An August fire at a Temecula adult-care facility may have been set as part of a quadruple murder-suicide, investigators said Monday.

The home on Cruz Way was a state licensed full-time residential care facility for adults with developmental disabilities, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

On August 29, fire swept through the home. Milford Battison, 35, Richard Driskill, 35, Miguel Ferreyra, 31, Jared Prudhomme, 26, and their caretaker, James Jennex, 50, were found dead. Jennex was one of the owners of the business, deputies said.

On Monday, Riverside County Sheriff's Department released new information in the investigation that four of the men had gunshot wounds. Deputies say Jennex may have committed suicide after setting fire to the home.

The Riverside County Sheriff Department's Central Homicide Unit and Southwest Station is investigating the incident with Cal-Fire's Arson Unit. They're asking anyone with information to contact Central Homicide Unit Investigator Brandon Mullins at (951) 955-2777.

Two boys are recovering from serious injuries they sustained when their father grabbed them and plunged about 100 feet from a highway bridge onto a wooded embankment following a domestic dispute with his wife, New Jersey State Police said. 

The 1-year-old and 3-year-old boys were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital Monday night after their father, identified as John Spincken, jumped off the bridge over the Wanaque River with his children in his arms. Spincken died.

State troopers were called to Interstate 287 near mile marker 56 about 8 p.m. after getting reports from a local police department about the suicidal father. 

Police said Spincken was arguing with his wife and that he threatened to harm himself and his children before taking off with the boys in his SUV. The wife called 911 and police used the GPS in Spincken's cellphone to track him within a 2,000 square foot radius. 

Searchers found the man and his sons in the woods near the river, troopers said. Spincken was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Police found the father's SUV near the bridge. They believe he climbed on top of the vehicle and scaled the "suicide prevention fence" on 287 before he jumped. He and the two boys hit the embankment below.

On Tuesday morning, Pequannock Captain Christopher DePuyt called the boys' expected recovery "a miracle." 

One of the boys suffered a collapsed lung and the other boy had a concussion, according to police. They are recovering in the intensive care unit.

A community group left teddy bears outside the boys' home Tuesday, while neighbors and friends wondered why Spincken tried to hurt his kids. 

"Something reallyr had to go wrong," said neighbor Abe Balasis. "They looked loving, they really did. But you really don't know what goes on behind closed doors."

DePuyt said that his department didn't have a history with the family before Monday night's domestic dispute and that the children will be released into the custody of their mother. 

Two men and two women were killed riding a river rapids ride at Dreamworld, Australia's largest theme park, on Tuesday, NBC News reported. 

A "malfunction" ejected two victims from their raft and caused two others to become "trapped" on the Thunder River Rapids, according to ambulance service official Gavin Fuller.

He would not say exactly how they were killed, only that their injuries were "incompatible with life." Officials did not identify the victims but said they were two women, both aged 42, and two men, aged 38 and 35.

Queensland Police said in a separate statement that the victims had been injured by a "conveyor belt," referring to the moving ramp that pulls rafts out of the water at the end of the course.

The Justice Department has overhauled the New York-based team probing the death of Eric Garner over a difference in opinion between officials in the city and in Washington on whether civil rights charges should be brought on the federal level, officials familiar with the case told The New York Times. 

Garner, 43, died on July 17, 2014 after being put in a chokehold on a Staten Island street corner by an NYPD officer after he was stopped for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. The chokehold was captured on video, which showed him calling out "I can't breathe" as he was held down. Garner's dying words became a rallying cry at protests nationwide over police killings of black men amid a nationwide debate over police use of force. 

Federal authorities have been investigating whether there's evidence to warrant charges that the officers who confronted Garner deliberately violated his civil rights. But, according to the Times, the investigation has been slowed by disagreement between federal officials in New York and Washington. According to the Times, those investigating the case in New York recommended against bringing federal civil rights charges. Officials in Washington, however, thought there was sufficient evidence to do so. 

In a rare shake-up, the Justice Department moved to switch out the investigative team in recent weeks, according to the Times, moving federal prosecutors in Brooklyn off the case and bringing in FBI agents from outside New York to take a fresh look at the evidence. 

To bring charges in the Garner case, prosecutors would have to convince a federal grand jury that a crime occurred, according to the Times. That poses additional challenges in the wake of a New York grand jury's 2014 decision not to indict Pantaleo, who remains on desk duty, stripped of his gun and badge, while police officials await the results of the federal probe. 

The city medical examiner found the chokehold by Pantaleo contributed to Garner's death. Chokeholds are banned under NYPD policy, but Pantaleo's lawyer said the officer had used a permissible takedown maneuver known as a seatbelt. Pantaleo's attorney has maintained his client didn't violate Garner's civil rights and that he was performing his duties, which he was trained to do. 

Pat Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, called the investigative shake-up "highly unusual and deeply troubling." 

"Two separate investigative teams have already spent more than two years reviewing the evidence in this case, without any action. Now, it appears that they are taking a third bite at the apple in an effort to reach a predetermined outcome," Lynch said in a statement. "It is time to end this fishing expedition and let Police Officer Pantaleo move forward.” 

Neither the FBI nor the Justice Department responded to the Times' request for comment. 

Over the summer, on the second anniversary of Garner's death, Garner's sister, Ellisha Garner, said the years-long wait for the Justice Department to conclude its probe has been trying on the family, but that they'd wait as long as it takes to get justice. 

Garner's family reached a $5.9 million settlement with the city last year, but relatives said it was not a victory, adding they would keep pushing for federal charges.

According to the Times, any movement in the federal case is likely months away. 

Neighbors using garden hoses jumped in to help battle a garage fire in Oceanside Monday.

Smoke was pouring out of every opening of the three-car garage at the corner of Civic Center Drive and North Ditmar Street at approximately 11:30 p.m.

While someone called 911, neighbors didn’t stand by and watch. They tried to spray water on the fire until firefighters arrived.

Oceanside Fire crews had to use axes to open the garage doors and access the source of the fire.

After about 20 minutes, firefighters were able to put out the flames and the residents were able to get back in their house.

With Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump in the polls as the election enters its final two weeks, a majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters see a lasting fracture in the Republican Party, according to the latest NBC NewsSurveyMonkey poll.

In a four-way match-up, Clinton has 46 percent support this week among likely voters, while Trump holds onto 41 percent support.

As several prominent GOP party leaders and down-ballot Republican contenders scramble to figure out the potential impact of a Clinton victory in their respective states, 74 percent of likely voters overall say that the GOP is divided and will remain so through the general election in November.

A drunk driver who hit a car driven by a pregnant woman, resulting in the loss of her unborn child, pleaded guilty on Monday to several charges.

Jose Uriostegui, 32, admitted to driving under the influence, hit-and-run and driving without a license. He will be sentenced Dec. 13 in a Vista courtroom.

Authorities said he ran a red light at State Route 78 and Broadway in Escondido and collided with the woman’s car. The crash happened in June.

The driver of the Altima, 27-year-old Lucrecia Vasquez, was six months pregnant at the time and was seriously injured, authorities said.

Uriostegui tried to flee the scene of the crash on foot and was detained by the Samaritans, who held him until police arrived. Uriostegui was treated for minor injuries at the scene and arrested.

Thousands of San Diego Gas & Electric customers were without power Tuesday for several hours, including buildings on the campus of San Diego State University.

Customers in Poway, Kensington and the La Mesa areas were without service at 1 p.m., according to SDG&E officials. 

SDSU Police confirmed power outages at the International Student Center, Albert's Housing Area, University Towers and Granada.

An electrical box on the campus was opened and cordoned off with safety tape on 55th Street and Lindo Paseo.

Several street lights were not functioning from Montezuma and College to Campanile Drive.

A Twitter account with SDSU Network Services reported the wireless and wired networks in those areas were down as well.

In about an hour, SDG&E said Kensington customers had power restored. Ninety minutes after the initial outage, customers in Poway had power again as well as those in SDSU Granada, PDS and Pride Center, according to the utility.

By 4 p.m., a majority of customers had their power restored; however, 158 customers in the La Mesa area were still without power. 

No other information was immediately available.

A man who destroyed signs, tried to break windows with a fire extinguisher and smashed windows at a Hillcrest complex caused more than $20,000 in damages, in part at a local hospital, San Diego Police said.

The incident happened at 4:57 a.m. Tuesday when officers received a report of a man trying to break windows at a building on University Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets, police said.

When authorities arrived on scene, they saw a man, later identified as 24-year-old Nicholas Adler, destroying signs and trying to break windows with a fire extinguisher.

A security guard at the building showed NBC 7 some of the damage: smashed windows, bathroom signs ripped off, a broken door handle, doors smashed in, and broken potted plants.

Two of the smashed windows were at a local hospital’s ICU, according to a security guard. The other damage was to officers and bathrooms on the fourth floor balcony.

Police said a security guard saw the suspect get down from the fourth floor by climbing down the side of the building.

When officers tried to arrest him, he fled the scene. Adler was ultimately bitten and apprehended by a K-9 unit.

Adler was at a local hospital for treatment; he was booked into jail on charges of felony vandalism, resisting arrest, and being under influence of a controlled substance.

No other information was immediately available.

A father who was carjacked at gunpoint in a convicted felon's attempt to evade arrest "kept his wits about him" and did the right thing, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.

Shots were fired by San Diego County Sheriff's Deputies at Leucadia Boulevard near N Vulcan Avenue in Encinitas in a mid-day officer-involved shooting Monday.

A man wanted on an outstanding warrant had carjacked a 27-year-old father and his 7-year-old son from a nearby parking lot and forced the man to drive with law enforcement officers in pursuit.

When the suspect pointed a hangun at authorities, deputies fired, striking the man several times.

Joseph Ramos, 35, has been released from the hospital after suffering two gunshot wounds - one between the left chest and the left bicep and one to the left ankle.

He'll be booked into county jail on charges of kidnapping, carjacking, being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and on an outstanding warrant in connection with some residential burglaries.

At the time of his arrest, Ramos had a loaded handgun with a round in the chamber, Lt. Ken Nelson said.

As for the victims, the father did the right thing in this circumstance, Nelson said.

“He stayed calm in the situation when he had a gun pointed at him,” Nelson said Tuesday adding that the father put his hands up so deputies knew he was not involved in the pursuit.

NBC 7 has learned the suspect, Joseph Ramos, served 12 years for home invasion and burglary convictions in 2004.

Also, investigators have confirmed Ramos is believed to be the man captured on surveillance video earlier this month from a doorbell camera in Escondido.

He's believed to be a suspect in 19 burglaries in San Marcos, Vista, Carlsbad, Murietta and Riverside.

Nelson would not confirm the connection but did say Ramos will likely face more felony charges next week.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' employees treated children to a special Halloween-themed ceremony at their downtown offices Tuesday.

The special ceremony recognized 20 children from 11 different countries who gained citizenship through their parents, either by adoption or because their immigrant parents became naturalized citizens. 

The children ranged from four to 11 years old and held up their hands as they were sworn in. 

Emily Bylsma, 13, said she felt excited to finally be a citizen - and would notice the direct impact of her citizenship at school. 

"Every morning you say the pledge of Allegiance, and so now I can really say it knowing this really applies to me now," she said. "It feels better saying it."

All of the children received citizen certificates after the ceremony. 

They finished off the morning by trick-or-treating at offices around the building, getting candy from employees.  

Audiences around San Diego will once again get the chance to see free performances of one of William Shakespeare's beloved plays in their own community as part of The Old Globe's "Globe for All" program.

The program, now in its third year, brings free and low-cost performances of a Shakespeare play to communities around San Diego from Nov. 1 to Nov. 20. The performances offer many San Diego residents the chance to see theater, and Shakespeare, performed live for the first time. 

Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" will be performed this year. The play mixes comedy and drama as it tells the tale of a newly appointed leader (Angelo), who wants to ride the city of its moral decay. That is, until Angelo falls for a young nun who is pleading for the life of her brothers. 

This year, the program added an additional week of performances and eight new, diverse venues across the County. 

Prior to the performance, the Globe will offer a Bard Basics workshop to enhance the public's understanding of Shakespeare's work. The workshop will be taught by Globe teaching artists. 

The performance will start with an introductory pre-show warm up and end with a talk-back with the Globe's Master Teaching Artist Lisel Gorell-Getz. 

Free, public performances of the play will be held at:

• Friday, Nov. 4 at 1:30 p.m. - Fourth District Senior Resource Center, located at The George L. Stevens Senior Center at 570 S. 65th St., San Diego, 92114.
• Saturday, Nov. 5 at 1:30 p.m. - The Old Globe Technical Center, located at 5335 Market St., San Diego, 92114.
• Sunday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. - The Central Branch of the San Diego Public Library, located at the Joan Λ Irwin Jacobs Common, Shiley Special Events Suite at 330 Park Blvd., San Diego, 92101.
• Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. - Lemon Grove Academy/Lemon Grove Historical Society/Lemon Grove Branch Library. The performance will take place in the Roberto Alvarez Auditorium, located at 3171 School Ln., Lemon Grove, 91945.
• Thursday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m.: Chaldean Middle-Eastern Social Services, located at St. Michael Chaldean Catholic Church (799 E. Washington Ave., El Cajon, 92020).
• Saturday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. - City Heights/Weingart Branch Library & Performance Annex, located at 3795 Fairmount Ave., San Diego, 92105.
• Sunday, Nov. 13 at 12:15 p.m. - The Linda Vista Recreation Center, located at 7064 Levant St., San Diego, 92111.
• Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. - The Anchors Catering & Conference Center at the Naval Base San Diego, located at Yama St., 2375 Recreation Way, Building 3210, San Diego, 92136.
• Friday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. - A Reason to Survive at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, located at 140 E. 12th St., Suite B, in National City, 91950.
• Saturday, Nov. 19 at 12 p.m. - The Escondido Public Library, located at 239 S. Kalmia St., Escondido, 92025.

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Arian Foster, a Miami Dolphins running back who graduated from San Diego’s Mission Bay High School, announced on Monday night that he is retiring from the NFL.

The 30-year-old player made his midseason announcement in a Twitter post to the account Uninterrupted, an athlete website run by NBA star LeBron James.

Foster cited continuing injuries as the reason he was stepping away from pro football.

“I know it’s not commonplace to do so midseason, but my body just can’t take the punishment this game asks for any longer,” he said in the statement.

Foster played seven years with the Houston Texans, but was released from the team in March. He left as the franchise’s all-time leading rusher, despite a slew of injuries that dampened his career.

His lengthy list of injuries included a torn meniscus, multiple hamstring injuries, a knee injury and a back injury.

He signed with the Dolphins, but has battled more injuries this season.

“Life has other plans,” he said in the statement. “I could not be prouder of the things my teammates and I accomplished in this game.”

County health officials plan to hand spray a section of the Chula Vista neighborhood after a resident returned from a trip abroad, where they were infected with the Zika virus.

The Chula Vista resident recently returned from a trip to a country where tropical, mosquito-borne illnesses, including the Zika virus, are active. 

Mosquitoes and larvae that could carry the virus were also found near the Zika patient's residence. Officials plan to go door-to-door to residents' homes on Monday and leave notifications for people living where the spraying will occur.

The spraying marks the seventh area sprayed this year, but the first in more than three weeks. 

Authorities notified residents of the spraying on Tuesday.

On Thursday, County officials will spray the area bordered by D street to the north, 5th Avenue to the east, Flower Street to the south, and midway between 5th Avenue and Broadway to the west. 

Aedes species of mosquitoes, which are known to carry Zika, are not native to San Diego County. Officials said they prefer to live close to people, which is unlike most native species. A female mosquito can lay anywhere from 100 to 300 eggs at a time.

When spraying the County will use Pyrenone, an insecticide derived from chrysanthemums, that poses low risk to people and pets. The chemicals dissipate in about half an hour.

To avoid exposure to the spray, officials are encouraging residents to stay inside with any pets, close doors and windows, cover fishponds, rinse fruits and vegetables from their gardens and wipe down outdoor items. Beekeepers are advised to cover their shelter hives and habitats.

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

Chula Vista Police are trying to communicate with a man alone inside a building, officials confirmed to NBC 7. 

The incident began Tuesday afternoon on the 400 block of F Street when officers found the man. It is unclear what the man may be wanted for. 

The man is alone inside a building. 

Officers are trying to communicat with him without using force, CVPD Lt. Fritz Reber said. 

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

Firefighters are responding to a broken hydrant in El Cajon on Tuesday afternoon.

The hydrant on the 800 block of Lura Avenue appears to have been hit by a vehicle, according to Heartland Fire officials.

Video taken by NBC 7's news chopper shows a geyser shooting high into the air, causing flooding in the front yard of a home and the street.

The area appears to be residential.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

A Sinaloa Cartel trafficker was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday for trafficking narcotics through Central America, Mexico and the United States.

Victor Emilio Cazares Gastellum, 53, also known as “El Licenciado,” admitted that he had been the leader of a drug distribution organization in Mexico which bought and imported narcotics from Mexico to the U.S. The Cazares Organization shipped drugs from Columbia and Venezuela to Mexico and eventually distributed them throughout the U.S.

Cazares is believed to have worked for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, a drug lord and former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Guzman escaped from maximum-security prisons in Mexico on two occasions. The recent escape in 2015 led to a man-hunt by Mexican and U.S. authorities.

Guzman was recaptured in January and is currently behind bars in the northern border state of Chihuahua.

Cazares was indicted in 2007 and arrested at a highway checkpoint in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2012.

According to his plea agreement, Cazares admitted to distributing more than 450 kilograms of cocaine within the Southern District of California through his organization.

He was sentenced on Monday to 180 months in prison by U.S. District Judge William Q. Hayes and ordered to forfeit $10 million

The Department of Motor Vehicles in California experienced in-house technical difficulties on Tuesday, according to its website and outgoing phone message.

The internal computer problem affected those physically at various DMV offices in California, including those at Fremont and Southern California offices, users reported. Jackie Garcia tweeted on Tuesday morning that she was having problems in Culver City. Angela Bo Bangela seemed desperate when she tweeted the Stanton office in Orange County was closed. "How can I get proof of license ASAP???" she tweeted.

Some customers also reported a similar problem on Monday. And some Twitter users complained about the issues as far back as Oct. 19.

A woman who answered the phone at the DMV’s technical support line said that the glitch was affecting its internal computer operations, but customers could still use the agency’s online services. That wasn’t helping all of those customers, however, waiting in line.

A representative from the public relations office did not immediately repsond for comment on Tuesday regarding specifica questions, and instead said the answers NBC Bay Area asked would come later in the day by email.

The DMV did issue a brief statement saying that offices would still continue providing drive tests, making return appointments, helping with paperwork, and answering customer’s questions.

There was no estimated time for restoration of services. The DMV asked those with problems to call its technical support services at 877-563-5213. To find out if a local field office is up and running customers can visit the DMV website for the complete list or call 1-800-777-0133.

Below are the DMV field offices still affected by the outage:

• Arleta
• Arvin
• Auburn
• Bakersfield (F Street)
• Bell Gardens
• Bellflower
• Brawley
• Carmichael
• Chula Vista
• Clovis
• Compton
• Concord
• Costa Mesa
• Daly City
• El Cerrito
• El Monte
• Eureka
• Fairfield
• Fairfield Business Service Center
• Folsom
• Fort Bragg
• Fremont
• Fresno North
• Fullerton
• Garberville
• Glendale
• Hawthorne
• Hayward
• Hemet
• Hollister
• Hollywood
• Indio
• Inglewood
• Jackson
• King City
• LA Driver License Processing Center (DLPC)
• LA Metro Business Service Center
• Lakeport
• Lincoln Park
• Lompoc
• Long Beach
• Los Angeles
• Los Banos
• Madera
• Manteca
• Mariposa
• Modesto
• Mountain View
• Napa
• Needles
• Newhall
• Norco
• Oakland Claremont
• Palm Desert
• Pasadena
• Paso Robles
• Petaluma
• Placentia Industry Service Center
• Pomona
• Porterville
• Rancho Cucamonga
• Red Bluff
• Redding
• Redlands
• Reedley
• Ridgecrest
• Roseville
• Sacramento Business Service Center
• San Bernardino Industry Business Center
• San Diego Clairemont
• San Diego Normal
• San Francisco
• San Jose Driver License Processing Center (DLPC)
• San Luis Obispo
• San Marcos
• San Marcos Industry Business Center
• San Mateo
• Santa Ana
• Santa Barbara
• Santa Clara
• Santa Monica
• Santa Paula
• Santa Rosa
• Sonora
• South Lake Tahoe
• Stanton Driver License Processing Center (DLPC)
• Stockton
• Taft
• Temecula
• Thousand Oaks
• Torrance
• Tulare
• Tulelake
• Turlock
• Vacaville
• Van Nuys
• Watsonville
• West Covina
• West Hollywood
• Westminster
• Whittier
• Winnetka
• Woodland
• Yuba City

An elderly man was killed at a La Jolla assisted living facility Tuesday when a vehicle crashed through the wall of his bedroom.

The victim, identified by San Diego Police as a 96-year-old man, was asleep in bed when the crash occurred at approximately 12:15 a.m. He suffered major injuries and died soon after the crash, police said.

The driver, 53, was ran the stop sign at Pearl and Oliveras streets and lost control of his car, police said. The 2004 Oldsmobile broke through an exterior wall and struck the elderly resident, police said.

An SDPD sergeant told NBC 7 the driver had a medical condition and was incoherent at the time of the crash. The department’s traffic unit is still investigating to see if the driver was under the influence however it appears alcohol was not a factor.

Investigators said a U.S. Border Patrol agent was driving in the area and witnessed the collision.

The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated.