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23-Year SDSO Veteran Opened Fired in Campo Deputy Shooting

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A 23-year veteran of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) has been identified as the deputy that opened fire in a deputy-involved shooting this past weekend. 

Deputy Richard Phillips, assigned to the Campo office, fired a shotgun round at the suspect, 66-year-old Bruce Dawley. 

The incident started at approximately 10:44 a.m. when deputies responded to a call from a Dawley, who said he had a gun and was feeling suicidal on the 2500 block of Gladiola Drive, SDSO Lt. Kenneth Nelson said. 

When deputies arrived, there was a confrontation between Dawley and deputies. 

Dawley fired at least one round from a handgun at deputies, and Phillips returned fire, Nelson said. 

The man then retreated back into his home.

Deputies called for the Sheriff's Special Enforcement Detail to respond as well.

Officials later found the man dead inside, Nelson said.

The Medical Examiner has completed their autopsy. The cause of death was a shotgun wound to the torso, and the manner of death was a homicide. 

The Sheriff’s Homicide Detail will investigate. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide Detail at (858) 974- 2321/after hours at (858) 565-5200. You can also remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.



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Comey Hearing: What Does 'Hope' Mean?

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During Former FBI Director James Comey's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Sen. James Risch (R-ID) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) offer their differing view of what the word "hope" means when it comes to implying a direct order.

Republicans, Democrats Dig in After Comey Hearing

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Democrats and Republicans took to social media to share reactions to fired FBI Director James Comey's hearing on Capitol Hill, as President Donald Trump remained silent.

Republicans focused on the revelation that Comey told the Senate intelligence committee that after his firing he gave a memo about Trump to a friend to leak to the press. They also seized on Comey's remarks that he felt "queasy" over then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch's instruction to refer to the FBI's probe into Hillary Clinton's emails as a "matter" not an "investigation." 

Democrats expressed concerns about Comey's Trump's desire for influence over the former FBI director with some saying they believed Trump would be investigated for obstruction of justice.

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters during a press conference that ran concurrently to the hearing that Trump was "not a liar."

Speaker Paul Ryan also defended Trump during a separate press conference and said, "The president’s new at this."

Sen. Tim Kaine referred to the Trump administration as a "cloud," and tweeted: "Trump and his team brought their own cloud in with them. It’s not the investigation that’s the cloud. It’s their own actions #ComeyDay."

"Today, Comey testified he was directed to drop a case involving National Security Advisor, and fired to alter course of Russia investigation," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said.

Trump drew support from his son Donald Trump Jr. and other Republicans.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tweeted: "We learned: Comey leaked stuff to press;he was too weak to stand up to @POTUS and rolled over from pressure from AG Lynch; yes he got fired!"

Trump Jr. went on a Twitter tirade against Comey's testimony.

Here's more Republican reaction:

Democratic reaction:



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Water Contact Closure Lifted for South County Beaches

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The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) has lifted the water contact closure for the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge and Border Field State Park shorelines. This includes the beach-line from the International Border to the south end of Seacoast Drive in Imperial Beach.

Water quality testing conducted by DEH confirms that recent Tijuana River flows are no longer impacting these beaches. This area was closed to water contact due to sewage-contaminated flows from the Tijuana River entering the United States.

A rainy winter in San Diego had a domino effect on Tijuana’s aging sewage system.

According to the U.S. International Boundary & Water Commission (IBWC), nearly 30 million gallons of sewage flowed into the Tijuana River in early February due to the collapse of a 48-inch diameter pipe.

A huge sinkhole developed, and more pipes that couldn’t handle the volume fell apart or were blocked as emergency repairs got under way.

Three dozen pipelines in several other areas were found to be in critical condition.

An emergency notification process has been put into effect; both countries, Mexico and the United States, will now notify each other as soon as the water reaches a certain level of contamination. This new system is to make sure they can work together to fix future problems faster, states members of the federal agency IBWC.

The Tijuana sewage facilities will be making major upgrades that will cost $400 million to fix.

For more information on the Tijuana River, please call the U.S. International Boundary & Water Commission (IBWC) at 619-662-7600.

For updates on beach closure information please visit www.sdbeachinfo.com or call the 24-hr. hotline at 619-338-2073.

Man Pleads Guilty to Homicide, Death Penalty Dismissed

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A man accused of killing a 92-year-old woman found in her National City apartment is no longer eligible to face the death penalty after he reached a plea deal on Thursday, according to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office.

Peter Thao, 26, was charged with first-degree murder with a special circumstance in the death of Maria Rivera, 92. He pleaded not guilty through an attorney in November of 2016.

A spokesperson from the District Attorney's office told NBC 7 in November the charge, first-degree murder with a special circumstance of committing a murder in the commission of a qualifying felony - in this case, residential burglary - made Thao eligible for either life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.

On Thursday, Thao pleaded guilty to one count of murder and one count of residential burglary. Because of his change of plea, the special circumstance which made Thao eligible for the death penalty was dismissed, Prosecutor C.J. Mody said.

National City Police said they found Rivera in her D Street apartment on Oct. 22, 2016.

When officers began investigating, they determined the apartment had been burglarized prior to Rivera's death.

Thao was arrested and charged in her death after an investigation.

Police declined to comment on what evidence linked Thao to the crime but said they found the evidence inside his home. They also confiscated his car.

Authorities do not believe there are any outstanding suspects, but the investigation is ongoing.

The homicide is believed to be random.

Thao will be sentenced 31 years to life on August 16 as a result of his plea deal, according to Mody.

NBC 7 San Diego has reached out to Thao's defense attorney for comment.



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Shark Attack Survivor Walks on Road to Recovery

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A San Diego woman wounded in a shark attack in late April is starting to walk as she continues her long road to recovery, her mother said in an online update.

“Leeanne is doing extremely well; she has taken about 40 steps so far, and she is working on taking more,” Christine McKnerney-Leidle, the mother of shark attack victim Leeanne Ericson, said in a message posted to her daughter’s GoFundMe web page that's raising money for her medical bills.

“We hope she will be in rehab soon and then home after that,” the post continued. “She is staying strong, and positive she wants to thank all of you for your support and prayers. God bless you all.”

On April 29, Ericson was airlifted to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla after being attacked by a shark in the waters off San Onofre State Beach, near Camp Pendleton, in San Diego's North County.

The shark attack took place at San Onofre State Beach, located off Interstate 5 at Basilone Road, about 3 miles south of San Clemente, California, and 58 miles north of downtown San Diego.

The beach was closed to the public for several days following the shark attack. It reopened, but throughout May authorities issued warnings at the beach after reported shark sightings near the same area where Ericson had been attacked.

According to investigators, Ericson was camping with her boyfriend when the couple decided to go in the water on the evening of April 29. Ericson swam while her boyfriend surfed next to her at a popular spot at the beach.

The victim’s mother, Christine McKnerney-Leidle, said the couple saw a seal in the water and Ericson’s boyfriend turned to swim out to a wave. Just then, Ericson disappeared from the water’s surface.

The woman was attacked by a shark approximately 10 feet in length who ripped through the back of Ericson’s leg, tearing out all the muscle from her knee to her hip. The shark just missed the victim’s major arteries, McKnerney-Leidle said on Facebook.

As Ericson was dragged into the water, her lungs filled with foam and debris. She was airlifted to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla just before 6:30 p.m. that evening.

Ericson survived the shark attack, but her road to a full recovery will be painful and lengthy.

In early May, a trauma surgeon treating Ericson gave an update on the woman's condition, saying she was awake and able to answer questions by nodding or shaking her head. At that point, Ericson was still on a breathing tube.

The young mother suffered a significant injury to her right buttocks and upper right leg and significant blood loss, doctors said.

She has had surgeries to clean up the wounds and to control bleeding; in early May, doctors said more operations would be needed.

Doctors had also started the process of reconstructing the victim’s leg.

Ericson works for a local credit union, Pacific Marine Credit Union. The company has opened an account to collect donations to help the victim in her recovery. Donations can be made at any Pacific Marine Credit Union branch, or by mail. Checks can be made payable to:

“Support Leeanne”
C/O Pacific Marine Credit Union
1278 Rocky Point Drive
Oceanside, CA 92056

Her family also continues to run this GoFundMe page, which as of Thursday, had raised nearly $89,000.

Last year, there were an estimated 59 shark attacks across the U.S., according to data collected by scientists at the University of Florida.



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'Lordy, I Hope There Are Tapes,' and Other Top Moments from Comey's Testimony

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James Comey, the former FBI director forced from his job by President Donald Trump, gave his much anticipated testimony to the Senate intelligence committee Thursday morning, and immediately called Trump a liar who had fired him over the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the U.S. presidential election. The question now: Are there tapes of his meetings with the president?

Here are some of the top moments of the sometimes startling hearing.

"Those Were Lies"

Comey, whose written testimony was released in advance of his appearance, opened the hearing by saying the Trump administration had lied to the American people about the FBI when it said that the agency was in disarray and poorly led and that its agents had lost confidence in their director. 

"Those were lies, plain and simple," Comey said.

The former FBI director said that he understood that despite his 10-year term he could be dismissed by the president at any time for any or no reason, but he also said Trump told him several times that he was doing a good job, and he was puzzled by Trump’s explanations over why he was fired.

"The shifting explanations confused me and increasingly concerned me," Comey said.

Comey later said that he wrote memos after his conversations with Trump because he thought they would eventually become public and he was concerned about the nature of the person he was dealing with.

"I was honestly concerned that he might lie," Comey said.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the deputy press secretary, said in response: "I can definitely say the president's not a liar."

"Lordy, I Hope There Are Tapes"

After Trump tweeted on May 12 that "James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" Comey said his reaction was the opposite.

"Lordy, I hope there are tapes," he said.

Comey went on to say that if there were tapes he would want them to be made public.

"Release all the tapes," he said. "I'm good with it."

Sanders said after Comey's testimony that she did not know of any taping system at the White House and joked that she would check under the couches.

Why had Comey not told the president that the request was inappropriate? Comey said that maybe if he had been stronger, he would have.

"I was so stunned by the conversation," Comey said.

Trump kept off Twitter during Comey's testimony but his son Donald J. Trump Jr was tweeting in his defense.

"So if he was a "Stronger guy" he might have actually followed procedure & the law?" Donald Trump Jr. wrote. "You were the director of the FBI, who are you kidding?"

Comey Leaked His Memo

Comey testified that he woke up in the middle of the night and thought, "Holy cow, there might be tapes." And if there were, he needed to get his memo concerning fired national security adviser Michael Flynn out into the "public square," he said.

Comey said that he asked a friend at Columbia Law School, later identified as professor Dan Richman, to leak the memo to a reporter in the hopes that it would prompt a special counsel. On May 16, The New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt wrote an article about Trump's request to Comey that he end the investigation into Flynn.

"I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go," Comey wrote the president asked him. "He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go."

On May 18, the U.S. Justice Department named former FBI chief Robert Mueller as a special counsel to investigate any Russian interference in the election.

Donald J. Trump Jr.'s response: "Once again he's right way before anyone else sees it... and they found another leaker today."

Trump's lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, accused Comey in a statement of 'unauthorized disclosures' of 'privileged communications' he had with the president.

"A Little Shakespeare"

Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent, asked Comey whether he felt Trump was giving him a directive when he said he hoped Comey could "let this go."

Yes, Comey answered. "It rings in my ear as kind of, 'Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?'"

"I was just going to quote that," King said. "In 1170, December 29, Henry II said, 'Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest,' and then the next day he was killed, Thomas a Becket. That's exactly the same situation."

The men were quoting a line Shakespeare gave Britain's Henry II, frustrated with his nemesis, the archbishop of Canterbury, with whom he battled over the rights of the Catholic Church. Becket was assassinated.

But Donald Trump Jr. wrote that there would be no doubt if his father had issued an order.

"Knowing my father for 39 years when he "orders or tells" you to do something there is no ambiguity, you will know exactly what he means," Donald Trump Jr. tweeted.

Trump's lawyer, Kasowitz, later denied the president had "never, in form or substance," directed Comey to stop investigating Flynn.




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Safety Gates Recalled Due to Strangulation Hazard to Kids

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More than 25,000 safety gates are being recalled due to entrapment and strangulation hazards to young children.

The recall involves Madison Mill 23 and 25 foldaway expandable safety gates.

A young child's neck can fit into the "V" shaped opening along the top edge of the gate, posing entrapment and strangulation hazards.

Young children can also pass under the gate allowing access to restricted areas, such as stairs.

The safety gates were sold at independent hardware stores nationwide from January 2013 through May 2017 for between $20 and $35.

Consumers should contact Madison Mill for instructions on receiving a full refund.

For more information, contact 877-220-4705 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday - Friday, email at tom.mckelvey@madisonmill.com or online at www.madison mill.com and click on “Product Recalls” for more information.



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Lordy! McCain Explains Senior Moment During Comey Hearing

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Lordy!

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., had some explaining to do following head-scratching questioning of former FBI Director James Comey on Capitol Hill. Many thought McCain's questioning was rambling and incoherent, taking to social media to highlight the point.

McCain himself caught wind of the swirling controversy and remarked in a statement, "Maybe going forward I shouldn't stay up late watching the Diamondbacks night games."

That response elicited a jovial response from the MLB squad. 

From Captain America aka Chris Evans to the "House of Cards," just about everyone was watching the Comey hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday morning. Many — with the notable exception of President Donald Trump — shared their thoughts on social media. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, of course, got in on the act.  

Here's a small sampling:



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Minors Suspected in 30 to 70 BB Gun Vandalism Cases

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The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SDSO) announced Thursday that at least three minors are the focus of a case involving 30 to 70 BB gun vandalisms across the county that have caused thousands of dollars in damages.

SDSO Sgt. Mark Andersen said search warrants were served Wednesday at three different addresses in Imperial Beach and San Diego homing in on three minors suspected in connection with the vandalism series.

The first two search warrants yielded several items, detectives said, that are linked to the crimes: BB guns; BBs; pellets; magazines; CO2 cartridges. In all three searches, cell phones were also seized.

The names of the accused minors were not released due to their ages; no further details on the vandalism cases were released.

The investigation is ongoing. Detectives said that once the investigation is completed, the case will be handed over to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office and the San Diego City Attorney’s Office for evaluation.

Anyone with information on this vandalism series can reach out to San Diego Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477; tipsters can remain anonymous.



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Driver Suffering Medical Issue Crashes into Escondido Store

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A vehicle rammed into a building in Escondido, after the driver suffered a medical problem Thursday afternoon, confirmed police.

Once the driver began experiencing medical issues, he crossed four lanes of traffic and crashed into a pet supply store, located on the 400 block of Felicita Avenue.

A water line was ruptured in the crash, and the driver narrowly avoided smashing a power box.

Fortunately, he did not collide with any other vehicles. Police say the driver was taken to the hospital, while conscious and breathing.

The 30-year-old man was the only person in the vehicle at the time of the collision, according to Escondido police. No one else was injured.

No further information was immediately available.



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Shark Advisory in Place at Silver Strand State Beach

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A shark advisory is in effect at Coronado's Silver Strand State Beach after lifeguards spotted a great white shark. 

The eight-foot long juvenile shark was spotted off the coast of the beach at approximately 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning, Lifeguard Josh Johnson said. 

People can enter the water at their own risk. 

No other sharks have been spotted since. 

Juvenile great whites, typically under 8 feet, are common along Southern California, where they feed on small fish. As they get larger, white sharks start feeding on bigger marine mammals, a factor lifeguards use to consider closures.

The advisory comes more than a month after a woman swimming off the coast of San Onofre State Beach, at a popular surf spot, was attacked by a 10-foot white shark. 

Leeanne Ericson survived the attack on April 29 but suffered major injuries to her right leg. 



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McCain Blames Baseball for Confusing Comey Questions

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Sen. John McCain suggested that he was tired when he questioned fired FBI Director James Comey on Thursday, a performance that lit up Twitter and the Internet with unsparing criticism.

The 80-year-old Arizona Republican joked that maybe he shouldn't have stayed up late watching the Arizona Diamondbacks playing a night game out West.

The Diamondbacks played the San Diego Padres Wednesday night, with the Padres losing 4-7.

"What I was trying to get at was whether Mr. Comey believes that any of his interactions with the president rise to the level of obstruction of justice," McCain said in a statement after his questioning.

Instead, McCain flummoxed Comey with a question about why "the investigation of anything former Secretary Clinton had to do with the campaign is over, and we don't have to worry about it anymore?"

Comey pointed out they were separate investigations, begun at different times.

"I'm a little confused," Comey responded. "With respect to Secretary Clinton, we investigated a criminal investigation in connection with her use of a personal email server."

McCain said he doesn't understand how Comey could be done with the Clinton probe having concluded no charges were warranted, but wouldn't say the same about the Russian investigation. Comey said the Russian investigation is ongoing as far as he knows.

McCain, who can alternate between gruff and self-deprecating, afterward made light of the mess.

"I get the sense from Twitter that my line of questioning today went over people's heads," McCain said in a statement. Turning more serious, McCain said, "while I missed an opportunity in today's hearing, I still believe this question is important, and I intend to submit it in writing to Mr. Comey for the record.

The Diamondbacks joined in, retweeting McCain's statement with the "shrug" emoticon.

The Padres haven't joined in on the fun about McCain's befuddled line of questioning just yet.

NBC 7 San Diego added to this report


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3 of NASA's New Astronauts Studied in San Diego

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Three astronauts in NASA's newest class studied at local universities in San Diego, before being accepted in the highly prestigious program.

Just five women and seven men were selected for the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class out of a record pool of 18,300 applicants. The new astronauts with local ties include Dr. Jonny Kim, Matthew Dominick and Rob Kulin.

Kim graduated from the University of San Diego (USD) and served as a Navy SEAL based in San Diego.

According to NASA, the California native completed more than 100 combat operations and earned a Silver Star and Bronze Star with Combat "V" while training and operating as a Navy SEAL. He was born and raised in Los Angeles before earning his bachelor's degree and graduating summa cum laude from the 2012 class at USD.

He completed a degree in Mathematics at USD as well as a Doctorate of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, stated NASA's website.

A second astronaut candidate, Dominick, also attended the same university. After growing up in Colorado, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of San Diego with minors in Physics and Mathematics, according to his NASA biography.

Dominick also graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, clocking in more than 1,600 hours of flight time in 28 aircraft, 400 carrier-arrest landings and 61 combat missions, according to NASA.

The third astronaut candidate, Kulin, graduated from UC San Diego. He earned a Doctorate in Engineering from UC San Diego, while studying dynamic bone fracture, according to his NASA biography. 

Kulin has previously worked as an ice driller in Antarctica on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and Taylor Glaciers, according to NASA. Kulin was also a senior manager for flight reliability at SpaceX, leading the Launch Chief Engineering group in Hawthorne, California.

All three of the Astronaut Candidates will report for duty and begin two years of training in August 2017.

In total, NASA chose 12 new astronauts Wednesday from the biggest pool of applicants ever.



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Gas Leak Reported in Coronado, One Home Evacuated

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At least one home was evacuated after construction workers hit a gas line in an alley in Coronado Thursday afternoon.

According to the Coronado Police Department, the gas leak was reported around 3:57 p.m. on the 300 block of 7th Street near Alameda Boulevard.

Fire department is responding to the scene, police said. San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has also been called out.

Coronado police are asking drivers to avoid the area.

No other information was available.

Please refresh this page for updates on this story. Details may change as more information becomes available.



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Emergency Services Expand at Palomar Medical Center

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Palomar Medical Center accepted a $300,000 donation from the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians Thursday, intended to greatly expand the emergency services available in Escondido.

It's not the first time the Band has donated to the Palomar Health Foundation. But this is the first donation aimed specifically at expanding emergency services, according to Bo Mazzetti, a Rincon chairman.

With these funds, the unfinished shell space inside the Emergency Department will finally be completed, said officials. This will include new patient treatment rooms, state-of-the-art medical beds, monitors, technology and life-saving equipment.

There will also be additional clinical support space available.

"When considering how to make our donations meaningful to the North County, we wanted to make an investment that benefits as many people as possible," explained Mazzetti, in a statement.

"A contribution to meet increased emergency capacity at Palomar Medical Center Escondido was an obvious solution because at some time almost everyone is likely to need emergency care either for themselves or for family," continued Mazzetti.

An average of about 300 patients visit Palomar Health every day, said Dr. Jaime Rivas, the Emergency Services Medical Director at Palomar Health. He expects that number to rise in the future.

“Convenience, skill, and timing is important to saving lives in a serious emergency,” Mazzetti said. “Rincon members, like others in North County, look to Palomar Medical Center Escondido for our care and we believe it is important to support the Foundation’s goal to provide the highest level of treatment.”

Wait times are expected to decrease in the emergency department, added Dr. Rivas.



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Comey Hearing Did Little to Impact Local's Opinion of Trump

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San Diegans have strong opinions about former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday morning.

But it did not sway or change feelings about how President Donald Trump is doing.

NBC 7 spoke with several President Trump's supporters who remained unmoved by Comey's testimony about Russia.

“It just sounds like Trump was doing his job and Comey was trying to be a snake and get out of stuff to make himself look bad and trying to cover up," said Darcie Liberman of Allied Gardens. "I don’t know what he was doing, but I don’t buy it.” 

Others said they were encouraged by Comey's claim he was uncomfortable with President Trump and kept detailed notes about their meetings.

“It just confirmed what I believe has occurred all along--that President Trump has a difficult time with the truth, and Mr. Comey called him out on it,” said Tim Mills of Del Mar.

Carolyn Lisle, visiting friends in the North County, told NBC 7 she thought Comey appeared to be evading responsibility.

“He wasn’t believable or he seemed to be defending himself but always trying to escape the blame,” Lisle said.

But Mike Gallado of Hillcrest disagreed.

“I was very confident in [Comey's] answers. I felt him to be very honest and loyal about the way he came off with everything,” said Gallardo.

Bryan Hugo of San Marcos said he was still proud to show his support for the president.

“We have to wait to see what more comes out. Every president we’ve ever had has done stuff that isn’t right," said Hugo. "It’s a 'he said she said' thing and what bothers me the most is government is like that.” 



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Mexican Woman Convicted of Punching SD-Based BP Agent

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A federal jury convicted an undocumented immigrant from Guerrero, Mexico on Thursday of assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent based in San Diego.

The federal jury in San Diego found 27-year-old Jose Camargo-Alejo, also known as Jessica, guilty of a felony assault on a federal officer. After refusing to follow instructions, Camargo-Alejo punched a Border Patrol agent in the face, according to U.S. Attorney Alana Robinson.

Just before that, the victim had asked the defendant to cover her mouth during a coughing fit.

She refused to cover her mouth, yelling and cursing at the agent instead. Without provocation, Camargo-Alejo struck the agent with her fist. Agents detained her shortly after this, according to Robinson.

Her sentencing date is set for Sept. 11, 2017. Camargo-Alejo faces a maximum sentence of eight years in prison.


Downsides of the East Village Building Boom

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An unprecedented building boom is under way in East Village and it's causing some concerns.

For one things, developers in the area are building lots of apartments and retail spaces, and only a few new office projects are planned. Many urbanists say neighborhoods flourish when there's a healthy mix of live, work and play development.

Another issue related to East Village's transformation is the arts scene that's survived in the neighborhood for years and is being pushed out due to the rising cost of real estate.

In this week’s San Diego Explained, Voice of San Diego’s Kinsee Morlan details some of the concerns about East Village's rapid development.



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Get A Drone's-eye View of the SD County Fair

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Every year about 1.6 million people will visit the San Diego County Fair, according to organizers. That comes out to about 40,000 visitors a day.

As of Thursday morning, the fair has had 174,530 visitors this year.

"This is the biggest county fair in the country," said Shawn Feist of the Del Mar Fairgrounds. "And the fifth largest fair in the country."

NBC 7 flew a drone over the fairgrounds Thursday to give a rare glimpse into what it looks like from the sky.

Take a look at dozens of rides, venues and booths through our drone! 

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