Members of an East County Brownie troop are concerned a cookie crook may be targeting Girl Scouts, using counterfeit money to buy cookies.

While selling cookies Sunday at a La Mesa shopping center on Lake Murray Boulevard,  8-year-old Leah and her mom Amy Hayhurst said someone pulled a fast one on their troop.

Hayhurst said a Santee bank teller told her two $20 bills she had been given were fake.

"When we went to turn in the money at the bank, they told us 'Oh no! This has been happening a lot to Girl Scouts'," Hayhurst said.

A third of the money Girl Scouts collect from cookie sales goes towards give-back projects.

Leah's Brownie Troop 5064 has collected clothing for the homeless. They've also sent toys to kids in Thailand.

"It's just really sad someone would steal from us," said Leah. "We're just trying to help. We're not trying to do anything bad in the world."

Leah's troop is now keeping a closer eye on the money they receive, concerned Girl Scouts are being targeted by cookie crooks.

"I think it's kind of pathetic to target young girls," Hayhurst said. "They are the youngest in the community and doing so much to try and serve the community."

Law enforcement officials in La Mesa and Santee said they have not received any reports of Girl Scouts being duped by counterfeiters.

NBC 7's Elena Gomez reports from North Park where one business closed in solidarity with the International Women's Day efforts.

A woman was shot and killed by a stray bullet while driving in Escondido and police are now saying it appears the woman was caught in the crossfire of a gang shooting.

Escondido police have identified the woman who was shot and killed while driving on Grand Avenue as 55-year Escondido resident Catherine Kennedy.

Kennedy was driving east on Grand Avenue Tuesday around 9 p.m., when she was struck by a stray bullet, causing her to lose control of the car and crash into an unoccupied, parked vehicle, police said.

“This was an innocent victim driving down the street we believe coming home from a church function and just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time,” said Escondido Lt. Justin Murphy.

Police said gang members were shooting at each other in the 1800 block of E. Grand Avenue.

Kennedy was shot once in the head. 

The suspects have not been identified yet. 

Kennedy was taken to Palomar Hospital where she died just an hour later. No one else was in the car. 

Grand Avenue between Rose Street and Midway Drive was expected to be closed through 7 a.m. while police investigate. 

Escondido police have asked the public for help to solve the crime. 

Check back for updates on this breaking news.

Nike announced its official launch of the Nike Pro Hijab line, a head cover designed for athletic Muslim women, after speaking with several top-tier female Muslim athletes across the world. 

The Nike Pro Hijab has been a year in the making and follows the brand's introduction to Middle Eastern stores, collections inspired by Nike’s roster of elite female athletes, women’s races, Nike Run Clubs and the Nike+ Training Club App in Arabic. 

At Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, top-flight athletes demonstrated performance problems associated with wearing a traditional hijab during competition, the company said. 

Amna Al Haddad, a female weightlifter from the United Arab Emirates, recounted how the garment’s weight, the potential for it to shift during action and its lack of breathability disrupted her focus. She also detailed her extreme difficulty finding performance hijabs; Al Haddad had only one competition-worthy covering, so she had to hand wash it every night during competitions. 

The Nike Pro team, responsible for creating base layers for athletes, examined how to make a performance hijab similar to Nike Pro’s other products: inconspicuous, almost like a second skin. 

The new garments were again tested by elite Nike athletes like the Emirati figure skater Zahra Lari and Nike+ Run Club Coach Manal Rostom. Other athletes from around the Middle East, including runners and cyclists, also gave feedback on the hijabs. 

The final, pull-on design is constructed from durable single-layer Nike Pro power mesh. Nike’s most breathable fabric, the lightweight polyester features tiny, strategically placed holes for optimal breathability but remains opaque, with a soft touch. The mesh is also stretchy. When combined with an elastic binding, it allows for a personalized fit that adapts to both the wearer’s head and her sport. Ice skating, for example requires a tighter fit for twirling. The back of the hijab is also elongated to ensure it doesn’t come untucked. Fluff threads were used at the neck to eliminate the rubbing and irritation that can occur when an athlete sweats. 

At the request of the athletes, the designers placed Nike's signature Swoosh just above the left ear to highlight the hijab’s pinnacle performance nature. The hijab’s debut colors: black, vast grey and obsidian, were similarly based upon the consulting athletes’ desire for dark neutrals. 

The Nike Pro Hijab will be available worldwide starting early in 2018.

A San Diego businessman will match a $2,500 prize awarded to a local school for its efforts to stand up against gun violence, cyberbullying and teen suicide.

Earlier this week, Steele Canyon Charter High School won a national grand prize awarded by the Sandy Hook Promise (SHP), an organization that empowers parents, schools and community organizations on how to prevent gun violence before it happens by advocating for mental health and early prevention programs.

The school won first place in the organization’s 2nd annual “Say Something Call-to-Action Week” for its efforts spearheaded by English teachers Jennifer Serban and Jillian West, along with 80 student ambassadors. Last October, the group planned special activities and educational events and produced videos for school-wide broadcasts that encouraged critical dialogue about preventing gun violence.

On Monday, SHP director Nicole Hockley – mother of 6-year-old Dylan Hockley, one of the children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre in December 2012 – visited Steele Canyon Charter High School to present the prize, including the check for $2,500 and a plaque.

On Tuesday, Mike Hancock, owner of Mike’s Metal Works, Inc., and president of the Steele Canyon Charter High School governing board, announced he will match the SHP prize. He will present his check to the school at a board meeting Wednesday evening.

Hancock is hoping to keep the support for the school rolling.

He’s challenging other San Diego businesses to make financial contributions of equal or greater amounts to Steele Canyon Charter High School in hopes of helping the school expand its program, and replicate the model at other local schools so students can learn to identify the signs of gun violence and teen suicide before it happens.

At least 19 people have been found dead at the scene of a fire in a shelter for children near Guatemala City, the spokesman for Guatemala's volunteer fire departments said Wednesday.

Mario Cruz told the Emisoras Unidas radio station that firefighters were still extinguishing parts of the morning blaze.

But he said that so far 19 bodies have been found and about two dozen people were being treated for injuries.

The shelter has been criticized for overcrowding, alleged abuse and escapes in the past.

An earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to the shelter as an orphanage.

Everybody's favorite ginger, Ed Sheerhan, whose single "Shape of You" has rocketed to the top of the charts and over 400 million streams since January, announced on Wednesday that his summer/fall tour would include a stop in San Diego.

The pop-smashing star is riding high on his recent release of "Divide" (the formal title is the division symbol), revealing that a tour of the same name would make nearly 45 stops around North America, including a Valley View Casino Center date on Aug. 6. 

Ticket sales for the general public begin on March 17 at AXS.com, while information about ticket prices is not available at this time. 

Sheerhan's San Diego show won't be his first local appearance, of course. Among other appearances, he headlined Valley View Casino Center back in 2015 as well, took part in Energy 93.3's Summer Kickoff Concert the year before and even treated fans to an intimate Balboa Theatre show on Fat Tuesday back in 2013. 

"Shape of You" is the British natives' biggest hit to date, debuting at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 and still sitting there six weeks later. Luckily for NBC, the Grammy-winning performer -- whose first brush with major fame came when he shared a mic with Taylor Swift on "Everything  Has Changed," off her "Red" album -- made an appearance Wednesday morning in Rockefeller Plaza outside the "Today Show" studios to coincide with the tour announcement.  

Everybody's favorite ginger, Ed Sheeran, whose single "Shape of You" has rocketed to the top of the charts and garnered over 400 million streams since January, announced on Wednesday that his summer/fall tour would include a stop in San Diego.

The pop-smashing star is riding high on his recent release of "Divide" (the formal title is the division symbol) and revealed that a tour of the same name would make nearly 45 stops around North America, including a Valley View Casino Center date on Aug. 6.

Ticket sales for the general public begin on March 17 at AXS.com, while Information about ticket prices is not available at this time. Sheeran's San Diego show won't be his first local appearance, of course: In fact, among other appearances, he headlined Valley View Casino Center back in 2015 as well, took part in Energy 93.3's Summer Kickoff Concert the year before, and even treated fans to an intimate Balboa Theatre show on Fat Tuesday back in 2013.

"Shape of You" is the British natives' biggest hit to-date, debuting at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 and still sitting there six weeks later. Luckily for NBC, the Grammy-winning performer -- whose first major brush with fame came when he shared a mic with Taylor Swift on "Everything Has Changed," off her "Red" album -- made an appearance Wednesday morning in Rockefeller Plaza outside the "Today Show" studios to coincide with the tour announcement.

Aug. 6 will be a memorable night for music in San Diego -- drivers headed into San Diego to see Sheeran will have to compete with Metallica fans, who will be headed to the Petco Park the same night.

Sure, Beyonce was replaced with Lady Gaga at the festival in the desert, but Coachella has made a few more changes to the lineup as well.

Some of the most notable additions are the veteran Long Beach punks of T.S.O.L., booty-rap artist D.R.A.M. and the UK grime rapper Skepta, while some less-known artists also got the nod, including Columbian Latin Grammy winners Diamante Eléctrico and Dudu Tassa & the Kuwaitis of Israel, who are one of the biggest artists of Mizrahi music.

A slew of indie garage-punk artists were tapped for the bill as well: Tall Juan, the Paranoyds, Surf Curse, Downtown Boys, Slow Hollows, Thee Commonsand Las Ligas Menores, many of which will likely be playing in the smoldering heat of the early afternoon.

Making room for some of the additions are a few acts no longer making their way to the desert, such as the iconic Nigerian performer King Sunny Ade, English singer/songwriter Declan Mckenna, and Moss Kena (most known for their dreamy remix of Kendrick Lamar's "These Walls"). 

FRIDAY

Added:

• D.R.A.M
• Dudu Tassa & the Kuwaitis
• Surfbort
• Diamante Electrico
• Tall Juan
• The Paranoyds
• Shannon & the Clams

SATURDAY

Added:

• Surf Curse
• Downtown Boys
• Slow Hollows
• Thee Commons
• Las Ligas Menores
• Quitapenas

Cut:

• Declan McKenna

SUNDAY

Added:

• T.S.O.L
• Skepta

Cut:

• King Sunny Ade

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A Linda Vista sandwich shop devastated by fire two years ago has begun the process of rebuilding, the owners posted to social media Monday.

The Vietnamese sandwich shop, K Sandwiches, burned down in August 2015.

An oven malfunction was the cause of the fire. Everyone was able to get out safely, but the building was a loss.

Owner Jennifer Tran told NBC 7 after the fire that when the family rebuilds the location, it will be better than before.

As of March 6, plans had been approved and construction had begun.

An opening date has not be set yet but the owners said they will post updates on Facebook.

If President Donald Trump's proposed budget is passed in its current form, funding to monitor and clean up toxins in the Great Lakes would virtually disappear. 

In Trump's preliminary budget, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) would be slashed by 97 percent, dropping from $300 million to about $10 million. The Environmental Protection Agency is the single-largest financer of the GLRI. If the EPA funding is slashed as proposed, scientists’ ability to measure toxins in the water would be “greatly diminished,” said longtime Lake Erie researcher Jeff Reutter.

That money goes to programs like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Sea Grant College Program, which monitor toxin levels via satellite images and scientists' daily trips to buoys on Lake Erie.

“Federal funding has gone up and down over the years, but I’ve never seen anything of this scope,” Reutter said of the proposed cuts. He has been working on Lake Erie since 1971.  

Trump has vowed to roll back many environmental regulations enacted by former President Barack Obama. He proposed to cut about 25 percent of the EPA's budget and slash about 3,000 jobs, or 19 percent of the agency’s staff, according to the budget outline released in late February.

Environmental justice programs and the climate protection budget would be cut by 79 percent and nearly 70 percent, respectively.

Trump and his EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, have made skeptical comments about climate change. Trump once called climate change a "hoax." Before Pruitt became the EPA’s new leader, he sued the agency more than a dozen times as the attorney general of Oklahoma.

During his presidential campaign, Trump said that he is a proponent for clean water. On his campaign website, he called the need for safe drinking water one of the "real environmental challenges," as opposed to "phony ones." 

The Great Lakes make up about 95 percent of the U.S.’s freshwater supply, and about 20 percent of the world’s freshwater, according to the EPA. The lakes’ contamination could lead to economic and health consequences. 

“If we lose the U.S. EPA, if the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative goes away, if NOAA’s satellite program goes away, so does our ability to manage all of the fresh water in the country," Reutter said. "I would be very concerned for human and environmental health. We know how important it is to protect human health, environmental health, coastal citizens and jobs.”

Molly Flanagan, the vice president of Alliance for the Great Lakes, said that without funding multiple threats would arise: halted clean-up of the lakes and beaches, the inability to detect and warn people of water toxicity and the potential invasion of ocean-based aquatic species. 

The proposed budget cut to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is the worst possible scenario, carrying "devastating impacts," Flanagan said.

"If you were to see cuts, you would see a number of GLRI programs grind to a stop," she said. "Thirty million people depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water, jobs and recreation."

Despite this, she said she is hopeful that Congress will step in and fight for the restoration initiative, which has historically had bipartisan support.

Two senators from across the aisle are fighting the proposed budget cuts to the lakes, their offices told NBC.

Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat, was just named to a subcommittee with jurisdiction over the Safe Drinking Water Act and other critical issues. Sean Savett, a spokesperson for Duckworth, said she would fight the proposed budget cuts to the Great Lakes.

"Sen. Duckworth is urging the administration to prioritize funding for programs that protect the Great Lakes from pollutants and invasive species,” Savett said. “The Great Lakes are a vital source of clean drinking water for tens of millions of Americans and dismantling the EPA would jeopardize the safety of families across Illinois and the entire country.”

Republican Sen. Rob Portman, of Ohio, also plans to continue to fight for the Great Lakes funding.

“This initiative has been a successful tool in our efforts to help protect and restore Lake Erie, and Rob will continue to fight for it just as he did when the Obama administration proposed cuts to the program,” spokesman Kevin Smith said.

The EPA declined to comment. The White House did not immediately respond to NBC's request for comment. 

Former EPA leader Gina McCarthy said the cuts to the EPA prioritize the special interests of big businesses.

“It shows the Trump administration doesn’t hold the same American values for clean air, clean water and healthy land as the vast majority of its citizens,” she said in a statement to The Associated Press.

Scientists like Reutter worry that with a drop in federal investment, the country could see a return to the 1960s, 1970s condition of the Great Lakes, when they were contaminated with industrial waste.

The EPA, NOAA and the National Sea Grant College Program, like the one Reutter works for at Ohio State University, have provided information about toxic algae blooms that build up as a result of high levels of phosphorus in the water.

Most of the blooms that form today are from agricultural runoff, but historically they have also been caused by poor sewage.

The industrial waste from the 1960s and 70s, such as PCBs, mercury and metals, has seen improvements in recent decades, but the issue of blooms remains. According to Reutter’s estimates, to reduce the imminent threat caused by blooms, phosphorus levels in the lakes need to be reduced about 40 percent.

Next week, more than 100 Great Lakes advocates will make their annual trip to Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress. This year, they will urge them to push back on the Trump administration's cuts. While the president proposes the budget, it is up to Congress to revise and pass it. The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1, 2017.

Flanagan said that they're ready to counter the threatening cuts.

"We're not gonna go down without a fight," she said.

Former President Barack Obama "rolled his eyes" at President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims that he wiretapped Trump Tower at the end of the 2016 election, a source close to the former president told NBC News.

The source, who spoke to NBC News on the condition of anonymity and is familiar with the president's thinking, said Obama believes the claims "undermine the integrity of the office of the president," but don't undermine his own integrity, because "he didn't do it."

The source told NBC News the former president "is much more concerned by President Trump kicking people off their health insurance, not staffing the government, not being prepared for a crisis, rolling back regulations so that corporations can pollute the air and water and letting mentally unstable people buy guns with no problems whatsoever."

A convicted felon wanted for illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border near the San Ysidro Port of Entry was arrested in Northern California after a Border Patrol investigation. 

The investigation first began when Border Patrol agents found evidence that a 27-year-old Mexican national had illegally entered the U.S. on Feb. 14, 2017. 

The man had left behind personal belongings a short distance east of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, according to Border Patrol agents. 

Evidence lead investigators to Bakersfield, where they found and apprehended the man on Friday, with help from agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations.

The man has a 2015 felony conviction for assault with a deadly weapon. He has three prior deportations from the country, the most recent of which was in December 2016. 

The man is in federal custody and will face charges for re-entry after deportation. 

To report suspicious activity to the U.S. Border Patrol, contact San Diego Sector at (619) 498-9900.

Two new bills that aim to promote women in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields are a positive step forward, but they don’t quite cut it, experts say.

The bills, recently signed by President Donald Trump, authorize the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA to use existing programs and resources to recruit women.

But existing programs are underfunded, according to some women working in what are known as the STEM fields, and the two bills do not allocate funding toward the organizations they cover. And without appropriate funding, some say, the mission of the bills is diminished.

"It’s good to see backing of these programs, and to have both congress and the president support them, but the devil is in the details," said Dr. Alice Agogino, a professor of engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. "And so, it’s really important what the action item will be."

She questioned whether there would be a supplemental budget associated with the bills.

The first bill, H.R. 255 or the "Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act" was introduced by Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) and co-authored by Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) to "[authorize] the National Science Foundation to use its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world."

Following the bill’s signing, Esty, in a statement said, "No matter how contentious or passionate our political disagreements may get, as representatives for the American people, we must never stop working toward common solutions that will improve people’s lives."

She said that the passage of the bills will "help women from all walks of life break into fields where they have been underrepresented."

The second bill, H.R. 321, or the "Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act," was co-authored by Esty and introduced by Comstock.

The bill "calls on NASA to encourage girls and young women to pursue careers in aerospace. In particular, it directs NASA to encourage women to enter the STEM fields through three existing programs: NASA Girls, Aspire to Inspire, and the Summer Institute in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Research," according to a news release from Esty’s office.

Comstock in a statement said that young women will now have greater opportunities to pursue careers in STEM fields.

"The INSPIRE Women Act is bipartisan legislation that authorizes NASA to encourage young women to study the STEM fields and to pursue careers that will further advance America’s space missions and the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act also promotes women and jobs in STEM fields," she said.

Both bills received bipartisan backing, and Committee on Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), voiced support for both measures following their signing.

"I believe the INSPIRE Women Act and the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act will help encourage more talented young women to pursue their dreams, and change the world with their ideas," he said.

"It’s important that the president continues to support this bill, and that he recognizes that [we] do still need to keep working to increase the representation of women in the STEM fields," said Dr. Stefanie Kroll, an assistant research professor at Drexel University.

Kroll, who is also the project science director for the Delaware River Watershed Initiative at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, said that without specific grant programs or funding for programs, the bills won’t accomplish what they’re meant to do.

The White House and Esty did not immediately reply to requests for comment on whether there would be additional funding for programs aimed at promoting women in STEM.

In an emailed statement to NBC, NASA voiced support for the INSPIRE act.

"NASA has been and remains committed to encouraging more women to enter science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields of study and employment," the statement said. "The agency supports the goals of the INSPIRE Act and will look to expand our existing successful external outreach activities. We also appreciate the growing number of private citizens who help share NASA’s exciting story of exploration and discovery."

According to a NASA spokeswoman, the organization already has programs aimed at promoting women in STEM, but she said there is no new plan yet in regard to the INSPIRE Women Act.

According to the text of the bill, the NASA Administrator must submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation "a plan for how NASA can best facilitate and support both current and retired astronauts, scientists, engineers, and innovators, including early career female astronauts, scientists, engineers, and innovators, to engage with K–12 female STEM students and inspire the next generation of women to consider participating in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and to pursue careers in aerospace."

In an emailed statement, a spokesman for Comstock said, "We will get more info from NASA, and Congress will, of course, have the ability to seek more resources based on that report. The Congresswoman is in support of funding increases for NASA and in the STEM fields."

While signing the bills, Trump said it’s unacceptable that so many women have degrees in STEM fields, but aren’t employed. He said he thinks that will change, though.

"We need policies that help support women in the workforce, and that's really very much going to be addressed by my administration over the years, and to get more and more of these bills coming out, and address the barriers faced by female and those in STEM fields," Trump said. "We want American women who graduate from college with STEM degrees to be able to get STEM jobs that can support their families and help these American women to live out the American Dream, which they are so qualified to live out."

The NSF in a statement said it is committed to creating opportunities for women, and said the legislation reinforces current activities.

"One example of such NSF activities includes the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which seeks to transform scientific discovery into benefits for society by catalyzing the commercialization of innovations. SBIR fosters and encourages participation by women-owned small businesses," the statement said.

While signing the bills, Trump also commented on offshoring--when a business bases some of its services overseas for lower costs, or a more favorable economy--which he’s brought up repeatedly in the past in relation to U.S. jobs.

"Protecting women with STEM degrees, and all Americans with STEM degrees is very important, but it also means you have to crack down on offshoring, because the offshoring is a tremendous problem that displaces many of our best American workers and brains -- the brain power," he said.

The bills were applauded by many, including Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, who has been vocal about supporting women since her father first began his presidential campaign.

The Association of American Universities, which represents 62 different research universities in the United States and Canada, also praised the bills on Twitter.

Margaret Hart, a STEM Outreach Adviser at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, said legislation promoting or creating programs that encourage women to enter STEM fields is a great thing.

"Introducing young students to science and engaging and getting them really experience [it] is what’s going to help increase the number of women that go into, and hopefully stay in, STEM" she said.

Another issue brought up by Kroll is a lack of jobs in her field: environmental science.

"I think at the university level, and the masters level, I have seen a lot more women trained in the sciences," she said. "I think part of the problem now, at least in the environmental field, [is that] there have been hiring freezes and changes in agency policies."

On the other hand, Agogino said, "They are hurting for getting good women in STEM disciplines."

Experts said that the STEM fields have seen improvements throughout the years in regard to female involvement, however they believe there are issues that still need to be addressed.

Agogino discussed the idea of a "chilly climate" toward women in STEM, and said that it has to be tackled when trying achieve to goals of inspiring and encouraging women to work in STEM fields.

"What’s troubling is the almost renewal of explicit bias that we are seeing today," she said, pointing to sexual harassment as an example.

Hart, who works with young women in the Johns Hopkins’ Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program, said that she hasn’t heard feedback of women feeling awkward in the field, but said, "Hopefully the more young girls we can get interested in the field, it can help curb that."

Agogino, who has been honored with a lifetime mentoring award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, said mentoring is vital when it comes to STEM.

"We also need to have the leadership that takes gender into consideration all steps along the way," she said.

Kroll has similar beliefs to Agogino. She said mentorship seems to be the thing that really gets women to stick with STEM professions.

"It’s the duty of most scientists to promote excellent students, both male and female," she said. But, they should keep in mind that mentorship of someone may encourage them to stay within STEM, Kroll added.

Gerber Products Company is voluntarily recalling its Cheese Ravioli Gerber Pasta Pick-Ups product to clarify egg labeling to make it easier to identify foods that contain allergens.

The recalled products have "Egg" included in the ingredient list but was not listed in the "Contains" statement, according to Gerber.

The product's universal product code is 159070.

The New York-based company advises anyone with egg allergies to not consume the product.

All other Gerber products, including other Gerber Pasta Pick-Ups, are appropriately labeled, said the company.

If consumers have additional questions, they can contact Gerber any time at 1-800-510-7494 or email Gerber on the company's website.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday took credit for ExxonMobil's announcement of a $20 billion, 47,000 jobs investment in the United States, but the investment isn't entirely new, NBC News reported.

Some of the spending on the $20 billion investment began in 2013, according to the company's press release. Still, this is not the first time Trump has taken credit for job creation and corporate spending that was in motion before he took office.

He said, for example, that he struck a deal with Carrier to preserve more than 1,100 jobs in the U.S. However, his deal actually saved 800 jobs or fewer, according to union officials. He also took credit for General Motors' announcement of a plan that would make for the creation or retention of 1,500 jobs, the return of 450 jobs and the addition of 5,000 jobs "over the next few years." GM Officials said that the decision dates back as early as 2014.

After a meeting with Trump in February, Intel pledged $7 billion to build a factor in Arizona, hiring at least 3,000 employees. While the company said Trump helped create jobs, the investment had been in the works (but delayed) since 2011.

The Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center (JCC) in La Jolla has once again received a bomb threat – the latest in a wave targeting Jewish community centers across the nation.

San Diego Police Department (SDPD) Officer Billy Hernandez confirmed Wednesday that the local JCC had received an email threat. No further details about the wording in the email were released; no evacuations were ordered.

A security guard at the center told NBC 7 they weren't evacuating the site because the threat was not credible.

For months, a series of similar threats made toward Jewish centers across the United States has persisted. On Tuesday, another wave of bomb threats targeted facilities in New York, Florida, Wisconsin and Illinois, in most cases leading to brief evacuations. In recent months, these threats have prompted evacuations of dozens of facilities spanning more than 30 states.

The La Jolla JCC is part of this. On Feb. 21, the local center received a bomb threat. It again happened on Feb. 27.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said several of its offices have also received similar threats. A man was arrested last week in connection with one of the threats to the ADL and the seven other Jewish centers, including the La Jolla facility, but investigators said that man is a copycat.

Naomi Ruderman, a San Diego woman attending a class at the La Jolla center on Wednesday, told NBC 7 the threats to the local center and to sites across the country are deeply disturbing.

“I’m disgusted," she said. "I’m disgusted that we can’t find the people, the group, who’s behind all of this. This is crazy. This is absolutely anti-Semitism at its best.”

Ruderman said that although Wednesday's threat to the JCC was not deemed credible, it still makes her "wary."

She doesn't understand why anyone would choose to target a center that does so much for the community.

“This is a wonderful place; it’s open to everybody – you don’t have to be Jewish. It’s open to anybody that wants to be part of a good organization,” she explained.

She said the threats must be thoroughly investigated and somehow, they must be stopped.

"They’re putting fear into everybody," Ruderman lamented. "Let’s stop it. But how do you stop words? You can’t."

A shrinking number of San Diego homeowners owe more money on their house than it is currently worth, according to Zillow's 2016 Q4 Negative Equity Report. 

In San Diego, the percent of mortgaged homeowners in negative equity, or underwater - when someone owes more on their home than what it is worth - decreased from 7.9 percent in 2015 Q4 to 6.1 percent in 2016 Q4. 

While the decrease is significant, said real estate analyst Gary London, the numbers do not tell the whole story.

"What Zillow doesn’t tell you is what neighborhoods these underwater homes are in and those numbers would be almost entirely reflective of homes in the South Bay and East County," said London. "There will be very few homes within 10 miles of the coast that would be part of that overall percentage."

Even though the number is meant to reflect the region, London said, the issue of homeowners underwater is more acute in certain parts of the region than others. 

"If you’re a North County homeowner, say you live in Carlsbad, San Marcos, certainly any of the coastal communities, you would find that these percentages would be way lower," London said. "If you were in Chula Vista, or El Cajon, you would find that these percentages would be high, and you would find that there would be more of these underwater homes like that."

"Where the problem continues to fester is in South County and East County, where the greatest trauma was felt in terms of underwater homeowners and sub prime," London added. "That’s the nuance here."

The other factor to the equation: San Diego compared to the rest of the nation.

San Diego's declining number of underwater homeowners goes hand in hand with nationwide numbers. Across the U.S., fewer homeowners are underwater on their mortgages, though more than half of those owe more than 20 percent of more than what their homes are worth. 

"We’re in relatively good shape," London said. "We’re not as good shape as the San Francisco, San Jose region, for instance, but we’re in a lot better shape than the Midwest or the rust belt cities."

By the end of 2016, 10.5 percent of homeowners with a mortgage were underwater, down from 13.1 percent the previous year, the report finds. 

During that same year, 1.2 million homeowners who owned more on their house than it was worth were able to resurface; however, five million across the U.S. remain underwater. 

In San Diego, 44.6 percent of underwater homeowners were within 20 percent of positive equity in 2016 - down nearly four percent from 48.3 percent the previous year, the report finds. 

It's a number that means the market is coming closer to having fewer and fewer homeowners underwater, London said. 

"To me, that means the market is within shooting distance of curing this problem almost completely," London said.

The San Diego region tends to be doing better than the nation because of the strong economy behind it, he said. 

"So really the rule here is that the stronger the economy, the more people’s income, the more they're able to cure any problems with their housing and most importantly, the more value there is in housing, because housing prices have been up substantially in places where the economic growth is greatest, and you need to build new homes," London said.

Within two years, London said, San Diego could reach the peak bubble price point of 2006. That's another way of saying housing prices have appreciated to near historical highs. 

Though San Diego's housing market is doing better, it's hard to compare it to other parts of the county. 

"All real estate is local," London explained. "It’s very hard to compare San Diego to Indianapolis; there are a lot of other things that go on."

"(The numbers) don’t say much other than our economy and our housing market is stronger than Indianapolis (for example)," London added.

If you win a California Lottery scratchers prize above $600, you’ll now have to wait much longer to get that money.

The California Lottery says the reason is simple: they can’t keep up with all the recent winnings.

Winners used to receive their payouts in less than 6 weeks, but due the high volume of recent winners the estimated time is now between 12 to 14 weeks.

While you can still redeem scratchers winnings of $599 or less at the stores where you bought them, $600 prizes require people to fill out a claims form which starts the claims process.

“It’s not that we don’t have the money,” said Russell Lopez, California Lottery Deputy Director of Communication. “With all the recent winners, we’re just playing catch up”.

While some regular lotto players expressed skepticism over the delay, others understand and called it a big time first world problem.

“If I win $25,000, I can wait 12 to 14 weeks," said Artis Williams, manager at Lotto King in Downtown San Diego.

The surge in recent winnings of $600 or more has a little to do with luck, but it’s also part of the California Lottery strategy.

“We are introducing more higher price-point Scratchers games that have a higher number of winners. We are finding that many of our players are liking the $10 and $20 games, and we recently introduced our second $30 Scratchers game,” said Lopez.

Lopez said California Lottery is currently working on a plan to speed up the payouts on claims between $600 and $1000, which represents a large number of their claims.