A San Diego man was sentenced to 46 months in prison after he admitted to sexually abusing a 14-year-old on a military base, the U.S Attorney's office announced. 

Dylan Wayne Cowdrey, 23, admitted to sending the victim threatening text messages to coerce her into sexual acts, according to his October 2106 plea agreement. 

Between June 5, 2016 and June 9, 2016, Cowdrey sent the victim anonymous text messages threatening to cause serious bodily harm to her and her family if she did not perform the sexual acts with him, the U.S. attorney's office said. 

In one text, Cowdrey told the victim that she would "lose her love[d] ones and everyone else [she] knows." if she did not comply, in addition to other threats. 

Cowdrey told the victim he was getting similar threatening messages from the same anonymous number. 

When they met up, the 14-year-old told Cowdrey she did not want to perform the sexual acts, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. Cowdrey told the girl he "didn't want to die" because she was refusing -- and that same day, the victim engaged in sexual acts with Cowdrey. 

In his plea agreement, Cowdrey, then 22, admitted to knowing the victim was only 14 years old. 

At his sentencing, U.S. District Judge William Q. Hayes said Cowdrey's behavior could only be described as manipulative and "diabolical."

“It is hard for me to understand the sense of betrayal” that the victim must feel, “to learn that all of it wasn’t true," Hayes said during sentencing.

San Diego had the highest representation of people at the March for Women this Saturday in Washington, D.C. That’s according to Sarah Dolgen Shaftel, who organized the march here in San Diego where she says there were 40 thousand people.

She heard about the high number of San Diegans in D.C. during a conference call Monday morning with march organizers throughout the state.

“Go San Diego, I thought that was wonderful and exciting news,” Dolgen Shaftel said.

Now that the march is over with, the question now has become ‘how can organizers keep the momentum going?’

“It’s not time at all to sit back on the sidelines and say, ‘It's great. We showed up and now we're done’” said Dolgen Shaftel. “No, we’ve just started.”

In an effort to keep march participants activated, Dolgen Shaftel and other organizers developed the 10 Actions / 10 Days campaign, a strategic blueprint for rights activists to follow that details different ways to get involved in various causes every day.

Whether it's donating, volunteering at Planned Parenthood or getting more involved in fighting gun violence, “whatever feels right,” she said. “Do something.”

For her part, Dolgen Shaftel has set up a community Facebook page, March on San Diego.

“I’m creating a space. This is what I felt was right, for people to come and be together as a community in peace and positive energy to share ideas.”

A neighbor, Jeanne Lomac, who recognized Dolgen Shaftel from the San Diego march, asked her, “What are we going to do to keep this going?” The two neighbors, who had never met, planned to get together for coffee to talk.

Spreading the word- That’s what Dolgen Shaftel said would be part of the efforts to keep the momentum going. Lomac said she would focus on climate and women’s health issues.

But what happens after one hundred days?

“I don’t think it’s over at all," she said. “I think we’ll have to be active for all four years; but most important people need to be active and vote and get organized for the mid-term elections. We need to focus on that.”

San Diego's homegrown musical 'Bright Star', which first premiered at The Old Globe before making its way to Broadway, will launch a national tour. 

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's new musical will tour in the 2017 - 2018 season, according to multiple reports citing Producer Joey Parnes. 

The tour stops and casting will be announced at a later date, according to reports. 

The musical first premiered September 2014 to open The Old Globe's 2014 - 2015 season. 

Inspired by a true story, the musical tells the story of literary editor Alice Murphy and a young solider, Billy Cane - and the powerful secret that changes their lives. The musical is set in 1920 and 1940s North Carolina. 

After a run at The Old Globe, the musical transferred to Broadway, where it played more than 100 performances and was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. 

President Donald Trump's announcement saying he may be able to cut regulations for businesses is welcome news to many small business owners in San Diego County. 

On Monday, President Trump met with CEOs of businesses at the White House. During the meeting, Mr. Trump told them he believed he could cut regulations by 75 percent or “maybe more.”

“The small business barely survives because there's a lot of regulations,” said Sameh Abdel-Masih.

Abdel-Masih runs The Swedish Royal Bakery in Poway. The last six months have been hard on him. He used to have three employees. Now, it’s just him and his wife.

“We pay a lot of money here and there and it's just a small business,” he said.

Mary Rhynes runs Haven Studio Hair Salon a few doors down.

She’s a wife and a mother, but in this election, she voted for the candidate who would be in the best interest of her business.

“Anyone who ran that was a business person, I would vote for them over a politician," Rhynes said.

Federal deregulations don’t impact her directly, but it could boost her bottom line.

“If big businesses stay here and good paying jobs stay here, that's my client base,” Rhynes said.

But in Mission Valley, Bankruptcy Attorney Dan Shay sees things differently.

“As a bankruptcy lawyer, I hate to say it, but I think business is going to boom over the next four to eight years,” he said, a nod to the housing market crisis. “What happened the last time we deregulated?”

Shay also noted that many of these regulations have practical applications to protect consumers.

The fact is, until there is a concrete plan put forth by the Trump Administration, there is no way to know which regulations are on the chopping block or how that will impact business.

It is unclear if state regulations will loosen as well.

The desperate search resumes tomorrow for a little boy swept away by an overflowing creek in Rainbow.

A man was also carried away. His body was pulled from the water Monday morning.

When darkness came Monday afternoon, the search for the little boy identified by family members as 5-year-old Phillip Campbell was called off until daylight Tuesday.

While the water level in Rainbow creek has receded, it remains high enough to make the search difficult.

Family members have come to the sad conclusion that the search for Phillip is a mission of recovery not rescue, and they are now asking for the public's help in finding their boy.

“We know Phillip now is just a shell. He's with Jesus but we would like to bring him home and give him a burial,” Campbell’s Grandmother Lynda Campbell said.

Phillip attends Mike Choate Preschool. He’s described as a curious and happy 5 year old, whose best friend was 73-year-old Roland Phillips. Roland lived with Campbell's legal guardian and his grandmother.

“Phillip loved Roland, he called him Pappy. He followed him everywhere, everywhere” Campbell said.

So it was, Sunday afternoon, Roland and Phillip were off on another adventure. They were driving to Homeland in Riverside County to a see a car for sale.

Investigators don't yet have all the facts, but it appears to the family that flood waters spilling onto Fifth Street swept Roland, Phillip , and their Toyota Camry into Rainbow creek.

Family friend Nancy Martinez identified the car for sheriff's deputies and says it was Roland's body pulled from creek Monday.

“He was just a good person to everyone. If somebody needed help he was there,” Martinez said.

A witness who lives near the creek tells NBC7 she saw Campbell, clinging to a tree limb in this fast-moving creek before disappearing downstream.

"Pray for them. Try to help find him,” Martinez said.

Receding waters reveal the harsh truth of their mysterious disappearance. What is left is only the desire for closure.

“To pray for us, help find Phillip to find Phillip,” Campbell said.

Swift water rescue crews are concentrating their efforts 2 to 3 miles from the area where Roland and the Toyota Camry were extracted, where it's believed the car first entered the creek.

This is a creek that flows all the way to the ocean. Searcher crews will return tomorrow with canine support and drones.

President Donald Trump has resigned from his namesake company and more than 400 affiliated entities, a Trump Organization spokesperson told NBC News.

In a statement, the spokesperson, who asked not to be identified, said Trump had transferred title, management and authority of the companies to a trust under the management of his sons Don and Eric and of Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of The Trump Organization . 

The spokesperson provided a resignation letter dated Jan. 19 and signed by Trump, along with a list of hundreds of companies that he had left.

The news comes amid rising pressure on Trump to resolve his perceived conflicts of interest — although the move will likely do little to persuade critics, including ethics lawyers for George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who have argued that he should liquidate his assets or place them in a blind trust.

A Senate committee on Monday night abruptly postponed its scheduled votes Tuesday on President Donald Trump's nominations of Rick Perry and Ryan Zinke to lead the Energy and Interior departments.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee gave no explanation for the postponement, which it said was in effect "until further notice."

During his hearing before the committee last week, Perry — the former governor of Texas who unsuccessfully challenged Trump during the Republican presidential primaries — walked back controversial statements from his past campaigns promising to abolish the Energy Department.

Meanwhile, Zinke, a Republican U.S. representative from Montana, contradicted his would-be new boss during his confirmation hearing, testifying that he accepts the scientific conclusion that climate change is real.

A dog is being credited with saving the life of a woman who went into diabetic shock last month.

Bailey, a 4-year-old Shih Tzu and Yorkie mix in Schererville, Indiana, began barking at Norene Debold who was asleep on the couch about 5 a.m. on Dec. 29. Jennie Bailey, who has been diabetic for 31 years and also in renal failure, was in extreme danger nearby.

“Bailey just kept barking and barking and barking, and when I went in there Jennie was in the fetal position and ice cold,” Norene said. “She’s not a big barker, so when she was barking—something was wrong.”

Norene went to wake up her husband, Thomas, and call 911.

“The barking didn’t wake me or anything like that,” Thomas said. “But the minute the bedroom door opens, I pop up, and she says ‘come quick, Jennie’s unresponsive.’”

Paramedics arrived to take care of Jennie, whose sugar levels were dangerously low.

“Her sugar was so low they gave her three things of glucose,” Norene said.

Norene said Jennie’s temperature was 85 degrees by the time she got to the hospital.

“I don’t remember much but what they told me,” Jennie said.

She was not surprised at Bailey’s protective response.

“Oh, she’s special to me,” Jennifer said. “She saved my life quite a few times.”

The Debolds say Bailey is not trained in any special way and have no idea how she knew what to do.

“She’s just unbelievable,” Thomas said. “You know dogs can sense things that you don’t, until you see it and go through it, you don’t know how real it really is.”

A car slammed into an apartment complex in National City early Tuesday, police confirmed.

Officers were called to West 18th Street, just west of Interstate 5 at approximately 6:30 a.m.

National City Police said there was some damage to the apartment building and reports of at least two people needing medical attention.

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

All eyes are on the Senate where several of Donald Trump's picks face hearings or votes on their appointments. Check out live streams for the events below. 

Linda McMahon, Small Business Chief

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The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee is holding a hearing on the nomination of Linda McMahon to be administrator of the Small Business Administration at 10 a.m. ET. 

Jeff Sessions, Attorney General

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The Senate Judiciary Committee meets to vote on the nomination of Sen. Jeff Session to be attorney general at 10 a.m. ET. 

Tom Price, Health and Human Services

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The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Rep. Tom Price to be secretary of health and human services at 10 a.m. ET.

In other developments, Trump's nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, cleared the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. His nomination heads to the Senate floor for a final confirmation, which he is expected to secure, The Hill reported.

Sen. Jeff Sessions (attorney general) and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (United Nations ambassador) were also up for committee votes.

Wilbur Ross (commerce secretary), Elaine Chao (labor secretary) and Rep. Mick Mulvaney (Office of Management and Budget director) also have hearings.

What a difference a year makes.

Just a year after the #OscarSoWhite controversy that enveloped the Academy Awards, 2017 saw a slate of not only diverse actors being nominated, but diverse stories as well.

Among the actors and actresses receiving nominations Tuesday were Denzel Washington for "Fences," Dev Patel for "Lion," Mahershala Ali for "Moonlight," Viola Davis for "Fences," Octavia Spencer for "Hidden Figures," Naomi Harris for "Moonlight," and Ruth Negga for "Loving." Three of the women in the best supporting actress category are women of color.

Yet perhaps even more telling is the "Adapted Screenplay" category. Four of the five nominees, “Fences,” “Hidden Figures, ” “Lion, ” and “Moonlight” primarily feature diverse casts.

The nominations were seen as a test for the revamped film academy. Following two consecutive years without diverse nominees in any of the major acting categories the Oscars, academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs ushered in new membership rules and added 683 new members as a way to diversify a predominantly white, male and elderly group. The academy now numbers 6,687 people.

San Diego County was under a state of emergency Tuesday following a series of powerful and deadly storms that left a trail of damage from the U.S. -Mexico border to Camp Pendleton.

More rain and isolated thunderstorms were expected throughout the day along with colder temperatures, according to the National Weather Service.

Snow was expected as low as the 3,500-foot level. Check NBC 7’s forecast here.

In Pine Valley, east of San Diego, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials shut down eastbound Interstate 8 at Crestwood Avenue due to jack-knifed big rig. The route was reopened just before 7 a.m.

Snow has fallen over Sunrise Highway on the way up to Mount Laguna leaving road conditions dangerous. Snowplows have been up and down the highway attempting to keep lanes clear, but visibility remains hindered by snow, rain and fog.

A series of powerful storms has caused damage throughout California and prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency for 50 counties.

The declaration will allow county officials to help secure funding for communities to respond and recover.

Here's a look at rain totals over the last six days:

Palomar Mountain: 10.91"

Fallbrook: 6.07"

Kearny Mesa: 3.20"

San Ysidro: 2.56"

Borrego Springs: 2.07"

After several days of flooding, Vandegrift Blvd reopened Tuesday in all directions, according to officials on Camp Pendleton. Cristianitos Road was still closed from State Park to San Mateo Road along with Del Mar Beach, officials said.

Travel through the Tejon Pass was expected to be delayed because of a continued dusting of snow.

To the north, officials warn of continuing avalanche danger at all elevations of the Sierra Nevada.

Make sure to download NBC 7’s free news app. Weather alerts, like flood advisories warnings are issued through the app. There is also a local, interactive radar.

Israel on Tuesday announced the construction of 2,500 new housing units in the West Bank, the second announcement of new construction in the occupied territory since President Donald Trump took office, NBC News reported. On Sunday, Jerusalem municipality announced the construction of about 670 homes in contested east Jerusalem.

Palestinians and most of the international community consider all settlements illegal.

The moves come after Trump opposed in December the decision by the U.S. not to block a United Nations resolution reprimanding Israel for its settlements.

"[Prime Minister] Netanyahu is taking advantage of the change of administration in the United States in order to sooth settler pressure and gain political capital," a spokesman for Israeli group Peace Now said in a statement.

San Diego-based Coast Flight Training said it plans to open a second location in San Marcos, Texas, to train military veterans to fly for Envoy Air and American Airlines Group.

Classes are expected to start early this year, Coast said Jan. 17.

Coast Flight Training, based on Kearny Mesa at San Diego’s Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, said it expects to add 10 employees in San Diego and 30 in Texas.

The Texas venture will train military helicopter pilots to fly fixed-wing commercial aircraft. According to the company, students who complete the 90-day training program will get a conditional offer of employment with Envoy/American Airlines. Coast Flight Training expects to train 220 pilots per year in the program, a company spokeswoman said.

Coast Flight Training was founded in 2008. Bryan Simmons is president.

San Marcos is near two of Texas’ technology centers, Austin and Round Rock.

The pipeline projects that President Donald Trump moved forward with executive actions on Tuesday will create thousands of construction jobs for a year or two. Fewer than 100 permanent jobs will be created, according to U.S. government figures.

The Dakota Access pipeline would create 8,200 to 12,000 temporary jobs, but only 40 permanent ones, according to Dakota Access LLC, the company behind the pipeline, the Brookings Institution reported last year. The pipeline, which prompted a standoff by members of the Standing Rock Sioux over what they say would damage cultural sites, would run from North Dakota’s Bakken formation to Illinois.

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A State Department analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline found that 3,900 construction jobs would be created while it was being built or 1,950 a year if it took two years to finish. 

The analysis, done in 2014, also found that an additional 42,100 jobs could be created for companies supplying concrete, earth-moving equipment and other goods and by services provided to the workers, such as food and construction camps.

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TransCanada Corp., the company building the pipeline, disagreed with the construction numbers, putting the figure at 9,000, according to a primer prepared by FactCheck.org in 2014. The corporation agreed with the 42,100 figure for total employment, FactCheck.org noted.

Fifty workers would be required to operate the pipeline.

The Keystone XL pipeline would run 1,179 miles from the Canadian province of Alberta to Nebraska, where it would connect existing pipelines to refineries on the Gulf Coast.

The Obama administration denied a permit for the Dakota Access pipeline late last year and rejected the Keystone XL pipeline in November 2015. Then Army Corps of Engineers under former President Barack Obama said it would look for alternative routes after protests by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Obama said that approving the Keystone XL pipeline would undercut American leadership in fighting climate change. 

Trump said he would seek to renegotiate the terms of the construction of both pipelines.

"From now we are going to start making pipelines in the United States," Trump said from the Oval Office on Tuesday.

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A new Chick-fil-A restaurant will open soon in San Diego’s Del Sur/4S Ranch area and the franchise owner is looking to fill about 100 jobs at the location.

The eatery, located at 17115 Camino Del Sur, is expected to open in late February and will be operated by franchise owner Tracey Abbott. This will be the 10th Chick-fil-A location in San Diego County, joining others in Sports Arena; Chula Vista; Santee; Mira Mesa; Carmel Mountain; Encinitas; Escondido; San Marcos; and Oceanside.

Abbott is currently hiring for full-time and part-time positions in all areas of the restaurants, including administrative jobs. Interested job seekers can apply online here. The restaurant plans to hold open interviews at the location on Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., too.

One of the job perks that the chicken sandwich-centric fast food chain is best known for is being closed on Sundays, meaning all employees have that day off.

According to the company’s website, Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy made the decision to close all restaurants on Sundays in 1946 when he opened his first restaurant in Georgia so that employees could set aside one day to rest and spend time with their families. Seventy-one years later, the company continues to uphold that practice.

Chick-fil-A is headquartered is just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Today, the company has more than 2,000 restaurants across 46 states.

San Diego radio's game of musical chairs goes on: What started with the departure of 91x program director Michael Halloran (which we reported on) on Jan. 11 continued Tuesday with the sudden cancellation of the Cantore + Woods morning show on KBZT FM 949.

The program, which ran on weekdays from 6-9 a.m., was hosted by longtime local radio hosts Chris Cantore (a onetime SoundDiego contributor) and Steven Woods. Although the station hasn't made an official announcement, the pair has have both been removed from the "hosts" section of the FM 949 website and its daily schedule.

Obviously, most listeners figured something was amiss when they turned on FM 949 on Tuesday morning and the regularly scheduled show was nowhere to be found. The news was confirmed by Cantore + Woods' Twitter account, as well as both Woods' and Cantore's personal Twitter/Facebook pages.

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@carriehudson fired

— cantore+woods (@cantorewoods) Jan. 24, 2017

The pairing, which got its official start in 2013, when Cantore joined the FM 949 staff (Woods was already working at the station), had a solid local following leading up to Tuesday's cancellation.

The Cantore + Woods Twitter account responded to a fan's question about possible low ratings as cause for the departure.

ratings were fine. solidly beating competition and other key shows. https://t.co/QKUaCGKVr6

— cantore+woods (@cantorewoods) Jan. 24, 2017

The show's cancellation is the most recent change for FM 949. Last year, the station unveiled a redesigned logo and abandoned their long-running "It's about the music" slogan. Entercom, which owns KZBT, counts more than 125 stations under its belt -- including 19 sports-only stations. As we mentioned last week, with KBZT signed up as the new San Diego Padres broadcasting partner, will the station change formats completely? The answer still remains to be seen but the outlook isn't good.

As usual, Cantore and Woods seem to be taking it in stride as best they can -- with a little humor. Woods tweeted earlier Tuesday morning.

Up at 4:00. Old habits. Hey @chriscantore ...come to my house and forget your keycard. #memories

— Steven Woods (@thestevenwoods) Jan. 24, 2017

FM 949 has not replied to our requests for comment. Stay tuned to SoundDiego for further updates.

Using a helicopter, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department will launch a search Tuesday for a child last seen in a rain-swollen creek.

The search will center near Fifth Street, east of Interstate 15 where the boy and his friend were last seen Sunday evening.

Family members tell NBC 7 that Phillip Campbell, 5, was traveling in a car with 73-year-old Roland Phillips, when the car was carried away by rising water in what is normally a small creek running across the North County to the Pacific Ocean.

Sheriff's Sgt. Fred Duey said deputies will use the department's Astrea helicopter to search from the point the vehicle is believed to have entered the creek to the ocean, flying low enough for searchers to try and spot any sign of the child.

Along with search and rescue crews, deputies will search until nightfall. If the water recedes and conditions improve, they may launch a ground search Wednesday.

Phillips was heading to Riverside County to a see a car for sale and took the boy along, family members said.

Investigators don't yet have all the facts, but it appears to the boy's family that the creek spilled over onto Fifth Street and swept Phillips' Toyota Camry into Rainbow Creek.

The driver's body was pulled from the creek Monday. The child has not been spotted since the incident was first reported to deputies.

One nearby resident told NBC 7 that she saw the boy clinging to a tree limb before disappearing downstream.

Swift water rescue crews are concentrating their efforts 2 to 3 miles from the area where the Toyota Camry was pulled from the creek.

“We know Phillip now is just a shell. He's with Jesus but we would like to bring him home and give him a burial,” said the boy's grandmother, Lynda Campbell.

Phillip attends Mike Choate Preschool. The curious boy is best friends with Roland Phillips, who lived with Campbell's legal guardian and his grandmother.

“Phillip loved Roland, he called him Pappy. He followed him everywhere, everywhere,” Campbell said.