A woman was reported to be lying on the road after a head-on crash in Lakeside Tuesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

The crash, which may have involved multiple vehicles, occurred around 3:16 p.m. on Wildcat Canyon and Willow roads.

CHP officials said vehicles on all lanes were at a standstill.

It is unknown what led up to the crash.

No other information was available.

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San Diego's understaffed police force is taking strong exception to Mayor Kevin Faulconer's latest proposed budget.

They warn it doesn't address their "most critical" need -- more officers on the streets.

The rank-and-file say their daily patrol numbers are "worsening", all too often, falling below the department's minimum staffing to maintain prescribed response times for all but the highest level dispatches.

The San Diego Police Officers Association was hoping for an extra $2 million in overtime as a short-term "stopgap" measure.

But that wish wasn't granted.

Instead, the mayor's revised budget, released Tuesday, calls for a 10 percent cut from last fiscal year's overtime reserve.

It does set aside $150,000 for a "recruitment and retention" study -- which the SDPOA says is fine, but doesn't address the immediate crisis of a shrinking patrol force.

They point out the department only attracted 129 of the 172 qualified officer candidates the top brass was looking for, to put through the academy this year.

And the projected loss of veteran officers is 156.

They say the failure to reliably meet minimum daily staffing numbers is proof of a disconnect at city hall.

"It's clearly shown in the last five years that recruiting is not going to get us out of the current situation,” said SDPOA president Brian Marvel in an interview with NBC 7. “We need to get back up to those numbers that we had prior to 2009, which was 2,127. And you know, we're only at 1,850."

The mayor is putting $100,000 into the department’s budget to underwrite a nationwide "executive search" for a new police chief.

The current chief, Shelley Zimmerman, will retire next year.

In 2014 she replaced her predecessor, Bill Lansdowne, without a nationwide search.

A North County restaurant was closed Tuesday, after the manager was stabbed repeatedly in the face and the suspect was later killed by deputies.

The quick-thinking reaction of one group of teens may have saved the victim's life. Four Santa Fe Christian High School seniors walked into the Rubios located in Solana Beach without expecting to render emergency aid.

In the restaurant, the manager was trying to keep a man from coming in when a fight broke out -- the knife attack at the Rubios happened at about 3:30 p.m. Monday off Highway 101 in Solana Beach.

One of the teens, who told NBC 7 she wants to become a nurse in an exclusive interview, said once her instincts kicked in she knew exactly what to do.

"I'm supporting his head, and I didn't even think twice about it -- I just put my hand straight on the wound that was gushing blood everywhere -- I put my hand on the wound, and I told him that he had to keep pressure on the wound too," said the good Samaritan identified as Gabby.

"And he had to help me out because there was a lot of blood, and that was the only way that we could stop the bleeding, and then I told the boys that we needed rags," said Gabby.

The victim's step daughter told NBC 7 that he was stabbed three times, leaving him with a fractured skull and part of the knife left embedded inside his head.

"The attacker swings 1-2-3, catches him in the back one in the head, misses one, one deep in the temple," said Matthew Benesik, another one of the students who helped render aid.

"The employees, I kind of think they were shocked too but we all acted on it really quickly," said Mikayla Sommer, who was also part of the group of teens.

At the Scripps Hospital in Hillcrest, the stabbing victim is currently recovering.

The Republican chairman of the House oversight committee says he will seek copies of any memos former FBI Director James Comey wrote about his meetings with President Donald Trump.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said in a tweet that he has his "subpoena pen ready." The move by Chaffetz comes just hours after the disclosure that Comey wrote in a memo that Trump asked him to shut down a federal investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

"If the memo exists, I need to see it, and I need to see it right away," said Chaffetz, outgoing chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

"We are drafting the necessary paperwork to get the memo, so we will find out in a hurry if it's out there." Chaffetz told NBC News, adding that if the memo exists and accurately recorded the conversation, "that seems like an extraordinary use of influence to try to shut down an investigation being done by the FBI."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, meanwhile, said the country "is being tested in unprecedented ways."

Gail Duffey’s home air conditioner has gotten her a little hot under the collar lately. 

“There would be no answer on the phone, the number that I always called, and I’m thinking great, I just lost my money,” Gail said. 

Problems began when Gail said she was concerned about the reliability of her eight-year-old air conditioner when she stopped by a display outside her local Home Depot store two years ago. 

The display booth was for Delta Mechanical, a business offering repair and warranty services. 

“I thought, it’s at Home Depot so it’s probably reliable,” Gail said. 

Gail says she made an appointment and technicians with Delta Mechanical came by her house to inspect her air conditioner. 

“The salesperson pointed out to me that they had a service contract that might save me some money,” Gail said. 

Gail paid $599 for a five-year contract. At first, Gail says she was happy with the service but a year later, when she had to order an expensive part for a repair, she says the company kept delaying the service. 

“They quickly came out to diagnose the problem but they were very slow, once they took our money for the part, to actually come and finish the job,” Gail said. 

Appointments were made but the company would never show up. Gail said she became disillusioned so she called Delta Mechanical to complain. The company offered Gail a $300 refund for the delays. 

“But then when I looked at my credit card statement, no credit,” Gail said. 

Gail said for six months, she couldn’t get in contact with anyone at Delta Mechanical about her refund. NBC 7 Responds tried contacting Delta Mechanical and ran into the same issues Gail had. 

Since Gail had heard of Delta Mechanical by a display with Home Depot, NBC 7 Responds reached out to Home Depot representatives to see if they could get in contact with Delta Mechanical.

Gail said even though her contract was with a different company, the manager at Home Depot said he would make sure Delta Mechanical reimbursed Gail the $300 she was promised. Home Depot also promised Gail it would find another company to honor the remainder of her service contract for the AC unit. 

NBC 7 Responds learned Delta Mechanical closed its air conditioning service division and personnel changes led to the delayed refund. 

In an email, Suzy Kitchukova, a spokesperson for Delta Mechanical, sent this statement, “Delta Mechanical would like to take this opportunity to apologize for the inconvenience caused to Mrs. Duffey. Unfortunately, due to a change in personnel, the refund was not submitted to the proper department for processing. Once this oversight was brought to our attention, we were able to process the refund immediately. Delta Mechanical is currently fulfilling all warranty work for previous installations. Please call (619) 229-6800 or visit this link for more information.”

A woman has gone missing when she may have been with her on-and-off again boyfriend, according to the San Diego County Sheriff Department's (SDSO) crime bulletin.

Liliana Haye, age 25, was last seen leaving her home in Vista on May 10 at about 6 p.m., according to the crime bulletin for San Diego County. She might have been with Kenneth Gregory Bourque, age 28, in a 2002 gray or silver four-door sedan.

The California license plate number on the suspected vehicle is 6UHB473, according to the SDSO.

Hayes was described as a woman with blue eyes, weighing 110 pounds, who wears glasses sometimes, in the crime bulletin.

Deputies say she has a tattoo of the Hawaiian Islands on her upper right arm as well as a nose piercing, according to the SDSO.

Family and friends had been planning a baby shower for an expecting mother of two, killed in a crash in Ramona on Mother's Day.

"Last week, we were doing baby shower things and now we're planning a funeral, not a baby shower," Jessica Foderingham's best friend, Kandace Smith said.

Foderingham, 32, was eight months pregnant-- her baby did not surive the crash.

Smith said Foderingham had been so excited to have a girl and the family had been planning to reveal the baby's name at the shower this coming weekend.

"Her kids were everything to her--everything," Smith said. "And she kept taking about how excited she was because she was finally having a girl and she never thought she would have any more kids."

Just before 7 p.m. Sunday night, Foderingham's car was struck from behind by 44-year-old Andrew Milonis along San Vicente Road, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials.

Her car was pushed head-on into a tree.

Smith told NBC 7, Foderingham's husband had been driving separately behind her and witnessed the crash. The couple had been heading to her grandmother's house for a Mother's Day dinner.

Investigators said Milonis drove off, parked his car and then took a Lyft to The Turkey Inn on Main Street, where he was later arrested.

"It's heartbreaking. I think a lot of us are so upset because of how it happened and the fact that he didn't even stay," Smith said. "He just took off and went to another bar--didn't even care to see if she was okay.”

Flowers and gifts have been left at the accident site, in memory of Foderingham. A vigil is planned for 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Milonis is set to appear in court Wednesday. He is being held on a $1 million dollar bail.

Investigators are looking to question a woman spotted at the scene of a hit-and-run last Friday in East Village that left a woman seriously injured.

Witness video shows the woman of interest appear to walk toward the car involved in the collision alongside a man who got in the front passenger seat before the driver pulled away.

The collision happened at an ACE Parking lot at 1344 National Ave. at around 2:30 p.m. The driver, identified as 34-year-old Ricardo Avila Carrillo, was arrested by San Diego police (SDPD) on Monday after investigators learned the car involved was found on the 3400 block of Main Street in San Diego.

Police said Carrillo stopped his charcoal grey Jeep Patriot for a moment, got out and screamed for help, and then fled the scene.

The victim was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. On Tuesday, police said the victim was improving but was still in the hospital.

The aftermath of the hit-and-run was captured on cellphone video by witness Angela Davis, who was riding a bus near the MTS Transit Center at 12th Street and Imperial Avenue at the time of the incident.

Police say the woman of interest in the video, seen wearing a green sweater and a blue baseball hat, is not a suspect and that they only hope to interview her as a witness to the incident.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Carrillo was driving on a suspended license stemming from a January 2016 DUI at the time of the hit-and-run. The DMV also told NBC 7 that Carrillo had been cited for driving with a suspended license twice last year following his DUI; once in April after failing to stop at a red light, and a second time in May.

NBC 7 has also learned he had two criminal cases in San Diego in May of 2013 and July of 2016.

Carrillo pleaded guilty to felony evading, possession of heroin, and grand theft in 2013. He was sentenced to one year behind bars and three years probation.

The District Attorney's office says he will be arraigned on May 17.

Anyone with information on the woman seen in the witness video, or information on the hit-and-run collision, is asked to call the San Diego Police Department at 619-531-2000, or the anonymous Crime Stoppers tip line at 888- 580-8477.

A $10,000 reward was offered Tuesday for information leading to an arrest in the fatal Chula Vista hit-and-run that killed a beloved husband and father, confirmed Chula Vista police.

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

On Jan. 22, Rafael Cruz Fermin, 42, was struck while crossing Broadway at about 6:30 p.m.

Chula Vista police caught the suspect vehicle on surveillance video. A 2002 to 2005 Ford Explorer, appearing red in color, was involved in the crash, police said. The headlight on the car may have been damaged as well.

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

The suspect left the scene, traveling southbound on the 400 block of Broadway.

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

Fermin was a stepfather to Jacqueline Thorpe, Jericca Thorpe and David Frausto. The family said he always treated them as his own children.

An investigation is ongoing with the CVPD's Traffic Unit. If you have any information, call Chula Vista Police at (619) 422-8477 or contact Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

Fired FBI Director James Comey wrote an internal memo saying President Donald Trump asked him to shut down an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, multiple sources with firsthand knowledge of the memo told NBC News on Tuesday.

The memo was part of a paper trail Comey built documenting what he believed to be Trump's campaign to derail the FBI's investigation of alleged Russian ties to his presidential campaign, according to a source close to Comey and a former federal law enforcement official.

The source close to Comey said the memo included a line in which Comey quoted Trump as having said, "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go."

The unclassified memo, which raises questions about obstruction of justice, was first reported by The New York Times.

"It certainly appears to meet the definition in the [obstruction] statute," Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said Tuesday on MSNBC's "Hardball With Chris Matthews."

At the University of California, San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute, students are building innovative robots that can be used for military applications and in daily life. 

For the U.S. military, those robots can be lifesaving when troops are faced with the unknown on the battleground.

"The last hundred meters is where we have the most casualties because of snipers, because of booby traps, because of some people that are hiding in buildings," said Henrik Christensen, Ph.D., Director of UC San Diego's Contextual Robotics Institute.

Having flying and walking autonomous robots to provide intelligence for troops preparing to enter a building can have significant impact on the outcome, Christensen added.

"You take away some of their stress and we give them the situational awareness," he said.

Dylan Drotman, a student in the program, is working on a six-legged robot he built in the lab with a 3-D printer using soft flexible material.

“It will be able to walk a larger range of types of terrain,” Drotman said.

He told NBC 7, he will be interning with SPAWAR this summer.

There are other robotics that will add a new dimension to virtual reality, including a robotic glove which gives a user the sensation they are actually doing a certain action, such as playing the piano.

That type of technology could also be useful in military training and gaming.

Christensen said he is also a big proponent in making robotic technology affordable because he feels it should one day be available to everyone.

He told NBC 7, currently, students are also developing autonomous robots that will provide medicine, food and physical assistance to the elderly.

“So that they can have still a very high quality of life," Christensen added.

He said San Diego is an ideal place for this development to take shape.

Many defense and technology companies benefit from the research and development at the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute and are eager to hire the students coming up with next generation ideas, he told NBC 7.

“There are very few places where you have strong companies, strong end-users and the strong economy,” Christensen said.

The African American Student Coalition called for the San Diego Unified School District to be held accountable for the use of state-funding that is supposed to benefit low-income students on Tuesday.

"Wait until it's all over," said Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, an SDUSD Board Member.

Community leaders are condemning the school district for its lack of accountability regarding funding for underprivileged students.

"This is just the interim stage and we don't know what it's going to look like in the final analysis," said Whitehurst-Payne.

On Thursday morning, the group will hold a rally outside Lincoln High calling for the Vice Principal at the school to become the next Principal.

The group says the current school budget has been most detrimental to low-income students.

At the Education Center in University Heights, the group asked the school district to provide an audit to discover where the money intended for low-income students actually went.

More of the district's education funding should support low-income English language learners and foster youth, according to the group. 

"This budget reduction will inflict irreparable damage on neighborhoods in southeast San Diego, as the most layoffs will be in nine district east schools, which is represented by Trustee Dr. Whitehurst-Payne" said Lashae Collins, a member of the African American Student Success Coalition.

The news conference was held by the African American Student Coalition, which is made up of numerous community groups.

The group says that schools in their neighborhoods bring in the highest concentration of money, yet the budget cuts disproportionately impact the most needy communities.

In response to their demands, school district officials say that African Americans have improved dramatically in terms of college preparation.

The school district already provides a budget audit, according to SDUSD.

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) named Captain Michael Marquez as the new San Diego Police Chief Tuesday.

Marquez, a 27-year veteran in the police force, began his career in 1990 with the National City Police Department.

He has previously served as the Interim Chief for the San Diego Unified Police Department, which he had joined in 2001.

According to a spokeperson, Marquez focused on creating a "guardian mentality" with the students, rather than one of authority.

A homicide investigation was underway in La Jolla Tuesday night after one person was found dead inside a home, the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) confirmed.

Officers had been called for a welfare check around 7:26 p.m. on the 5500 block of Avenida Fiesta.

A body was found inside the home.

SDPD Homicide investigators and SWAT has been called out to the scene.

No other information was available.

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Experts with the San Diego Health And Human Services Agency (HHSA) said they are expecting an increase in Zika Virus cases locally.

“There have been cases close to the border in Baja California," said Dr. Eric McDonald of the HHSA. "It’s a concern for us here in San Diego because we have the mosquito that transmits the virus.”

Zika Virus is transferred through mosquitoes to human and cause birth defects. It can also be sexually transmitted among people.

"Four out of five patients don't have any symptoms," said McDonald. "It is recommended you get tested before you get pregnant for the Zika antibodies.”

There is currently no vaccine or medication for Zika Virus.

Since 2015 in San Diego, there have been 89 travel associated cases of Zika Virus and that number continues to increase.

McDonald added with mosquito season coming from the summer months to the fall, more cases will arise in San Diego.

The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is trying to calm concerns of parents at Alice Birney Elementary School in University Heights after high levels of lead were found in the drinking water.

Parents voiced their concerns Tuesday night during a meeting with the district.

Some worried if their children had already been harmed from drinking and using the water. Others questioned how low income parents were supposed to take time off work to get their children tested.

But many wanted reassurance from the district that the issue would be resolved as soon as possible.

"I'm not happy about it, but this is an old building and I'm not really that surprised," said Jerry Delane, who has a daughter in the fourth grade.

The district recommended parents get their kids tested by their doctor--which did not sit well with many who argued it's the district's responsibility and they should be providing the testing.

"I would like for them to come in tomorrow and say 'Here's the nurse, we're going to take everybody's blood and test every single kid.' But I don't think that's going to happen," Delane said.

The water is also used in the school garden from which students eat what they grow. 

For now, students are only using bottled water.

The district told NBC 7 that will continue as long as it needs to and parents will be notified in the coming weeks when more testing is completed at the school. 

It seemed as if the San Diego Padres would never get out of the first inning of Tuesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers put up five runs in the first inning to give themselves a healthy lead on the way to a 6-2 victory over San Diego.

It was a rough start for Clayton Richard. The lefty gave up a season high-tying six runs; five of those were the aforementioned set in the first inning. He was able to shake off that early slump and recorded seven strikeouts in six innings pitched, but the damage was already done.

In the sixth innings Friars first baseman Wil Myers hit his 11th home run of the season and put San Diego on the board. Matt Szczur has been on a roll since he joined the team earlier this month and it looks like he’s just getting started. The Padres left fielder hit his third double of the season with San Diego, a deep one that bounced off the left center field wall and scored Hunter Renfroe. His RBI cut the Brewers lead to 6-2 but it just wasn’t enough to get the win.

The four game set continues on Wednesday May 17 at 7:10 p.m. at Petco Park.

A pair of earthquakes shook the Santa Barbara area Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck first, according to USGS.

The temblor hit at 9:42 p.m. just 8 miles west of Isla Vista. 

Then, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake hit just a minute later. 

As of 10:30 p.m., more than 700 people reported feeling the quakes, according to the USGS "Did You Feel It" survey. 

There were no reports of injuries or damage caused by the quakes. 

Fired acting attorney general Sally Yates said in an interview Tuesday night that "there was nothing casual" about the warnings she gave to the Trump administration about then-national security adviser Michael Flynn, NBC News reported.

Speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper, Yates disputed White House press secretary Sean Spicer's description of her warning as a "heads up."

"I called [White House councel] Don McGahn and told him I had a very sensitive matter that I needed to discuss with him," Yates said. "He knew that this was serious and that it was important."

President Donald Trump also didn't characterize the warning as Yates did, saying in an NBC News interview that it didn't seem like the Flynn situation was an emergency.

A man trying to take scenic photos of his SUV by the Jersey Shore ended up trying to dig the vehicle out after it started sinking into the water-logged sand, officials said.

State Park Police responded to a call Tuesday about a vehicle stuck at Island Beach State Park, about 15 miles southeast of Toms River, officials said. A tow company arrived around the same time to find the man at the surf line with his vehicle.

Video posted to Facebook shows the man using what appears to be a shovel as he tries to dig free the white Land Rover from the sand. At one point a wave crashes over the vehicle as he continues to dig. 

Officials said it was low tide when help arrived and the tow company was able to easily remove the SUV. 

The driver had a Mobile Sportfishing Vehicle permit, which allows him to operate a 4-wheel drive vehicle on fishing beaches. He was not issued a summons, officials said.

Witnesses said the man insisted on driving the vehicle away after it was towed, even though its lights were flashing and its engine was making strange sounds.