A brand of pine nut hummus sold at major retailers including Wal-Mart and Target has been recalled by its manufacturer because it may be contaminated with listeria.

House of Thaller, which is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, voluntarily recalled all 10-ounce packages of hummus products containing pine nut topping, after a supplier reported the possible contamination.

Thaller sells its hummus under the brand names Marketside, Lantana, and Fresh Foods Market across the country, including at large nationwide retailers.

Listeria monocytogenes, the bacteria that may have contaminated the hummus, can cause serious infections in young children, the elderly, and anyone with weakened immune systems. Symptoms include fever, nausea and diarrhea.

No illnesses have been reported in relation to the product, which was distributed from April 18 to June 13, according to the FDA.

Anyone with questions about the recall can call the House of Thaller customer service center on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. CST at 855-215-5142. Or click here for more information.  

A little girl amid a pile of bodies was rescued by an American aid worker sprinting out from behind a tank in the besieged city of Mosul despite the threat of ISIS sniper fire this month. The moment, captured on video, shows the devastation of Iraq's struggle to end the ISIS insurgency.

The video shows veteran Dave Eubank rush through a cloud of smoke toward the corpses as two other men from his group provide covering fire from behind a tank. Seconds later, he reemerges with the girl scooped in his right arm and passes her off to another volunteer from his group, a Syrian refugee who speaks to the girl in Arabic.

"I just prayed to God and told her I'd knew we'd save her," Eubank said. "I told her in English, as we're running through the gunfire, 'If no one will have you, if there's nowhere out there for you, don't worry. I'll adopt you.'"

The footage captures the harrowing reality that civilians face amid the battle for Mosul, and it's been shared widely online. One tweet showing the incident has more than 16,000 retweets, and he's earned praise from Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., among others.

Street-by-street fighting has left much of Mosul in northern Iraq crumbling, and ISIS has increasingly been killing civilians as it struggles to maintain control, according to Eubank and the United Nations, whose human rights division found credible reports that it slaughtered at least 204 people over three days — including at the gutted Pepsi factory where Eubank's rescue took place.

On Tuesday in the city, ISIS destroyed the iconic mosque where it announced its caliphate in 2014 as Iraqi forces approached, according to the Iraqi government.

Eubank, who served in the U.S. Army Special Forces and is from Southern California, told NBC that his rescue was part of a coordinated effort on June 2 to save the few people who survived a mass attack.

A crowd of 30 to 40 civilians had been gunned down outside the former Pepsi factory while trying to flee their neighborhood in the northwest part of the city.

"We see ISIS shooting people daily, but not in those numbers," he said. "They're just sweeping the highway with fire, killing anyone trying to flee, and there were a couple of living people among the dead."

Eubank and his aid organization, the Free Burma Rangers, had been called in by Iraqi forces the day before to provide medical aid to wounded civilians. After hearing from victims that there were still survivors, the group hatched a plan with the U.S. military to rescue them, including the young girl.

The video begins just after U.S. forces had dropped smoke canisters in order to conceal Eubank — who is wearing only a helmet and bulletproof vest — and a team of American and Iraqi soldiers conducting the rescue, he said.

Other videos from the rescue that he provided to NBC show Eubank and his team rescuing a young man from the same pile of bodies moments later, then carrying the pair to safety.

Eubank said he founded the Free Burma Rangers, which is currently embedded in the Iraqi army's 9th division, after leaving his army post in order to "serve God in a different way" and "help people, with the freedom to do it."

Besides medics and aid workers, every team includes a videographer to capture and spread news about the atrocities of the war zones where they work.

"We video everything: refugees getting fed, people having fun, people getting shot," Eubank said. "I've been doing this for 20 years, and many of the people I meet say, 'Please tell the Americans about us, please tell the Americans we need help.'"

He added, "We want people to know the Iraqis are wonderful people and worthy of being helped."

The little girl he rescued was taken to the hospital "terrified, devastated and dehydrated," Eubank said, and is now in the care of an Iraqi general. Though calls have been put out on social media in search of any surviving relatives, the general is filing adoption papers in the increasingly likely case that no one is found.

Raiders quarterback Derek Carr wanted to get his contract extension done before training camp next month.

He got his wish.

Carr and the team have reached what is reported to be a five-year, $125 million deal, according to a story by Ian Rapoport of NFL.com Thursday morning.

An excited Carr confirmed that report on social media.

“Now it’s done!” he wrote on Twitter. “From the jump I’ve wanted to be a Raider 4 life. One step closer to that! Blessed!!! Business done! Let’s just play now!!!”

The deal is expected to pay Carr about $25 million per season, which will make him the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback. He’s heading into the final year of his first deal, signed after he was taken in the second round of the 2014 draft. That deal will pay him about $5.4 million this season, with the new terms kicking in starting in 2018.

The Raiders have been built with salary-cap flexibility under general manager Reggie McKenzie and are a reported $31 million under the salary cap.

Earlier this offseason, the Raiders signed defensive end-linebacker Khalil Mack to a long-term extension. Still to be done is a deal for starting guard Gabe Jackson.

San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) officials are working repairing down power lines on Melrose Avenue in Chula Vista.

Chula Vista Fire Department (CVFD) officials are on the 1600 block of Melrose Avenue helping with traffic control as SDG&E officials work to repair the power lines. The location is just west of Interstate 805 and south of Orange Avenue. 

Local bus routes may be impacted. 

Capitol Police removed protesters, many of whom are disabled and use wheelchairs, from outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office after text of the GOP Senate health care bill was released Thursday. 

Protesters were organized by a group called ADAPT, which identifies itself as a nonprofit for people with disabilities.

Video of the protest shows the protesters being carried away by police officers as they chanted "no cuts to Medicaid." Empty wheelchairs remained in the hall after the arrests, the video shows. 

Just prior to the protest, Senate Republicans released their long-awaited bill Thursday to dismantle much of Barack Obama's health care law. 

The Senate bill would, beginning in 2020, phase out over four years extra money that Obamacare offered to states that expanded Medicare coverage for low-income people, The Associated Press reported. It would also limit, beginning in 2020, the federal funds that states get each year for Medicaid. That money now covers all eligible recipients and procedures.   

President Donald Trump's $4.1 trillion budget proposal for 2018 also includes $600 billion in decreases to Medicaid, apparently on top of health care bill cuts. Medicaid provides health care not only to the poor, but also to elderly and disabled Americans, who account for 60 percent of the cost.

San Diego County will soon have a new resource to fight wildfires this summer season. 

During the hottest months of summer, County officials will be able to call on the "Fire Boss" air tanker, thanks to a private-public partnership, City and law enforcement leaders announced Thursday. 

The single engine air tanker comes at no cost to taxpayers: Aero Spray Inc., the company that operates the plan, will provide the aircraft for free through the end of July. 

"Air Boss" has a three-hour fuel endurance limit and can take off and land on a body of water. The plane can carry up to 800 gallons of water. 

The fixed-wing aircraft will take off from Lower Otay Lake, where it will scoop up water from the lake and then fly to the fire. 

An Amtrak train struck and killed a pedestrian on the tracks in Encinitas Thursday morning, prompting delays of several trains in the area.

The pedestrian was fatally hit just after 9:20 a.m. at Leucadia Boulevard and North Vulcan Avenue. The train came to a halt and deputies were called to the scene to investigate the incident.

The North County Transit District posted updates on Twitter about how the incident was impacting train service. Southbound Coaster 644 was delayed by about an hour, with a bus bridge established at Poinsettia to transfer passengers to another train taking them southbound toward San Diego. Coaster 639 was also delayed.

No one else was hurt; the incident is under investigation. One witness told deputies she saw the pedestrian lie down on the tracks moments before being hit.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell released the GOP's health care overhaul on Thursday. The 142-page proposal includes massive cuts to Medicaid, cuts in taxes for the wealthy and defunding of Planned Parenthood for at least one year. The Congressional Budget Office has not had a chance to score the Senate's bill yet. Under the House bill, the CBO found found that 23 million Americans would lose their   coverage by 2026.

Port district and Chula Vista city leaders have approved a resolution calling for the development of a $969.3 million, 1,450-room convention hotel project, deemed the linchpin for long-sought commercial development of the Chula Vista bayfront.

Meeting jointly on June 20, the Unified Port of San Diego’s Board of Port Commissioners and Chula Vista City Council each unanimously approved a non-binding letter of intent with Houston-based RIDA Development Corp. for development of the project. Several city and port officials called the moment a “major milestone” after more than 20 years of discussion aimed at developing 550 acres of port-controlled land along Chula Vista’s waterfront.

The developer was chosen from among several that submitted concepts as part of the port’s proposal process in 2014. RIDA officials are in talks with Gaylord Hotels, a subsidiary of Marriott International, to open a Gaylord-branded hotel that would also have 275,000 square feet of convention and meeting space, retail and resort amenities, and 1,500 public parking spaces.

Officials said construction could begin by late 2019 after the project receives all of its necessary local and state approvals, with a targeted opening in 2022. An exact construction timetable, along with the financing mechanism and terms of a ground lease between the developer and port district are yet to be finalized.

The resolution approved by port and Chula Vista officials includes a preliminary financing agreement under which RIDA and its financial partners would pay for approximately $688 million out of the project’s total cost of $969.3 million. A public joint powers authority, to include port and city officials, will be responsible for financing the remaining $281.3 million, including $225 million for the hotel and $56.3 million for required infrastructure. The public’s portion is expected to be financed primarily through the issuance of bonds.

The convention hotel has long been deemed a necessary catalyst to create additional long-range commercial, residential and recreational projects along the waterfront. Officials have projected that the Chula Vista waterfront at full build-out would have more than $1 billion in new investments by multiple developers.

According to the port district and its consultants, the Gaylord hotel project on its own is expected to create a total of 3,100 construction jobs and 3,700 permanent jobs. It would also create a $1.2 billion economic impact during construction and a $390 million impact annually once it’s in operation.

Officials said the San Diego County regional impact, with ripple results from the hotel’s operations, would include a total of 16,000 jobs and an annual economic impact of $1.7 billion.

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More than 100,000 gallons of sewage and counting have spilled into Border Field State Park's Yogurt Canyon so far from Tijuana, the result of crumbling infrastructure, a Water Commission official said. 

The ongoing sewage spill has not yet been capped, and sewage is flowing at a rate of 90 gallons per minute into the area, the Department of Environmental Health said. The Department has not released when the spill started. 

Border Field State Park lies along the U.S-Mexico border in Imperial Beach, south of Downtown San Diego.

Most of the spilled sewage has been soaked up by the vegetation and soil in the area, officials said. As of now, no crews are cleaning up. 

The access road to Friendship Park, within the park, may also be affected by sewage-filled runoff, the department said. Officials recommend avoiding the area.

Warning signs have been posted in the area, telling visitors and locals to avoid contact with contaminated water. As of Thursday, the spill has not reached the beach. 

Officials say old and crumbling infrastructure in the area is the reason the spill started, and why sewage spills keep occurring in the area.

In February, more than an estimated 28 million gallons of sewage spilled into the Tijuana River and U.S. waters, near Border Field State Park, after a pipe collapsed in Tijuana. 

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

For updates on beach closure information please visit their website or call the 24-hr. hotline at (619) 338-2073

Tony Award-winning Director and La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley is set to direct a workshop of "Diana" the musical. 

Ashley, who won a Tony Award for directing "Come From Away," a La Jolla Playhouse-born musical, will helm the new musical, La Jolla Playhouse Director of Public Relations Becky Biegelsen confirmed to NBC 7. 

The musical will reportedly focus on the royal marriage of the Princess of Wales. 

The first workshop reading of the new musical, "Diana", will take place this summer at Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College, Biegelsen confirmed.

Following the New York reading, the musical will reportedly head to La Jolla Playhouse for a three-week workshop in the fall, according to a report. Biegelsen could not confirm the local workshop. 

Bon Jovi keyboardist and composer David Bryan and composer/lyricist and Joe DiPietro reportedly collaborated on the book and music. The pair is best known for Tony Award-winning "Memphis", a La Jolla Playhouse-born musical that later made its way to Broadway. 

Americans disapprove of the House plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act by a 3-to-1 margin, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that comes as the Senate reveals its plan to replace Obamacare. 

NBC News reports that 16 percent of adults believe that the American Health Care Act, supported by President Donald Trump and passed by House Republicans last month, is a good idea. Forty-eight percent say the plan is a bad idea. The poll surveyed 900 adults between June 17-20.

Obamacare continues to be viewed in a more positive light, with 41 percent supporting the 2010 Affordable Care Act, versus 38 percent who say it’s a bad idea.

Former President Barack Obama on Thursday posted a long statement on Facebook condemning the Senate Republicans' health care overhaul plan and urging Americans to work to prevent its passage.

"I recognize that repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act has become a core tenet of the Republican Party. Still, I hope that our Senators, many of whom I know well, step back and measure what’s really at stake, and consider that the rationale for action, on health care or any other issue, must be something more than simply undoing something that Democrats did," he wrote.

"We didn’t fight for the Affordable Care Act for more than a year in the public square for any personal or political gain – we fought for it because we knew it would save lives, prevent financial misery, and ultimately set this country we love on a better, healthier course."

The Republican proposal would dismantle much of Obama's health care law, cut Medicaid and erase tax boosts that helped Obama finance his expansion of coverage.

The bill would provide less-generous tax credits to help people buy insurance and let states get waivers to ignore some coverage standards that "Obamacare" requires of insurers. And it would end the tax penalties under Obama's law on people who don't buy insurance — the so-called individual mandate — and on larger companies that don't offer coverage to their employees.

In his post, Obama spells out some of the parts of the plan he opposes, and writes that "to put the American people through that pain – while giving billionaires and corporations a massive tax cut in return – that’s tough to fathom. But it’s what’s at stake right now. So it remains my fervent hope that we step back and try to deliver on what the American people need."

"The Senate bill, unveiled today, is not a health care bill. It’s a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America. It hands enormous tax cuts to the rich and to the drug and insurance industries, paid for by cutting health care for everybody else,” he wrote.

He said Americans can make a difference, "If you’re willing to call your members of Congress. If you are willing to visit their offices. If you are willing to speak out, let them and the country know, in very real terms, what this means for you and your family. After all, this debate has always been about something bigger than politics. It’s about the character of our country – who we are, and who we aspire to be. And that’s always worth fighting for."

With shorelines and outdoor opportunities galore, San Diego is ranked the fifth “most adventurous” city in America – out of 100 cities – according to a study released Thursday by a popular magazine.

“Men’s Health” took a look at the 100 most populous cities in the United States, focusing on whether or not cities offer great outdoor experiences including hiking, fishing, water sports, and snowboarding.

Turns out, with bountiful beaches, great weather, and picture perfect views, San Diego snagged the No. 5 spot on the list. The study praises San Diego’s 40,000 acres of public land spread out over 400 parks and 26 miles of shorelines as a haven for outdoor activities – from kayaking through the sea caves of La Jolla to surfing in Del Mar or Black’s Beach.

“Men’s Health” said the rankings were based on criteria such as the percentage of people taking part in sports in the past year (backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, horseback riding, snorkeling, etc.). Also factored in: the percentage of people meeting activity guidelines laid out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Researchers also factored in the percentage of individuals who engage in vigorous activity five or more days a ways, per CDC guidelines, the ratio of parkland to city size, the number of recreational businesses in a city, the percentage of recreational expenditure for households and the Recreational Consumer Price Index, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

San Diego is certainly in good company. The top 10 “Most Adventurous Cities in America” include, in order:

1. Anchorage, Alaska
2. Austin, Texas
3. Madison, Wis.
4. Minneapolis, Minn.
5. San Diego, Calif.
6. Raleigh, N.C.
7. Virginia Beach, Va.
8. Boston, Mass.
9. Seattle, Wash.
10. Fargo, N.D. 

For the full list, click here. The July/August issue of the magazine – which hits stands on June 27 – has details on how to take advantage of outdoor offerings in the top above 10 adventure-filled cities.

A five-year-old child and 16-year-old teen were killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 8 Wednesday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials confirmed to NBC 7. The pair were not wearing seat belts at the time of the crash, officers said. 

The crash happened at approximately 1:15 p.m. Wednesday when 19-year-old Alexis Oceguera as driving eastbound on Interstate 8, west of State Route 98, in Ocotillo. The location is east of San Diego and Boulevard, north of the U.S.-Mexico border. 

Oceguera was in the Mitsubishi Galant with 53-year-old Lydia Oceguera, a five-year-old child, a 16-year-old child, and a four-year-old child when she tried to turn into the second lane of traffic, CHP officers said. All passengers were from El Centro. 

The driver did not see a car in the lane and turned to the left to avoid a crash, officers said. 

The car moved off the road and onto the center median, where it crashed into the center median barrier, officers said. The impact sent the car flying and it overturned.

The two minor passengers in the car were thrown out of the car, and the 16-year-old was partially thrown out. 

The five-year-old and 16-year-old suffered fatal injuries, according to the CHP report. The four-year-old was taken to Rady Children's Hospital with unknown injuries. The 53-year-old was taken to a San Diego hospital with unknown injuries. 

The 19-year-old driver suffered minor injuries. 

The victims have not been identified. 

The preliminary investigation revealed the two children were not wearing seat belts, officers said. 

The crash is under investigation. 

No further details are available. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered 138 pounds of liquid methamphetamine inside the gas tank of a car at the Calexico downtown port of entry Tuesday.

The drugs were valued at almost $200,000, according to CBP.

The driver of the SUV was a 25-year-old man who is a U.S. citizen. He was referred for a more in-depth investigation when CBP officers noticed he appeared nervous. They used a canine team to screen the vehicle and the detector dog alerted agents to the gas tank area.

According to CBP officers, they ran the vehicle through the ports imaging system which revealed anomalies within the gas tank.

The gas tank was removed and searched, which revealed an unusual liquid substance that began to crystallize. When officers field-tested the substance, it produced a positive indication for the properties of methamphetamine.

“This interdiction removes a sizeable amount of methamphetamine from the streets of our communities and the reach of our youth,” said CBP Calexico Area Port Director, David Salazar, in a statement. “CBP officers in Calexico constantly produce results while inspecting thousands of travelers in 100 degree weather.”

The driver was arrested and turned over to agents with Homeland Security Investigations. CBP officers seized the vehicle and liquid methamphetamine.

CBP officers at the border crossings in Southern California routinely stop illegal activity while processing millions of travelers into the United States. More information is available on the CBP Enforcement Statistics webpage.

A juror in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial said the panel was almost evenly split for most of the deliberations, contradicting an earlier report of a 10-2 divide.

In an interview with NBC affiliate WPXI in Pittsburgh, the juror described it as a "true deadlock" case with votes split 7-5 or 5-7 of jurors wanting to convict the 79-year-old entertainer as those who wanted to acquit him on charges he drugged and molested a woman at his Philadelphia area home in 2004.

The juror, who spoke on condition on anonymity, said there was a tally of 10-2 at one point, but "when we wanted to send that in, about three jurors jumped up and said 'Hold it, I want to change.'"

"It was not a true 2 to 10," he said.

The account mirrors that of a juror who spoke to The Associated Press Thursday and said the jury was almost evenly split. That juror, who also spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the sensitive deliberations, reported some jurors were concerned that prosecutors waited 10 years to charge him, expressing suspicion that politics had played a role in the case.

It was not known if AP and WPXI interviewed the same juror.

A mistrial was declared Saturday after 52 hours of deliberations in the deadlocked case. Prosecutors plan to put Cosby on trial again.

The juror who spoke to the AP questioned the long delay in bringing charges against the TV star, suggesting that "no new evidence from '05 to now has showed up, no stained clothing, no smoking gun, nothing."

In reality, prosecutors reopened the investigation in 2015 after the public release of a deposition that Cosby gave in 2005 and 2006 as part of accuser Andrea Constand's civil suit against him — testimony that hadn't yet been offered when another district attorney passed on the case in early 2005. Prosecutors used Cosby's deposition as evidence at the criminal trial.

Constand told jurors Cosby gave her pills that made her woozy and then penetrated her with his fingers as she lay paralyzed on a couch, unable to tell him to stop. Cosby has said his encounter with Constand was consensual.

Constand, now 44, initially went to police about a year after she said Cosby assaulted her, but a prosecutor declared her case too weak to bring charges.

A decade later, another district attorney revived the probe after Cosby's lurid deposition about drugs and sex became public, and dozens of women came forward against him. Cosby was charged shortly before the statute of limitations was set to expire.

The juror who spoke to AP said that other jurors expressed the view in the deliberating room that "politics was involved."

"I think they created this whole thing, a case that was settled in '05, and we had to bring it up again in '17 with no new evidence," the juror said.

The juror declined to reveal whether he wanted to convict or acquit Cosby, but left little doubt about how he felt.

He said he was suspicious of Constand's story, questioning why she waited to tell authorities about the alleged assault and suggesting the clothing she wore to Cosby's house had influenced his view of their encounter.

"He openly admitted that what he gave 'em, he gave 'em pills. He almost incriminated himself. It was very, very honest from his side. You could believe from his testimony what he did, but not from her," he said.

The jury characterized the deliberations as tense.

"Crying by men and by women and more than one. And the tears came towards the end, it was so tense," he said.

Another juror told ABC News on Wednesday that jurors had voted 10-2 to convict Cosby on two of three counts. The juror who spoke to the AP confirmed that vote but said three people then changed their minds. He said the panel was typically more "evenly split" and "up the middle."

"It was hopeless," he said of the prospect of a unanimous verdict.

The AP does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they grant permission, which Constand has done.