If you think all sunscreens are created equal, think again.

Consumer Reports has released its annual list of top sunscreens as well as a warning about the SPF number on some bottles: If you put too much faith in them, you could be putting your skin at risk.

SPF, which stands for sun protection factor, measures how well a sunscreen guards against ultraviolet B (UVB) rays, the chief cause of sunburn and a contributor to skin cancer.

For the fifth year in a row, Consumer Reports found some sunscreens during testing failed to provide the level of protection promised on the package. In fact, of the more than 60 products tested, 23 were found to have less than half of the labeled SPF number.

The Food and Drug Administration requires manufacturers to have their products tested to determine the SPF because sunscreens are classified as over-the-counter drugs. However, the agency doesn’t routinely test sunscreens itself and manufacturers don’t have to report their results to the FDA unless the agency requests them.

According to Consumer Reports, an FDA official at a public meeting in June 2016 said the agency only had the resources for 30 employees to cover more than 100,000 over-the-counter drugs, which limits what they can do to oversee sunscreens.

"Manufacturers test sunscreens for SPF before their products hit the market, but unless they are reformulated, that may be the only testing they do. That’s one reason CR tests sunscreens," Trisha Calvo, Consumer Reports Health Editor, said.

The agency found a number of sunscreens that provide solid protection against sunburn, skin cancer and wrinkles and are also a good value.

Below are 14 recommended sunscreens that received excellent overall ratings:

• LA ROCHE-POSAY - Anthelios 60 Melt-In Sunscreen Milk, $36
• EQUATE (Walmart)- Sport Lotion SPF 50, $5
• PURE - Sun Defense Disney Frozen Lotion, SPF 50, $6
• COPPERTONE - WaterBabies Lotion, SPF 50, $12
• EQUATE (Walmart)- Ultra Protection Lotion, SPF 50, $8
• OCEAN POTION - Protect and Nourish, SPF 30, $8
• AVEENO - Protect and Hydrate lotion, SPF 30, $8
• UP and UP (Target)- Sheer Dry-Touch Lotion, SPF 30, $5
• COPPERTONE - Clearly Sheer Lotion, SPF 50, $7
• NEUTROGENA - CoolDry Sport Lotion, SPF 30, $9.50
• NEUTROGENA - Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Lotion, SPF 45, $9.50
• HAWAIIAN TROPIC - Sheer Touch Ultra Radiance Lotion, SPF 50, $10.50
• WELL AT WALGREENS - Baby Lotion, SPF 50, $3
• COPPERTONE - Sport High Performance Lotion, SPF 50, $12

A note found in the bathroom at Rancho Bernardo High School prompted a lockdown Thursday, Poway Unified School District officials said.

The note stated a boy was going to come to the school and start shooting, police said.

“He was going to shoot up the school at 1:10,” said San Diego Police (SDPD) Capt. Stephanie Rose.

Students saw the note in the bathroom, took pictures of it and didn’t tell school administrators until someone finally said something, Rose said.

SDPD officers were called to the campus on Paseo Lucido just after 12 p.m. The lockdown was ordered out of an abundance of caution, officials said.

After the lockdown was lifted at 2 p.m., SDPD officials announced three students were detained regarding other threats uncovered in the investigation.

Three 18-year-old Rancho Bernardo HS students were off campus Wednesday when one of them posted a photo to Snapchat showing them with an air soft pistol, police said.

The photo included a message that included a threat, Rose said.

“'Tomorrow it’s done' or something like that,” she said.

Two of those students were in custody--one was not, Rose said.

After the bathroom note was discovered Thursday, a 16-year-old male student messaged a 15-year-old female student and told her he hoped she would be the one shot today, according to the SDPD.

That juvenile was arrested on campus and will face charges of making terrorist threats and annoying or molesting a minor.

There were no weapons found on campus, Rose said. No one was injured.

Bernardo Heights Middle School next to the high school was also placed on lockdown as a precaution.

No other information was available.

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The grand opening of a prosthetic and amputee support clinic was held at the VA Oceanside Clinic on Wednesday.

Veterans and Department of Defense beneficiaries will receive treatment at the facility on Rancho del Oro Drive. That includes active duty service members, retirees and family members.

State-of-the-art prosthetic arms and legs can be fabricated from start to finish at the full-service lab, said a clinic representative.

"Already seen 50 patients in the last few weeks through four different days that he was here seeing them," said Ronald Boling, the Deputy Director for San Diego Single Service Market. "All those Veterans maybe would have had to make a longer trip."

The clinic representative said the prosthetics lab and the clinic are a Joint Incentive Fund (JIF) project for the VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) and Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD).

A 1,330 square feet lab and clinic offering comprehensive prosthetic care was unveiled at the grand opening.

Prosthetic services will be available in Oceanside that were previously only available for veterans in La Jolla, said the clinic representative.

Now, North County veterans can access important prosthetics and items such as canes, crutches, walkers and wheelchairs, with much greater convenience.

About 7,000 veterans need prosthetic or amputee care in north San Diego County, according to the VA's estimates.

New artificial limbs, repairs, new custom orthotic braces, diabetic shoe inserts and other bracing needs are all included. 

The VA Prosthetics Service will manage the new clinic located south of State Route 76 and east of Interstate 5.

At first, the VA and DoD will separately provide care for their respective patients. Later, the clinic plans to merge their services.

President Donald Trump responded to questions about the Russia investigation at a news conference Thursday with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Trump denied the allegation that he urged former FBI Director James Comey to back off his investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

San Diego police are looking for two people who tried to kidnap two teenage girls Wednesday in Southcrest.

The girls, ages 16 and 17, were walking on Alpha Street near Cesar Chavez Elementary School at approximately 8:45 p.m., police said.

One of the teens actually fought off the suspect, police said.

A man driving a white Acura circled the block, according to the girls, before he got out of the car. There was a woman in the car as well.

“She described them as a little dirty looking, possible transients, potential drug users with a poor complexion,” said Lt Many Del Toro.

The man grabbed the 16-year old by her shoulder and pulled her about 3 feet, police said.

That's when her friend begin hitting and slapping the man.

“She actually struck him a few times,” Del Toro said. “Not very effective as far as injuring him, however, very effective as deterring the threat.”

The man let go and drove away in the car.

The news alarmed parents picking up children at Cesar Chavez Elementary.

“That's very brazen, especially in this neighborhood, because this neighborhood, there's people all the time out here, people out here all the time,” said school employee Kim Breslin.

While the area is busy in the morning and afternoon during school hours, other parents say the neighborhood takes on a different face at night.

“At nighttime, every body's gone,” said parent Freddy Bahena. “So when it comes to two teenage girls walking by themselves, the best they can do is just scream for help, or run.”

San Diego police say the girls did not recognize the suspects.

They don't have a motive, but are calling it an isolated case with no reports of similar incidents in the area.

Hundreds of Lincoln High School students walked out class Thursday, demanding the school district hire a permanent principal.

The school has been without a permanent principal for nearly a year.

Parents and students say they want current Vice Principal Jose Soto to serve as permanent principal.

“We’re asking, we’re demanding to have something here in place as we already have a VP in place, certified, qualified and ready and willing to take the job to fill in for our students,” parent Raymond Everett said.

However, the group gathered on campus Thursday said that request has been ignored by the district.

The San Diego Unified School District is starting new interviews for the position next week.

The school district confirms that Soto is not being considered for the position at this time. The vice principal has made no comment on the protest.

While the district said it is looking for the most qualified candidate, parents argue the application process has been made more difficult by the district.

“Our goal is to get the right person in the right seat and that's what we're trying to accomplish at Lincoln," said San Diego Unified School District spokesperson Andrew Sharp.

The process is same at every school, district officials said.

San Diego police are searching for suspects Thursday connected with the deaths of two men outside a store in the Otay Mesa strip mall.

Officers are actively looking for potential suspects in this case, said SDPD Lieutenant Mike Holden with the SDPD Homicide Unit.

Police are investigating their deaths as a double homicide, as both men were found with significant injuries to their upper torsos Wednesday.

The SDPD Homicide Unit is waiting for the San Diego County Medical Examiner's office to determine the victims' cause of death.

No description on any potential suspects was immediately available.

The men were found at approximately 2:45 a.m. at the CVS shopping center at the intersection of Palm Avenue and Beyer Way. 

The patrol officer was doing a routine check of the area when he noticed there was no movement from the two men. A power washer nearby saw the men laying outside the store but believed they were sleeping, police said.

Police say they are certain the crime was a double homicide at this time.

Volunteer Ed Coluna said one of the men had mental health issues and was on medication. Investigators have not identified the victims but described them as white men, ages 56 and 61.

Police have not yet taken any suspects into custody.

A man accused of felony drunk driving that killed a single mother of five children in a DUI crash in Fresno was driving without a license, confirmed California Highway Patrol.

This marks the third suspect discovered to be driving with a suspended license in several DUI crashes affecting San Diegans within the past week.

That includes the suspects in the Ramona hit-and-run that killed a pregnant woman on Mother's day and the East Village hit-and-run where a woman was ran over in a parking lot. Both were driving on suspended licenses.

Jesus Suazo, 24, never even applied for a license in the state of California, according to the DMV. He only had an identification card, which means he was not authorized to drive in the state.

A previous DUI charge was cited under his name on July 22 in 2013, confirmed the DMV. On two previous occasions, Suazo was cited for driving without a license.

Suazo was driving in Tulare County along Highway 99 and Avenue 200 when he drifted off the roadway, hit a fence and crashed into several pieces of farm equipment, said CHP Officer Steve Beal.

Suazo's passenger, Ana Solorino-Zuniga, 27, was fatally ejected from his vehicle and died at the scene, leaving behind five children.

According to the Tulare Sheriff's Department, Suazo is being held on a $560,000 bail amount for the felony drunk driving charge.

The victim's GoFundMe page is available here.

There's a chance the House might have to vote on the American Health Care Act again before the Senate can take it up, NBC News reported.

Republicans are using the budget "reconciliation" process to pass their health care bill, which allows them to push legislation through the Senate with a simple majority. But that depends on the bill meeting certain requirements — and one of them is that it reduces the deficit by at least $2 billion over the next decade.

Bloomberg News reported Thursday and NBC News has confirmed that House leaders have not formally sent their bill to the Senate on the chance that it fails to meet the deficit requirements.

If that happens, the House would have to vote again on changes.

Since 2015, there have been 71,000 scams executed in the United States, according to the Better Business Bureau.

"Robocalls are a threat here in San Diego," said Dr. Murray Jennex, a professor in Management Information Systems at San Diego State University.

Robocalls are a voicemail or text from an automated voice, saying you owe money and could face jail time if you don't pay up.

"It's a way for them to get your information," said Dr. Jennex.

The Better Business Bureau of San Diego said there are things you can do to protect yourself. One is going to their online scam tracker. It includes an interactive map of known scams in your area. 

"You may not guess this, but millennials are more likely to be scammed than older people," said Michael Sedio, Vice-President of Operations for the BBB. "About 27% of millennials will fall for a scam. That statistic goes all the way down to 12% for people age 65 and older."

Harmony International, a company local families paid more than $140,000 to for a cancelled high school band trip, filed for bankruptcy this week, decreasing the likelihood of parents and students getting their money back, according to an attorney for the company. 

This week, in a Rancho Bernardo library conference room, parents and band directors from four local high schools met with the attorney representing the tour company behind the trip. 

“On behalf of the Mathesons, I first want to offer my deepest and most sincere apologies,” Erika Orcutt, Harmony International’s attorney, told a crowd of about 40 people. “Ultimately there is simply not enough money available to provide the refunds that were promised.” 

The Georgia-based company is owned by Brad and Margie Matheson but on the advice of their counsel, they did not attend the informational meeting. 

The band trip was supposed to take students and parents to Japan this summer but was cancelled last month. A total of 70 people (students and parents) from San Marcos, Del Norte, Mission Hills and Eastlake high schools signed up for the trip. 

“We’re angry and we want our money back,” Rebecca Nee said. 

Rebecca is a parent of a Del Norte High School sophomore cello player. NBC 7 Responds first reported on the trip cancellation last week. To read the initial report click here.  

At the meeting Tuesday evening, Orcutt began by addressing why the trip the families had been planning on and paying towards for over a year was abruptly cancelled. 

“This spring became an extremely challenging time financially for Harmony International,” Orcutt said. “Due to ongoing concerns about global terrorism, other planned trips for the summer were either abandoned or cancelled for lack of participation.” 

In an email to NBC 7 Responds sent after the meeting, Orcutt expanded on the explanation and said, news of “global terrorism...had a significant negative impact on the business revenues for the company overall and its ability to continue operations.” 

At Tuesday’s meeting, Orcutt told parents the company knew back in January that not enough participants had signed up for the trip, putting it in jeopardy. According to band directors and parents, Harmony International didn’t inform them the trip was facing some challenges until April and the company continued to accept their payments through March. 

Doug Kosty, a parent of a San Marcos High School sophomore student, told NBC 7 Responds his daughter made their monthly payments on time. 

“That was a big thing for a sixteen-year-old, so yeah this was not good for her,” Doug said. 

During the meeting, Orcutt listed other reasons Harmony International struggled with making the trip a reality including a lawsuit and a direct debit for $100,000 taken by a commercial creditor from Harmony International’s bank accounts for an “unpaid loan”. 

“The company was hit with a large lawsuit by a commercial creditor and its bank accounts were drained,” Orcutt said. 

The lawsuit, according to documents reviewed by NBC 7 Responds, was filed by Gibraltar Capital Advance in February in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois for more than $180,000. According to federal court records, MFPI Group Inc., the company doing business as Harmony International, took the first steps toward filing for bankruptcy protection this week. 

To see the company’s bankruptcy filing, click here.

In the bankruptcy records, Harmony International lists over 200 individuals and companies owed money. The company also lists a $1 million liability insurance policy the company holds, but it’s unclear what that money would go toward. 

Since the company filed for bankruptcy protection, Orcutt said parents should expect a notice from the courts in the mail soon, explaining the process for filing claims. 

According to the California Attorney General’s office, speaking in general terms not pertaining to Harmony International, ‘sellers of travel tours’ are required to register with their office and deposit all payments received by customers into a trust account or bond. At Tuesday night’s meeting, Orcutt told parents Harmony International had done neither of those things. 

To read the California Attorney General’s requirements for ‘sellers of travel tours’, click here. 

“We're so disappointed and we're angry,” Nee said, “We are justifiably angry.” 

Parents tell NBC 7 Responds they left the meeting with more questions than answers. One parent shared a cell phone video with NBC 7 Responds they had recorded during the first meeting with Harmony International on February 18, 2016. In the video, you can see Brad Matheson addressing parents via Skype. 

“If you register before March 1 for this group, you’ll receive free trip cancellation insurance,” Brad Matheson told parents. “We wanted to include that as an incentive to get you to register as early as possible.” 

At the meeting Tuesday night, Orcutt told parents Harmony International had not purchased the trip cancellation insurance policies they were promised. 

“So that really put us in a situation where from the first interaction with the company, the first check we wrote in good faith, they didn't meet their commitments,” parent Kosty said. 

In the video from the first meeting, Matheson is seen explaining the entire week-long itinerary for the advertised trip. 

“We'll have the opportunity for them to visit Tokyo Disney,” Matheson said. 

NBC 7 Responds spoke with Tokyo Disneyland representatives. They said their music program is not offered in the month of July, nor does the company have any business relationship with Harmony International.

The word "impeachment" is being spoken and written with a frequency it hasn't since Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon were President.

What impact could the turmoil in Washington have on a society that's become more politically divided?

Before last week, the stock market was flying high.

Then the President fired FBI director James Comey, and the Dow Jones and NASDAQ numbers froze and started dropping, big-time.

Uncertainty and doubts about our government's integrity and credibility can be bad for more than just business.

"When you weighed the President's story against Comey's contemporaneous memo, Comey came out on top,” says Seth Kaplowitz, business law lecturer at San Diego State University. “And that's why the market sat. Because somebody's saying there's more here than meets the eye."

Just as there was in the Watergate era.

What some called a "third-rate burglary" turned out to be a third-alarm political and legal fire that consumed a President's administration.

William Lanouette covered the Senate Select Committee hearings for the "National Observer" and still recalls the articles of impeachment.

In his view, what's happening now in Washington feels "eerie and similar" to the events of Watergate, such as the so-called "Saturday Night Massacre" of high-level firings.

Coverage of today's developments is so much faster and more furious.

People who closely follow the situation may find themselves "going online" to the point of distraction and dismay.

"But I think if you take stock, maybe if you read a paper or you listen to something like the evening news, you'll have a chance to take it a day at a time,” Lanouette said in an interview Thursday.

A man used a knife to rob a moving company in the Miramar area Thursday, according to San Diego police.

The robbery took place at the Route 66 Moving Company on Stromesa Court at approximately 11:15 a.m.

A man threatened an employee with a knife and demanded money, police said.

He took an undisclosed amount of cash from the register and ran out of the store, police said.

Officers searched for the suspect with the help of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department's helicopter.

No arrests have been made.

A large group of children stayed still long enough in San Diego Thursday to create a message about saving the environment.

The image with the message “Come Together” appeared just after 11 a.m. on the sand at South Mission Beach.

The event is organized by I Love a Clean San Diego to commemorate Kids’ Ocean Day.

A San Diego man pleaded guilty in court Thursday to stealing nearly $272,000 in Social Security retirement benefits intended for his father.

Abel Jose Perez' father Angel Perez-Barajas died back in 1997, but he retained exclusive access to a bank account belonging to his deceased parents, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

"We won't let thieves get away with these crimes, even if they have untraditional methods," said Acting U.S. Attorney Alana W. Robinson, in a statement.

Perez admitted that he continued to take money from the bank account for more than 16 years, in a hearing before the U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew G. Schopler. He also acknowledged that he never informed the Social Security Administration (SSA) of his father's death.

"The only difference between this and armed robbery is the gun," said Robinson. "The defendant stole hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the ultimate victims are those who pay into Social Security expecting to receive benefits down the road."

The SSA never received a request from Perez to terminate the monthly direct deposit of his father's retirement benefits, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

"We will continue to assist the U.S. Attorney's Office in bringing violators to justice," said Robb Stickley, the Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Division, which is responsible for Southern California, in a statement. 

He exploited the monthly deposits from August 1997 to February 2014. Perez said he knew the benefits should have stopped, but continued using the money anyway, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

Perez agreed to pay back all the money he took from the SSA account, as part of his plea agreement. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a possible fine more than twice the amount of the money he gained from his crime.

His sentencing is set for Aug. 7 before U.S. District Court Judge William Q. Hayes.

Crews were responding to a brush fire northeast of Dixon Lake in Escondido Thursday.

The fire sparked around 5:25 p.m. at La Honda Drive and Dublin Lane, according to the Escondido Police Department.

As of 5:48 p.m., the fire had burned one acre, confirmed Cal Fire.

At this time, the fire is not threatening any structures and no evacuations have been ordered. Fire crews are working to extinguish the flames.

No other information was available.

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The deputy involved in the Solana Beach shooting Monday had also been involved in a shooting in Encinitas November of last year.

Deputy Noah Zarnow, assigned to the North Coastal Station, is a five year veteran with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO).

He was identified as the deputy involved in a shooting in Solana Beach earlier this week.

Around 3:30 p.m. Monday, deputies had responded to a report of a stabbing inside a Rubio's near Highway 101.

Robin Rodriguez, 49, the manager at Rubio's had been stabbed in the head, SDSO said.

The suspect, 34-year-old Emmanuel Ibarra, took off from the restaurant. He was armed with a knife when he confronted Zarnow and another deputy near Via De La Valle and Camino Del Mar. 

According to SDSO, Ibarra moved toward the other deputy with the knife in his hand. While attempting to back away from Ibarra, the deputy lost his footing and fell.

The second deputy, identified as Zarnow, yelled at Ibarra, who then charged at him. Zarnow fired his handgun and struck Ibarra.

Ibarra was taken to the hospital where he later died.

No deputies were injured in the shooting.

Rodriguez was taken to Scripps Hospital in Hillcrest.

According to the sherrif's department, doctors removed, what appeared to be, the tip of a knife from Rodriguez' head. A broken knife was found at the shooting scene where Ibarra was shot.

Rodriguez is expected to be okay.

Zarnow was also involved in a deputy-involved shooting in November, 2016 on El Camino Real in Encinitas, according to SDSO.

He fired 12 rounds struck 53-year-old Robert Parkin, suspected of an armed robbery at a taco shop on Birmingham.

Parkin had been armed with a .45 handgun when deputies tried to pull him over, SDSO Homicide detail previously said. He pointed a gun at the deputies and Zarnow opened fire.

Parkin was struck six times, including in both thighs, his buttocks and scalp, deputies said.

Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers are searching for a fourth suspect believed to be involved in a pursuit that followed a "smuggling event" at a highway checkpoint Thursday.

CBP officers say a pursuit with a silver Ford Expedition started near the Pine Valley Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 8 at around 5:11 p.m.

Tthe vehicle stopped on the shoulder of Lake Jennings Park Road near Blossom Park Road in El Cajon at approximately 5:35 p.m. after it began to emit smoke and the driver fled on foot.

The male driver was detained shortly after and transported to an area hospital and evaluated for non-life threatening injuries.

Investigators told NBC 7 that the car reached speeds of 100 mph during the chase.

About 10 minutes after the driver was taken into custody, CBP officers detained two additional people suspected of being in the country illegally. As of 6:00 p.m., officers were searching for a fourth suspect.

No other information was available.

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Family members and victims injured after a suspected drunk driver plunged off the Coronado bridge into the crowd below have filed claims against the City of San Diego.

The claims state that the city failed to maintain safe premises to prevent vehicles flying off the Coronado Bridge into Chicano Park.

A growing memorial marks the spot where a suspected drunk driver flew off the bridge and landed in Chicano Park back on Saturday, Oct. 15 last year.

Three sisters lost their parents Cruz and AnnaMarie Contreras in the crash. Their attorney, Jose de Jesus Rivera, filed claims against the city of San Diego on behalf of each daughter.

Another five claims filed on April 6 are from people who were injured after the crash. Those claims were filed by attorneys for Ruben Carrillo, Victor Garcia, Flora Gonzalez, Olivia Magaña and Annette Trujillo.

Similarly, two of their claims say that the City of San Diego was negligent in allowing the event to take place in an area with a history of cars flying off the Coronado Bridge. The city had been aware the event would take place.

A separate claim states that the city failed to provide precautions from vehicles and debris falling from the road down onto Chicano Park.

City of San Diego officials say that they cannot discuss details about the claims until they are settled or closed.

The City Attorney’s office says that the city has 60 to 90 days to pay or send a denial of claim. After that, the claimant can sue and file a complaint with the court.

Four people were killed in the horrific crash and several were injured. Hundreds of community members mourned the victims at a memorial in Chicano Park the following Monday.