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Parking Rates Along San Diego Bay Waterfront to Change

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Parking rates along the San Diego Bay waterfront will soon change, based on seasonal demand. 

The changes, effective July 1, will raise, decrease or keep certain rates the same, depending on the location, according to the Port of San Diego, which controls the rates. 

The move is an effort to boost parking space turnover in the area, according to a release. 

The following changes will take effect next month:


  • Spanish Landing (219 spaces): rates will decrease from $1.75 to $1.00 an hour. The area will be enforced seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. 

Spanish Landing is not directly connected to waterfront attractions, so Port officials say the rate is dropping to encourage family and recreational use. 

  • North Embarcadero: rates will increase from $1.75 to $2.50 an hour. The area includes the Crescent meters across from Solar Turbines to just northwest of Grape Street, along the Embarcadero waterfront, to the meters around and behind Ruocco Park, including inside Tuna Harbor. The area will be enforced seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

Port Officials say the North Embarcadero parking meters are in high demand, especially over the summer, because of their direct access to the waterfront. Higher rates will encourage people to spend a shorter amount of time in the area and free up space for others.

Those who want to spend longer than three to four hours at the waterfront, Port officials said, can park at nearby lots and garages. 

  • Embarcadero Marine Parks North and South: rates will remain at $1.75 an hour. Enforcement will continue seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The parks are open from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  • Shelter Island (264 meters): rates will remain at $1.25 an hour. Enforcement will continue seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. There are more than 1,000 free parking spaces on Shelter that will remain free. 


Parking services support other public services, such as the Port's 22 public parks, Harbor Police law enforcement and more. 

The Port of San Diego recommends the following long-term options for those looking to stay in the area for a full day. 


  • Port of San Diego Waterfront Shuttle – park at either the Convention Center or Hilton Bayfront parking garages, then ride the Waterfront Shuttle for $1. Visit the Port of San Diego website for details.
  • B Street Pier parking lot
  • Convention Center parking garage
  • Harbor Island parking lot (adjacent to the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina)
  • Hilton Bayfront Hotel parking garage
  • Navy Pier parking lot (next to the USS Midway Museum)
  • Seaport Village/Headquarters
  • Spring Hill Suites Hotel (Lane Field)
  • Wyndham Bayfront Hotel
  • County of San Diego Kettner/Cedar Street parking garage (evenings and weekends)
  • County of San Diego Waterfront Park underground parking garage (evenings and weekends)


Once the summer season ends, Port officials will review statistics from the season, including occupancy levels and demand at various locations, to see if future changes need to be made. 

All metered and pay station parking will be free on Independence Day (July 4) and Labor Day (Sept. 3). 



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Women Keep Dressing Like ‘Handmaids’ at Statehouses

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Women across the country are using creative methods to get their message on reproductive rights to their local and state legislative bodies by channeling the characters from the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale," NBC News reported.

Groups of women gather in legislative rooms and hold discussions dressed in long red robes and white bonnets, just like the characters in the Margaret Atwood novel and current Hulu series.

"The Handmaid’s Tale is based on what actually has happened to women throughout history, where women have been essentially narrowed down to their reproductive abilities," said Stephanie Craddock Sherwood, executive director of the Ohio abortion fund Women Have Options (WHO).



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Rabid Dead Bat Found at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

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A dead bat found at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park tested positive for rabies, possibly exposing visitors on June 19, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) confirmed Wednesday.

The bat was found at 10:25 p.m. Monday at the Oasis Deli in Nairobi Village at the park, HHSA said. 

It was not one of the animals from the park.

At this time, no human contact with the bat has been reported.

But the agency is asking anyone who may have come into direct contact with the bat--such as touching or holding the animal--to call them immediately.

Rabies can be transmitted from a bat bite or if bat saliva comes in contact with cuts, abrasions, or the eyes, nose or mouth.

“Human rabies is usually fatal without prompt post-exposure vaccine and treatment,” said Sayone Thihalolipavan, M.D., M.P.H., County deputy public health officer. “There has been no reported human or animal contact with this bat, but it was found in an area where many park visitors pass by, and we want to make sure that no one had contact with it.”

This year, 10 rabid bats have been found in San Diego County, one of which was found at the park back in April, the agency said. There was no direct human contact reported with that animal.

“People should always stay away from bats and other wild animals to prevent possible exposure to rabies,” said Thihalolipavan. “If you see a bat, dead or alive, don’t touch it.”

To prevent rabies, make sure your pets are up to date on their rabies vaccines and avoid contact with wild, stray and unknown domestic animals, HHSA said.



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Milwaukee Cop Found Not Guilty In Shooting That Sparked Riots

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Jurors acquitted former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown of first degree reckless homicide on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Heaggan-Brown shot and killed Sylville Smith after a traffic stop and a short pursuit. Smith was carrying a gun when Heaggan-Brown opened fire. Smith's family plans to sue Heaggan-Brown and the city of Milwaukee.

Woman Fights off Man Trying to Abduct Her in Otay Mesa: PD

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An 18-year-old woman was able to fight off a man in a sombrero who tried to pull her into his truck in Otay Mesa Wednesday, San Diego police (SDPD) confirmed to NBC 7.

Police responded to a call around 11:15 a.m. saying a man tried to force a woman into his red older-model truck.

"I hope she’s alright and I just pray for her family, pray for all the kids around here too. I will keep my eyes open," said Jesse Contreras, a resident who lives nearby and looks after his own daughter.

The suspect pulled up alongside the victim on the 900 block of Orchid Way, south of Palm Avenue and east of Interstate 5. The location is blocks away from the Montgomery-Waller Recreation Center and Montgomery High School. 

San Diego police say the driver of the truck asked if the victim needed a ride.

That's when he got out, grabbed the woman and attempted to force her into his truck. But the woman fought back, kicking the man until she was able to break free and run away, SDPD spokesman Billy Hernandez said.

Then, the man got back in his truck and fled the area, driving south on Hawaii Avenue, confirmed police.

San Diego police are investigating and looking for the suspect's red truck. The vehicle was spotted on surveillance video.

The victim was not injured, and described the suspect as a man wearing pants with holes in them and a dirty gray shirt. He also donned a wide-brimmed sombrero. Police say he appeared to be about 35 to 45 years old.

Neighbors were shaken by this incident because it happened in a quiet, tight-knit community. Many of the residents have lived in the area for decades without noticing anything like this before.

“For 39 years I’ve lived here. I haven’t seen these things around here. People know each other, we care about each other. When somebody goes on vacation, we look after their house," said Aida Yabit, a grandmother who lives nearby.

“I’m babysitting for my grandkids and now I’m afraid to let them walk at night," she added.

Another neighbor, Linda Olkowski, told NBC 7, she plans to explain to her daughter what to do in an emergency situation like this.

“I want to empower them to know what to do in a situation where they may be faced with having to do something for their lives. That’s hard to teach," said Olkowski.

The suspect was driving a four-door, pickup truck with a metal toolbox in the cargo bed. No other information was immediately available, said Hernandez.

“She was able to find a way to get away which is fantastic. I don’t know how she did. I don’t know by what means, but she was able to. And that’s reassuring," added Olkowski.

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



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Man Identified in Carmel Mountain Ranch Shooting: SDPD

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San Diego police (SDPD) have identified the suspect who allegedly shot a fellow employee at his workplace in Carmel Mountain Ranch. 

Julio Riel Narvaez, 54, was booked into San Diego Central Jail on one felony charge of attempted murder, officials confirmed. Narvaez is due in court on Thursday, June 22.

About half the employees were sent home early Wednesday as they recover from the traumatic event.

Police said an employee at the Phamatech business in the 15000 block of Innovation Drive was arguing with a fellow employee around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday when he shot the victim in the head.

An employee was able to take the shooter down in the back of the building, police said. Another employee kicked the gun away. Once police arrived, the gunman was already tied up by coworkers.

Staff members were held inside for questioning until around 4:30 p.m.

"It's kinda scary thinking about someone coming in and trying to shoot someone from work," said Hussein Alsawad, an employee who works at the Phamatech. "I thought it was really safe until now."

Paramedics were requested at the scene for one patient. Police said the victim is in critical condition but was speaking and conscious before being taken to the hospital.

When asked about the work environment, Alsawad said most of his coworkers are pleasant and relaxed, making the shooting difficult to foresee.

“It’s pretty chill. Everyone’s really friendly in there, so something wasn’t expected to happen," said Alsawad.

The suspect drove a brand new Black Ford Escape with no license plate. Uber and Lyft stickers were visible on the windshield. The suspect could be seen on surveillance footage. 

The shooting remains under investigation.

No other information was immediately available.



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Could San Diego Be The New Hub Of Virtual Reality?

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The co-founder of San Diego Startup Week, Austin Neudecker, said Wednesday he believes San Diego could become a new leader in the world of virtual reality.

“We have a tremendous engineers coming out of some of the best research institutions and companies here in San Diego," said Neudecker.

One company, Ossic, is paving the way, with new types of headphones that take virtual reality sound from two-dimensional, like you would hear from a television or video game, to 3-D sound.  

“3-D sound is kind of like how you hear in real life," said Sally Kellaway, creative director of Ossic. "When you’re listening to anything in real life, you get 360 degrees: you can listen to anything at any time.”

Kellaway said they do this by customizing the headsets to each person's head and ears.

Ossic currently has a program that displays musical orbs floating through the air. When you touch them with your controller in virtual reality, you can move them around, hearing the music from all sides.



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Crews Battle 2-Alarm Fire at Apartment in Lakeside

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Crews are working on a 2-alarm fire at an apartment in Lakeside Wednesday, confirmed Heartland Fire.

The flames sparked at the 12000 block of Mapleview Street around 5:40 p.m. No other information was immediately available.

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Man Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Killing of Police Officer

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A 26-year-old man plead not guilty to striking an Oceanside police officer conducting a traffic stop in court Wednesday.

Roberto Ignacio Flores, 26, of San Marcos, was charged with first-degree attempted murder of a peace officer, hit-and-run causing great bodily injury and assault against a peace officer. Flores was already out on bail for an open felony case when the incident occurred, said prosecutors.

"Any time any defendant tries to intentionally harm one of the police officers in our community, we're going to take it seriously, and we're going to hold the defendant accountable," said Deputy District Attorney Keith Watanabe.

If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years to life in state prison. The judge set his bail at $5 million because of his flight risk and the separate open felony case, said prosecutors. His bail for the separate felony case was set at $50,000.

Prosecutors said the defendant veered intentionally out of his way to strike motorcycle officer Brad Hunter with his vehicle. It happened while Hunter was conducting a traffic stop at Foussat Road, just south of Oceanside Blvd. The location is south of State Route 76 and east of Interstate 5 near a series of stores. 

The officer hit the wind shield, broke the glass and was thrown onto the street, said Watanabe. Officer Hunter lost consciousness and broke his right leg. He was taken to the hospital and placed in a medically-induced coma.

As officer Hunter lay unconscious on the road, Flores drove to the end of the street, parked his car and walked away. There was a passenger in Flores' vehicle who also walked away.

Prosecutors say the victim is beginning to show signs of improvement and should be discharged from the hospital soon.

"Fortunately, officer Hunter is now conscious and is doing well and is expected to be able to be discharged from the hospital at some point in the near future," said Watanabe.

Video surveillance showed the defendant running eastbound toward the Sprinter station. Moments later, police arrested Flores at the sprinter station on El Camino Real. There were shards of glass on the defendant's shirt and chest area, said Watanabe.

The victim is a 29-year veteran of the department. He was taken by air ambulance to Scripps Memorial Hospital.



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City Leaders, Faulconer Propose Affordable Housing Plans

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San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and several city leaders announced a new plan called Housing SD to create more affordable housing options for low and middle-income local families.

“The state’s housing shortage and the unaffordable housing market it spawned has left the dream of homeownership out of reach for the majority of San Diegans," Faulconer said. "The only way to change that is to build more housing that people can actually afford. Hardworking folks who love San Diego and want to live in San Diego should not be priced out of San Diego."

Some of the goals of the proposal are to spur more housing in San Diego through incentives for developers and speed up the review process for developers to build in the city. The proposal also aims to put more funding toward affordable housing options and build more homes near transit areas to encourage people to use public transportation.

The city says that more than 70 percent of San Diegans can’t afford to buy a house at the county’s median home cost of more than $500,000–making San Diego one of the least affordable markets in the country.

“Part of the reason for the high cost is lack of supply. We're not building enough housing. There isn't enough housing that is in reach for those with working means," said Rick Gentry, president and CEO of the San Diego Housing Commission. "And, so some of that problem is hindrances at City Hall--fees and the time it takes to get a new project approved."

The new proposal is hoping to make the process for building in San Diego easier.

There are a dozen proposals in the new housing plan proposed by Faulconer and city leaders.

The goal is to implement them over the next year.

Several of the proposals will be addressed by the San Diego City Council this summer and fall.

USGS Mistakenly Reports 6.8 Earthquake Near Isla Vista

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The U.S. Geological Survey said that an email alert that went out about a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Isla Vista Wednesday was a "false alarm" based on a quake that happened in the same area nearly a century ago.

"We are sending something out to correct it. It was systems maintenance and something was sent out that shouldn't have been," a spokesperson told NBC Bay Area.

An email alert received by NBC Bay Area at 4:51 p.m. from USGS said there had been a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the Santa Barbara Channel on June 29, 2025 at 7:42 a.m., nine miles from Isla Vista, and 10 miles from downtown Santa Barbara.

A follow-up email from USGS said the event had been deleted. "The quake did happen, but it happened in 1925," said Rafael Abreu, a geophysicist from the US Geological Survey.

The report caused huge ripples on Twitter, where dozens of automated tweets were generated, and concerned citizens were hoping the people of California were OK.

But suspiciously there were no tweets or posts from anyone having felt the temblor, which usually precede the official alerts and come in big numbers. A quake of that size would have been felt by millions.

It turns out that researchers from the California Institute of Technology had been using new information to relocate the epicenter of a 1925 earthquake in the Santa Barbara Channel, and somehow set off the automated alert that went out to email accounts.

The fake quake never appeared on the USGS website.

A USGS statement said the research "was misinterpreted by software as a current event. We are working to resolve the issue."

The report also set newsrooms around the country on edge. Reporters and editors often use the automated emails from the USGS to begin their coverage, though the reports themselves warn that they contain automated information that has not been reviewed by a seismologist.

The Los Angeles Times was put in an especially bad spot. The newspaper sent out a robotic story that it quickly had to retract.

"We have an algorithm (Quakebot) that automatically writes stories about earthquakes based on USGS alerts," the Times said in a tweet. "The USGS alert was incorrect."

False alarms through the service are fairly common, but they rarely report quakes so big or in such populated areas.

Often when there is a large earthquake in some part of the world, it sets off reports of minor quakes in distant areas. The USGS usually retracts these quickly.

Oddly, while the quake was from the distant past, the report itself put it in the near future. It listed the date as June 29, the same date as the 1925 quake. But the report said the quake happened in the year 2025.

That degree of advance prediction would truly be a miracle.

The Santa Barbara earthquake resulted in 13 deaths and some $8 million in damage.

To stay updated about quakes in the Bay Area, visit our quake map page.



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Court Rules in Favor of San Diego County Water Authority

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A Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) Wednesday in a key rate case against the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California.

According to a statement released by the Water Authority, the court ruled MWD collected millions of dollars’ in illegal charges from ratepayers in San Diego. The Water Authority is also entitled to tens of thousands of acre-feet more water from the district than it had calculated, according to the ruling.

The lawsuit against the district was filed in 2010. A judge ruled in favor of the Water Authority, saying MWD’s rates for 2011-2014 were illegal.

But MWD appealed the decision and did not change its rates, according to the Water Authority. A second lawsuit was filed in 2012.

The court did rule in favor of the district for one issue, the Water Authority said.

In their statement, the SDCWA said, in part:

“The court ruled against the Water Authority on one important issue with implications for ratepayers and taxpayers statewide – essentially, whether MWD must base its rates on the costs it actually incurs in providing its various services. We believe that the California Constitution, state law and voter-approved Proposition 26 compel MWD to do so – and the trial court agreed. MWD argued that it’s above the law, and convinced the Court of Appeal to reverse the lower court ruling on this key finding. We are also concerned about the chilling effect this ruling could have on water transfers and their benefits for the environment.”

The Water Authority filed a third and fourth lawsuit against the district but both cases are currently pending. Both lawsuits challenge the district's rates—the third lawsuit for 2015-2016 and the fourth for 2017-2018.

In response to the court ruling, the district also released a statement, which read, in part:

“The Water Authority’s years-long effort to shift costs relating to their own water supply onto ratepayers elsewhere in Southern California has failed. We are equally pleased the court upheld Metropolitan’s full service rate—which represents the vast majority of Metropolitan’s revenues—including our ability to fund projects advancing conservation and local resource development through that rate.In the end, years of litigation brought by the Water Authority and tens of millions of dollars in related costs borne by ratepayers have fundamentally changed no major aspect of Southern California water management or financing. While Metropolitan has prevailed as to the overwhelming majority of costs under challenge in this litigation, nobody is a winner when water districts decide to fight in court rather than resolve their differences in a democratic and collaborative fashion.”



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5 Key Issues to Look for in the Senate Health Care Bill

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With Senate Republican leaders expected to release details of their health care bill in a meeting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, NBC News rounded up five big issues that are at the heart of the proposed legislation. 

Medicaid has been a major talking point in the health care debate. Republican leaders have been contemplating a slow winding-down of the program, making it less generous or creating carve outs so certain groups don't lose coverage, such as children with chronic health problems.

Lawmakers are also looking at taxes. The Senate is trying to correct the House's version of the bill that gives tax credits based on age. But some lawmakers also want to repeal the taxes they believe increase the cost of premiums, including the tax on insurance companies, pharmaceuticals and more.

Opioid treatment could also lose funding, though some senators are weighing the option of creating a pool of money to be available for that purpose. And Planned Parenthood is facing strict opposition from Republicans, but moderates don't want the organization to lose funding.



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Two Injured in Grant Hill Crash: SDFD

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At least two people were injured in a multiple-vehicle crash in the Grant Hill area of San Diego Wednesday night.

According to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD), the crash occurred at 9:14 p.m. on 25th Street and Imperial Avenue.

Two people were transported to a local hospital.

The extent of their injuries is unknown.

San Diego police said the crash involved two to three vehicles.

At this time, it is unknown what caused the collision.

No other information was available.



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Missing 85-Year-Old Fits Description of Man in New Video

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New surveillance video released by San Diego police Wednesday may provide more clues to help in the search for a missing 85-year-old at-risk man in Scripps Ranch.

Taiheng Sun was last seen at his home around 7 a.m. Thursday on the 15000 block of Maple Grove Lane. When his family returned home after 7:32 p.m. that day, he was gone.

Nearly a week later, a surveillance image showed Sun walking alone into the West Sycamore Staging Area of Mission Trails Regional Park. The photo was taken more than an hour after his disappearance Thursday morning.

Sun suffers from Alzheimer's and depression, his family said. He also speaks very little English.

On Wednesday, police released a video that captured a man fitting Sun's description getting out a car on Legacy Canyon Place Saturday afternoon. The location is six miles from where Sun was last seen.

The video appears to show the man disoriented. He crosses the street and then comes back. After about 30 minutes, he started walking north on Legacy Canyon Place.

The car in the video is described to be either a beige or silver Ford Taurus. 

Police said they are not positive the man in the video is Sun

But a woman who lives on the street said she saw him.

The video brought about 100 volunteers to Legacy Canyon Place to search for Sun, many scouring the area with their drones.

"I can see the horizon or I can look straight down below me,” drone operator Drew Goodwin said.

Volunteers on foot passed out missing person flyers door-to-door and asked residents for security camera recordings that might have captured images of Sun.

"It could be any one of us or any one of our relatives," neighbor Stephanie Runyon said.

Among the volunteers is San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman.

"A lot of my neighbors were out searching for Mr. Sun. I just wanted to come out here and make sure I myself show a lot of support," Zimmerman said.

"Every time there is new sighting and new information there is new hope,” Goodwin said.

Volunteers and authorities searching for Sun are also concerned about the heat wave sweeping through San Diego County. 

The Scripps Ranch Civic Association president told NBC 7, Sun's disappearance is having an unexpected residual effect on the community.

He is hearing through social media about several instances where neighbors are reaching out to help the senior population in the community that might be having heat issues.



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Short-Term Rentals May Impact Housing Affordability: Group

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The battle over short-term vacation rentals is heating up in the Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego.

During a Town Council meeting Wednesday night, a group called Save San Diego Neighborhoods touted findings on the impact rentals may have on the cost of living in San Diego.

Supporters and opponents of short-term vacation rental packed the meeting to make their voice heard. 

The Magills said they have loved living in their Crown Point dream home for more than 20 years but their life was turned into a nightmare by vacation renters in March.

Around the corner on Riviera and Edge Cliff drives, police said an 18-year-old was shot after leaving a party at a vacation home.

"We don’t know who's in our neighborhood," said Gary Magill. The old days--old days of neighborhood watch--there is no neighborhood watch. Who are you watching? You don’t recognize anyone."

Save San Diego Neighborhoods gave a presentation Wednesday night, showing years old pictures of partying and multi-unit homes being built for short term rentals.

Nancy Kramer, who owns seven vacation rentals and manages 50 more, said she has never had complaints.

“I don’t see it. I have 57 vacation rentals. Police have never been called on any of mine. I don’t have a problem with the neighbors.”

But the group claims the short-term vacation rentals contribute to San Diego's housing crunch.

According to their research, there are 8,000 properties that are short-term vacation rentals, which means fewer homes for long-term renters.

"We have a housing crisis in San Diego and it’s aggravated by short-term vacation rentals,” said John Thickstun of Save San Diego Neighborhoods.

"They’re probably right but it’s also an economic thing where it's going to come down. If there are too many vacation rentals, they’re going to go back to long-term renting. It's supply and demand," Kramer said.

Save San Diego Neighborhoods said they don’t have a problem with owner occupied short-term rentals--just rentals where the landlord or owner is absent.

The City Attorney has said short-term rentals are not legal in single family residential zones under the city’s current codes.

Ordinances addressing short-term rentals are being drafted to present to the City Council later this summer.



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Trump Appointee Is Still a Saudi Government Lobbyist

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One of President Donald Trump's newest appointees is a registered agent of Saudi Arabia who earns hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby on the kingdom's behalf, according to U.S. Department of Justice records reviewed by the Center for Public Integrity.

Longtime Republican lobbyist Richard Hohlt was appointed by Trump to the Commission on White House Fellowships, a part-time advisory body responsible for making final recommendations to the president of candidates for the prestigious White House fellowships.

Since January, the Saudi Arabian foreign ministry has paid Hohlt about $430,000 in exchange for "advice on legislative and public affairs strategies," according to The Center for Public Integrity.

Trump's decision to appoint a registered foreign agent clashes with the president's vow to clean up Washington and limit the influence of special interests, The Center for Public Integrity reports.

Trump singled out lobbyists for foreign governments for special criticism, saying they shouldn't be permitted to contribute to political campaigns. Hohlt is himself a Trump donor, though his contributions came before he registered to represent Saudi Arabia.



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Deadly Stabbing in Ocean Beach

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San Diego Police are looking for the man involved in a deadly stabbing in Ocean Beach.

Police responded to a 911 call Thursday about 12:30 a.m. The caller said a man was attacking another man on Bacon Street, near Newport Avenue.  

Officers found a man lying on the sidewalk with trauma to his torso. 

Officers quickly performed life saving measures on the man, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital. 

Investigators said the man suspected of stabbing the victim fled before officers arrived. He was wearing a white or gray hooded sweatshirt and baggy blue jeans. 

The victim has not been identified. 

No other information was available.

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Road Rage: Motorcyclist Kicks Sedan, Sparks Fiery Crash

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A caught-on-camera road rage incident between a motorcyclist and a driver on a Southern California freeway led to a chain-reaction crash, sending an innocent person to the hospital Wednesday, authorities said.

The crash occurred before 6 a.m. on the southbound 14 Freeway near Newhall in Santa Clarita. The passenger who shot the video said he started recording when a gray sedan inadvertently cut off a passing motorcyclist.

"Words went back and forth," he told NBC4.

The motorcyclist zooms up to the driver's side of the sedan and kicks the side of the vehicle. The sedan veered left, pinching the biker to the center divider before it swerved and crashed into the wall, hitting and flipping a Chevy pickup truck over on its roof. The motorcyclist zooms past the collision.

The man in the truck was sent to the hospital and is expected to recover, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Officials were looking for the biker and said they were investigating the crash as a road rage incident and a possible hit-and run.

"Obviously it was a road rage incident. He was kicking the vehicle. We have to get a statement, see what's going on," said CHP officer Josh Greengard.

The person who recorded the video immediately turned in the footage to the CHP.

"The old man who had nothing to do with it was the one that got hurt," he said. "Hopefully by doing this, it can help him out."

The southbound lanes of the 14 Freeway were reopened by 6:33 a.m.

Mom Was 'Distracted by Facebook' When Infant Drowned: Police

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Sheriff's deputies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area say a mother charged in the drowning of her infant daughter had been distracted by Facebook when she left the girl unattended in a bathtub.

In a news release, investigators said Cheyenne Summer Stuckey, 21, originally told deputies she had left her 6-month-old child alone in the bathtub "for only a couple minutes" inside her Reno, Texas, home on June 13.

The mother later returned to find her daughter, Zayla, unresponsive and floating face-down in the bathtub.

Stuckey told police she was uncertain whether she had placed a bathtub stopper in the drain. Investigators later found Stuckey had been on Facebook Messenger for at least 18 minutes while her child was in the tub, authorities said.

During her interview with police, Stuckey said she had implicated herself in the negligence of her daughter's death by saying she left the infant unsupervised and became "distracted" by another child, Facebook messenger and a loud TV.

Deputies said the mother tried to save her daughter, but "did not know how."

Stuckey was booked into the Parker County Jail and charged with injury to a child. No bond has been set, as of writing.

Deputies said other children in the home were placed into foster care.

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth has reached out to Stuckey's lawyer for comment on her behalf. 



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