Think about it. How many shopping apps have you downloaded onto your phone? A growing collection of fake apps are popping up in popular app stores, and those apps could be a pathway to trouble.

There are about two million apps in the Apple App Store alone, and security experts say scam artists are trying to include fake apps into the mix.

Our phone is never far away, and at the swipe of a finger we have a collection of apps that help us tell the weather, link us to social media sites and help us shop.

But according to Stephen Cobb with ESET, an internet security software company, some of these apps may be fakes.

"It is increasingly difficult for us as consumers to tell the legitimate from the fake," said Cobb, ESET's senior security researcher.

Privacy experts say that more fake apps are being released to the market than ever before. The volume of new apps is enormous and that's part of the problem.

Both Google and Apple say they are constantly flagging and removing suspicious apps, but with hundreds of fake apps appearing every week, it's a constant battle.

Cobb says some fraudulent apps try to sell you counterfeit items, and others are trying to do much worse.

"It could be something that is trying to infect your phone with a virus or malicious code, or it could be something that's trying to steal information from your device."

Some of the fake apps, most of which come from China, masquerade as popular shopping sites using design elements, like navigation and color scheme, to match department store or grocery store apps.

Cobb suggests that consumers go the website of the company and double check what their app is supposed to look like. If available, he recommends that they download the app through a legitimate company site rather than through an app store to avoid choosing an imposter.

Cobb also says people should look for multiple downloads and reviews. If the app has had thousands of downloads then it’s more likely that it’s not a fake. If the site has no reviews, or very few, was recently posted to the market or is using bad English grammar, you may want to stay clear.

Hundreds of people gathered in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego on Friday, protesting against President-elect Donald Trump.

The demonstration began at 5:30 p.m. in Chicano Park, with about 100 people present. The crowd later grew to approximately 200 people who took to the streets for a march.

California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers were stationed at the on-ramp on the Interstate 5 to monitor the march and make sure the protesters did not walk toward the freeway. Other law enforcement officers were also at the scene for crowd and traffic control

Some people NBC 7 spoke at the demonstration said they are Trump opponents but are also against  the protests because they believe it will not make a difference. 

Donald Trump's win over opponent Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's General Election has sparked protests in cities around the country, including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, Oakland, Boston, and Philadelphia. 

In San Diego, hundreds of protesters gathered in Downtown on Wednesday night, marching in the streets and blocking traffic.

On Thursday evening, Trump tweeted: "Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very Unfair!"

But on Friday, he called for the country to unite, saying in another tweet: "Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud!"

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

One person was transported to the hospital for a stab wound in Encinitas Friday night, the San Diego Sheriff's Department confirmed (SDSO).

The incident occurred around 8:04 p.m. on the 600 block of South Coast Highway near Whole Foods. 

SDSO officials said the victim suffered a stab wound to the leg and was taken to a local hospital.

A suspect was taken into custody.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

In Oceanside, a man who died in September was elected to office in Tuesday's election—a feat that the opposing candidate on the ticket blames a current Councilman for.

Gary Ernst was elected to Oceanside City Treasurer by a six percent margin over challenger Nadine Scott, earning 17,659 votes. He died on Sept. 23 but there wasn't enough time remove his name from the ballot.

Scott told NBC 7 on Friday that she blames Councilman Jerry Kern for the loss to Ernst. 

"He didn't like me," she said. "He didn't want me in office and his goal was to appoint someone. I find that a complete disenfranchisement of the voters."

Scott added that in 2009, she supported a recall effort against Kern and now, seven years later, she feels that he is lashing back.

“I find it very frustrating that we have a City Councilman who would actually campaign for my deceased opponent using the full force of a political party against me and he frustrated the will of my voters," she told NBC 7.

Kern denied allegations from Scott saying that he spent money on a campaign against her.

But he told NBC 7 that he beleives Scott is not qualified to manage the City's $330 million portfolio and admitted he supported Ernst over Scott.

“All we did, is send emails and said 'we need a qualified treasurer and so if you choose Gary Ernst, the City Council will be able to appoint a qualified treasurer.'" he said.

“I made the one statement previously," he added. "Even though Gary Ernst had passed away, he was still better qualified than Miss Scott.”

But Scott said Kern is the reason for her loss against Ernst.

"That makes great headlines, but I didn't lose to Mr. Ernst. I lost to Jerry Kern and his money," she said.

The Oceanside City Council will have 60 days from the time the election is certified to decide how to move forward and appoint a candidate.

A man detonated a "suicide vest" early Saturday morning at the U.S.'s largest airfield in Afghanistan, a senior U.S. military official has confirmed to NBC News. The number of casualties is confirmed to be in the single digits; more information as to the exact numbers is expected.

Aside from the victims who were killed, a number of others were injured in the attack, which occurred around 5:30 a.m. local time, as people were gathering for a post-Veterans Day event.

According to the U.S. official, the individual chose the time and location because he "was looking for an opportunity to do the most damage." 

The base is on lockdown currently, and security personnel are searching buildings to ensure the attack is not part of a larger plot. As of now, that is not believed to be the case, the official said.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

A North Carolina chapter of the Ku Klux Klan announced it will hold a rally in December to celebrate Donald Trump's presidential victory, in what a national hate-tracking group called the latest evidence that white supremacist groups are feeling emboldened since the election. 

Calls are now growing for Trump to speak out against a string of hateful incidents across the country since his election. 

The Loyal White Knights of Pelham, North Carolina, one of the largest Ku Klux Klan groups in the U.S., said on its website it will hold the event on Dec. 3. The time and location of the event were not listed. The group is based in Pelham, a small, unincorporated community in Caswell County near the Virginia border. It organized a rally in South Carolina last year protesting the removal of the Confederate flag from the state Capitol building. 

A phone call to the number on the group's website was not immediately returned. Caswell County Sheriff's Office said Friday it did not have information about the event. 

The official newspaper of the the KKK, The Crusader, endorsed Trump for president days before the presidential election and Trump's campaign was quick to reject the support.

"Mr. Trump and the campaign denounces hate in any form. This publication is repulsive and their views do not represent the tens of millions of Americans who are uniting behind our campaign," the campaign said then in a statement. 

Trump was previously criticized for being slow to condemn former Klan leader David Duke after he gave the candidate his backing. The Republican has also repeatedly retweeted messages from white supremacist sympathizers. 

Duke celebrated Trump's win over Democrat Hillary Clinton, tweeting early Wednesday, "This is one of the most exciting nights of my life. Make no mistake about it, our people have played a HUGE role in electing Trump!"

Ryan Lenz, spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups and crimes, said Trump's election "has ripped opened wounds of racial resentment in this country, wounds we thought were healed or we were working to heal for some time."

The SPLC has received reports of 200 racially-tinged incidents and hate crimes from across the U.S. since the election and it's working to review them and understand what is going on, Lenz said.

He added that the KKK and other white supremacist groups feel legitimized by Trump's victory: "The fact is they are once again going to march on the street and celebrate Trump’s victory is proof positive that Donald Trump's campaign has legitimized extremist ideologies in this country so much that they are no longer relegated to the fringes of American society."

Trump has not commented on the hate crime incidents and his presidential transition team has not responded to NBC's requests for comment on Thursday and Friday.

The president-elect did tweet about protesters who have held demonstrations across the U.S. against his presidency. In one tweet he said the protesters were "incited by the media." In a follow up tweet Friday morning, he struck a more conciliatory tone, saying "Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud!"

While most of the anti-Trump rallies were peaceful, police in Portland, Oregon, said a rally there overnight Thursday turned into a "riot" when some protesters carrying bats smashed car and store windows and lit fires. Early Wednesday, protesters in Oakland, California, smashed windows at the Oakland Tribune newsroom, and set tires, trash and newspaper stands on fire there and in Berkeley. 

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said incidents of vandalism from anti-Trump protesters also are a "troubling" trend. 

Greenblatt added he's not surprised by KKK's move and their attempt to gain publicity by exploiting the presidential election. He said other white supremacist groups are also celebrating Trump's victory.

James Edwards, a white supremacist who runs “The Political Cesspool, a radio show based in Tennessee, wrote about Trump’s opponents, “I hope President Trump shows them no mercy. Don’t be magnanimous, Mr. President. Crush the defeated, especially those in the media, and Make America Great Again!”

Lenz said The Daily Stormer, the most influential Neo-Nazi website, put out a call Thursday to harass Hispanic and Muslim immigrants and to make them feel a genuine sense of fear. 

SPLC published a petition Friday morning asking the president-elect to reject hate and bigotry. More than 17,000 people have signed it. 

Human Rights Watch has also called for Trump to speak out against hate-filled violence. The New York Times issued a similar appeal in an editorial. 

President Barack Obama, Clinton and other prominent Democrats have said they wished the billionaire businessman the best as he transitions to the presidency. 

But departing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid lashed out at Trump, saying in a statement that he has "heard more stories in the past 48 hours of Americans living in fear of their own government and their fellow Americans than I can remember hearing in five decades in politics."

"Watching white nationalists celebrate while innocent Americans cry tears of fear does not feel like America," he said.

He said that if Trump "wants to roll back the tide of hate he unleashed, he has a tremendous amount of work to do and he must begin immediately."

California voters may have approved the use of recreational marijuana but residents cannot walk into a dispensary to purchase it or consume marijuana on the street.

Voters approved Proposition 64, with 56 percent of the vote during Tuesday's election.

In addition to legalizing the use of pot and allowing anyone over the age of 21 to grow up to six plants at home, Prop 64 is expected to generate revenue for California with new taxes on its cultivation and sales. It also reduces many of the criminal penalties for pot-related crimes.

But just because it’s now legal to use, that doesn’t mean it will be easy to get, according to cannabis corporate attorney, Kimberly Simms.

“You’re not going to be able to walk into a medical dispensary today, or tomorrow, or the next day and be able to purchase marijuana in the adult-use capacity. You still have to be a patient,” Simms said.

In 2018, California will be able to license on-site consumption facilities, Simms added.

“Then each city and county will have to figure out how to regulate it from the land use and zoning perspective,” she said.

Adults with medical marijuana cards can share pot with other adults in the privacy of their home. They can also share plants with adults who do not have a card, so they can cultivate marijuana too.

“You can’t just walk down the street with your joint,” Simms said.

Linc Fish, CEO of Outco Labs, a company that manages a medicinal marijuana dispensary in East County, said this is an exciting time for the industry.

It’s possible that a lot of the medicinal stores will eventually be licensed to carry recreational-use marijuana, Fish said.

“As far as actually recreational for our customers, it’s going to be awhile before that kicks in because each city and county has to either pass something or we have to wait for the state licenses in 2018,” said Fish.

Right now, several cities in San Diego have banned the commercial sale and outdoor cultivation of marijuana. Those cities include Poway, Santee, San Marcos, Lemon Grove and National City.

San Diego County officials have also decided not to allow recreational use of marijuana.

Part of the tax structure under Prop 64 allocates the funds to go toward police and fire departments as well as public health issues.

“Should a city or county choose to ban commercial activity then they will not be able to partake in that additional revenue,” Simms said.

She believes cities should enact regulations so they can use the funds to develop a process for recreational marijuana use within their city limits.

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick did not exercise his right to vote in the presidential election Tuesday, CSN Bay Area reported.

“For me, it’s another face that’s going to be the face of that system of oppression, and to me, it didn’t really matter who went in there. The system still remains intact that oppresses people of color,” he reportedly said Wednesday on a conference call set up to discuss with reporters the 49ers' upcoming game against the Cardinals.

Two ESPN personalities, Stephen A. Smith and Bomani Jones, had very different reactions to Kaepernick's reported decision not to vote.

Kaepernick has grabbed nationwide attention ever since sitting on the bench during the playing of the national anthem during a preseason game in August in an attempt to bring attention to racial injustice and police brutality.

Since that time, the quarterback has not been afraid to talk politics or mince words about the major parties' presidential candidates.

Kaepernick was quoted in September calling both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump "proven liars" and mentioned that watching both candidates battle for the White House was "embarrassing."

"At this point, in talking to one of my friends, you have to pick the lesser of two evils, but in the end, it's still evil," Kaepernick said two months ago.

The San Francisco signal-caller also attacked the Republican candidate's campaign slogan.

"He always says 'Make America Great Again,'" Kaepernick said in September. "Well, America's never been great for people of color. And that's something that needs to be addressed. Let's make America great for the first time."

Trump fired back and called Kaepernick's protest "a terrible thing" and suggested that the professional football player "find a country that works better for him."

Life for the undocumented has always carried a level of risk and uncertainty. But now the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, after a campaign pledging mass deportation, has elevated their concern.

"It means fear. It means careful," said Maru Galvan, who remains undocumented 16 years after she and her husband immigrated to California from Mexico, raising two children and opening a carpentry shop. "We have to be more careful."

Since the election, there have been cases of undocumented workers hesitant to go to their job, and children of undocumented parents expressing fear of going to school, according to immigrant rights advocates. Some expressed concern that some who denounce the undocumented will be emboldened.

"They think they have the right now to be violent, more racist," Galvan said.

California is home to more than two million undocumented immigrants according to the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC).

The undocumented population of Los Angeles County has been estimated as high as 800,000, or nearly 12 percent of the county's 10 million residents. Undocumented immigrants live in every county of the state with 170,000 estimated in San Diego County, according to the PPIC.

The presence of undocumented immigrants has been a divisive issue for decades, with advocates for strict enforcement of immigration law insisting that those who entered the U.S. unlawfully simply have no legal right to stay.

Supporters of extending rights to those without papers, including elected officials from the city, county and school district, came together in a coalition Thursday at Los Angeles City Hall. They offered reassurance to the undocumented that local government is not in sync with the policy positions and comments of the President-elect during his campaign -- creating a deportation force, building a wall along America's southern border, and requiring Mexico to pay for it.

"California is unlike the rest of the country," said Hilda Solis, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

"We want people in the community to be calm and continue their daily lives," said Gil Cedillo, Los Angeles city councilman for the first district, which has a predominantly Latino population.

"This city, this police department, will not cooperate with immigration," said Cedillo, referring to department policies not to inquire about immigration status in the course of responding to calls for service, nor to permit federal immigration enforcement officials to question people under their watch in jail.

"Nothing has changed in LAPD polices," said Deputy Chief Robert Arcos.

Los Angeles designated itself a sanctuary city decades ago, but some have expressed concern that under the incoming administration in Washington, federal funding to the city could be cut if it does not comply with immigration law.

U.S. Senator-elect Kamala Harris offered her continued support for providing services to the undocumented during a noon hour visit to the office of the Coalition for Humane Immigration Reform of Los Angeles (CHIRLA).

"At this point in time we are all being challenged to fight for our ideals," said Harris. She said she will join the push for the comprehensive immigration form that the Obama Administration has sought, but acknowledged the decreasing likelihood with Trump's presidency and Republicans holding a majority in both houses of Congress.

Since 2012, an executive order by President Obama known as DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) has offered permits to stay that are renewable every two years. 

"My main concern is the children. They have a lot of fear," said Vicky Cerpa, a CHIRLA volunteer who herself went a decade undocumented. She obtained legal residency through the amnesty granted by the the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, signed by then-President Ronald Reagan.

"You have scared children," said Steve Zimmer, board president of the Los Angeles Unified School District, directing his comments to President-elect Trump. "One of most important things you can do is make sure that children who have qualified for DACA know that they are safe and their status is secure."

Opponents of Trump's announced crackdown on illegal immigration expressed the belief that as president he will find the wall and mass deportation not feasible. Other Trump critics said the emphasis should be on, not reassurance, but a call for action.

"Our message to the community: don't mourn -- organize," said Nativo Lopez of Hermandad Mexicana, speaking with the coalition in city hall. "Yes my message is a tad different from the group here. Be concerned. Be alarmed. Rise and organize to defend your families. That is your God-given right," Lopez said.

"The struggle is just beginning," said Cerpa, citing the impact of the election. "It didn't end. It's just beginning."

The community of Alpine rallied together Friday night for a benefit concert to help a local teenager recently diagnosed with cancer and it was a night the teen said she will never forget.

Samantha Bodger, 16, had a front row seat at Campbell Creek Ranch and a smile on her face as she listened to the music.

“It’s just awesome,” she told NBC 7.

Bodger was a standout soccer goalie and an honor student at Granite Hills High School. In August, she spent a week in the hospital for what she thought was a soccer injury.

“I figured it was a sprained ankle. Twisted or something and wouldn’t go down," she said.

But it wasn't a sprain. Doctors diagnosed the teen with Osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer.

The diagnosis has changed her daily life, but didn't break her spirit.

“Just every day, I wake up. Even if I’m not feeling the best, I’m so lucky. I’m here and appreciate it so much more," she said.

Bodger has already had two rounds of chemotherapy, and on Saturday, her leg will be amputated to stop the cancer from spreading.

Friday's concert was organized by her best friends as a way to raise funds for treatment and give her hope.

“It just lifts my spirit so much," the teen said. “Instead of focusing on 'why' and 'poor me'--that’s going to do nothing except make everyone around me a little less happy. I've been looking at the bigger picture."

Bodger said with the help of a prosthetic leg and support from her many friends known as SamFam, she is planning to get back on her feet.

“I just want to get back on field as soon as possible," she told NBC 7.

Bodger added that, in the future, she is thinking about studying engineering to make prosthetics to help other amputees.

SamFam raised several thousand dollars so far to help fund her treatment. If you would like to help, click here.

A man was shot during the latest protest against President-elect Donald Trump in Portland, Oregon, early Saturday, NBC News reported.

A gunman was being hunted following the incident on the Morrison Bridge.

"Preliminary information indicates that a suspect was in a vehicle on the bridge and there was a confrontation with someone in the protest," Portland Police said in a statement. "The suspect got out of the vehicle and fired multiple shots injuring the victim."

Authorities said his wounds are not thought to be life-threatening.

The suspect was descried as an African American male aged in his late teens. He is believed to have fled in a gray or silver sedan.

Earlier, police reported that "burning projectiles" were being thrown at officers during one of three demonstrations that occurred simultaneously in the city.

A suicide bombing claimed by ISIS rocked a Muslim shrine in a remote part of southwestern Pakistan just before sunset Saturday, killing more than 45 people, officials told NBC News.

The attack, which also injured dozens, happened while hundreds of people were gathered for worship at Dargah Shah Noorani, a shrine in Balochistan province.

Many of the killed and injured were women and children, ambulance dispatch operator Ghulam Ali told NBC News, adding that medics were struggling to reach victims.

"The area is isolated and dark, and it is not even reachable by car but only by foot, so we are expecting higher casualties," he said.

Hillary Clinton told donors on a conference call Saturday that she blames FBI Director James Comey for stopping her campaign's momentum in the final stretch, a source on the call told NBC News. 

“There are lots of reasons why an election like this is not successful," Clinton said on the call, according to the source. "But our analysis is that Comey’s letter raising doubts that were groundless, baseless, proven to be, stopped our momentum,” she said.

Just weeks before the election, Comey sent a letter to congress that said the FBI found additional emails pertinent to the investigation into Clinton's use of a private server while secretary of state. 

The emails were later determined to not warrant further action by the FBI. 

From Veterans Day activities to affordable (and educational) theater to more San Diego beer week brews and festivities, this weekend has something for everyone! Get out there and enjoy your weekend, San Diego. 

Thursday, Nov. 10

Candy Buy Back
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Scripps Pediatric Dentistry
Scripps Pediatric Dentistry (9840 Hibert St., B-4) will host the final day of its 6th annual Candy Buy Back Program, where parents and kids can bring their Halloween candy into the office in exchange for cash. For every pound of candy, you child gets $1. The sweetest part of this: all of the candy received will be packed up and shipped via Operation Gratitude to U.S. troops serving overseas.

San Diego Beer Week
Times vary, Locations vary
San Diego Beer Week is still going strong, with lots of events across tasting rooms in San Diego through Sunday, Nov. 13. Thursday’s lineup includes SourFest! at Sublime Ale House in San Marcos and the IPA Lounge at Thorn Street Brewery, among many craft beer-centric events.

Winery Train Tour: Beer and Wine
1:50 p.m. to 7 p.m.,Carlsbad Village Train Station
This 5-hour guided train tour includes stops at urban wineries and approximately 15 tastes of local wines, plus a light Italian lunch with wine pairings. Guides will take guests on historic walks into the villages along the route, and guests will also learn about the wine-making process. Tickets cost $98 per person.

Erin McKeown
7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Brick 15
The woman who co-composed the La Jolla Playhouse musical “Miss You Like Hell” takes the stage at the Brick 15 coffee shop in Del Mar, showcasing her unique voice.

“Globe for All”: Free Performance of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” 
6:30 p.m., Chaldean Middle-Eastern Social Services, located at St. Michael Chaldean Catholic Church
Audiences around San Diego 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. This year, the program will put on Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure." 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, with some complicated twists and turns. 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.

Friday, Nov. 11 (Veterans Day)

Salute to Service Festival
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., USS Midway Flight Deck
The USS Midway will offer free admission for veterans and their families on Veterans Day and, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., NBC 7’s Salute to Service Festival presented by Geico Military will take over the Midway’s flight deck with music and activities. Visitors can also catch the San Diego Veterans Day Parade from the USS Midway, which starts at 11 a.m. down Harbor Drive.

Fallbrook Veterans Day Parade
10 a.m., Main Avenue in Fallbrook
This Veterans Day Parade in Fallbrook begins at 10 a.m. along Main Avenue, from Fallbrook to Alvarado streets. From 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., a celebration ceremony will be held at Village Square Park, followed by a free lunch at VFW Post 124 located at 1175 S. Old Stage Rd.

Bing Crosby Opening Day in Del Mar
11 a.m., Del Mar Race Track
Del Mar’s Bing Crosby horse racing season kicks off Friday, running through Dec. 4. The fall season includes concerts, deals and other activities. On Opening Day, attendees are urged to wear their most stylish patriotic attire to the track for the Stars & Stripes Fashion Contest. Opening Day lands on Veterans Day this year, so track admission is free for veterans and active duty military with valid ID cards.

San Diego Music Thing 2016
2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (Friday) and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Saturday), North Park
Take in some cool tunes as various artists gather for San Diego Music Thing 2016 in North Park at these locations: Bar Pink, The Office Bar, U-31, The Irenic, ChuckAlek Biergarten and Art Produce Gallery. Confirmed musicians include Little Hurricane, Touche Amore, Thor & Friends and Geographer, to name a few. Conference panels take place Friday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the ChuckAlek Biergarten, with performances to follow. A $50 badge gets you admission to all events across all venues for both days.

6th Annual Sour & Funk Night
5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Pizza Port Ocean Beach
Pizza Port in Ocean Beach keep San Diego Beer Week going with its 6th Annual Sour & Funk Night, a tasting event showcasing 20+ sours and funky brews from Pizza Port and other craft brewers. Some of the beers on tap include Pizza Port’s Beer Hunter: Episode 2.0, Cascade Brewing’s Black Cap Raspberry Sour and The Lost Abbey’s Cuvee de Tomme, to name a few. Attendees are encouraged to wear their best funkiest, grooviest threads to the party, too, including bell bottoms and wigs.

Creative Nights With Chris Burkard: Pushing Frontiers
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Lux Art Institute
Self-taught action and nature photographer Chris Burkard takes the spotlight at the Education Pavilion at Lux Art Institute with his exhibit, “Chris Burkard: Pushing Frontiers,” open through Jan. 3, 2017. Much of Burkard’s work focuses on surf culture and oceanscape photography; his new exhibition connection his passions to Encinitas’ history and culture. This Opening Night event includes a screening of Burkard’s documentary, music and food. Tickets cost $25 per person.

San Diego Gulls vs. Manitoba Moose
7 p.m., Valley View Casino Center
The San Diego Gulls take on the Manitoba Moose at 7 p.m. at Valley View Casino Center. Game tickets start at $19 per person.

Saturday, Nov. 12

Who’s Live Is It Anyway?
7:30 p.m., California Center for the Arts in Escondido
The cast of the improvised TV comedy show, “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” will perform live at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido Saturday – all based on audience suggestions. This performance will feature Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Joel Murray and Jeff B. Davis, inventing funny scene right before your eyes. Tickets range from $25 to $65.

Miss You Like Hell
7 p.m., La Jolla Playhouse
More than five years of writing, composing and creating will come to fruition when the curtain raises on the highly anticipated "Miss You Like Hell" at the La Jolla Playhouse this month. The musical, commissioned by the La Jolla Playhouse, follows a smart and creative teenager who agrees to take a road trip across the country with her free-spirited Latina mother as a custody battle unfurls. The book and lyrics are written by Pulitzer-prize winning Quiara Alegria Hudes; music and lyrics by Erin McKeown. Read more about the musical's five year journey to production here. Tickets start at $25, the musical runs through Dec. 4. 

Lung Force Walk
7 a.m., Embarcadero Marina Park South
Wake up early to join a community walking to fight lung cancer this Saturday. The charity walk brings together hundreds to celebrate the collective power of breathing and to stand up for lung health. You must register in advance.

DayBreak
8 a.m., Del Mar Racetrack
It can be difficult to wake up early on a Saturday morning. But here’s something to help get you out of bed this Saturday morning: DayBreak at the racetrack. Grab some breakfast while watching morning workouts at the racetrack. Horse racing fanatics will also be able to pick the brain of former jockey and event announcer Jeff Bloom. Bloom will be there answering questions. Tickets cost $10.

Bing Crosby Season Concert: Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals
4:30 p.m., Del Mar Racetrack
If you’re at the racetrack Saturday (or even if you’re not!), hang around for this concert 30 minutes after the last race, free with racetrack admission. All concerts are restricted to adults 18 years and older. If you arrive after the last race, you will be charged concert admission ($20).

San Diego Gulls vs. Manitoba Moose
7 p.m., Valley View Casino Center
The San Diego Gulls are well into their second season. Come support your hometown hockey team this weekend! The Gulls take on the Moose this Saturday. Tickets start at $19.

“Globe for All”: Free Performance of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure”
2 p.m., City Heights/Weingart Branch Library & Performance Annex, located at 3795 Fairmount Avenue
Audiences around San Diego 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. This year, the program will put on Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure." 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, with some complicated twists and turns. 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.

Neighbors: Manifestations of Change – Artist’s Reception
6 p.m., Bread & Salt Gallery
After one year of public exhibition along Imperial Avenue in Logan Heights, the powerful photographs from John Raymond Mireles’ installation, “Neighbors: Manifestations of Change,” will be placed on display at the Bread & Salt Gallery located at 1955 Julian Ave. The sun-faded and publicly altered prints will be on display there through Dec. 29. They depict the familiar faces who live in the artist’s neighborhood. On Saturday night, the gallery will host a reception with the artist.

Sunday, Nov. 13

Soldier Songs
2 p.m., Balboa Theater
Take a look at the effects of war with “Soldier Songs”. The concert, presented by the San Diego Opera, will run Friday to Sunday. The moving and realistic performance follows the shift in perception of war from ages six to 66 as the main character lives through a lifetime of experience with war, in one form or another. Tickets start at $20.

Who Dunnit? Seaport Village Scavenger Hunt
1 p.m., Seaport Village
If you’ve ever dreamed of being a detective, today is your day to shine. Seaport Village’s Murder Mystery Adventure, a scavenger hunt style game, will take you through the iconic seaside destination in a two-hour adventure as you solve a murder mystery. Tickets cost $25.

Taste of the Turf Club
11 a.m., Del Mar Racetrack
The opening weekend of the Del Mar Racetrack’s fall season is filled with goodies and fun activities! This Sunday, take a taste of a special menu as you dine at the exclusive Turf Club in Del Mar. Chef Brian Malarkey, one of the city’s most celebrated chefs, will prepare the menu for the morning. Tables are limited. Your $100 ticket will get you turf club admission for the day, a choice of an appetizer, entrée, dessert and bottomless mimosas or champagne. Attendees must comply with Turf Club Dress Code.

“Globe for All”: Free Performance of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” 
12:15 p.m., The Linda Vista Recreation Center, located at 7064 Levant St.
Audiences around San Diego 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. This year, the program will put on Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure." 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, with some complicated twists and turns. 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.

A San Diego lifeguard who nearly drowned while trying to save a group of fishermen after their boat capsized in La Jolla said he was terrified during the challenging rescue, but determined to pull the men out alive.

"I was scared out of my brains, especially when I got down there and saw and felt how big it [the surf] was. I couldn't really see," Senior Lifeguard John Bahl told NBC 7 in an exclusive interview Friday night.

Bahl was the first lifeguard to arrive at Windansea Beach Wednesday evening after a large wave capsized a 25-foot boat carrying five fishermen.

Bahl pulled two of the fishermen out of the water, while another crew rescued two others. He said it was the riskiest rescue he's ever attempted in his career as a lifeguard, as he faced 12 to 15-foot waves crashing down upon him.

"You want to help people and do the best that you can. You can't always save everyone but I was determined to try," Bahl said.

According to witnesses, Bahl nearly drowned in his attempt to save the fishermen. He swallowed so much saltwater, the lifeguard had to be hospitalized that night, along with the four fishermen.

Bahl said he suffered a respiratory infection from swallowing so much water. He was released from the hospital the next day and is now treating his infection with antibiotics.

The lifeguard is grateful to be alive, but his heart is heavy for the fifth fisherman -- the man who did not make it.

The owner of the boat, San Diego resident Tony Nguyen, 42, disappeared at sea the night of the boating incident. After an extensive search by multiple agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) and San Diego Lifeguards, Nguyen's body was found Friday in the water near Palomar Avenue.

Nguyen leaves behind four children and a family grieving his death. He was the only fisherman aboard the boat not wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident.

Bahl said he feels for Nguyen's family.

"It's a terrible loss," Bahl said, fighting back tears. "Look at me. I have a family. It makes me think about how precious life is. Just terribly sad for him."

Bahl will recover through this weekend, and plans to head back to work on Tuesday to teach a class about cliff rescues.

Protesters flooded Manhattan's Union Square Saturday in a fourth straight day of rallies against the election of Donald Trump.

Thousands of protesters marched at Union Square Saturday afternoon to vocalize their objection to the president-elect and his policies. Police estimate the number of protesters to be over 5,000 people.

Two people were arrested during the peaceful Manhattan protests. Officers allowed participants to continue the demonstration, but warned them not to stand on or climb the barricades parked in front of Trump Towers otherwise they'd be arrested.

Homemade picket signs bobbed throughout the sea of protesters, several of which read "love trumps hate" in black block letters.

"We reject the president-elect!" the crowd chanted as protesters started marching up Fifth Avenue. Some climbed the poles of scaffolding and stood on them, holding protest signs while pumping their firsts in the air.

Filmmaker Michael Moore unsuccessfully tried to meet with Donald Trump at Trump Tower in midtown while protests were still underway on Saturday. 

Traffic delays and intermittent street closures were present throughout Manhattan on Saturday afternoon, including the Union Square area and East 57th Street and Fifth Avenue. 

Meanwhile, protests continued Saturday in Chicago, where demonstrations have also formed in the days since the election.

The Chicago protest began at 10 a.m. at Millennium Park. The crowd of about one thousand people then marched down Michigan Avenue, chanting things like "the people united will never be divided," and "we reject the president-elect."

In Los Angeles, 200 people were arrested after police began to break up a protest that began Friday night and lingered into the early hours of Saturday morning. Three juveniles were also arrested for vandalizing a police cruiser and throwing a bottle at police officers.

Violence struck a demonstration in Portland, Oregon when one person was shot by a man who had gotten into a confrontation with a protester. The shooting follows a rowdy Friday night protest, when Portland police used tear gas in response to "burning projectiles" thrown at officers, police said on Twitter.

The demonstrations have rippled globally, as protesters in Berlin gathered around Brandenburg Gate to rally against Donald Trump.

A 19-year-old DUI suspect driving the wrong way plowed into a home in City Heights overnight, injuring a resident who was on the couch when the car suddenly came barreling into her house.

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said an officer spotted the driver just before the incident, driving the wrong way near El Cajon Boulevard and Fairmount Avenue. The officer tried to flag down the driver, but he didn’t stop. Police said the DUI suspect almost hit another driver and ran through several stop lights.

Moments later, just before 2:40 a.m., the young man -- a U.S. Navy sailor now identified as Matthew Salabarria -- slammed through an iron fence and into a home on Menlo Avenue.

A family of five was inside the house. A woman was sitting on the couch when the car slammed into the living room. The impact from the crash sent her flying across the room, police said.

The driver’s car finally came to a stop, half of the car ending up inside the the home.

Police said the resident was injured and taken to a local hospital, but is expected to survive. No one else was hurt.

Resident Robert Tran told NBC 7 his mother was the person injured in the crash.

“I was in shock; the adrenaline just rushed through me really quickly,” he said, recounting the sudden wake-up call after the Salabarria crashed into the house. “I was worried about my mom, for the most part. She was at the point of impact; that was my main concern.”

Tran said he’s grateful that his mother is going to be okay.

“She’s a sweet old lady. You know, she doesn’t bother anybody, she’s really nice.”

NBC 7 spoke with several neighbors Saturday who said they were startled by the loud crash in the early hours. One woman said she was taking out the trash when she heard the commotion.

“I heard, ‘Boom!’ Then they said, ‘Put your hands up,’ and I heard, ‘Pop, pop, pop,’” City Heights resident Rita Jenkins said.

Hours after the collision, crews remained at the scene, cleaning up the extensive damage and boarding up the home.

The Tran family will now work to repair their house, where they have lived for a long time.

Salabarria, who had just started his career with the Navy, was arrested for felony DUI, the SDPD said. He's scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

“They just need a piece of construction paper and a crayon,” Charlie Fleishman, Director of the Service to the Armed Forces for the Red Cross, says.

Fleishman and over 30 Red Cross youth clubs put those crayons to paper to make a service member’s holiday just a little more special when they kicked off the Red Cross’ “Holidays for Heroes” campaign in Balboa Park Saturday.

“We try to get cards to military members who are going to be away from home during the holiday, also veterans who are away from home,” Fleishman says. “They may be in the hospital and these cards are a little bit of home during the holidays and it’s just best wishes from San Diego to those folks who can’t be home for the holidays.”

The cards will eventually be distributed to active duty service members, their families and veterans in the VA hospital.

"I did it last year and it’s one of my favorite times of the year. It’s such nice holiday spirit and everything," card maker Jordyn Silverstone says. "We all should give back in any way we can.”

Silverstone hopes to make at least 20 cards for service members. 

“It really is keeping military and veteran families connected during periods of separation,” Fleisher says. “It also is a way for us as the general public to be able to say thank you to those who serve us … and during the holidays is an important time to do that when everybody’s focus is on family and home and for those who can’t be here this helps a little bit … Holiday cards really mean more than store-bought cards.”

Protesters marched from Larson Park in San Ysidro to the International Border Saturday, calling for justice for victims of what they say has been Border Patrol brutality.

They are fighting for all victims of brutality, but are focused on five specific families who say their loved ones were murdered by agents. 

Shana Gutierrez says her husband was beaten by the border patrol in 2011, but no one was ever charged.

"These brutalities need to stop,” Gutierrez says. “We’re here demanding justice and saying you need to reopen these cases and do something about it. It's apparent we have an issue at the border, a big issue, a problem."

Gutierrez says her husband suffers from seizures now and is a completely different person since he was beaten.

Organizers of the march say in light of Tuesday's election results, they need to organize and fight.

A United Airlines captain warned passengers to keep politics off his plane or face removal after a politically-charged "scuffle" broke out aboard a flight from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, late this week.

A passenger recorded cellphone video of the captain’s brief sermon on United flight 1212 and it was posted on Jon Bauer's YouTube account Friday.

"On my friends@wirelessness flight from SFO to Mexico, some kinda scuffle broke out where an individual with a ‘plaid shirt and a camo cap’ said something racist (about being ‘glad to have kept his guns’) to an African American lady, and she began to cry and freak out,” Bauer explained in the caption.

Bauer said crew members “separated the two of them" before the captain of the flight got on the intercom system to deliver a heartfelt plea to his passengers, discouraging further political discussion.

The captain reminded passengers that they were clashing over politics while “in a metal tube at 35,000 feet.”

“I understand that everybody has their opinions. That’s fine. If you support him, great. If you don’t, I understand,” he said about president-elect Donald Trump’s victory.

The captain asked passengers to bear in mind that the trip to Mexico was so people could “have a good time.”

“And what I do ask is that as people we have the common decency to respect each other’s decisions and to get along,” the captain urged.

He continued, "Nobody is going to change their minds by arguing. And let's keep our opinions to ourselves, on this particular matter, at this particular time. When cooler heads prevail and we can talk and realize we're all human beings and we call can stick together and we can all pull for this country in our own way, then that's what we should do."

If passengers want to “rant” and “rave,” however, the captain insinuated that they would be removed from his plane. "There's another flight tomorrow. You're not going to be on this one," he warned.

His broadcast was met with cheers and applause, and someone can be heard saying, “Hear! Hear!”

United Airlines spokeswoman Megan McCarthy confirmed that an incident occured on the flight, but didn't comment on the specific nature of the disagreement.

"Our pilot worked to diffuse an argument between customers and worked to get the flight safely to its destination," McCarthy said in a statement to NBC.