With a week of intense rainfall, Californians took to the streets to surf, boogie board and even float down a flooded roadway in an inflatable giant rubber duck.

Videos passed along on social media show the whimsical nature that people took with the stormy conditions – but also how much the rain impacted our normally dry region.

Here’s a look at the top seven most memorable rain videos from the past week.

First, we’ll start with the lighter captures.

With the pounding rain in Poway, one of our NBC San Diego producers dressed her dog in this little rain jacket…

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Then, the Coachella Valley Twitter account tweeted this video of a surfer hitching a ride behind a truck as he made his way through a flooded street.

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This video from our sister station, NBC LA, shows a boy having a great time boogie boarding down a roadway.

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And who could forget the video of the rubber ducky float in Palm Springs?

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Closer to home, There San Diego posted this video of floodwaters overtaking the Pacific Beach boardwalk and the video quickly went viral.

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It was another scary situation when a car appeared to get swept away in floodwaters in Santa Clarita.

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Then, off the Santa Cruz coast, a historic cement ship took a beating by the waves and stormy conditions, as seen in this video.

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Did we miss a video? Let us know in the comments.

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China appears to be drawing a foreign policy red line over its fortification of islands in the South China Sea, an early flashpoint in relations between the Asian power and the Trump administration, NBC News reported.

A senior Chinese foreign ministry official fired back Tuesday at White House press secretary Sean Spicer vow that the United States would stand up to China's military expansion in the area.

"There might be a difference" of opinion regarding who has sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea, "but that's not for the United States" to get involved in, Lu Kang told NBC News in an exclusive interview.

In other words, he was suggesting the U.S. should butt out of China's relationship with its neighbors. But the new administration has made it clear it has no intention of doing so.

The body of a 57-year-old father accused of fatally stabbing his daughter and injuring her boyfriend in Clairemont Mesa earlier this month has been recovered, San Diego Police said Tuesday. 

The stabbing happened late Sunday at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 8 when police first responded to the west alley of the 3200 Ashford Street to investigate a call. That's located about a block from the Mesa College.

When police responded, they found a 26-year-old man - later identified as 26-year-old Jamar Walter - bleeding in an alley.

Officers then discovered a 22-year-old woman - identified as Katherine Mills-Perkins - inside an apartment complex, also suffering from fatal stab wounds. Mills-Perkins soon died from her injuries, according to the SDPD.

Walter survived his injuries, according to SDPD Lt. Mike Holden.

The two victims were dating, police said. 

The suspect, Mills-Perkins' father, Mark McClellan, fled in a car, Holden said. 

Police later found McClellan's black Hyundai with paper plates abandoned on the Coronado Bridge. Witnesses told San Diego Police the driver of that car jumped off the bridge.

On Saturday, Jan. 21, the body of a man was found in the San Diego Bay. 

On Monday, authorities performed an autopsy. The man was identified as finger prints as McClellan. 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

No other information was immediately available.

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers was named to his sixth Pro Bowl Tuesday. He joins Chargers cornerback Casey Hayward and running back Melvin Gordon for 2017.

But the NFL tells NBC 7 instead of being introduced as San Diego Chargers, Rivers, Hayward, and Gordon will all be announced as Los Angeles Chargers during the Pro Bowl.

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The team played in San Diego for the entire 2016 season, and won’t play in Los Angeles County until next season.

Rivers replaces Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger on the AFC roster who is out due to injury. Originally selected a second alternative, Rivers is expected to compete in this year’s event. Rivers declined the 2014 and 2015 Pro Bowls due to injuries and personal reasons.

Rivers threw for 4,386 yards in 2016; his 33 touchdown passes rank fourth out of all quarterbacks.

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The Poway Road Grade will be closed on Wednesday while crews work to remove a large boulder that fell onto the street Sunday evening.

Repairs are done annually to the road, but a city spokeswoman confirmed to NBC 7 rain and windy conditions caused the boulder to fall onto the roadway. It’s estimated to be 10 feet high and 10 feet wide.

The City of Poway didn’t have the right equipment to move the rock Sunday night. Instead, they pushed it onto the side of the road – where it currently sits -  until the boulder can be removed on Wednesday. Crews were able to re-open the road around 10:30 p.m. Sunday night.

The city has rented a large excavator with a special ram head to break up and move the boulder in pieces. They also hired a geotechnical engineer to inspect and make sure the rest of the roadway is safe for the public.

Work on the Poway Road Grade is expected to begin Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. and finished by 3:30 p.m. Traffic will be diverted to Scripps Poway Parkway.

U.S. representatives – including local Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA) – united in Washington, D.C., Tuesday in the fight for women’s reproductive rights, calling out President Donald Trump’s stance on the hot-button topic.

“Family-planning decisions are the most personal decisions that we can face and they should never be made by the government,” Peters, representing the 52nd District of California, said in a news conference.

Peters gathered alongside Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA), Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA) and Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA) to discuss the Trump Administration’s fast-moving plans for women’s reproductive health care rights, including the executive order signed by President Donald Trump to reinstate the Global Gag Rule, which prohibits federal funding of any overseas organization that counsels women about abortion.

The representatives also discussed H.R. 7, the bill that prohibits taxpayer funding for abortion. The passing of the legislation could make the Hyde Amendment permanent, which serves to deny taxpayer-funded health care coverage of abortions, except to save the life of the woman or if the pregnancy arises from incest or rape.

Without that federal funding, other family planning services stand to be impacted, including services offered by clinics like Planned Parenthood.

“The damage of the bill under consideration in the House today, combined with the threat of revoked Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood, will be that hard-working families will be deprived of affordable health care that lets them start a family on their own – on their own schedule, in their own way,” Peters added.

DeGette, speaking of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, said this about the Hyde Amendment: “We think it discriminates against poor women – the women who most need a full range of health care services.”

“This bill denies access to low-income women to exercise their Constitutional rights. It is discriminatory,” said Lee, congresswoman of the 13th District of California. “And they won’t be satisfied until they turn back the clock to when women had no reproductive options at all.”

“Instead of trusting women to make their own health care decisions, it invites politicians into their private decisions,” she added.

San Francisco Congresswoman Jackie Speier criticized Trump’s stance on women’s reproductive health issues and said this: “He is destroying lives around the country. What is happening here is a reverse Genesis; what is happening here is an effort to destroy this planet and he’s doing it systematically, each and every day.”

Ultimately, the House passed H.R.7 Wednesday which could make the Hyde Amendment permanent. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released this statement upon the bill’s passage:

“We are a pro-life Congress. Today we renewed our commitment to the Hyde Amendment with the passage of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. I want to thank Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) for his tireless commitment to this cause. This legislation protects the conscience of American taxpayers by ensuring that not a single dollar of their hard-earned money goes to fund abortions. As hundreds of thousands of Americans flock to Washington for the March for Life, we must never forget that defending all of our people—especially the defenseless—must be our top priority if we want to be a good and moral nation.”

The bill still has to pass the Senate, where it faces opposition from Democrats.

NBC 7 spoke to locals Wednesday on both sides of the Hyde Amendment.

Chris Clark, Pastor at East Clairemont Baptist Church, said he applauds the Trump Administration for acting quickly on this issue.

He said he does not think the U.S. should subsidize abortions with taxpayer money, especially if abortions go against a taxpayer’s faith and core beliefs.

Clark said he would rather see taxpayer money used for saving lives, "through federally-funded programs that would provide for economic aid and relief for some of these more impoverished countries."

Tracy Skaddan, General Counsel with Planned Parenthood for the Pacific Southwest, said Trump’s decision to reinstate the Global Gag Rule will have dire consequences.

“It’s a very sad Executive Order because the federal dollars to international organizations that provide more than family planning – that provide HIV prevention and treatment, that provide Zika response efforts, that provide maternal and child health care – are all going to be affected by this.”

She said the impact will be similar to what the world saw under the Reagan and Bush administrations.

“What we know will happen is that health care organizations across the world will have to close or their services will be limited. And, as a result of that, we know that contraception will be extremely limited and when that happens, unintended pregnancy rates increase and then we’re going to see unsafe abortion practices,” Skaddan said. “With unsafe abortions, women and girls will die.”

With Wednesday’s developments, Skaddan said the funding threats to Planned Parenthood are now very real. She said that in San Diego, Imperial and Riverside counties, Planned Parenthood helps more than 270,000 patients each year with family planning services.

“Planned Parenthood does not promote an option [to choose] to a woman. Planned Parenthood provides high quality care and we provide accurate medical information to a woman, and her family, and her faith and her physician, to make a choice as to what is needed for herself and her family,” Skaddan explained. “Those services are very, very important to our community.”

Skaddan said the organization will continue to do everything in its power to make sure locals have access to those services.

And politicians in Washington, D.C., will have to take notice that many women don’t agree with the Trump Administration’s decision on H.R.7, especially after Saturday's Women's March on Washington and other demonstrations across the globe, including San Diego.

“Every single step that they took and every single block that they walked this last weekend is going to send a message to Washington that this is absolutely unacceptable,” Skaddan said. “We’re not talking about politics here – we’re talking about basic health care.”

“The U.S. has always been a leader in human rights internationally and I think the Executive Order that was signed this week really is against our core values as a country,” she added.

From a lavish hotel in Del Mar to a romantic hideaway in Coronado Island, four hotels in San Diego have been named among the best in the nation, according to travelers.

On Tuesday, TripAdvisor released a long list of winners for its 2017 Travelers’ Choice Awards, which recognizes top-notch accommodations across the country in the categories of luxury, bargain, small, service, B&Bs and inns, romance and family.

Turns out, the Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego was named the No. 1 luxury hotel in the U.S. The 249-room resort, set in the Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve, is located 5300 Grand Del Mar Ct. near The Grand Golf Club. It is also home to a spa and lots of dining options, including the famous Addison restaurant.

In the category of best hotels for romance, The 1906 Lodge, a Four Sisters Inn in Coronado, ranked No. 12. The historic boutique hotel, built in 1906,

is located at 1060 Adella Ave. The main building was designed by renowned San Diego architects Will Sterling Hebbard and Irving Gill. Today, guests can enjoy a couple of delicious treats daily: an afternoon wine & hors d’oeuvres hour and freshly baked cookies near the lobby from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. – a Four Sisters Inns tradition.

Meanwhile, Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in Rancho Santa Fe ranked high in two categories: No. 15 in overall top hotel in the U.S. and No. 17 in luxury hotels in the U.S.

Located at 5921 Valencia Circle, the resort features 45 acres of lush gardens and olive groves. A $30 million renovation in 2013 added remodeled guest “casitas” to the property, a new restaurant and bar, and more.

Finally, the fourth hotel that ranked high in TripAdvisors’ Travelers’ Choice Awards is the Legoland California Hotel in Carlsbad, named the No. 16 family hotel in the U.S.

The hotel, located at 5885 The Crossings Dr., features 250 LEGO-themed guest rooms in different motifs: Pirate, Kingdom, Adventure, Friends. Larger families can stay in suites that sleep up to seven people.

TripAdvisor said the winners were determined based on millions of reviews and opinions from travelers worldwide, gathered over the course of one year.

This year marks the 15th annual Travelers’ Choice Awards. A total of 7,612 hotels in 109 countries were highlighted in this year’s awards; to see the full list, click here.

A Ramona woman said she signed up for a special deal to make calls out of the U.S. but when she returned home from a trip to Mexico, her bill was hundreds of dollars more than she agreed to. 

For Rosemary Fitzpatrick and her husband, making calls from their Ramona home is not a problem. But, when she recently made calls from Mexico, Rosemary said she was shocked by the results. 

“So I get home, I get my bill the first of November and I about fainted,” Rosemary said. 

Rosemary said it was a shock because before she left to visit her Baja beach home, she said she visited her local Verizon store. 

“I told them I was going on a trip and I would like a plan so I can make calls to the U.S. and get calls back,” Rosemary said. 

Rosemary said the clerk told her that would be easy. 

“She said ‘no problem, we have a plan and it’s about $10 a month,’” Rosemary said. 

While at her home in Mexico, Rosemary said she relaxed and made calls to friends and family, thinking everything would be fine. 

When Rosemary arrived home, she found the bill waiting for her. 

“I was in shock, I couldn’t believe it,” Rosemary said. 

The phone bill included over $300-worth of roaming charges. Rosemary said she went back to the Verizon store and talked to a different clerk who said she had signed up for the wrong plan and that she would have to speak with the store’s manager. 

“And then she was sick, so I couldn’t talk to her, and then the next time I went she was on vacation and the next time she was on maternity leave,” Rosemary said. 

Rosemary said she called Verizon’s customer service department and they agreed to remove some of the charges from her bill but the rest would need to be removed by the store itself. 

“In the meantime, they turned my phone off,” Rosemary said. 

Rosemary paid the bill and a $60 reconnection fee to get her phone turned back on, but, Rosemary she said she doesn’t think that’s fair and she wants her money back. 

“My husband is the one who said you better call Consumer Bob,” Rosemary said. 

NBC 7 Responds contacted Verizon and filled them in on Rosemary’s situation. Verizon officials agreed to investigate even further and the investigation went fast. 

“And within an hour, I swear, I had a call from Verizon headquarters saying they got a call from NBC,” Rosemary said. 

Rosemary said she received all of her money back including the phone charges and the reconnection fee she had to pay. 

In an email, a spokesperson for Verizon said, "We strive to provide the world-class experience every Verizon customer expects and deserves. We are grateful for the opportunity to resolve this issue and will do our best to continue earning Ms. Manion's loyalty."

The Twitter account for Badlands National Park in South Dakota published a series of tweets Tuesday on climate change. A few hours later, the tweets were deleted.

The first tweet, posted an hour after President Donald Trump signed executive orders advancing the construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, said: “The pre-industrial concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million (ppm). As of December 2016, 404.93 ppm.”

Just moments later, the park posted another tweet: “Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years” — with the hashtag “#climate” added for good measure.

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The next tweet said: “Flipside of the atmosphere; ocean acidity has increased 30% since the Industrial Revolution. ‘Ocean Acidification’ #climate #carboncycle” 

The last tweet said: "Burning one gallon of gasoline puts nearly 20lbs of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere." 

By 5:35 p.m. ET, all four tweets were deleted.

Tweeting about climate change isn't out of character for Badlands. The park's Twitter account feed addresses the national security implications of climate change, rising water temperatures and the decline of species driven by global warming. But it does contradict President Trump's stance on the issue. He has repeatedly claimed climate change is a hoax.

In response to the tweets being deleted, DNC national press secretary Adrienne Watson released the following statement: “Vladimir Putin would be proud.”

Tuesday's tweets followed a brief suspension Friday of the National Park Service’s Twitter account, as well as those of all its bureaus, over retweets the Department of the Interior deemed "inconsistent with the agency’s mission."

The prohibition came after the National Park Service’s official Twitter account, a bureau of the department, retweeted a pair of posts to its 315,000 followers. One of the tweets was a photo that compared the crowd gathered on the National Mall for Trump to the much-larger gathering that stood in the same spot eight years earlier for President Barack Obama's first swearing-in. The tweets were later removed from the feed, and the National Park Service apologized for sharing them.

A day later, National Park Service spokesman Thomas Crosson said the agencies could resume tweeting “Now that social media guidance has been clarified.”

It was not immediately clear what information was in the guidance and whether Badlands National Park violated it.

Crosson had no immediate comment on the deletions.

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San Diego Police are responding to an officer-involved shooting near a child care center in San Diego's Linda Vista neighborhood.

The shooting happened at approximately 2:15 p.m. Tuesday on the 2100 block of Ulric Street, according to police officers.

The location is right off the busy Linda Vista Road, near a library and the Vine Childcare Center. The Linda Vista Presbyterian Church and a U.S. Post Office are nearby. 

Two witnesses told NBC 7 they saw some sort of confrontation between an older man and two younger people. 

Oscar Marin, the owner of the day care center, said his two adult sons were inside of the day care when he received a call from his son. His son told Marin a suspect jumped the day care fence.

“I’m concerned that there’s shooting coming toward our day care. There’s 100 students in there. That was our concern,” he said.

He said at the time of the incident, children and teachers were inside; the children were asleep. All children and teachers are okay. 

“I’m upset this took place at a daycare where there are children," Marin said.

The business, which has been in Linda Vista since 2007, has surveillance cameras.

At the time of the incident, there were about 100 children and 15 teachers inside. Parents are being asked to pick up their children at a secondary location on the other side of the school, off Ulric Street. 

Medics have been requested for one patient. No other injuries were reported. 

Because of the police activity, MTS bus route 120 will detour in both directions. The stops on Comstock and Linda Vista Plaza are temporarily closed. 

The incident is under investigation. 

No other information was immediately available.

Check back for updates on this breaking news story. 

New surveillance video may help identify a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in Chula Vista Sunday, Chula Vista Police said. 

The crash happened at approximately 6:45 p.m. when officers responded to several 911 calls for a crash involving a pedestrian on the 400 block of Broadway. 

When officers arrived on scene, they found an adult man, identified as Rafael Cruz Fermin, 42, struck by a car traveling southbound on Broadway. The driver fled the scene before officers arrived. 

Fermin was unresponsive at the scene. Despite all life-saving efforts, the pedestrian died from his injuries. 

It is unclear if alcohol was a factor in the crash. 

Authorities have found surveillance footage from a local business, which have led them to believe a 2002 to 2005 Ford Explorer - possibly red in color - was involved in the crash. The car may have damage to the head lamp. 

However, the video also shows other cars traveling near the suspect vehicle at the time of the collision.

Police urge the driver to come forward, as well as any cars that may have been driving in the area at the time. 

The Chula Vista Police are investigating. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Chula Vista Police Department at (619) 691-5151 or you may call the on-duty Watch Commander at (619) 476-5374.

Several people across San Diego County reported hearing a loud, mysterious boom Tuesday afternoon. 

An NBC 7 viewer told us, around 3:18 p.m., she heard two loud booms that shook the windows in her home in Santee.

There were multiple posts on social media of people reporting their homes rattled from the boom. The posts were from residents across the county, including Clairemont, Santee, and San Diego.

Some wrote that they suspected the sounds were caused by a sonic boom, but NBC 7 has not confirmed that.

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We reached out to the San Diego Police Department but was told they did not any information regarding the incidents.

At this time, we are looking into what may have caused the sounds.

Please check back for updates.

San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) is asking residents to conserve energy amid cold weather as the season tends to put a heavy demand on the region's natural gas supply. 

During the winter, customers tend to use more energy, SDG&E said, and there is a higher probability of a natural gas supply shortfall.

As a result, SDG&E is asking customers and large natural gas customers, such as power plants and businesses, to conserve more natural gas and electricity.

Not using as much electricity helps because power plants are fueled by natural gas, according to SDG&E. 

To conserve energy, you can:

• Health permitting, turn down thermostat to 68 degrees or below
• Delay use of natural gas appliances
• Don't run gas fireplaces
• Do not heat pools and spasTurn off unnecessary lights
• Hold off doing laundry or running dishwashers

One local campaign aims to help military members dress for success as they transition to the civilian workforce. 

Organizers for the Farmer's Insurance Open partnered with PGA players Tuesday to help local veterans suit up with their campaign 'Suits for Soldiers'. 

At a ceremony in Torrey Pines, suits and business attire were donated to 12 military veterans. 

The CEO for Farmers said the total amount of clothing collected during 2016 will help thousands for veterans. 

"The Farmer’s agents, district managers and employees, over that relatively short period of time, have collected more than 70,000 suits and business attires for distribution for our veterans," Jeff Dailey, CEO of Farmer's Group, Inc., said at the ceremony.

Suits for men and women were donated by apparel sponsors, including Ralph Laura, Puma and Peter Millar. 

Dozens of people gathered in Downtown San Diego Tuesday to protests against President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees.

A crowd congregated in front of Sen. Diane Feinstein’s office on Front Street, holding signs that read “#SwampCabinet” and voicing their concerns over the individuals President Trump has selected.

“There are too many people that are not qualified that are being nominated for these cabinet positions and we need the country to know how unqualified they are and that we are against them,” said Donna Budzynski, with Together We Will San Diego.

Budzynski told NBC 7, Tuesday’s rally was to encourage leaders to speak out against nominees.

She added that this was the first of many efforts to fight against President Trump’s nominees.

“This is the beginning of an activist revolution and we’re going to continue to show our representatives that we want to be heard and that we are in the majority,” she said.

On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Ben Carson, Elaine Chao, and Wilbur Ross were confirmed for their positions as well.

Rain, hail, snow and high winds walloped San Diego County over the weekend leaving behind downed trees and other damaged infrastructure.

In Chula Vista, Mayor Mary Salas and the Public Works Director Rick Hopkins said the cleanup following the winter storm could take weeks, and estimate the cost reaching into the millions.

Salas says that hundreds of trees were blown over throughout the city by winds that exceeded 60 mph. At Rohr Park alone, crews have counted 58 fallen trees, some decades old, and city officials expect that total to grow.

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Some parks in the city have been closed to the public completely as Public Works crews are working around the clock to clean up the carnage, a decision that Mayor Salas said was “absolutely necessary.”

“We got hit really hard Friday night,” Hopkins said. “I think we were one of the worst areas hit within the whole county.”

On Monday, Governor Jerry Brown declared a State of Emergency for San Diego County and others throughout the state, opening up an avenue to secure funding for post-storm recovery.

Holly Crawford, director of San Diego County Office of Emergency Services said that cities can proclaim a local State of Emergency, and could receive funding from Governor’s California Disaster Assistance Act to offset the cost of damage to public infrastructure.

Crawford says that for "qualifying road damage" cities can receive money via Cal Trans through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) program.

Relief funding administered by the FHWA is available for the repair federal-aid highways or roads on federal lands that have been seriously damaged by natural disasters over a wide area. In some cases, funds for debris removal are only available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 

Funding to cover non-Federal-aid highways is available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Stafford Act.

Senate Democrats unveiled a $1 trillion infrastructure bill Tuesday that they say will create 15 million jobs -- and they challenged President Donald Trump to work with them to pass it, NBC News reported.

Trump often touted the need to repair the country's infrastructure on the campaign trail and has continued to since the election, mentioning it in his inaugural address last week when he pledged to "build new roads and highways and bridges and airports and tunnels and railways all across our wonderful nation."

Democrats have released their plan ahead of a Trump proposal in order to pressure him to stick to his campaign promises. It's also an attempt to drive a wedge between Trump and Republicans who are ideologically skeptical of a large infrastructure spending measures. Republicans successfully defeated a major infrastructure bill during the first term of former President Barack Obama's administration and have not enthusiastically embraced Trump's focus on it yet.

"We're challenging him here today," Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said during a news conference. "Now that we've been stymied by our Republican colleagues … now we have a president elect (sic) who has called for a large infrastructure bill."

A family gives a heartbreaking plea after their father is run over and left for dead on a busy street in Chula Vista.

They are now asking for the public’s help in finding the person responsible for the hit-and-run.

Rafael Cruz Fermin, 42, was hit and killed while crossing Broadway around 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

“He didn't have to die. He was a father and husband. Come forward and say something," said Fermin’s wife, Gina Mateo.

She said her world turned upside down after the hit-and-run that took her husban's life. Now, the family is left with nothing but frustration and pain.

“How could someone live with themselves, knowing what they did to my husband, leaving him in the rain," Mateo explained through tears.

Fermin’s family described him as a talented artist who loved to cook and listen to Bob Marley. Some of their favorite childhood memories were taking trips to the ocean together.

He was stepfather to Jacqueline Thorpe, Jericca Thorpe and David Frausto, but the family said he always treated them as his own children.

"He loved me. He loved the kids. He was an awesome person. We loved him," Mateo said.

Frausto remembered what an impact Fermin had on his life, adding that he always supported him, and was by his side for one of his biggest accomplishments--graduating high school.

"He gave me the best life lessons. I will not forget him. He may be gone physically, but he's not forgotten. He's always in our hearts," said Frausto.

On Tuesday, Chula Vista Police said they have surveillance video that shows the suspect vehicle--a 2002 to 2005 Ford Explorer, possibly red in color - was involved in the crash. The car may have damage to the head lamp.

If you have any information, you are asked to call Chula Vista Police at (619) 422-8477 or contact Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

The family has set up a GoFundMe page to help with funeral costs.

More than 500 customers were still out of power Tuesday night after a transformer blew, causing downed wires and fire damage to a nearby home near Escondido.

The incident occurred at approximately 7:58 p.m. on the 3000 block of Mary Lane, according to the Escondido Fire Department.

A nearby home did have some fire damage but there were no report of injuries.

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) crews were called out due to downed wires in the area. 

According to an SDG&E spokesperson, it appeared that something may have hit an overhead transformer, bringing down several wires in the street.

There were initially 1,300 customers without power. As of 11 p.m., 554 customers did not have power.

No other information was available.