Two people arrested in a casino parking lot in Alpine Friday afternoon rented a U-Haul over a month ago, but failed to return it, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department says.

Kimberly White, 47, and Salomon Saenz, 60, were arrested after an Alpine Deputy patrolling the parking lot located the stolen U-Haul truck that White rented.

With the assistance of casino security, White and Saenz were located and arrested for vehicle theft.

Saenz was also charged with possession of a controlled substance.

In the back of the truck deputies found suspected stolen property.

Alpine detectives responded to the scene and are in the process of locating the owner of the property, which included mail, credit cards and gift cards.

The investigation is ongoing.

Democratic congressman Scott Peters (San Diego) issued a statement Friday on the declassified report issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence regarding Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election. It reads:

“This report is unambiguous in its assessment that Russian interference in our election was directed by Vladimir Putin, enabled by Wikileaks, and sought to undermine the legitimacy of our electoral process in order to tip the scales in favor of Mr. Putin’s preferred candidate. These actions are without precedent, and should alarm every American.

“We don’t know if Russian interference affected the outcome of the election. I am not seeking to overturn the Electoral College results certified by Congress today. However, we do know that our freedom and democracy have been attacked, and that these actions warrant a formidable response that imposes tremendous costs on those responsible.

“The best and brightest of our intelligence community – many who risk their lives in defense of our nation and deserve our respect and trust – have done their duty and provided us with this assessment. Now is the time to stand together as patriots in a bipartisan defense of our democracy to ensure that this never happens again.”

The report, a declassified version of a more detailed classified one, asserts that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a secret campaign to influence the election in favor of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.

Despite consensus in the intelligence community of Russia’s involvement in the hacking, President-elect Donald Trump has been resistant in accepting officials’ allegations.

Trump was given the classified report Friday, and although he said he “learned a lot” he declined to say whether he agrees with the assessment in a brief interview with the Associated Press.

“I learned a lot and I think they did also,” he said.

Trump has challenged the intelligence community since winning the election.

Congressman Peters is an original co-sponsor of the Protect Our Democracy Act, introduced Friday, that would create a National Commission on Foreign Interference in the 2016 Election to allow for a full congressional investigation unimpeded by partisanship.

Peters is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and House Judiciary Committee.

Consumer Reports is alerting parents about a controversial, super-strong magnet set that has recently been made available to the public after being banned scince 2014.

The caused many life threatening injuries -- especially among children and teens. Now a Federal court has overturned the ban and they are back on the market.

Here’s what you need to know to keep your children safe. 

These magnets are so strong that if they are swallowed, they can pull together with enough force to punch holes along different sections of the digestive system.

The founder of Zen magnets maintains they are “perfectly safe when properly used.”

There are also warnings about possible injuries on the website and in the packaging, but Consumer Reports urges parents to use extreme caution and recommend that you avoid having these magnet sets if there are any children in the home.

if you had strong magnet sets in the past, you should look for and throw away any magnets that might have gotten loose in your house to protect your children and teens.

A Sig Alert has been issued in Escondido due to a rock side, the California Highway Patrol confirms. The rock slide happened on State Route 78 at Zoo Road just after 8 p.m. Dirt and rocks have been reported in the roadway.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector rescued a special needs man who wandered off in Ocotillo Thursday evening.

After receiving a call that the man had walked away from a gas station where his parents were, agents were dispatched to the area.

After speaking to the man’s parents, agents determined he had left while they were inside. They had been searching for their son for more than 20 minutes.

Agents began to search the immediate area and agents operating the Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS) were told of the man’s possible location.

Camera operators located the man and reunited him with his parents.

He was uninjured and required no medical attention.

“Our infrastructure and technology plays a crucial role in enforcing our nation’s borders, however in situations like these they can also be very beneficial,” said Rodney S. Scott, Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro Sector. “Situations like these can escalate to very dangerous outcomes if not for the quick response of Border Patrol Agents.”

Since October five rescues have been attributed to the El Centro Sector.

The fact that the alleged Fort Lauderdale shooter, 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, grabbed a gun from his checked bag is raising a whole new set of concerns about airport security.

Among them: what are the restrictions on checking a weapon? What about security outside the checkpoint? Could it happen here?

The answer is yes, it could happen at Lindbergh Field and at any airport in the country.

Anyone permitted to own a gun is allowed to transport it through commercial airlines.

The Transportation Security Administration makes the rules, airline personnel secure the weapons in flight and Harbor Police are responsible for patrolling the airport.

Guns and ammunition, like other checked baggage, flow in and out of airports mostly unnoticed by the majority of the traveling public.

“Firearms are transported safely and securely everyday through just about every airport in the country,” Harbor Police Chief John Bolduc says.

Chief Bolduc says the tragedy in the baggage claim at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport is a new kind of security concern.

“Every airport in the country will collaborate on this and see if there are vulnerabilities that we can identify and improve or increase security posture as needed,” Chief Bolduc says.

The Transportation Security Administration allows passengers to check unloaded firearms and some ammunition in locked, hard-sided containers. TSA even offers a how-to video online.

The mass shooting in Fort Lauderdale suggests the baggage claim area might be unsafe. Chief Bolduc says security is prioritized where crowds gather at the airport.

"We certainly will focus on those areas where a lot of people are congregated. We'll try to provide the best security posture that we can, “Chief Bolduc says.

Whether there is a loophole in TSA's procedures or this was another mass shooting in an unexpected location is a debate that has already begun.

“Right now it is too premature to say whether those procedures are adequate and effective, in every single possible circumstance. It's very difficult to put in procedures that account for every possible scenario,” Chief Bolduc tells NBC 7.

Chief Bolduc says travelers this weekend might notice an increased police presence. NBC 7 noticed Harbor Police patrolling with assault style rifles across their chest, a posture they don't always take.

As smog levels in northern China reach historic levels, millions are learning to live with what has been dubbed "airpocalypse."

Earlier this week, as many as 32 cities in northern China were under "red alert," the most severe pollution warning in the country's four-tier system, NBC News reported. Another 27 cities, including Beijing, were under "orange alert."

Short, intense periods of bad air are commonplace in Beijing - but the fact that city has now been under "orange alert" since Dec. 31 is frustrating locals, who criticized authorities’ response to the severe pollution.

The office tasked with overseeing ethics and conflicts in the federal government struggled to gain access to leaders of the Trump transition team, and warned Trump aides about making decisions on nominees or blind trusts without ethics guidance, according to new emails obtained by MSNBC.

Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub emailed Trump aides in November to lament that despite his office's repeated outreach, "we seem to have lost contact with the Trump-Pence transition since the election." 

Trump aides may also be risking "embarrassment for the President-elect," Shaub warned, by "announcing cabinet picks" without letting the ethics office review their financial information in advance.

NBC 7’s Derek Togerson takes a look at the Chargers and their stadium hunt in this commentary

It is the one question San Diego sports fans want answered and certainly the one I get asked more than anything else:

Are the Chargers going to stay or are they going to go?

I really, really wish I had an answer. The options, as you likely know by now, are to take the Los Angeles option and move the team to Los Angeles, rebrand, and become a tenant in Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s palace in Inglewood … or stay in San Diego while once again trying to work on a new stadium deal, something they finally did for the first time ever in 2016.

Or more simply put: Will Dean Spanos take the easy road or the honorable one?

This is one of those things that one could argue both sides of and come up with a pretty convincing case either way. Before we get to that, though, let’s assume a few things we can be pretty sure are going to happen (I know what happens when one assumes but we need to streamline this thing!).

The Raiders are probably no longer a threat to head to L.A. if the Chargers choose to stay. Mark Davis has a deal worked out to go to Las Vegas, public money has been approved in Nevada, and the NFL is really warming to the idea of a team in that market. Their relocation will almost assuredly be approved at the annual league meetings in March.

Also, the NFL wants the Chargers to stay in San Diego. The league has grown enamored with the idea of a team in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Diego. Call it the Golden Triangle (a golden scalene triangle, to be exact).

That geographic setup would give the National Football League a brand new market to work with as well as add L.A. and San Diego as Super Bowl cities because those markets will finally have Super Bowl-caliber facilities to match the Super Bowl-caliber weather.

THAT, my friends, is a big reason for the Chargers to try and stay. Spanos has already asked the NFL to up its ante and provide more money to bridge what is estimated to be about a $125 million gap in the funding for a new facility in the town that has called the Chargers home for 55 years.

That shows a desire to stay, and that is a good sign because if the owner wants to stay and the NFL wants to stay then all we would need is the local government to want them to stay and all would be well.

Speaking of, the City/County of San Diego combination will put up money for a new stadium but not as much as Spanos would like, which is part of the impasse. Another speed bump is the facility the local politicians would help fund will very likely have to be in Mission Valley instead of Downtown San Diego.

During the failed Measure C “campaign” Spanos said he couldn’t see the team under his ownership going back there. Odds are it was a scare tactic aimed at getting votes but it does provide a problem since a return now will make it look like Dean limped back to Mission Valley with his tail between his legs.

That is not how anyone wants to be perceived, especially not a man who owns an NFL team. Still, the finances of all this could be enough to make it happen.

If the Chargers stay they will be asked to contribute $300-$350 million to the new stadium build. That is a lot of money but a drop in the bucket compared to what they will have to pony up if they decided to pay rent in Inglewood.

To move the relocation fee is at least $500 million. Building a new practice facility is another, at least, $100 million. Paying severances to workers that don’t go with the team, hiring new staffers, moving the family, paying rent in a new spot and losing revenue from a severe lack of ticket sales in a market that does not want them …

Add all that up and you’re looking at nearly $1 billion dollars to go to Los Angeles.

I understand that there is a bigger pool up in L.A. with more potential fans and more potential advertisers. But you only make money from those entities if you know how to sell yourself. Has anything in the Chargers marketing history under this ownership group suggested they have the ability to pull off some kind of advertising coup in a city where they have next to zero fan base?

(Hint: the answer starts with an N and ends with an O)

The NFL also knows this, which is why the league is seriously considering figuring out a way to help the Bolts stay put. It is in no way impossible to get a new facility built in San Diego, although financing will be difficult.

That word … difficult … is the reason why it’s anything but a slam dunk for the Chargers to stay put. Spanos wants a stadium deal done and he wants basically everyone else to do it for him, from his string of advisors and lawyers to the local government. He has said he doesn’t see another option BUT to go to L.A. and part of the reason is a stadium will be there waiting for him, built and financed by someone else.

That is awfully intoxicating for Dean Spanos.

Given the financial picture laid out earlier really the only logical reason for the Chargers to move to Los Angeles is to sell the team. Once it lands in L.A. the value increases and the asking price to sell soars to at least $2.5 billion.

Of course we have no idea if that is the ownership group’s plan or not. They have not broached that topic publicly very often. My gut tells me Dean likes being in the fraternity of NFL owners and doesn’t want to give that up quite yet.

So … is it go to a house someone else builds in a new city? Or stick with the community that supported your team for the entirety of your tenure, right up until you tried to abandon them?

The easy road? Or the honorable one?

One of the things the fellow owners are always praising Dean Spanos for is his loyalty. They see him as the good soldier who does what he can for the league.

If loyalty truly is one of Dean’s qualities then he will make more than one real push at a stadium in San Diego. He will reject the Los Angeles option, work with the local government and the NFL on a stadium plan to be put before San Diego voters in November of 2018, and then if that doesn’t work he will truly be out of options and be able to move north with a clean conscience.

That is what I believe is going to happen. It will not be surprising if he leaves. But given all the factors involved here it would be the wrong decision.

It's the first full official weekend of 2017. Get the year off to a fun start by exploring the many activities San Diego has to offer. Have fun!

Thursday, Jan. 5

10th Annual soundON Festival
7:30 p.m., The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library in La Jolla
La Jolla's Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (1008 Wall St.) will host its 10th annual soundON Festival Thursday through Sunday, a four-day-long series of workshops, panel discussions, open rehearsals, art and chamber music concerts. The program is curated by NOISE percussionist Morris Palter. The festival starts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday with the “Soundstreams” program. You can buy individual tickets for each day of the fest for around $25, or a four-day pass for $70.

Free or Cheap Things to Do in San Diego
Times and locations vary

Is your wallet hurting from the holidays? In San Diego, there are still plenty of activities to enjoy for free or on the cheap. Go for a hike at Torrey Pines State Park or Cowles Mountain, stroll Balboa Park, try a new craft brewery, admire the murals of Chicano Park or read a book at a downtown park. Get out there and explore America’s Finest City.

Blue Largo
8 p.m., Tio Leo's
Enjoy a night of live blues and swing music by Blue Largo at Tio Leo's Lounge (5302 Napa St.). Wear comfortable shoes, just in case you are moved to dance.

Friday, Jan. 6

Holiday Décor Sale
10 a.m., Hotel del Coronado
Have you ever wondered what happens to the holiday decorations used to deck the halls and trees around the Hotel del Coronado? On Friday morning, the landmark hotel will host this special sale, where the public is invited to buy some of the decorative holiday items used by the hotel. Snag a deal at The Del; the sale starts at 10 a.m. in the Spreckels Complex in Grande Hall. Items tend to go quickly at this sale, which is beloved by locals, so get there early!

'Kick Start' Art Exhibition: Opening Reception
5 p.m. to 8 p.m., San Diego Watercolor Society Gallery at Liberty Station
Juried by award-winning artist, Penny Hill, “Kick Start” is the latest art exhibition on display at the San Diego Watercolor Society's gallery in the Arts District at Liberty Station. The exhibition's opening reception is Friday night and will feature about 100 ready-to-hang paintings for sale, plus a chance to mix and mingle with fellow art enthusiasts over some wine and snacks. The event is free.

Hops on the Harbor
7 p.m. to 10 p.m., San Diego Bay
Flagship Cruises & Events presents another installment of its Hops on the Harbor, a laid-back dinner cruise highligting craft brews. In January, the Hops on the Harbor menu includes four 6-ounce beer tasters paired with your meal as the ship cruises around San Diego Bay. Boarding starts at 7 p.m. from 990 North Harbor Dr. Tickets are $64.50 for adults; $38.70 for kids. Children 3 and under get in free with a paid adult ticket.

San Diego Gulls vs. San Antonio Rampage
7 p.m., Valley View Casino Center
Take in a hockey game at the Valley View Casino Center Friday night as the San Diego Gulls face-off against the San Antonio Rampage. Tickets start at $19.

Saturday, Jan. 7

San Diego Brew Festival
1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Liberty Station NTC Park
The 7th annual San Diego Brew Fest returns to Liberty Station's NTC Park Saturday, offering an array of craft beer samples, food trucks and live music. Sip and savor your way through some San Diego flavors – and all for a good cause, too. Proceeds from the event will help the Southern California Golden Retriever Rescue, an organization that aims to find loving, lifetime homes for all Southern California Golden Retrievers in need, regardless of conditions or circumstances. General admission tickets to the 21+ Brew Fest are $45 per person and include all beer tastings; bring money for food.

Trek with the Trackers
8:30 a.m., Mission Trails Regional Park Visitor’s Center
The Tracking Team at Mission Trails Regional Park takes you on an adventure this Saturday. Follow tracks, track bedlays and other critter evidence as you track lesser-seen animals in the park. The team recommends you wear long pants to enable you to get up close. The trek is free.

SpringBoard West Presents: Frankie J, The Big Pink
11 a.m., Music Box (Little Italy)
This Houston, Texas-native festival comes to Southern California with an installment in San Diego this weekend. Come watch Frankie J, The Big Pink and more perform at this two-day event. Tickets start at $25 if bought in advance. The event is for those 18 years and older.

San Diego Gulls Vs. San Antonio Rampage
7 p.m., Valley View Casino Center
The San Diego Gulls take on the San Antonio Rampage at the Valley View Casino Center. Tickets start at $10 per person.

Culture Shock Nutcracker: A Hip Hop Dance Theatrical
7 p.m., Spreckels Theater
Have you seen all the classical productions of The Nutcracker? How about taking a crack (pun intended) at this modern re-interpretation of The Nutcracker. The production stays true to the original story and honors the original score while at the same time melding contemporary music and pop culture. Tickets start at $35.

Corey Holcomb
7:30 p.m., American Comedy Co. (Downtown San Diego)
Stand-up comedian Corey Holcomb – best known for his sets on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and NBC’s Last Comic Standing – stops in San Diego to perform some of his stand-up. Tickets start at $22.

DIY Bioplastics: a Bio Lab Workshop
3 p.m., La Jolla/Riford Library
Here’s a cool workshop for those interested in recycling: The La Jolla Library is hosting a workshop to teach people how to make biodegradable plastics from vegetable materials. While you work, you’ll learn about the chemistry of polymers and plastics. The workshop is recommended for those aged eight to 14. There is a maximum of attendees allowed, so sign up in advance by clicking here.

Sunday, Jan. 8

Intro to Homebrewing
6:30 p.m., The Homebrewer in North Park
Learn the basics of brewing your own craft beer at home at this intro class at The Homebrewer in North Park. Designed for beginners and intermediate brewers, the course will teach you key brewing terminology, an overview of the science of brewing, a look at beer-making ingredients and how they each play a role in the process, how to create different styles of beer and more helpful tips. The class costs $20 per person.

Tina Chong
2 p.m., California Center for the Arts Escondido
World-renowned recitalist and chamber musician Tina Chong will perform at the Center Theater at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido Sunday, joined after intermission by Atlanta Symphony trombonist, Brian Hecht. Chong has appeared all over the world as a guest soloist and alongside orchestras. Tickets are $30 for adults; $20 for seniors; $10 for kids, students and military.

Guided Nature Walk: Insights Into Nature
9:30 a.m., Mission Trails Regional Park – Visitor’s Center
It’s a beautiful day to get out and explore San Diego! What better way than to head out to Mission Trails Regional Park. This Sunday, take a guided tour and learn more about the nature surrounding you. The event is free.

San Diego Sockers vs. Ontario Fury
5:05 p.m., Valley View Casino Center
Come out and support San Diego’s 14-time indoor soccer champions at their game against the Ontario Fury. General admission tickets start at $11.

California Crusadoers: Indoor Football Tryouts
10 a.m., Lomita Park
The California Crusaders, a professional indoor football team, is holding their open tryouts this Sunday for the 2017 season. Players will be asked to wear a helmet and shoulder pads to play. Space is limited and those interested should register in advance. A $100 pre-registration fee is required.

Millions of Americans were struggling under a winter storm that blocked roads and covered airports in treacherous ice across the South Saturday, threatening to paralyze transportation from Alabama all the way to New York City, NBC News reported.

Three died from weather-related causes in Oregon, Kentucky and Maine, according to The Weather Channel.

Parts of North Carolina and Virginia were forecast to see up to a foot of snow while roads in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama were coated in ice, leading to hundreds of accidents. Charlotte, North Carolina, reported Saturday morning that 35 accidents, some with minor injuries, had occurred since 10 p.m. Friday.

Interstate 91 south is closed in Middletown after a multi-car pileup, according to state police.

Police said at least 20 cars, three tractor trailers and a tanker were involved in the crash near exit 21 in Middletown. No serious injuries have been reported.

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Shortly after, multiple crashes closed the northbound lanes of I-91 between exits 20 and 25, state police said.

A San Diego man died Saturday after being stabbed in the chest and left to bleed on the streets of City Heights, police confirmed.

San Diego Police Department (SDPD) Homicide Unit Lt. Mike Holden said officers were called to 4070 42nd St. just before 3 a.m. to investigate reports of an assault. When police arrived, they discovered Juan Young Jr., 26, bleeding in the courtyard of an apartment complex.

He had suffered a stab wound to his chest, Holden said, and was in critical condition. Young was rushed to a local hospital where he soon died.

At around 4:20 a.m., police arrested Cesar Guerrero, 22, as the suspect in the deadly stabbing. He had fled the scene initially but tried to return to the apartment complex a short time later through an alley.

Officers spotted him and took him into custody. Guerrero will face one count of murder, Holden said.

The investigation is ongoing. At this point, the motive for the killing is unknown.

Anyone with information on this case can call the SDPD’s Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

Thousands of people lined up first thing Saturday morning to get tickets to President Barack Obama's farewell speech in Chicago on Tuesday - so many that officials said tickets were no longer available to newcomers before distribution even began. 

Distribution of the free tickets began around 8 a.m. at McCormick Place, with one ticket per person given on a first-come-first-serve basis.

People were not allowed to line up before 6 a.m., but shortly thereafter, officials said they had reached 7,000 people and anyone not in line by around 6:30 a.m. would not get a ticket. [[409969705, C]]

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Doors open at 5 p.m. on Tuesday for the 8 p.m. speech and attendees are encouraged to arrive at or before that time. Those arriving late may not be permitted to attend.

All attendees will be subject to "airport-like security" and should bring as few personal iterms as possible. Bags, sharp objects, umbrellas, liguids, and signs will not be allowed in the venue.

For those who did not get tickets or are unable to attend, the speech will air on NBC 5 News beginning at 8 p.m. CST and streaming on NBCChicago.com. 

Obama, in a written statement released Monday, explained that the American people have helped him lead during his presidency, a theme he plans to highlight in his speech.

"I'm thinking about [my remarks] as a chance to say thank you for this amazing journey, to celebrate the ways you've changed this country for the better these past eight years, and to offer some thought on where we all go from here," he wrote.

The sitting president offered encouragement to his fellow Americans, who he said have hit obstacles since he took office.

"Since 2009, we've faced our fair share of challenges, and come through them stronger," he said. "That's because we have never let go of a belief that has guided us ever since our founding — our conviction that, together, we can change this country for the better.

The U.S. president's farewell address, Obama noted, is a tradition that dates back to 1796, when George Washington said goodbye to Americans before transferring power to his successor, John Adams.

This may be the tastiest news you hear all day: San Diego Restaurant Week (SDRW) is back, showcasing more than 180 eateries across our dining scene over the course of eight delicious days.

Now on its 13th go-around, SDRW 2017 edition runs from Jan. 15 through Jan. 22, with its familiar, scrumptious set-up: participating restaurants will offer special two and three-course, prix fixe menus for lunch and/or dinner. Two-course lunch menus are priced at $10, $15 or $20 per person, while three-course dinner menus are priced at $20, $30, $40 and $50 per person.

The popular culinary event spans eateries across more than a dozen regions in San Diego County including downtown San Diego, La Jolla, Central San Diego, East County, Mission Bay and Beaches, North County Inland and Coastal, South Bay and Point Loma/Harbor Island, to name a few communities.

Cuisine varies, too, with every type of food imaginable on the SDRW menus -- from American and California fare, to Mexican, Hawaiian, French, Italian and more.

As always, no special passes are required to attend SDRW. Just pick the participating restaurant that sounds good to you, go there and ask for the SDRW menu. Really, it’s easy as pie.

Now, on to the main course.

A small sampling of eateries participating in SDRW 2017 include: Il Fornaio (Coronado); BIGA (downtown San Diego); Bo-Beau Kitchen + Garden (East County); CUCINA Urbana (uptown San Diego); Draft Republic (La Jolla); Cafe Gratitude (Little Italy); Backyard Kitchen & Tap (Mission Beach); The Prado (Balboa Park); Decoy (North County Inland); Twenty/20 (North County Coastal); Sea 180 Coastal Tavern (South Bay); Coasterra (Point Loma/Harbor Island); Cafe Coyote (Old Town); Hash House (Hillcrest).

The very long list of participating SDRW eateries – as well as photos and mouthwatering menus – can be seen in full on the SDRW website. Foodies can even score a few recipes so they can try their hand at cooking some delicious dishes at home.

Organizers say SDRW has teamed up with Girl Scouts for this edition of the event, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girl Scout Cookies.

This partnership comes with some sweet perks including this contest, which will give three lucky winners a year’s supply (52 boxes, exactly) of Girl Scout Cookies from the core varieties, including Thin Mints and Samoas.

Some of the eateries participating in SDRW will create dishes inspired by Girl Scout Cookies such as Samoas-Crusted Fried Shrimp, Do-Si-Dos Peanut Thai Chicken and salads featuring toasted Trefoil croutons.

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A man carrying a kitchen knife was arrested near Mount Hope Saturday after he ran away from police officers.

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said officers approached the man at Federal Boulevard and Home Avenue at around 11:45 a.m. He was carrying a kitchen knife and, when officers tried to contact him, he took off running.

Police momentarily halted traffic in the area until they were able to take the man into custody.

No one was hurt. No further details were immediately released.

More than six decades after his death, a U.S. military veteran who served in the Korean War finally made his way home to San Diego.

On Saturday, the body of U.S. Army Major Jack Griffith arrived at Lindbergh Field in a coffin draped with the American Flag. A military funeral honors team helped move the coffin from the plane.

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The dignified transfer and emotional, long overdue homecoming brought the airport tarmac to a brief, solemn standstill as people paid their respects to the military veteran.

Griffith’s family waited at the tarmac, taking part in the touching tribute. They hugged and gazed at their loved one’s coffin. After a lifetime of waiting for Griffith, he was home.

The veteran died 65 years ago while in captivity as a Prisoner of War in Korea. Surviving POWs reported Griffith’s death but his death certificate showed there were no remains to prove it.

For his family, his death was a painful mystery for decades.

Thanks to modern DNA analysis and dental records, family members recently learned of his body buried inside a grave in Hawaii.

Now, his family and friends will be able to hold a proper burial for the veteran.

A piece of luggage left on the curb near Terminal 1 at Lindbergh Field prompted a call to the bomb squad before authorities realized illegal drugs were inside, San Diego Fire confirms.

Harbor Police first made the discovery shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday, and officers at first thought the luggage might contain bomb making material.

The luggage contained canisters wrapped in silver dryer sheets inside plastic bags that police bomb-sniffing dogs did not alert of it.

Police called the bomb squad, but after further inspection, authorities realized the luggage contained an undisclosed amount of meth and the bomb squad was cancelled.