A body was discovered in the Glorietta Bay in Coronado Monday evening, Harbor Police confirmed.
It's unknown what time the body was found.
ASTRIA helicopter and San Diego Police are also involved in the incident.
No other information was available.
Check back for updates on this breaking news.
Four Americans were among five people killed when a light plane crashed into the roof of a shopping mall in Melbourne, Australia, the State Department has confirmed.
According to NBC News, the twin-turboprop Beechcraft King Air plane suffered engine failure and crashed into the mall near the end of the runway at Essendon Airport around 5 p.m. ET Monday (9:00 a.m. Tuesday local time), according to authorities.
Witnesses described the plane exploding on impact and erupting into a fireball. The assistant police commissioner for Victoria state said there were no fatalities other than those five people on board the aircraft.
"We extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all those who died in today's tragic crash," a State Department official told NBC News. "The U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Melbourne are working closely with local authorities. We stand ready to provide all appropriate consular assistance to the families of the victims," the official added without identifying the victims.
A pedestrian was injured after being struck by a vehicle in Fallbrook Monday night, North Comm Fire Department confirmed.
The incident occurred at approximately 9:04 p.m. on the 900 block of Vanita Street.
The extent of injuries is unknown.
No other information was available.
Check back for updates on this breaking news.
There’s a nearly invisible village right in the middle of San Diego. While people are shopping at Fashion Valley Mall, hundreds are living in the brush just steps away.
The latest numbers show 246 people live along the San Diego River--a 41 percent increase from last year.
"It's heartbreaking every time I come out here," said Rob Hutsel, Founder of The San Diego River Park Foundation.
Since 2001, his team has removed more than two million pounds of trash from the river. In Mission Valley, about 96 percent of the trash they find along the San Diego River is related to homelessness.
Hutsel added, "We've rescued people. Unfortunately we've found dead bodies when we've been doing this sort of thing. It's tragic that there are people out here."
As the piles of trash continue to grow, the number of people setting up nearly invisible camps does as well.
Dozens of encampments are among the brush just steps away from the Home Depot off Fairmount Avenue.
And while you're parking your car at Fashion Valley, many are living where you would least expect it. Most are camouflaged from the outside world, like 64-year old Vietnam veteran, Rick Primmer.
Primmer told NBC 7, he chooses to live along the river because it's safe.
"Street people will steal constantly from each other. People in the woods are basically roamers. We just leave everybody alone, and leave our little camps alone," he said.
Organizers remain stumped on how to combat the problem, as they work with the San Diego Police Department in conducting sweeps before major cleanups.
"All we want to do is clean up the river and make it healthy," Hutsel said. "And create parks and trails. But it's more complicated than that."
It is illegal for people to live along the river because much of the land is owned by the City of San Diego. Property owners also sign a letter of authorization, allowing San Diego Police to be on their property and make arrests at any time.
In January, police made 45 felony and misdemeanor arrests.
But they told NBC 7, if there's no crime being committed, their main priority is to provide resources to help get these people off the streets.
Two property managers in Poway have been accused of stealing thousands of dollars in rent money from their clients when their business apparently shutdown this month.
Jeff and Jani Allen run Quest Realty and Property Management on Midland Road.
Prashanth Sharma, one of the many landlords said he trusted the company to manage his property. But he has not received his rent money for February.
“My personal damage is more than $5,000. But there are people who have lost far more money," Sharma said.
A civil suit against Quest Realty was filed in January of 2017. The landlord filing the suit claims the company took more than $27,000 of his money.
NBC 7 spoke with multiple clients who said they began noticing problems with payments in late 2015 and early 2016.
“I noticed a couple of rent deposits had gone missing, so I had to follow up with them and it took a few attempts. They were hard to get a hold of," Sharma said.
Those problems outlined in complaint filed by one Quest Realty client with the Bureau of Real Estate.
It was submitted in February with an e-mail trail showing how the client tried to recover rent money that wasn't deposited into his account on time.
He got a short e-mail response saying Quest Realty has filed for bankruptcy.
NBC 7 attempted to reach the company but all of the phone numbers clients have are disconnected.
A sign on the company’s Poway office door stated it’s delinquent on its rent.
Several landlords said they have reached out to local and federal law enforcement to investigate and recoup their money.
Dozens of migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea, the latest victims of the perilous route, NBC News reported.
Seventy-four bodies washed ashore in Libya, seen in photographs posted to Twitter by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Tuesday.
Migrants generally attempt crossing from Libya to Italy in flimsy inflatable boats loaded with small amounts of fuel, intended to get within reach of European rescue vessels in international waters. Last year, a record 181,000 migrants made the crossing.
Libyan coast guard spokesman Ayoub Gassim said more than 500 migrants were rescued at sea on Friday and Saturday. He said smugglers are starting to use larger rubber boats to pack in more migrants.
"This is going to be even more disastrous to the migrants," Gassim added.
An out-of-service SEPTA Market Frankford Line subway train crashed into two other trains at the 69th Street Terminal just outside Philadelphia Tuesday morning, critically injuring a train operator, injuring three others and knocking seven cars off the track during the busy rush hour.
Upper Darby Police asked commuters in a tweet to avoid the busy terminal after the three-train wreck on looping turnaround tracks, where trains turn around at the end of the line, around 8:30 a.m. [[414348143, C]]
The wreck left the operator of the No. 57 train critically injured, SEPTA said. Another operator and two passengers suffered less serious injuries.
Two suffered head injuries and two suffered leg injuries, police said.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said the trains were out of service at the time of the crash. The No. 57 train slammed into the back of the No. 67 train on the same track and the wreck then sideswiped a No. 51 train moving in the other direction on the other track, SEPTA said. [[414351503, C]]
SkyForce10 footage showed one car tipped over at a 45-degree angle -- its wheels dislodged from the body of the train -- and six other cars partially off the track as crews responded.
A man who lives near the scene told NBC10 Philadelphia's Pamela Osborne he heard a loud noise and came outside to see the wrecked trains.
"I heard a big bang... I knew something big happened but I didn't know what until I got here and saw this mess," William Stamm (no relation to the author) said.
The wreck left the 69th Street stop out of service and could impact the afternoon rush as state officials and NTSB investigators look into the wreck, SEPTA said.
SEPTA used shuttle buses to get passengers from 69th Street to 63rd Street. Passengers could be seen boarding the buses around 9 a.m. the agency said to expect delays of up to 10 minutes on the line that runs from Upper Darby to the Frankford section of Northeast Philadelphia. [[414349093, C]]
The crash impacted West Chester Pike, Market Street and Victory Avenue for EMS personnel, police said.
Investigators could be seen going in and out of the cars midday Tuesday. SEPTA said seven total cars wound up derailed.
The Market-Frankford Line is equipped with advanced signaling technology called Automatic Train Control, or ATC, which should prevent two moving trains from the same section of tracks, former SEPTA spokesman, and current NBC10 employee, Manny Smith said. A SEPTA headquarters dispatcher would also be controlling the line and giving permission to engineers to move into and out of the loop. [[414356923, C]]
The systems in place ensure optimal turnaround times at the terminal since trains at peak hours arrive at least every four minutes, Smith said.
The max speed on the curve is 10 mph, SEPTA said.
The MFL Line has been operating with a bare minimum of cars due to under-body crack concerns.
This crash comes nearly two years after a deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood. [[414352363, C]]
The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center received a threat early Tuesday, San Diego police confirmed.
A security guard at the facility on Executive Drive called police to report a threat at the building just after 6 a.m.
It's not known what type of threat or how the threat was received.
The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center is one of dozens of Jewish Community Centers in at least 20 states targeted since the new year began.
The FBI said it is joining with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to investigate "possible civil rights violations in connection with threats" to Jewish centers across the country.
On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton called a series of threats and attacks against Jews and Jewish groups "so troubling" in a tweet Monday and urged President Donald Trump to speak out against them.
Trump did so over an hour later, saying a series of bomb threats to Jewish community centers around the country "are horrible and painful and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil."
San Diego police responded and evacuated the building as a precaution.
They searched the building and are on scene to continue their investigation.
As of 7:30 a.m., the building was reopened.
Shattered glass littered the entrance to an eyewear shop in Kearny Mesa Tuesday morning after a suspected break-in at the business.
Just before 6 a.m., officers with the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) responded to reports of an alarm sounding off at an Eye Glass World store located at 4690 Convoy St.
When they arrived at the business, they discovered the glass on the front door had been broken out; glass was strewn about the entrance. No one was around.
According to police, an employee at a nearby business said he heard glass break and then saw an unknown man leaving the area of the Eye Glass World.
At this point, it is unclear if anything was stolen in the break-in. Officers are taking a report and continuing their investigation.
Nobody was hurt and no arrests were immediately made.
NBC 7's Elena Gomez reports on the collision early Tuesday along Ashwood street. The driver told police she was attempting to avoid hitting an animal when she crashed into the pole.
Orca Robotics, a San Diego company, is among 21 semifinalists for the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery Xprize, organizers of the competition announced.
Teams in the competition are building one or more swimming drones that will take part in a 16-hour challenge. Vehicles will have to dive to a depth of 2,000 meters (about 6,600 feet), traverse an area 500 kilometers square (or 310 miles square), and map 20 percent of that area. Teams will also have to identify and produce images of at least five archeological, biological or geological features at any depth.
At 2,000 meters, there is no light, and water pressure is 2,800 psi. Air pressure at sea level is 14.5 psi.
The Orca Robotics team is creating an underwater system that uses phase array radar and computing power to provide results in real time. Phillip Rhyner, a 2007 graduate of the University of Rhode Island, is the founder of Orca Robotics.
Up to 10 finalist teams will be chosen to go into the second round of the competition.
Fugro, an underwater exploration business with an office in San Diego, has joined contest sponsors as a partner.
One of the 21 teams in the semifinal competition plans to enter not one drone, but a swarm of drones, to map the area.
The Trump administration is greatly expanding the number of people living in the U.S. illegally who are considered a priority for deportation, including people arrested for traffic violations, according to agency documents released Tuesday.
The documents represent a sweeping rewrite of the nation's immigration enforcement priorities.
The Homeland Security Department memos, signed by Secretary John Kelly, lay out that any immigrant living in the United States illegally who has been charged or convicted of any crime — and even those suspected of a crime — will now be an enforcement priority. That could include people arrested for shop lifting or minor traffic offenses.
The memos eliminate far more narrow guidance issued under the Obama administration that resources strictly on immigrants who had been convicted of serious crimes, threats to national security and recent border crossers.
Kelly's memo also describes plans to enforce a long-standing but obscure provision of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act that allows the government to send some people caught illegally crossing the Mexican border back to Mexico, regardless of where they are from. One of the memos says that foreigners sent back to Mexico would wait for their U.S. deportation proceedings to be complete. This would be used for people who aren't considered a threat to cross the border illegally again, the memo said.
These moves are separate from Trump's ban on travel from seven majority-Muslim countries, which is has been blocked by federal courts and could result in a newly written executive order this week, NBC News reported.
It's unclear whether the United States has the authority to force Mexico to accept foreigners. That provision is almost certain to face opposition from civil libertarians and officials in Mexico.
Historically, the government has been able to quickly repatriate Mexican nationals caught at the border but would detain and try to formally deport immigrants from other countries, routinely flying them to their home countries. In some cases, those deportations can take years as immigrants ask for asylum or otherwise fight their deportation in court.
The memos do not change U.S. immigration laws, but take a far harder line toward enforcement.
The pair of directives do not have any impact on President Barack Obama's program that has protected more than 750,000 young immigrants from deportation. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals remains in place though immigrants in the program will be still be eligible for deportation if they commit a crime or otherwise are deemed to be a threat to public safety or national security, according to the department.
Dramatic video captured by a woman and her daughter shows the moments before and after a group of seven young people plunged through the ice on a pond in Central Park Monday.
Lourdes Cuevas and her daughter Maia Ramirez, tourists from Paraguay, were taking a selfie as the group of kids, ranging in age from about 10 into the teens, climbed onto the ice-covered water on an unseasonably warm February holiday. Their photo shows the kids huddled on the ice behind them.
Suddenly, the group was in the water. Footage exclusively obtained by NBC 4 New York shows them floundering about, some struggling madly to grip the crumbling edges of ice, others screaming, as they tried desperately to escape.
Cuevas said one of the kids completely disappeared under water.
Two skateboarders who happened to be nearby raced to their rescue, and by the time firefighters arrived at the park by 59th Street and Central Park South, the kids had been pulled out of the water, witnesses and officials said. Some of the children and teens were recovering from hypothermia-related injuries at Bellevue and two other area hospitals on Tuesday morning, officials said.
The good Samaritans, Bennett Jonas and Ethan Turmbull, told reporters they saw the kids dancing on top of the ice, then suddenly plunging into the water.
"I look over, I saw six heads just trying to get to the shore," said Jonas. "The back one was probably a good 20 yards from dry land."
Jonas dived in as Turmbull stood by to grab them.
"The last two at the end, the kid at the end was unconscious," said Turmbull. "[Jonas] got him out, he was kind of out of breath, and [Jonas] threw him to me. I just kind of minded him until he came to."
Jonas, of San Clemente, California, who now lives in midtown, and Turmbull, of Sydney, Australia, say they happened to be in the right place at the right time.
"I was in the park for a reason tonight," he said. "I could have been anywhere right now, but I was 100 yards away, from kids who were drowning."
A Sig Alert was issued early Tuesday along northbound Interstate 5 just south of Carmel Valley.
A truck carrying sand cement overturned in the HOV lanes just after 6 a.m.
California Highway Patrol officers said approximately 6 to 8 yards of sand cement spilled in the lanes.
The driver was evaluated by emergency medical personnel.
No other cars were involved.
No other information was available.
Check back for updates on this breaking news.
A Bernardo Winery employee was robbed at gunpoint in the store’s parking lot Tuesday morning.
San Diego Sheriff’s deputies confirmed to NBC 7 the suspect escaped and is at-large.
The victim, a female salon worker at the winery, was arriving for work when the robbery occurred. Deputies said the women went into her trunk, when the suspect appeared behind her. He then robbed the woman at gunpoint.
Deputies said the suspect took cash from the woman. The amount is unknown at this time.
The suspect is described as 5-feet, 10-inches tall, 25 – 30 years old, and between 250 – 300 pounds. Deputies told NBC 7 they have no leads at this time. A search of nearby surveillance cameras turned up nothing.
San Diego Police initially responded the incident, which occurred just before 9 a.m. Tuesday. The investigation was later turned over to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department.
Houston police said officers are responding to reports of shots fired at local Ben Taub hospital in the Texas Medical Center.
According to NBC affliate KHOU, several officers, including SWAT and K9 units, entered the hospital with guns drawn.
Police are searching the hospital and have not confirmed an active shooter. There are no confirmed reports of injuries.
This story is currently developing. Please check back for updates.
San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter will resemble New Orleans during an annual, colorful Mardi Gras celebration featuring live music, Samba dancers, stilt walkers and lots and lots of beads.
On Feb. 28, from 5 p.m. to midnight, the 2017 Gaslamp Quarter Mardi Gras Masquerade Parade & Celebration will fill the streets of downtown. More than 20,000 beaded guests are expected to join in what the event website calls “the most extravagant parade we have offered in 23 years.”
The parade begins at 9 p.m. and spans the length of 5th Avenue, starting at E Street and culminating just past Market Street, where the grand finale goes down at 9:45 p.m.
The procession will include “art cars,” or decked out buses, covered in decorations like a giant pink unicorn, a giant flamingo and a large scarab beetle.
“Instead of stages we’re having huge colorful art cars, double decker buses transformed so you can’t even recognize they’re vehicles,” said Camille Riley, one of the event representatives.
Riley said DJ’s will be placed strategically around or within the vehicles, keeping the party going as the parade makes its way down the Gaslamp Quarter..
“We just wanted to do something different from the typical stages,” said Riley. “Something that’s never been done in San Diego before. We’ll still have lighting and lasers, but this will be out of the ordinary.”
Following in past traditions, Riley said the music for the block party will feature up-and-coming artists.
The well-known headliner, however, is Warren G., known for his mid-1990s hit, “Regulate,” featuring Snoop Dogg. Previous Mardi Gras celebrations in San Diego have featured performers including Snoop Dogg, Bone Thugs 'N' Harmony, Mix Master Mike, the Aggrolites and more.
Organizers encourage revelers to dress in their most festive Mardi Gras costumes; think traditional Fat Tuesday colors -- purple, gold and green – masks and feathers.
Tickets are available on the Gaslamp Quarter Mardi Gras website, with General Admission starting at $35 and VIP at $85. Prices increase as the event approaches. Military discounted tickets are also available.
“Any of the tickets will get you liquor and beer specials at 20 different locations, which are listed on our website,” said Riley.
A club pass add-on is available for $30, which allows entry into additional night clubs, after parties, plus welcome shots. Pre-purchased parking spots are also available for $10 each.
A Mardi Gras Big Easy Bites and Booze Tour is available for revelers looking to start the celebration early. Participants can indulge in complementary food and drinks from 20 participating bars, offered New Orleans style on Feb. 25, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The price is $25 from now until Feb. 24. Day-of-event ticket price is $30.
NBC 7’s music blog, SoundDiego, is offering the opportunity to win free tickets to the event. Find out how to enter here; a winner will be chosen at noon on Feb. 22.
At least 22 cars were vandalized Tuesday morning along four streets in La Mesa when a sharp object was used to puncture tires, police confirmed.
The La Mesa Police Department (LMPD) began receiving several phone calls around 6:30 a.m. reporting vandalism to vehicles parked on Harbison, Stanford, Cornell and Harvard avenues.
Investigators said suspects, or perhaps a lone suspect, used an unknown sharp object to puncture or slash the tires of cars parked in the area. As of 8:30 a.m., LMPD officers had found 22 vehicles with tire damage on those streets.
Police said the vandalism inconvenience a lot of residents Tuesday morning as they got into their cars to start their days.
Police said the vandalism appears to be a random act; no arrests have been made.
The investigation is ongoing. The LMPD said residents should check their tires before driving and, if their tires are punctured, contact the police department to report the damage. Anyone with information on this case can call the LMPD at (619) 667-1400 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-TIPS.
A bizarre shooting in Carlsbad involved a contentious custody fight and a mysterious phone call from a man with a deep voice promising documents the victim “would want to see,” according to testimony.
In court Tuesday, Gregory Mulvihill described the night he was shot in the chest along an isolated access road off Avenida Soledad in Carlsbad.
His ex-wife, Diana Lovejoy, faces charges in the shooting along with Weldon McDavid Jr. Carlsbad police say McDavid, an employee at a shooting range in Oceanside, had been teaching Lovejoy how to shoot.
Lovejoy and Mulvihill separated in 2014. A few months before the shooting, Mulvihill was awarded joint custody of the couple's son. Prior to that, he had 10 hours of visitation per week.
Hours before the shooting, Mulvihill got a call from a “man with a deep voice” identifying himself as a criminal investigator and offering information he would want.
“He said they were documents I would want to see,” he testified. “He wouldn’t explain further.”
The documents would be taped to a utility pole on the hill in a nearby canyon, according to the man on the phone, Mulvihill said.
“I thought about it for a while. Because I had spent so much time and money fighting for custody for my son, I wasn’t going to risk not going to investigate these mysterious documents,” Mulvihill said.
Mulvihill asked a co-worker to go with him. As the two men walked toward the pole with a flashlight and a child's baseball bat, Mulvihill said he saw a rifle on the ground.
"I stared out for a couple of seconds before I realized I was looking at a rifle and a scope,” he testified.
Mulvihill testified he heard one gun shot and said he felt like he was shot in his back. As he turned and ran from the area, he heard six or seven shots several seconds later, he testified.
His co-worker escaped injury. The two men ran to their car and then drove to a nearby bus stop where they called 911.
A Carlsbad police officer rushed Mulvihill to a nearby hospital. He eventually underwent surgery for the wound to his side.
Under cross-examination, Mulvihill testified there was a restraining order and an allegation of domestic violence at the time of his separation from his ex-wife. Also, the initial custody agreement required supervised visitation with Mulvihill.
McDavid was the gun instructor for Crystal Harris, who was allegedly raped by her husband.
On Dateline NBC in 2013, he talked about his anger after hearing tapes of Harris allegedly being raped by her husband.
"It was too much," he said. "I wanted to kill him."
In the interview, he talked about teaching Harris to fire under pressure.
"I had her do exercises, then run into the range and told her grab the gun shoot," he said in the interview.
Harris ended up choosing not to use a gun and instead took her husband to court.
A legal expert not tied to the case says the Dateline interview will likely play a part in his trial.
McDavid's attorney, Rafael Acosta Jr., told NBC 7 his client is a veteran, a family man and a compassionate person who likes to help others. He said the only connection to the cases is a man who was trying to train two women in need.
Mulvihill's testimony was part of the preliminary hearing to determine if Lovejoy and McDavid will be bound over for trial.
If convicted, McDavid is facing 50 years to life in prison while Lovejoy faces 25 years to life.
According to the prosecutor in the case, Lovejoy is facing the lesser term because she did not pull the trigger, but was ‘vicariously armed with a firearm’ and was aware and participated in the shooting.
