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Humphrey's Makes Splash With 2017 Lineup

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The San Diego Music Awards might have left Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay this year, but some of the best shows of the year have not.

Coming up in April, Humphrey's hosts everyone from Los Angeles indie-pop phenom Banks, to yacht-rock grand-daddies Steely Dan to the classic folk-rock legend David Crosby.

Now, I don’t know if you’ve been keeping up on your Netflix music documentaries like I have, but 2012's "Searching for Sugar Man" profiles the unexpected South African popularity of Detroit-based singer/songwriter Rodriguez, despite him being virtually unknown in America.  He's playing Humphrey's just the day before Melissa Etheridge  at the end of May.

June brings a little something different as Ziggy Marley and King Crimson offer bright spots on the calendar for the month, and Humphrey's follows them up with the Temptations and the Four Tops in July.

Head spinning yet? Good, because Huey Lewis & the News, America, Indigo Girls, the Beach Boys and City and Colour all round out late summer and fall.

And these are all just the shows you didn't already know about. Remember that Father John Misty and Willie Nelson’s shows at Humphrey's are also coming up quickly.

For tickets and an even more exhaustive lineup, click here.

Rutger Rosenborg was almost a Stanford neuroscientist before he formed Ed Ghost Tucker. He now plays in the Lulls and makes music on his own when he's not writing. Follow his updates on Facebook or contact him directly.



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Ex-Padre Matt Kemp Auctioning San Diego Mansion

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MLB player Matt Kemp listed his mansion in San Diego for $11.5 million in December.

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Stolen Car Falls into Ravine After Crashing into Power Box

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A stolen vehicle was abandoned after the driver crashed into a power box and plunged the car into a ravine in Kensington Monday morning, according to San Diego Police.

The empty, abandoned sedan was discovered by an official from the water department. Officers arrived at Camino Del Rio South and Fairmount Avenue at about 9:20 a.m. 

After checking the license plate, police determined that the black sedan was stolen three days ago. Officers say this is not the first time they've found an abandoned, stolen car near this location.

"Given that it was the weekend, you know someone driving a stolen vehicle, and they could have been intoxicated, could have been speed," said SDPD Acting Sgt. Michael Serrano. "It's possible we're here at this ramp, that they just took the exit too quickly and were not able to control the vehicle."

The lights at the intersection are out from the crash. SDG&E crews were requested at the scene.

An investigation is underway to figure out who stole this car. Crews will use a tow truck to pull the vehicle out from the ravine, once it's been cleared from the power box.



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Police: Teen Planned Shooting at Her Maryland High School

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A female high school student had immediate plans to bomb her school in Frederick County, Maryland, and shoot students and teachers, police say.

Nichole Cevario, 18, stockpiled bomb-making materials and had a shotgun to attack Catoctin High School on April 5, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office said Monday. She wrote about her plans in detail in a diary her father found. 

Police believe the diary entries were not empty threats, Sheriff Charles A. Jenkins said at a news conference.  

"We felt this was going to be carried out. There is no doubt in our minds that we diverted a disaster up there," he said. 

Cevario "had the means and equipment to have caused a significant life safety event” at the school, police said in a statement. 

Police learned of Cevario's plot after her father read her diary and called the school. Within hours, the honor student was pulled out of a classroom and involuntarily taken to a hospital for a psychological evaluation. 

Police searched Cevario's home in Thurmont, Maryland, and found weapons and the diary. In the home, police say they found a 12-gauge shotgun with ammunition and bomb-making materials including pipes with end caps, shrapnel, fireworks, magnesium tape and fuse material. The gun and other items were purchased legally, police said. 

In the diary, police say Cevario "spelled out a detailed shooting event that she planned to execute on a specific date in April," police said. 

Officials later said that date was April 5. It was not immediately clear whether that date had any significance. 

The diary showed the high schooler, who had been taking college classes in criminal justice, had been planning the attack for some time, police said. She compiled information on the school's emergency procedures and the school resource deputy on duty. 

"The journal was very detailed, including a time line that revealed how she was going to execute the plot, and her expectations at each stage of the event," police said. 

Officials say Cevario acted alone and never took a weapon or explosive device to the school. It was clear she had mental health issues, the sheriff's office said. 

"Obviously, this was a student who needed some intervention and some help, and I think the silver lining is she's going to get the help she needs now," Frederick County Public Schools spokesman Michael Doerrer said.  

The tip police received from Cevario's father may have saved lives, officials said.

"The Sheriff’s Office is extremely appreciative of the parent’s actions in bringing this potentially deadly incident to the proper authority’s attention, promptly, so that a positive conclusion could be achieved," the statement said. 

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Maryand State Fire Marshal's bomb squad assisted the sheriff's office.

The school's principal assured parents that students are secure there.

"We keep our school safe, and we will continue to work together as a community to keep it safe," Principal Bernie Quesada said in a letter sent Monday.

Counselors were available at the school.

Once Cevario is released from the hospital, she will be charged with possession of explosive and incendiary material with intent to create a destructive device. 

Law enforcement and school officials said they had no sign Cevario had any problem.

Anyone with information for police is asked to call 301-600-2583. 

Stay with News4 for more details on this developing story.



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Vehicle Crashes into Auto Parts Shop in Mira Mesa: SDPD

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A vehicle crashed into the O'Reilly's Auto Parts shop in Mira Mesa late Monday morning, confirmed San Diego police.

San Diego Fire-Rescue crews were called to the 10000 block of Camino Ruiz just after 10:40 a.m., said SDFD PIO Monica Munoz. No injuries were reported.

Police are working to clear the scene. Whether alcohol played a factor in the crash was not yet known.

Further information was not immediately available.



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Drug Lab: Pooch Shipped to NYC With $1M of Heroin

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A dog was used as a drug mule for two New York men sending more than $1 million worth of heroin to John F. Kennedy Airport, the Queens District Attorney says.

The dog, a mixed-breed Shepherd-type, was employed to help the men hide ten bricks of heroin in the false bottom of a crate sent from Puerto Rico to JFK on March 24, district attorney Richard Brown says.

“It’s alleged that man’s best friend was used in an attempt to smuggle drugs into the city," he said.

"But great police work led to the seizure of more than 10 kilograms of heroin concealed within a dog crate."

He said the men, Samuel Seabrooks, 35, of the Bronx, and Carlos Betancourt-Morales, 27, of Putnam County, were charged with drug possession and conspiracy.

The pair are accused of meeting up at a Bronx diner on Friday before taking separate cars to American Airlines Priority Parcel Services at JFK Airport.

Betancourt-Morales then went to sign for the dog -- and the heroin -- before he was stopped by police, officials say.

The next day a search warrant was executed on the crate, where the packages of heroin were discovered. The NYPD's Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad was also part of the bust.

Both defendants were arraigned Sunday night before Queens Criminal Court Judge Gia Morris.

Judge Morris set bail at $500,000 bond or $250,000 cash for each defendant. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in prison.

The dog was given to the ASPCA, the district attorney's office said.

The DA's office initially said the dog was an Avi Labrador; it now says it appears to be a male Shepherd-type. 



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Wells Fargo to Roll Out Cellphone ATM Access

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Wells Fargo is upgrading all 13,000 of its ATMs to allow customers to access their funds using their cellphones instead of traditional bank cards.

The announcement was made last week by Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan.

While banks like JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have announced similar upgrades to their ATMs, those are still being rolled out. Wells Fargo would be the first to upgrade all of its ATMs with the feature across the United States.

To access their money, customers would get unique eight-digit codes from their Wells Fargo smartphone app, and enter the code into the ATM along with their PIN number. The machines will still accept debit cards as well.

"Whether a customer happens to have a card on them or not, (the upgrade) provides another simple and secure way to withdraw cash at any of our ATMs," said Adam Vancini, head of virtual channel operations at Wells Fargo.

One limitation of the one-time code, though, is that it won't work on the secure doors that many branches have for non-business hours that require a customer to swipe an ATM or debit card to gain entry. Wells Fargo said those secure doors are found at a small percentage of branches, mostly in major metropolitan areas like New York City or Chicago.

The announcement comes as Wells Fargo is looking for ways to woo back the customers it alienated after the San Francisco-based bank admitted that employees opened as many as 2 million checking and credit card accounts for their customers without getting authorization. The bank said Monday that activity at its branches remains depressed from a year ago, with customers opening 40 percent fewer checking accounts per day last month compared to a year earlier, while the number of customer interactions with branch bankers per day was down 17 percent.

Wells said it plans to roll out another upgrade to its ATMs later this year, which will allow customers to access the ATMs by holding their smartphones up to a reader on the machine, instead of entering the eight-digit code. It would be similar to using Apple Pay or Samsung Pay, the bank said.

Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America all announced last year similar upgrades to their ATMs, but the rollout has been slow. Chase's upgraded machines are still in major markets like New York, Miami and San Francisco, while Bank of America says roughly half of its ATMs have the cardless capabilities.

Injured Woman Rescued While Hiking in Rancho Penasquitos

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Crews worked to rescue a woman who injured her foot while hiking Black Mountain in Rancho Penasquitos Monday, confirmed San Diego Fire-Rescue (SDFD).

She was able to flag down a police helicopter flying nearby just before 10:50 a.m. The police helicopter crew then called SDFD, according to SDFD.

Then, an SDFD helicopter was requested to the scene and airlifted the woman to safety.

No further information was immediately available.



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Men Charged in Fight With Husband Who Defended Pregnant Wife

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Three men who made lewd comments about a pregnant woman as she walked down the street, prompting her husband to come to her defense, have been arrested and charged, San Diego County Sheriff's (SDSO) Detective Michael Moore said. 

The incident happened around 6:10 p.m. Saturday on the 1000 block of Elkelton Boulevard in Spring Valley, near a bus stop and the El Kelton Shopping Center, right off State Route 125. 

Three men - later identified as 29-year-old Eulalio Zuniga, 24-year-old Edwin Zuniga, and 35-year-old Felipe Zuniga - made lewd comments about a woman as she walked on the sidewalk with her husband and two-year-old child, Moore said. 

The woman told her husband, who then went to confront the men, Moore said. 

The husband and the suspects got into a fight which quickly escalated, Moore said. As the wife tried to break up the fight, she was punched in the face.

At one point during the fight, one of the men grabbed a drainage cover and used it to hit the husband over the head, Sheppard said. He suffered head trauma. 

One of the men was slashed with a sharp instrument and suffered severe injuries. 

Two of the men and the husband were taken to local hospitals. The suspects and the husband are expected to survive. 

The three men were charged with assault with a deadly weapon. 

The incident is under investigation. 

Paradise Hills Fatal Hit-and-Run Suspect Appears in Court

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A suspect facing felony charges for a hit-and-run in Paradise Hills that killed a man grabbing an umbrella from his car appeared in court Monday.

James Arthur Robbins, was arraigned at the San Diego County Court for his involvement in the fatal collision on Jan. 19 at the 5900 block of Albemarle Street. He is accused of felony charges including hit-and-run causing death and violation of parole.

If convicted Robbins faces a maximum eight year sentence.

Robbins was allegedly traveling on the opposite side of the road from the victim, when he crossed over the double yellow lines and struck the victim Jose Padron, said San Diego police.

Robbins allegedly failed to stop at the scene and took off, after the fatal crash that killed the 49-year-old mechanic Padron. The victim was left dead in front of his house, after trying to grab an umbrella from his car to give to his wife.

The crash was loud, causing neighbors to run outside where they found the victim, said David McNees, the San Diego County Deputy District Attorney.

"There is an abundance of circumstantial evidence in this case," said McNees.

After the fatal collision, there's evidence that Robbins left his job, his girlfriend, the place he was staying and didn't show up for an appointment, said McNees.

"It was very evident to the police he was trying to avoid any detection," said McNees.

A woman who lives nearby came home and discovered her vehicle, which she let the defendant drive, was damaged, said McNees. She called the police, and when they inspected the vehicle they realized it was involved in the crash.

Robbins was already in custody on a parole violation when San Diego Police discovered his connection to the case.

The court set his bail at $300,000. His readiness hearing was scheduled for Apr. 6 and his preliminary hearing for Apr. 10.



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CBP Seizes $2.8 Million in Drugs, Arrests 19 Fugitives

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Border Patrol agents seized nearly $2.8 million in drugs in San Diego and Imperial Valley counties over the weekend.

According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), about 808 pounds of drugs, including cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine and heroin were seized at several ports of entries in the two counties.

The seizures occurred between Friday and Sunday.

CBP said 19 wanted fugitives were also taken into custody. The fugitives were wanted for various outstanding felony warrants, including larceny, assault and dangerous drugs.

Flint and Michigan Settle Water Suit for Almost $100M

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The state of Michigan will pay $87 million to replace water lines to thousands of homes in lead-contaminated Flint under a settlement agreement submitted Monday, NBC News reported.

A hearing to approve the settlement agreement was scheduled for 1 p.m. ET Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit.

If Judge David Lawson OKs the deal, the Flint and Michigan governments would be obligated to dig up, inspect and replace lead or galvanized-steel water lines leading to at least 18,000 homes by Jan. 1, 2020.

The state agreed to set aside an additional $10 million for unexpected extra expenses. That's a total of $97 million the state is committing — equal to almost all of the $100 million in funds set aside for Flint earlier this month by the Environmental Protection Agency under legislation signed in December by President Barack Obama.



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Delegation from San Diego, Baja Takes Message to Mexico City

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At a time of dicey issues between the U.S. and Mexico, political observers have been speculating that the two countries' relationship could be at risk.

But right now there's a strong local outreach across the border.

Business and government leaders from San Diego and Baja California are meeting with top lawmakers in Mexico City this week, to strengthen economic and diplomatic ties.

Especially after Tijuana's big sewage spill that polluted South County beaches and even San Diego Bay.

Nearly 90 people are on the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce's trip to Mexico's capital, including not only elected officials such as San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and County Supervisor Ron Roberts, but representatives of the Airport Authority, Port of San Diego, and Baja California Railroad.

The delegates are emphasizing the value of cross-border commerce and collaboration on infrastructure projects.

According to the Chamber, California and Baja combine for a $230 billion economy, with San Diego's annual exports to Mexico totaling upwards of $5.5 billion.

Among other issues on the table are upgraded sewage systems, high-tech employment and another border crossing.

All this comes against a backdrop of President Trump touting the prospect of a "border tax" on Mexico imports to pay for a controversial wall, and re-negotiating NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.

South of the border, those are not exactly popular themes.

"Our story is about putting aside differences, finding common ground and working together,” Faulconer told reporters at a news conference Monday. “ We're neighbors, and we're very proud of that."

Faulconer pointed out that San Diego and Tijuana comprise the world’s largest “hub” of medical manufacturing.

Said chamber president Jerry Sanders, a former San Diego mayor: “I’m confident we’ll overcome the obstacles we face and tap into the potential in our region, growing together as a top global competitor.”

The chamber will take another binational delegation to Washington D.C. in the fall.



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Teen Escapes Human Trafficking in Ventura, 3 Arrested

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A teenager escaped in Ventura County after being held for three days in San Diego against her will as a human trafficking victim, confirmed police.

Three suspects involved in the case were arrested in Ventura County in connection with the crime Saturday, according to the Ventura Police Department.

Brian Lewis, age 21, DaShawn Jackson, age 18, and Dameon Howard, age 20, from Fresno are all suspected of felony human trafficking and conspiracy charges. Ventura police officers say they discovered a loaded gun in their car.

Lewis also faces a felony charge of carrying a loaded firearm in his vehicle.

The teenager told police she was held for three days in San Diego County before she was taken to the La Quinta Inn in Ventura County.

"We are hoping to be able to eventually pinpoint where this happened but we may never know," said Ventura Police Major Crimes Sgt. Matt Cain.

The victim was from Fresno, and told police she knew she was in San Diego but could not tell exactly where.

At about 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, Ventura Police received a call from the National Human Trafficking Center hotline from a teenager who was fleeing human trafficking.

When the suspects left San Diego and went to a hotel in Ventura, police say that's when the victim was able to escape and call for help. She fled and hid near Victoria Avenue and Valentine Road. 

Patrol officers were sent to the area, found the 17-year-old victim and took her to the station. She told officers that she was held against her will and forced to commit sex acts under the threat of physical harm. 

The victim provided police with descriptions of the suspects, their vehicle and a possible room where they were staying.

All three suspects were later arrested and identified by the victim as the ones who held her captive in the La Quinta Inn on Valentine Road in Ventura County, according to Ventura Police.

An investigation into this human trafficking incident is ongoing. Anyone with information can call the Ventura Police Major Crimes Unit at 805-339-4465.



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Rescues Reported in 4-Alarm Fire: Oakland Police


Woman Awakens to Stranger Kneeling at Her Bed: PD

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A Mission Beach woman woke up Monday and found a stranger kneeling by her bed, San Diego police said.

Officers were called to the home on Reed Avenue near Mission Boulevard at 4 a.m. The neighborhood is just a block east of the beach and two blocks south of Grand Avenue.

The woman’s boyfriend chased the man out of the home, police said.

No one was arrested.

Neighbors said the woman was "pretty shooken up" by the terrifying way to wake-up. Many were still unsettled by the incident late Monday afternoon.

"It's just really, really scary and really creepy," said Diana Fam, a next-door neighbor. "To do that in an apartment complex where there's so many other people around that could be watching for him, for him to take that kind of risk is really scary."

A close friend of the woman told NBC7 the man did not touch her or steal anything but did put his face close to hers as she slept.

"It was pretty crazy," said neighbor Cory McMullen. "It was like four in the morning and I heard them yelling and a bunch of loud noises. I was just waking up so I thought there was an earthquake or something."

McMullen said neighbors chased the man into an alley where he disappeared into the night.

He said the man was a dark-skinned male with short hair in his 20's to 30's wearing a white shirt. Witnesses did not get a very good look at him because it was dark and he was running away, McMullen said.

San Diego police searched nearby backyards with flashlights.

Officer Billy Hernandez said it is too early to tell if the incident was isolated or not.

"Northern Division is currently investigating this incident," Hernandez wrote in an email.

It is not yet known if the victims had their doors and windows locked.

Arrest in Coronado Bridge Wrong-Way Crash

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A woman faces felony DUI charges for driving the wrong-way on the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and colliding head-on with another vehicle.

The California Highway Patrol reported a westbound vehicle was involved in a head-on collision just 300 yards east of the toll plaza at 4:18 a.m.

A white sedan was driving the wrong way across the bridge, officials said.

CHP Officer Jake Sanchez said the driver of a Ford Fusion, Briana Rall, 24, was spotted by a patrol officer at the toll plaza. 

By the time the CHP officer caught up with Rall, the crash had occurred.

Rall, who suffered moderate injuries in the crash, will be charged with felony DUI, Sanchez said.

The driver of an F-150 was struck head-on by Rall's vehicle. The 49-year-old woman was taken to UCSD Medical Center with major injuries, the CHP official said.

The driver of a third vehicle, a Dodge Ram pickup, was struck by the F-150. The 27-year-old man suffered moderate injuries and was also being treated at UCSD.

Traffic in both directions was immediately stopped and held for several hours while CHP and Coronado police investigated.

Nunes Met Source for Trump Monitoring Claim at WH Grounds

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Before Rep. Devin Nunes claimed Trump Tower may have been caught up in United States surveillance efforts during the transition period, the House Intelligence Committee chairman was on White House grounds meeting with a source, Nunes' spokesman confirmed in a statement to NBC News. 

Nunes, a California Republican, hasn't revealed who his source was for the explosive claim, made Wednesday, that private communications of President Donald Trump and his presidential transition team may have been scooped up by American intelligence officials monitoring other targets and improperly distributed throughout spy agencies. Nunes later took the information directly to Trump before briefing other members of the committee, drawing a rebuke from other members.

The ranking Democrat on the committee, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said in a statement Monday he believes Nunes "should recuse himself from any further involvement in the Russia investigation, as well as any involvement in oversight of matters pertaining to any incidental collection of the Trump transition, as he was also a key member of the transition team."

Schiff had declared Wednesday he had "profound doubt" about the integrity and independence of the committee's probe, and has pushed for an independent commission to look into alleged ties between Trump's team and Russia, which is suspected of interfering with the election. Schiff followed up Monday by saying that it is "very clear" that Nunes had "no legitimate justification for bringing that information to the White House instead of the committee."

Monday's revelation also prompted Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to call for House Speaker Paul Ryan to remove Nunes as committee chairman for a "credible investigation."

Ryan's press secretary hours earlier said that a statement from last week expressing "full confidence" in Nunes still stood. 

Nunes, who served on Trump's transition, has apologized to members of the committee for briefing the president first. He also clarified that he can't be sure whether conversations among Trump or his aides were captured in the surveillance.

"Chairman Nunes met with his source at the White House grounds in order to have proximity to a secure location where he could view the information provided by the source," his spokesman Jack Langer said in a statement. "The Chairman is extremely concerned by the possible improper unmasking of names of U.S. citizens, and he began looking into this issue even before President Trump tweeted his assertion that Trump Tower had been wiretapped."

Classified information must be viewed in secure enclosures called sensitive compartmented information facilities, or SCIFs. However, as NBC News reports, Nunes' own committee has a secure room in the Capitol in which he and his aides regularly review secret documents — so it's unclear why Nunes would have had to seek a secure location to do so in the White House.

Langer responded that the circumstances required that Nunes go to the White House grounds, the Associated Press reports.

"Because of classification rules, the source could not simply put the documents in a backpack and walk them over to the House Intelligence Committee space," Langer said.

Ned Price, formerly the Special Assistant to President Obama, told NBC News that all visitors, even the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, must be cleared into White House grounds. "It's just not possible the White House was unaware or uninvolved," he said of Nunes' visit.

After the statement was released Monday, Nunes told Bloomberg View columnist Eli Lake Monday that his source was an intelligence official, not a White House staffer, whom he met on White House grounds because it was the most convenient secure location with "networked access" to the reports he viewed.

He also revealed that the reports were sent to executive branch agencies including the Obama White House, Lake reported.

Nunes' committee is looking into a claim made without evidence by the president that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower. Nunes and other officials, including FBI Director James Comey, have said there is no evidence the administration did so, but Trump said he felt "somewhat" vindicated by the briefing Nunes gave him.



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NFL Approve Raiders' Relocation to Las Vegas

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NFL owners on Monday gave the Oakland Raiders the green light to move from their current home in the East Bay to Las Vegas.

The relocation move was approved by 31 of the league's 32 owners during meetings in Phoenix.

"My father used to say that the greatness of the Raiders is in its future, and the opportunity to build a world-class stadium in the entertainment capital of the world is one opportunity that will give us the ability to achieve that greatness," Mark Davis, the owner of the Raiders, said.

Davis added that he has "mixed feelings" about the relocation, and he understands the anger that some fans of the Raiders most likely feel.

"I just hope that in the future as we play in Oakland this year that (the fans) understand it wasn't the players, it wasn't the coaches that made this decision, but it was me that made it," Davis said. "If they have anyone to talk to about it, it should be me. I will, in the coming days, try to explain to them what went in to making this difficult decision."

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf called Monday's announcement "very disappointing news."

"I'm very sad today for the 'Raider Nation,'" she said. "These are the most dedicated, passionate, good-hearted fans that any city could be proud to call theirs. That is what makes my heart so heavy."

With no stadium in place to greet them, it is not exactly clear at this point when the Raiders will pack their bags for Las Vegas. The Raiders maintain one-year stadium lease options in Oakland for the next two seasons. Davis added that the team could even still play in the East Bay during the 2019 campaign as well if the Las Vegas stadium is still in the works.

"We're still the Oakland Raiders and we are the Raiders and we represent the 'Raider Nation,'" Davis said.

Oakland season-ticket holders disappointed about the owners' decision will be allowed to refund their tickets if they so choose, Davis added.

The Raiders' proposal to the NFL included a $1.9 billion stadium plan in "Sin City." A total of $750 million in public funds via a Las Vegas hotel tax along with $500 million from the team and the NFL will be used to fund the construction of the domed arena. Bank of America, the Raiders' new chief financial backer, will also contribute funds.

The fact that no physical stadium location in Las Vegas had been officially determined and no stadium lease had been put into writing could have derailed the relocation proposal, but owners did not appear to find issue with those potential roadblocks.

In the days leading up to Monday's vote, Oakland went "all in" in hopes of enticing the franchise to stick with its original home.

Mayor Schaaf over the weekend backed a plan to construct a new $1.3 billion home for the Raiders on 55 acres of immediately available land just south of the Coliseum.

The East Bay city was slated to chip in $200 million to build the public infrastructure and pay for the preparation of the stadium site, according to Schaaf. Oakland's general fund would not have been tapped into to pay for the build. Rather, construction would have been paid off using revenue generated at the venue. Schaaf reiterated that $600 million in private funds would have come from the Fortress Investment Group and NFL Hall of Hamer and 49ers legend Ronnie Lott.

Mayor Schaaf on Monday once again stated that Oakland's stadium plan was a "fully financed, shovel-ready project."

The last-minute proposal was submitted to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last week, but it appears the effort was not enough to turn heads.

Over the weekend, Goodell wrote a letter, which was obtained by Bay Area News Group, to Schaaf indicating that the plan "does not present a proposal that is clear and specific, actionable in a reasonable timeframe, and free of major contingencies."

He backed that sentiment up Monday afternoon by claiming that the NFL worked "tirelessly" to resolve stadium issues in Oakland for roughly 10 years, but a substantial and well-rounded solution never materialized.

"The points that we always put back to Oakland were we need certainty on a viable plan that will work for the community and the team long term," he said. "It had to be actionable. We understand that contingencies sometimes occur, but major contingencies that put the entire project into doubt are just unreasonable in a case like this."

Davis added that Oakland did not do nearly enough to express its long-term commitment to the Raiders, especially after the Raiders were prevented from returning to Los Angeles last year.

"Oakland had the opportunity to come in and make a presentation to the league and they came in with a five-page piece of paper that had nothing to do with anything," he said. "They claimed that they would wait for us to lose the vote and come back and then they'd have all the leverage."

The Raiders came up short in that vote. The organization's leaders returned to Oakland and managed to negotiate a one-year lease at the Coliseum with two years of options, according to Davis. Both sides then planned to discuss long-term stadium ideas in the near future, but that never happened.

"A week later I got a call from one of the county board of supervisors telling me, 'Mark, I'm sorry, but the lease that we just negotiated, the three years of leases, are not going to be valid. We're going to raise the rent three times on you,'" Davis said. "At that point, we ended up signing that lease anyway, but then we decided we have to start looking elsewhere to see if we could find a long-term solution."

At that point, the Raiders and the city of Oakland halted communication with the exception of one meeting, according to Schaaf. She did admit that she understands Davis' frustrations with being unable to negotiate a long-term deal with Oakland for the past decade, but she also made sure to criticize him for not taking Oakland's latest stadium plan into consideration.

"I do think that the manly thing for him to do is at least admit that (Oakland) had a viable plan and that he made a choice," she said.



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Dad Collides With Son While Pulling up Driveway in Vista

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A father collided with his nine-year-old son while he pulled up into his driveway, seriously injuring the child Sunday evening, confirmed deputies.

Deputies from the Vista Patrol Station were called to the 400 block of Beaumont Drive at about 8:45 p.m., according to the San Diego County Sheriff's (SDSO) department.

The 52-year-old dad was driving a Jeep to enter his driveway when he hit his son who was playing there, said deputies.

His son was taken to Rady Children's Hospital with serious injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.

Deputies say alcohol was not believed to be a factor in the collision. Anyone with information related to this incident can call Deputy Sean Gallagher with the Vista Patrol Station Traffic Division at 760-806-4220.

No further information was immediately available.



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