It was a simple thing SDPD Officer James Weaver did for the Buetow family, but on a day when Brettany Buetow's kids were saying goodbye to their Navy dad leaving on his first deployment, it was a big deal.

“I did not expect it at all” Brettany, whose husband has been in the Navy for six years, says. “It really meant a lot to our family and to the kids.”

Rileigh,4 and Austin, 2 were shouting goodbye across the water from Shelter Island as the USS Carl Vinson carried their dad, Josh Buetow, away on deployment Thursday.

Officer Weaver tells NBC 7 he noticed the children and thought he could help their little voices be heard.

“As I was sitting there,” he remembers, “I saw the family over here and the two little kids were by the rocks over here screaming to dad yelling bye and I figured that he couldn’t hear them cause I could barely hear them from across the parking lot, so I just pulled my car over and asked if they wanted to use the PA.”

Brettany posted two photos of the kids using the PA to say goodbye to their dad along with a post that read: “Shout out to the San Diego Police Officer who pulled up next to us and asked if Rileigh and Austin wanted to tell their daddy they loved him as his ship went by, leaving for deployment. They got to speak into the microphone and say, ‘bye daddy, we love you!!’ I am so grateful for ALL of the men and women in uniform who serve and protect our country!”

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Within two days the post had been shared hundreds of times and was liked nearly 1,000 times.

Officer Weaver, who says kids around the same age as Buetow’s, says he’s surprised by the response to his act of kindness.

“As blown up as it’s getting and going viral and everything I never expected that,” he admits. “ I just thought I’d come over and try and let a couple of kids say bye to their dad. All of a sudden it made the news and we’re here doing interviews, so it’s definitely a memorable moment.”

Brettany says she was surprised and deeply moved by the officer’s actions.

“It meant a lot to us,” she tells NBC 7. “I was holding it together pretty well until he asked them if they wanted to do that and I just slowly broke down and started crying.”

Brettany, who also has a three-month old son with her husband, says they hope to have Josh home by the summer.

A woman was airlifted to the hospital with significant after she crashed into a tree and a utility box and rolled her vehicle in Oceanside Saturday evening, Oceanside police confirmed.

Two children who were in the car were taken to the hospital with no serious injuries.

The woman had to be extracted from the vehicle.

The crash happened at Cannon Drive and Shadowbridge Drive around 6:50 p.m.

Three of the five victims of the Fort Lauderdale aiport shooting had arrived from out of state, bound for Caribbean cruise ships with their spouses, NBC News reported.

Olga Woltering, an 84-year-old great-grandmother traveled to Florida from Marietta, Georgia for a cruise with her husband who survived the shooting. Terry Andres, 62, from Norfolk, Virginia, was going on a cruise with his wife, Ann, while Michael Oehme, 57, from Council Bluff, Iowa, had flown to Florida with his wife, Kari, for another high seas adventure, his family said.

The FBI said officials would only provide names of victims after relatives were contacted, although family members and loved ones have been paying tribute to them publicly.

Warning: The details of this story are extremely graphic and could be disturbing to some readers.

A Horsham, Pennsylvania, man is accused of raping and murdering a teen girl and the victim's mother is accused of helping him dismember her body.

Jacob Sullivan, 44, was arrested Saturday and charged in the rape, murder and dismemberment of Grace Packer, 14, of Abington Township. Police also say Grace’s adoptive mother Sara Packer, 41, aided Sullivan in the crime; helped him dispose of the teen’s body; and then tried to undergo a suicide pact with him.

On December 30, 2016, Sullivan’s girlfriend called 911 and told the dispatcher she had found him barely conscious and unresponsive inside their home in Horsham, Pennsylvania. She also believed he had overdosed on pills. The dispatcher then asked her if she knew why Sullivan would do that.

“I don’t know if you have watched the news lately,” the woman replied, according to the affidavit. “Someone we were involved with was recently...It’s a big mess. It’s a big mess and I don’t really know how to explain it. But oh my God.”

Medics arrived and Sullivan was taken to Abington Hospital where he was placed in critical condition and treated for a drug overdose. Police interviewed Sullivan’s girlfriend and also found a handwritten suicide note at the home. The note, which police say was written by Sullivan, said the following, according to the affidavit:

Dear babies,

I love you all so much. You are the only people that I have always been able to count on. I’m sorry that I am taking the coward’s way out, but I don’t have any strength left in me.

People want to judge and lie and break me down. They have.

I can’t exist with Sara in jail and those f------ lying pigs and the whore media have made it impossible for us to live.

They don’t care how many lives or laws they break. I know you will always know that we had nothing to do with this no matter what lies they tell. I’m sorry to leave you. Remember all I’ve taught you. Be brave, stand tall and do your best to be stronger than I was.

I love you.

Daddy

Later that night, Sullivan’s girlfriend called 911 a second time. She told the dispatcher that after police and medics had left, she found Sara Packer unresponsive inside the bathroom of the home. The woman told officials she then drove her to Abington Hospital.

Police determined that both Sullivan and Packer had entered a suicide pact and tried to kill themselves by overdosing on drugs.

On Saturday staff members at Abington Memorial Hospital contacted investigators and told them that during the overnight hours, Sullivan admitted he was responsible for the murder of Sara Packer’s 14-year-old adopted daughter, Grace Packer. He also claimed that Sara Packer was his accomplice, according to the affidavit. The hospital staff also told investigators they believed Sullivan admitted he had killed Grace to his family members when they visited him in the hospital.

During an interview with investigators, Sullivan then admitted he and Packer had plotted Grace’s murder, according to officials. Sullivan allegedly claimed they began planning the murder in the fall of 2015 after Grace returned from living with a family member in North Carolina.

During the early morning hours of July 8, 2016, Sullivan and Sara Packer drove Grace from her Abington Township home to their new home on Cherry Road in Quakertown, Bucks County, officials said. When they arrived, Sullivan and Packer walked Grace into the house, according to the affidavit. Sullivan then allegedly struck Grace in the face several times. The duo then took Grace into the attic of the home where Sullivan raped the teen girl while Packer watched, investigators said. During his interview with officials, Sullivan also allegedly admitted to sexually assaulting Grace on two occasions prior to that incident.

Packer then left and obtained several pills, according to the affidavit. The duo then gave Grace the pills, telling her it would help her deal with the pain, tied her up, gagged her and then left her to die in the extremely hot attic, investigators said. Sullivan and Packer then went back to their Abington home and later returned to the Quakertown home around 3 a.m. the next day, expecting to find Grace dead, officials said. The teen was still conscious and alive however, according to the affidavit.

Sullivan then allegedly wrapped his arm around Grace’s neck and face and strangled her to death. Sullivan and Sara Packer then packed her body in kitty litter, investigators said. The duo allegedly left the girl’s body concealed in the attic where she would remain for more than three months.

On July 11, Sara Packer went to the Abington Township Police Department and reported Grace was missing. She allegedly lied to police and told them prior to her daughter's disappearance, she sent Grace to her room following an argument over the teen asking to visit one of her friends. Police noted that Sara Packer couldn’t provide an address or name of the friend however, according to the affidavit.

Packer also allegedly told police Grace took $300 in cash from the home and that she had left the house in the past.

Police then made several attempts to reach Packer as they searched for Grace over the next two months. But she allegedly ignored them and was uncooperative with the investigation. Police then visited Packer’s Abington Township home on September 7 but discovered she had moved without notifying them, according to the affidavit.

Police then learned Packer had enrolled her 12-year-old adopted son, who is also Grace’s biological brother, into the Quakertown School District without notifying them, according to the affidavit. Police then received a phone message from Packer apologizing to them for not notifying them of the move, investigators said. She also allegedly told them she had notified all of Grace’s relatives that she went missing. But investigators later determined she had not told her relatives about Grace's disappearance at that time.

Police then investigated the Quakertown home where Grace's body was being concealed in mid-October, according to the affidavit. It was at then when Sullivan allegedly became concerned investigators would find the girl’s remains. Sullivan and Packer then moved Grace’s body from the attic to the second floor bathroom of the house and used a saw to dismember her limbs, according to the affidavit.

The duo then allegedly stored her remains in plastic totes and put them inside the trunk of Sullivan’s vehicle. They then drove to a wooded area near SR 2041, White Haven Road in Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania where they left Grace's remains. On October 31, around 5:30 p.m., hunters in the woods found the remains and called police.

During their investigation of Grace’s murder, officials found the receipt of the Bucks County tractor supply store where Packer had bought the saw used to dismember her daughter’s body, according to the affidavit. Investigators say they obtained surveillance video from the store of Packer buying the saw. Investigators also say they obtained a copy of Packer’s debit card purchases which revealed she had bought the pills she used to drug Grace from a Target store in Bucks County.

Following his arrest Saturday, Sullivan was charged with murder, rape, kidnapping, abuse of corpse, simple assault and other related offenses. He was arraigned at 12:30 a.m. Sunday in Newtown, Bucks County. He was denied bail and is currently being held in the Bucks County Correctional Facility. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on January 20.

Before police determined she was involved in the plot to kill her adopted daughter, Packer had already been arrested and charged with child endangerment and obstruction of justice for allegedly not cooperating with the investigation. She was later released on bail. Officials say more charges against her in relation to her daughter's death are expected.

NBC Philadelphia is reaching out to Packer and Sullivan's lawyers for comment.

SUICIDE PREVENTION HELP: The National Suicide Prevention Hotline (1-800-273-8255) is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Republicans watched President Obama crash against the shores of health care reform over and over again over the last seven years. Now the wheel is in GOP hands, and the politics are only more treacherous, NBC News reported.

Republican leaders are excited at the prospect of fulfilling their longtime promise to replace the Affordable Care Act, Obama's signature legislative accomplishment, and injecting more free market principles into health care. But the path is long, complicated and carries enormous risks, potentially taking the entire insurance system with it in the process.

The main problem is that there is no perfect replacement: Any changes they make to the system will inevitably create new winners and losers, just as Obamacare did. There is a long list of agonizing choices ahead for Republican lawmakers, many of whom are new to the nitty gritty of health care policy.

Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday made her first public appearance since catching a heavy cold before the holidays, going to church after two weeks spent recuperating at home, NBC News reported.

The British monarch and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, both got sick days before Christmas, forcing them to delay their annual journey from London to her country estate in Sandringham, Norfolk.

The pair arrived at St Mary Magdalene church where they were greeted by a small crowd of well-wishers.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Sunday said the U.S. hasn't done enough to help veterans deal with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental issues, following an airport shooting in which the attacker was a veteran that may have suffered from the illness, NBC News reported.

"No — we keep learning more about how to deal with this kind of illness, we're gonna learn more and we have to do more absolutely," he said when asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday morning.

Carter said PTSD — "the so-called invisible wounds of war — are something we do take seriously and we have to take seriously."

A man walked up behind a 66-year-old woman standing outside a Hillcrest CVS Saturday and put her in a choke hold, San Diego police (SDPD) said. 

The incident happened at approximately 11:47 p.m. Saturday on the 300 block of Washington Street, according to police. 

The victim was standing outside the CVS when a man walked up behind her and put his arm around her neck in a choke hold. 

As he was choking her, the man cut the victim's neck with an unknown weapon. 

The suspect then fled eastbound on Washington Street. 

The woman was taken to a nearby hospital with non life-threatening injuries. 

Police do not have a distinct description of the suspect: he was described as a man with curly hair and dark clothing. 

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police. 

A homicide investigation is underway after a body was found on a Jamul hiking trail, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) said. 

The body was first discovered Saturday at approximately 3:44 p.m. when a hiker on the 12800 block of the Skyline Truck Trail called Sheriff's officials about a body. 

When deputies arrived on scene, they found a deceased woman, approximately 40 to 50 years old, on a dirt path near the roadway. 

The woman appeared to have trauma to her upper body, deputies said. Detectives from the Sheriff's Homicide Detail responded, in addition to a San Diego County Medical Examiner's office investigator. 

The body is being investigated as a possible homicide. 

The ME's office will determine the cause and manner of death, as well as identify the victim. 

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321/after hours at (858) 565-5200. You can also remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477 and be eligible for up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Two people were injured as a well-involved structure fire tore through a Spring Valley home Sunday, Cal Fire officials said.

The fire broke out on the 10000 block of Don Pico Road at approximately 12 p.m., Cal Fire Spokesman Isaac Sanchez said. 

When crews arrived on scene, they found a fully-involved house fire and began defensive efforts to reduce the spread. 

Two were injured in the blaze. One suffered possible burns and a second victim suffered possible smoke inhalation. 

Crews continue to fight the fire. 

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

Here’s a look at what’s going on in San Diego sports for the week of January 9th-15^th.

GULLS: Wednesday the Gulls host the Stockton Heat 7 p.m. at the Valley View Casino Center before hitting the road to face the Rockford Ice Hogs Friday night.

SOCKERS: Saturday the Sockers takeover the Valley View Casino Center. They host the Kansas City Comets at 7:05 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO TOREROS:

-WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Thursday at Santa Clara 7 p.m. and Saturday at BYU 11 a.m.

-MEN’S BASKETBALL: Thursday vs. Santa Clara 7 p.m. and Saturday vs. BYU 7 p.m. both at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

-WOMEN’S TENNIS: Friday-Sunday at the Palm Springs Invitational.

-WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING: Friday-Sunday at the UCLA Diving Invitational. Friday Swimming vs. Fresno State 12 p.m. at USD.

-MEN’S TENNIS: Sunday vs. Utah State 1 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO TRITONS:

-WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Friday at San Francisco State 5:30 p.m. and Saturday at Sonoma State 5:30 p.m.

-MEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Friday at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. and Saturday at UCLA 7 p.m.

-MEN’S BASKETBALL: Friday at San Francisco State 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at Sonoma State 7:30 p.m.

-MEN’S TENNIS: Saturday vs. UC Riverside 2 p.m. in San Diego.

-FENCING: Sunday at the West Invitational 9 a.m. in Pasadena.

POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY SEA LIONS:

-WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Monday vs. Fresno Pacific 5:30 p.m. and Saturday vs. Dixie State 2 p.m.

-MEN’S BASKETBALL: Monday vs. Fresno Pacific 7:30 p.m. and Saturday vs. Dixie State 4 p.m.

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AZTECS:

-MEN’S BASKETBALL: Tuesday vs. San Jose State 8 p.m. and Saturday vs. Utah State 7 p.m. both nights at Viejas Arena.

-WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Wednesday at San Jose State 7 p.m. and Saturday at Utah State 1 p.m.

-WOMEN’S SWIMMING: Friday-Sunday at the UCLA Diving Invitational. Also Saturday vs. Fresno State and New Mexico 10 a.m. at the Aztec Aquaplex.

-MEN’S TENNIS: Saturday at Hawaii and Sunday vs. UC Santa Barbara in Hawaii.

-WOMEN’S TRACK: Saturday at UW Preview in Seattle.

Support is pouring in for a suburban Chicago man with mental disabilities whose beating was broadcast on Facebook Live last week. 

A GoFundMe page titled "Let's show the Chicago Victim Love" has raised more than $125,000 since Jan. 5. 

More than 4,300 people have donated to the effort started by Razor Sheldon, of San Francisco, who said his initial goal was to raise $5,000 for the 18-year-old and his family. 

"I never imagined we'd be where we are today," Sheldon wrote in an update on the GoFundMe page Saturday. "That's heartwarming, and reaffirms the fact there are many, many good folks out there in our local and global communities that care and want to help others."

The page also provided an update from the teen and his family, who have requested privacy at this time, according to Sheldon. 

The victim "is a little sore and moving slowly, but he has been more alert and has been enjoying food again, as well as playing some video games with his brothers," the page reads.

"He has been 'amazed to see all the support and prayers he is receiving,'" the organizer added. 

Several donors asked if they could send cards or gifts, to which the organizer said the family has established a P.O. Box. Well-wishers are asked to send cards to:

P.O. Box 641
Cary, Illinois 60013

Money raised will go directly to the victim and his family, a spokesperson for GoFundMe has confirmed. The site is working with the organizer and the family on a transition plan "that ensures the intent of the fundraiser is met and the victim is the beneficiary of all of your generous and compassionate donations," the page reads.

"Let's prove to him that there is far more good in this world than the evil he experienced," Sheldon wrote.

The teen's brutal beating was broadcast in a video that surfaced Wednesday and has since been seen by millions of people. In the video, police say four suspects, who are black, assaulted the white Crystal Lake teen, threatening him with a knife and taunting him with profanities against white people and President-elect Donald Trump.

Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville; Tesfaye Cooper, 18, of Chicago; and sisters Brittany Covington, 18, and Tanishia Covington, 24, also of Chicago, were charged with hate crimes, kidnapping and battery Thursday after prosecutors identified them as the suspects seen torturing the victim, who suffers from schizophrenia and ADD. [[409803045, C]]

All four were held without bond, a decision that was met with cheers when it was announced at a hearing Friday by a judge who asked the accused, "Where was your sense of decency?"

The ordeal began Dec. 31, authorities said, when the victim met Hill, his schoolmate and alleged attacker, at a McDonald's in suburban Schaumburg to begin what both the victim and his parents believed would be a sleepover. 

Instead, Hill drove the victim around in a stolen van for two days before ending up at a home in the 3300 block of West Lexington in Chicago, where two of the other suspects lived, according to police.

His parents began receiving text messages from persons claiming to be holding him captive, authorities said, and officials discovered the Facebook video while investigating the source of the messages.

On Tuesday afternoon, officers on patrol found the victim, bloodied and disoriented, wandering in Chicago near the home where he had been held. He was taken to an area hospital where he was treated for his injuries and has since been released, his family said.

A car crashed into a pedestrian at S. 30th Street and Greely Avenue Sunday afternoon.

The victim is bleeding from the head and is being evaluated for injuries, according to San Diego police. The incident happened around 3:34 p.m.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

Awards are set to be handed out at the 74th annual Golden Globes, where speeches about Donald Trump and wins for the Los Angeles musical "La La Land" look like the night's surest things.

Jimmy Fallon will emcee this year's show, to be broadcast live from Beverly Hills, California, by NBC at 8 p.m. EST. Fallon will start the show with a cold open of an ode to "La La Land." In a version of the film's opening number, where Angelenos stuck in a traffic jam dance on the freeway, Fallon leads a similar routine with limos and the red carpet.

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It's the first time in nearly a decade that someone other than Ricky Gervais or the duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler is hosting the Globes. But another transition is on the minds of many attendees.

Though usually a boisterous, boozy affair, the coming inauguration of Donald Trump is looming over this year's Globes, which take place 12 days before the president-elect is to be sworn in. Throughout the usual self-congratulatory toasting of Hollywood's awards season, many stars and filmmakers have evoked a foreboding sense of dread over a Trump presidency. Fallon, the popular "Tonight Show" host, isn't known for his political humor, but he has promised a steady diet of Trump jokes.

Damien Chazelle's "La La Land" comes in with a leading seven nods and a seemingly lock on the best picture award for a musical or comedy. Its stiffest Academy Awards competition, Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age tale "Moonlight" and Kenneth Lonergan's family drama "Manchester by the Sea," will square off in the Globes' dramatic categories, along with the heist thriller "Hell or High Water," the Dev Patel-led "Lion" and Mel Gibson's "Hacksaw Ridge."

"The People v. O.J. Simpson" leads the television nominees with five nominations, including nods for stars Sarah Paulson, Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown and John Travolta. A number of recent shows are also in the mix, including "Atlanta," ''Westworld," ''The Night Of," ''This Is Us" and "Insecure."

Last year's ceremony, hosted by Gervais, drew 18.5 million viewers, down about 4 percent from the year before. Among the presenters on tap for Sunday night's show are Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Stone, Ben and Casey Affleck, Viola Davis, Amy Schumer, Sting and Matt Damon.

Surely many attendees will be thinking of those absent. After a year full of notable deaths, the back-to-back passing over the holidays of Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher was felt acutely in a Hollywood that revered both. Reynolds and Fisher were laid to rest Friday in Los Angeles.

One other thing is assured: Meryl Streep will go home with an award. Though always a good bet for hardware, Streep is this year's recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement. She's also nominated for her performance in "Florence Foster Jenkins," her 30th Globe nod.

There are reports of protesters on the Tijuana side of the San Ysidro port of entry as of 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Multiple units are en route to the border crossing, and closure of southbound 805 and 905 has been requested. There has been nothing advised on southbound 5 yet. No traffic diversions have been set up yet.

This is the second night in a row protesters have caused problems at the San Ysidro port of entry.

Southbound traffic had to be diverted to the Otay Mesa Saturday evening after protesters blocked the border at San Ysidro on the Tijuana side for almost four hours.

Mexicans are protesting a sudden hike in gas prices that rose 20 percent in one day.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

San Diego has some of the country's best theater, and this year will be no exception. From an adaptation of a popular Disney movie to a classic Shakespeare play to a Steve Martin comedy, there's plenty to see (and love!) in America's Finest City this year. 

Here's a look ahead at what San Diego theater fans can mark on their calendars for 2017... 

January: Freaky Friday the Musical
La Jolla Playhouse
The West Coast premiere of "Freaky Friday", based on the hit Disney movie, is first up for local theater you can't miss. With a book by Bridget Carpenter ("Parenthood", "Friday Night Lights") and music by Tom Kitt ("Next to Normal", "If/Then") and lyrics by Brian Yorkey ("Next to Normal", "If/Then"), recipients of multiple Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, the show promises to be a delightful and polished production. It runs from Jan. 31 to March 12. You can buy tickets here. 

February to March: Picasso at the Lapin Agile
The Old Globe (Balboa Park)
Don't miss the third piece in comedian and playwright Steve Martin's collaboration with San Diego's iconic Old Globe theater. The play, written by Martin and directed by Barry Edelstein, opens on The Lapin Agile in Paris 1904, where struggling artists (Pablo Picasso, for one) and one-day geniuses (picture: young Albert Einstein) come together for an extraordinary, witty night. Get your tickets to this early: like his other productions, it will likely sell out soon. The show runs from Feb. 4 to March 12. 

May to June: Escape to Margaritaville
La Jolla Playhouse 
Fans of Jimmy Buffet (and really anyone looking for a fun time) won't want to miss this world premiere musical, already slated to make its way to the Great White Way. "Escape to Margaritaville" features a score packed with some Buffet's most iconic and fun songs, including "Margaritaville" and "Come Monday", in addition to original songs written by Jimmy Buffett. The plot follows a part-time bartender and part-time singer who falls for a beautiful tourist who makes him question the life he thought he had figured out. The show will run from May 9 to June 25 - before it make a few stops across the U.S. and heads to Broadway. 

June to July: San Diego Fringe Festival
Various locations across Downtown San Diego
Some of San Diego's most experimental and inventive theater steps onto the stage this summer. Artists from around the world will join local artists to perform a variety of theater, as well as buskers/street performers, cabaret, comedy, poetry, music and more. The festival runs from June 22 to July 2. 

July: Book of Mormon on Tour Returns to San Diego
San Diego Civic Theater
Anyone who has seen this show will tell you: you can't miss "Book of Mormon." The hilarious musical comedy - called "the best musical of this century" by the New York Times - is written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Frozen composer Bobby Lopez. The show follows mismatched missionaries sent to Uganda to spread the word of God. Regardless of whether or not you saw it the first time around - it's worth seeing again, and again (and then listening to the soundtrack again and again). The show runs from July 25 to 30. 

July to August: Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood!
The Old Globe (Balboa Park)
See the timeless story of hero Robin Hood in a new light: on stage, in this brand-new, Globe-commissioned play by Ken Ledwig. Ludwig, a playwright whose works have appeared on Broadway and London's West End ("Crazy For You", "Lend Me a Tenor", "An American in Paris", and more), comes back to The Globe for this world premiere comedy. Ludwig most recently brought premiered "Baskerville" at the Globe, bringing Sherlock Holmes to San Diego. The piece promises thrills, romance, laughter and more. It will run from July 22 to Aug. 27, and tickets are not on sale yet. 

August to September: Shakespeare's Hamlet
The Old Globe (Balboa Park), the Lowell Davies Festival Theater
One of the greatest plays ever written comes to San Diego this fall! The iconic Shakespeare play will be staged at The Old Globe, directed by Barry Edelstein. Even if you have not read "Hamlet", you'll still recognize the famous lines, including: "To be or not to be, that is the question." The riveting drama will be performed on the Globe's outdoor stage. Don't miss this staging. Tickets are not on sale yet, but the production will run from Aug. 6 to Sept. 10. 

September to October: Billy Elliot
Spreckels Theatre
This regional production of Billy Elliot is a special treat for San Diego audiences: it features a unique collaboration between The California Ballet Company and San Diego Musical Theater. The Broadway musical, with music by Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall, follows one boy's journey to follow his dreams to dance amid challenging times. Tickets are not yet available, but the show will run from Sept. 22 to Oct. 8. 

November: Untitled Donna Summer Musical
La Jolla Playhouse
The Queen of Disco makes her debut at The La Jolla Playhouse late this fall. The original musical, untitled as of now, will chart the life of Donna Summer - the voice of a generation. The score will feature more than 20 of Summer's classic hits and electric dance songs. The musical will be directed by Des McAnuff, who worked on the Broadway hit "Jersey Boys" (another La Jolla Playhouse original). 

Bonus: Hamilton on Tour Stops in San Diego
San Diego Civic Theater
The national tour for the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton" is coming to San Diego...but here's the catch: we don't know exactly when just yet. The tour is scheduled to stop at the Civic Theater during its 2017-2018 season, but the full season schedule has yet to be announced. This means the tour could stop here this year, or in 2018. Keep a watchful eye on the Civic Theater's website for details. 

Jimmy Fallon borrowed the traffic jam song-and-dance routine from "La La Land" to kick off the Golden Globe Awards, with a song-and-dance intro featuring cameos from Globes nominees Raimi Malek and John Travolta, among others.

The pre-recorded intro then morphed into footage of Fallon sitting at a piano serenading stars in the Beverly Hilton Hotel ballroom, including "La La Land" star Ryan Reynolds.

It's Fallon's first year hosting the Globes and he has combined his love of music with music from one of the year's top movies. "La La Land" is vying for a win in the best film comedy or musical category.

Perhaps the pre-recorded routine was a good call: Fallon's opening monologue was delayed when he said his teleprompter failed.

But as the awards stared being handed out it appeared that was just the first surprise of the evening.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson won the winner of the Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor for his role in "Nocturnal Animals."

Billy Bob Thornton took home the globe  for best TV drama actor for his role in the Amazon series "Goliath."

"Atlanta" won the best television comedy or musical Golden Globe Award.

The FX show stars Donald Glover, who is also the show's creator and director.

In his acceptance speech, Glover said he was surprised by the honor. He thanked the city of Atlanta and its residents, adding he wasn't sure the show would catch on when it first aired.

The Globes also awarded Tracee Ellis Ross the best actress in a television comedy during Sunday's ceremony. She stars in the ABC series "Black-ish."

It's the first time in nearly a decade that someone other than Ricky Gervais or the duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler is hosting the Globes. But another transition is on the minds of many attendees.

Though usually a boisterous, boozy affair, the coming inauguration of Donald Trump is looming over this year's Globes, which take place 12 days before the president-elect is to be sworn in. Throughout the usual self-congratulatory toasting of Hollywood's awards season, many stars and filmmakers have evoked a foreboding sense of dread over a Trump presidency. Fallon, the popular "Tonight Show" host, isn't known for his political humor, but he has promised a steady diet of Trump jokes.

Damien Chazelle's "La La Land" comes in with a leading seven nods and a seemingly lock on the best picture award for a musical or comedy. Its stiffest Academy Awards competition, Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age tale "Moonlight" and Kenneth Lonergan's family drama "Manchester by the Sea," will square off in the Globes' dramatic categories, along with the heist thriller "Hell or High Water," the Dev Patel-led "Lion" and Mel Gibson's "Hacksaw Ridge."

"The People v. O.J. Simpson" leads the television nominees with five nominations, including nods for stars Sarah Paulson, Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown and John Travolta. A number of recent shows are also in the mix, including "Atlanta," ''Westworld," ''The Night Of," ''This Is Us" and "Insecure."

Last year's ceremony, hosted by Gervais, drew 18.5 million viewers, down about 4 percent from the year before. Among the presenters on tap for Sunday night's show are Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Stone, Ben and Casey Affleck, Viola Davis, Amy Schumer, Sting and Matt Damon.

Surely many attendees will be thinking of those absent. After a year full of notable deaths, the back-to-back passing over the holidays of Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher was felt acutely in a Hollywood that revered both. Reynolds and Fisher were laid to rest Friday in Los Angeles.

One other thing is assured: Meryl Streep will go home with an award. Though always a good bet for hardware, Streep is this year's recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement. She's also nominated for her performance in "Florence Foster Jenkins," her 30th Globe nod.

There are reports that a car drove off a cliff in into a canyon at Rice Canyon Road and Camino Rainbow Sunday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A closure of Rice Canyon Road has been requested on both sides of where the crash happened.

There is no word yet on any injuries. 

No other information was immediately available.

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A Coronado father of seven showed the true meaning of being a parent when one of his own became deathly ill. His daughter's kidneys were failing and she desperately needed a donor. Her father didn't think twice. David Waitley and his 21-year-old daughter, Sydney, have a special bond. David donated his kidney to save her life. Sydney was born the smallest of four natural quadruplets at just one pound, 12 ounces. All four girls were born prematurely and had many health concerns at the beginning; but Sydney's kidneys started to improve.

"Ultimately doctors told us that they would start working or they wouldn't; and they did so we never had a reason to believe she had a long-term kidney illness," said David. It wasn't until a couple of years ago, when Sydney started college out of state that she was rushed to the hospital. Doctors diagnosed kidney failure. "They described it that she had 90-year-old kidneys," David added.

Sydney started the long road of waiting for a transplant and possibly dialysis to stay alive. Her father and sister were a match. David wanted to be the donor to keep his daughter's kidney function strong in case she'd decide to become a mother someday.

Sydney says she is now forever grateful. "I felt good in knowing that he was sure about it, even though if I felt a little unsure. Since he had his mind made up, it really set me at ease," she said. Sydney got to come home from the hospital to recover on Christmas Eve, making the holidays even more special for the Waitley family. David added, "Sydney is really fun and just makes us laugh all the time."

Sydney is doing great, but this isn't a permanent fix. She will most likely need another kidney transplant in the future. She told NBC 7 that she had such a great experience at Sharp Memorial Hospital that she’s thinking about going into health care as a career.

A man was shot in his car in City Heights Sunday evening, according to San Diego police.

The shooting happened in the 3800 block of 45th Street when a suspect walked up to the victim, who was sitting in his car, and shot him once.

The victim has been transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.

The suspect, described as a bald, heavyset, dark-skinned man about six foot two in his 20s, was last seen walking southbound in the alley near the shooting. He was wearing a black puffy jacket.

No other information was immediately available.

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