the danger of wildfires is greater than normal and everyone is urged to take every precaution to insure that not even a small fire gets started.

As Hurricane Matthew barreled up the coast of Florida, many found themselves facing gouged prices at hotels and gas stations, according to "Today's" investigative reporter. 

Some retailers are taking advantage of the crisis by raising prices on necessities as people scramble to take cover or evacuate, officials said. 

A room at one Days Inn that would normally be priced at $52 was going for $200. Some gas stations are also being accused of charging more than $8 per gallon and water cases are being sold by vendors for more than $30 each.

Price gouging is being investigated by the state's attorney general's office. 

A San Diego man who used cleaning solution to refill beer bottles and then returned the tampered brews to stores for a refund will be sentenced Friday.

Eduardo Cossio III pleaded guilty in the beer tampering case in late August. Now, he will learn his fate.

The investigation into tampering of beer in San Diego began in May 2014. That’s when two beer brewing companies, as well as Target and Walmart, reported getting consumer returns for tampered or altered beer.

In all, there were 13 reported incidents of 12-packs. In each case, someone was emptying the contents of the bottles without damaging the bottle cap. Inside the bottles was some kind of soapy solution that had been dyed to make it look like beer.

“The bottle was then recapped and either re-crimped or glued with a silicone type adhesive to maintain a seal,” according to court documents.

Investigators with the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office started looking into who was returning the 12-packs of beer.

On Oct. 7, 2015, a 12-pack was returned to the Target on Jamacha Road in El Cajon. When investigators looked into the person who returned the beer, they found the same customer returned beer five times between September and October 2015.

Surveillance video showed Cossio returning the alcohol.

According to court documents, investigators served a search warrant at Cossio’s home on Oct. 28, 2015, and found evidence of the beer tampering. Among the items were cleaning solution, glue sticks and glue guns.

Court documents state Cossio told investigators he replaced the beer “using whatever cleaning solution was cheapest and sometimes experimenting with dyes."

He pleaded guilty to three felony charges of poisoning or adulterating food, drink or medicine with a special allegation of intending to defraud a company.

He was placed on probation ahead of his sentencing hearing. Cossio was also ordered to pay more than $59,000 in restitution.

He faces one year behind bars at his sentencing.

In the initial charging document, Cossio was accused of 32 counts of returning beer between December 2014 and October 2015, at numerous stores, including several Target stores throughout San Diego County and three separate Walmart stores in Chula Vista, Logan Heights and San Ysidro.

U.S. homeland security officials said Friday they are confident Russia's government is behind recent hacks of American political organizations' email systems.

"These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscow," said the statement from the Department of Homeland Security and the office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security.

The statement says that "only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized" hacks that resulted in documents posted on sites like WikiLeaks and DCLeaks.com, given "the scope and sensitivity of these efforts." But it stopped short of saying the Russian Government was responsible for the recent scanning and probing of American states' election systems.

Thousands of hacked Democratic National Committee emails were posted online this summer, upending the party's primary and convention, as the emails appeared to show some officials throwing their support behind Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders. Party Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz eventually resigned over the uproar.

The intelligence officials said in their statement Friday that Moscow has used similar tactics to influence public opinion in Europe and Asia.

The White House had asked a special intelligence task force to examine the implications of recent hacks, NBC News reported in August.

Congressman Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committe, applauded the Obama administration's statement.

"All of us should be gravely concerned when a foreign power like Russia seeks to undermine our democratic institutions, and we must do everything in our power to guard against it," he said in a statement Friday.

A spokesman for Russian president Vladimir Putin called the hacking allegations nonsense.

San Diego's Red Cross is recruiting volunteers to help those affected by Hurricane Matthew, as they shelter over 27,000 people from the storm with partner organizations.

On Friday morning, the entire Red Cross team met at the U.S.S. Midway for their annual Real Heroes breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m.

As the storm touches off in the southeast, 12 people from San Diego County are already out there providing support, according to San Diego's Red Cross. Most Red Cross volunteers will work in shelters, offering help and compassion to residents by distributing food, moving supplies and more.

More San Diego volunteers are expected to be deployed as conditions in the southeast worsen over the weekend. Red Cross officials say that includes five volunteers who headed out to help on Friday, even as flights were canceled or delayed.

The Red Cross says it doesn't matter if you aren't a trained volunteer. Everyone can still help by donating money or blood to those who have been hugely impacted by the hurricane.

There are five Red Cross sponsored blood drives taking place in San Diego just this weekend. To find the closest donation center, visit the Red Cross blood donation website here.

A trash truck caught on fire in Escondido on Friday afternoon, according to Escondido Police.

Southbound traffic on Centre City at El Norte will be closed for two hours, said Escondido police officers.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

U.S. intelligence officials are investigating the possibility that recent leaks of sensitive National Security Agency hacking tools did not stem from the alleged theft of classified materials by a Pentagon contractor whose arrest was made public this week.

Current and former U.S. officials briefed on the matter told NBC News that investigators so far have found no evidence that Harold T. Martin III, a Maryland resident who was charged with taking home reams of documents from his top secret job inside the NSA, sold or distributed the material. They haven't ruled it out, however, and they are looking into whether his home computers could have been hacked.

Still, officials say they are examining other possibilities to explain the recent leaks, which seem to have originated well after Edward Snowden began his forced exile in Russia three years ago. A defense attorney told The Associated Press Martin did not intend to betray his country.

The death toll continues to rise in Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew and Haitians in San Diego are hoping for any news of their loved ones.

The refugees have slowly made their way to the United States after the 2010 earthquake. Organizers told NBC 7, the refugees are having a really hard time connecting with loved ones back in Haiti because the destruction there is just too much. It could take weeks for them to be able to hear from family members just to find out if they are okay.

Hurricane Matthew has claimed hundreds of lives and taken out power lines on several square miles, making communication basically impossible. Now, refugees in San Diego can only sit and wait to hear from family and friends.

Many left their native country after the 2010 earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands. Thousands of refugees have been granted humanitarian parole to come into the United States for three years.

The idea is they'll be able to get a job, learn new skills, and in three years’ time; go back to Haiti and help grow the economy there. The Obama Administration enacted a new policy recently that would make it harder for Haitian refugees to cross the border. Women and children have priority to come into the country, but many men are not being allowed in. Many are separated from their families and are being housed in detention centers in Mexico.

It's unclear how long they'll be in these detention centers, but it is clear where they'll be going. They'll be sent back to Haiti, to deal with the aftermath of hurricane Matthew.

“Most Haitians are no longer being paroled into the United States and are now being detained. They are being prioritized for what is known as expedited removal to Haiti. Obviously Haiti is not in the condition right now to receive these folks. They didn't have the right conditions before Hurricane Matthew," said Christian Ramirez of Alliance San Diego.

Christ United Methodist Church in Normal Heights has helped more than 3,000 Haitian refugees over the past couple of months.  Eighty percent move to the east coast to reconnect with family members there and will most likely call that home until the end of their three-year stay.

A Knott's Berry Farm promotion will honor U.S. veterans with free admission and discounted tickets in celebration of its 26th annual Military Tribute from Nov. 1 to Dec. 20.

The offer, called Military Days: A Tribute to Our Heroes, ensures all retired and current military personnel are given free admission to the theme park with the opportunity to take a guest for free.

The promotion also allows any Military ID holder to purchase six additional tickets at the discounted price of $25 each from Nov. 1 to Nov. 18, and for $30 each from Nov. 28 to Dec. 16.

In addition to park discounts, veterans can also take advantage of Knott’s reduced hotel price for $89 a night.

To further honor veterans, Knott’s Berry Farm will conduct a flag ceremony on Veteran’s Day.

For information and promotion details visit knotts.com.

Hillary Clinton apparently told a group of Latin American bankers in 2013 that she envisions a "hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders," according to purportedly hacked emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta released Friday by WikiLeaks.

The Clinton campaign said Friday they "are not going to confirm the authenticity of stolen documents," though Podesta acknowledged on Twitter that he had been hacked. However, he suggested some emails may be "faked," echoing a claim Democrats made about previous disclosures of hacked emails by WikiLeaks, the transparency organization.

Meteorologists say radars are showing birds flying inside the eye of Hurricane Matthew, apparently taking refuge from the storm's winds. 

The center of the swirling hurricane was showing "biological returns, probably birds," according to meteorologist Jeff Last.

One Atlanta meteorologist said on air: "Those are seagulls and birds that are flying inside the eye of the storm, trying to escpae the strongest part of the storm which is in the north and northeastern center of it." 

Winds are calm in the eye of the hurricane, USA Today reports.  

The newspaper cites bird expert Kenn Kaufman, who explains: "The birds get into the end of the hurricane's spiral and they move toward the eye of the hurricane. They may not necessarily do that in any organized way; more likely they’re out there in all this wild wind and when they chance into the calm of the eye they may make an effort to stay there and travel with it rather than fighting the winds again."

A slightly weakened Hurricane Matthew was continuing to pound northern Florida and crawl up the Atlantic coast Friday. 

Local airlines in San Diego have been affected by the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Matthew, which has resulted in the cancellation of over 3,000 flights nationwide.

As Hurricane Matthew moves towards the Florida coast, flights from San Diego with connections to Jacksonville, Orlando and even the Savannah have been canceled or delayed.

Connection flights are most likely to have an impact on local residents, according to airline officials.

SouthWest announced the cancellation of one departure to Orlando Friday morning. On Thursday, Delta canceled about 150 mainline and connection flights to airports in Melbourne, Orlando, Daytona Beach, Gainesville and Jacksonville. American Airlines canceled two flights to several airports in Florida including Miami on Thursday.

If flying from San Diego to Houston with a final destination in Florida or the South East, travelers may deal with cancellations, according to airline officials. This will not be immediately clear on the airport flight tracker board in San Diego, but upon arriving in the next airport there's a risk of the flight connection being canceled.

San Diegans headed to Haiti or the Bahamas as their main destination will also face problems. As thousands of flights were canceled for Hurricane Matthew, airline officials say this has created a domino effect which is triggering further cancellations.

Along with flight cancellations, many travelers using boats to reach their destination have to contend with cruise ship cancellations as well.

Donald Trump has come under fire after a decade-old recording of the Republican nominee bragging that he can do anything he wants to women because he is famous surfaced Friday, NBC News reported.

In the 2005 recording obtained by NBC News from "Access Hollywood," Trump, then newly married to Melania Trump, discusses wooing a married woman and says he needs mints in case he kisses a woman he sees.

"I'm automatically attracted to beautiful women — I just start kissing them, it's like a magnet," Trump tell then "Access Hollywood" anchor Billy Bush.

"I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything… Grab 'em by the p-," Trump continued.

Access Hollywood is owned and distributed by NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News and MSNBC.

Trump, who has criticized Hillary Clinton's husband for his infidelity, offered an apology in a statement released after the story was published, adding, "This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago."

Bush released a statement after the tape was released: “Obviously I’m embarrassed and ashamed. It's no excuse, but this happened eleven years ago - I was younger, less mature, and acted foolishly in playing along. I’m very sorry."

A human skull found near Lake Hodges in San Diego's North County Friday may be the key investigators need to find answers in the unsolved death of a woman.

A group of environmentalists were doing brush eradication in an area near Lake Drive and Maple Lane at around 8:20 a.m. when they stumbled across the skull. A woman in the group called the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SDSO) to report their finding.

The SDSO reached out to the San Diego Police Department and the Escondido Police Department and the agencies converged at the scene. Officials laid out police tape and began scouring the brush. The search lasted several hours.

Eventually, homicide investigators were called to the scene.

At 1 p.m, a homicide sergeant confirmed to NBC 7 that what the passersby had found was, in fact, a human skull.

The sergeant said that last October, deputies found the partial human remains of a woman, later identified as 29-year-old Marisol Lopez, about a quarter-mile south.

Investigators believe this may be the skull of that woman.

The San Diego County Medical Examiner's (ME) Office will collect the skull and work to identify the remains.

Lopez's skeletal remains were discovered on Oct. 17, 2015, near a walking path by the lake, close to the 19900 block of Lake Drive. In November, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) enlisted the help of the public to identify the mystery woman. Officials said she was found wearing a pair of shorts, a Padres athletic jersey and a distinctive ring.

Two months later, the ME's office was able to positively identify the remains as Lopez. However, the ME was not able to determine the cause or manner of Lopez's death.

SDSO Homicide Lt. Kenneth Nelson said Friday that investigators believe the skull is that of Lopez, as it's very unusual to find human remains in that area.

If the skull does belong to the woman, Nelson said the ME may finally be able to determine the cause of her death, shedding light on the mysterious case of Lopez's death, which to this day, remains unsolved.

"We've been following up on several leads from that, trying to identify who was last with her but unfortunately the case still remains unsolved at this time. It will definitely help if we are able to determine the cause and manner of death so we can determine which situation we're handling," Nelson said.

Lake Hodges is located just south of Escondido, approximately 32 miles north of downtown San Diego.

Authorities arrested a man in connection to a brutal attack on a gas station employee in San Marcos Friday night.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) says the attack occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at the Chevron on the 1200 block of W. San Marcos Boulevard around 8 p.m.

Surveillance video of the attack appears to show the suspect walk into the store and punch the clerk in the face multiple times. The suspect then knocks the clerk to the ground and appears to kick him in the face before leaving the store. 

The clerk lost consciousness after hitting the ground and was later taken to a local hospital with injuries to his face and head. 

According to SDSO, the suspect was arrested in Encinitas on Friday night after deputies recognized him from the surveillance video.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

Undercover operators with the Regional Auto Theft Taskforce have arrested Robert Childress Jr. and seized a half-million dollars-worth of stolen luxury cars, they say, he intended to sell to unsuspecting customers.

NBC 7 Investigates was alongside agents when they towed the stolen cars to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department station Tuesday. Investigators say Childress was hiding the vehicles in plain sight near Lincoln High School in different neighborhood cul-de-sacs.

“There wasn’t anything for anyone to suspect. It just looked like somebody who has nice cars,” said Officer Hope Maxson with the CHP. “Here’s an individual who’s preying on a lot of innocent people.”

Court documents obtained by NBC 7 Investigates show charges against Childress involving bank fraud. He’s accused of using his girlfriend’s credit to buy eight luxury vehicles. He then “washed the titles” meaning he fraudulently removed the lienholders from the documents. Often chemicals are used to wash off the original ink.

Childress did this, investigators said, to sell the stolen cars to unsuspecting customers across the country and in San Diego.

During Tuesday’s bust, agents retrieved 5 2016 Jeep Rubicons, 2 2016 Land Rovers, a 2013 Mercedes AMG and a Maserati.

Investigators say some red flags of a fraudulent car title include:

• Ink looks faded
• Numbers and words are crooked or printed on top of other writing
• If the car is brand new, the mileage is low and there’s no lienholder (it’s very rare for someone to pay cash for a luxury car)

Childress is expected back in court for a preliminary hearing Oct. 14.

Two teenagers were hit by an SUV Friday night as they ran across a street in Oceanside, police said.

The Oceanside Police Department (OPD) said the teens, not in the crosswalk, ran across Vandergriff Boulevard and North River Road at around 9 p.m.. Just then, a 19-year-old U.S. Marine in an SUV approached the area and didn't see them.

He plowed into the teens, the impact catapulting them into the intersection.

One teen suffered a head injury and the other a leg injury. They were both flown to Rady Children's Hospital. Police said their injuries were not life-threatening and they are expected to survive.

The OPD said the Marine was not cited because he was driving within the posted speed limit and had the green light at the intersection during the collision. He was not driving under the influence, police said. 

No further details were released.

A half-acre brush fire sparked in Valley Center Saturday morning, sending multiple engines to the area.

The fire began around 10:45 a.m. near Couser Canyon Road and the 11000 block of Calle Oro Verde, Cal Fire officials confirmed. One NBC 7 viewer said she counted multiple fire engines rushing to the blaze; she said planes could be seen tackling the fire from above.

Cal Fire officials said many units were dispatched to the Couser Fire. By 11:43 a.m., Cal Fire said the forward rate of spread of the fire had been stopped. Officials said firefighters would remain at the scene for at least three hours to monitor for hot spots and mop up.

No further details were immediately released, including the cause of the Couser Fire.

The temperature in Valley Center Saturday was 90 degrees, as San Diego County endured a hot, dry weekend. Earlier this week, Santa Ana conditions were forecasted and a fire weather watch was issued by the National Weather Service, but that advisory was later cancelled. Still, NBC 7's Whitney Southwick said Friday that the county was in for very hot temperatures and dry conditions, also known to fuel October wildfires in San Diego.