As negotiations continue on a new version of the Senate Republican health care bill, there is growing movement towards preserving some taxes on wealthy Americans, a decision that could anger some conservatives but appease moderates in the search for a compromise.

As NBC News reports, the move could reduce the proposed cuts in Medicaid spending and provide for additional spending on opioid treatment, two issues currently under discussion among Republican senators.

Perhaps furthering the argument of proponents who favor of extending the tax on the wealthy is a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office report that says Medicaid would be reduced by 35 percent in the second ten years — 2027 to 2036 — of the GOP bill, compared to 26 percent in the first ten years.

An officer was shot Thursday at the end of a pursuit on streets in the South Bay area involving a man wanted for murder, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The shooting was reported at Aviation and El Segundo boulevards, near the border of Hawthorne and El Segundo. The SWAT officer was part of a multi-agency operation that involved staking out the man sought in a March 31 gang-related killing in Los Angeles, said LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.

When the pursuit ended, the driver ran from the car armed with a handgun, Beck said. It was not immediately clear how many rounds were fired, but Beck said the man sustained multiple gunshot wounds during the running gun battle near an apartment complex

At least four LAPD officers and several Hawthorne officers were involved in the gunfight, Beck said.

Aerial video showed the officer being treated by medical personnel and transferred to an ambulance. His wife, also and LAPD officer, arrived at the hospital, where he was in "stable" condition, Beck said.

The officer, who has been with the department for more than 20 years, appeared to be communicating with colleagues and medical personnel as he was taken on a gurney to the ambulance. Authorities said he was struck in his hip or gun belt.

"We anticipate a full recovery on his part," Beck said.

The individual wanted in the murder investigation was hospitalized in serious condition.

Aviation Boulevard was closed for the investigation. Evidence markers were placed in the street behind a Nissan Rogue, which police said was the gunman was driving.

The San Diego Symphony’s annual summer concert series along the waterfront returns Friday, bringing some big names to the scenic stage.

The season kicks off with a bang with “Star-Spangled Pops,” a three-day concert that pays tribute to America ahead of the Fourth of July. Running Friday through Sunday, the Symphony plans to perform patriotic tunes, ending with fireworks each night.

On the Fourth of July, country icon Wynonna Judd will take the stage. From there, concertgoers will have a front-row seat to the Big Bay Boom fireworks show, too, which pops off 9 p.m.

Each concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Embarcadero Marina Park South. Attendees can buy single-show tickets or splurge for a three-concert package starting at $54. You can check out your ticketing options here.

Some highlights from the rest of the Bayside Summer Nights concert schedule:

Herb Albert + Lani Hall (July 6)
Trumpet master Albert (“Tijuana Taxi,” “A Taste of Honey”) will perform with Hall, his partner in not just music, but also life. Date night concert? 

Leslie Odom, Jr. (July 7-8)
The Tony Award-winning breakout star of Broadway’s smash hit, “Hamilton,” will ditch the Aaron Burr costume for a couple of nights on the Bayside stage. 

Tony Bennett (July 12)
The American music icon – and his distinctive voice and charm – will take his turn on the waterfront. 

Air Supply (July 14-15)
The classic 1980s group (“Lost in Love,” “All Out of Love”) will have plenty of love when they bring their hits to the Bayside stage for two nights. 

Latin Jazz Masters (Aug. 10)
The country’s most talented Latin jazz musicians come together for one night of bongos, timbales, congas and more. 

"La La Land" in Concert (Aug 12)
The Oscar-winning film will be shown on the Bayside stage’s big screen while the movie’s award-winning score is performed live by the San Diego Symphony and guest jazz artists. 

The Commodores (Aug.26)
The soulful and funky 1970s and 1980s group (“Brick House,” “Three Times a Lady”) will bring the house down at this toe-tapping August performance.

The waterfront series will come to an end on Sept. 3 with a three-day show – “1812 Tchaikovsky Spectacular” (Sept. 1-3). For the full concert lineup, click here.

Organizers say that a new addition to the series this year is local DJs spinning at the shows that land on Fridays, in an area known as “Bayside Brews,” which features local craft beer. That section also offers wine and food; the gates open at 6 p.m. Fireworks will also go down at the end of all Friday and Saturday night concerts, as well as during the closing weekend.

The San Diego Police Department's Bait Bike program in Pacific Beach has helped arrest and convict more than 100 bike thieves, local officials announced Thursday. 

Councilmember Lorie Zapf, SDPD Officer Clayborne, and local victims announced the program's success in Pacific Beach Thursday morning. 

The program outfits bikes with GPS devices that ping officers when the bike is being stolen. Police are able to track the theft and nab criminals in real life. 

Since its inception in 2014, police have been able to arrest 109 bike thieves to date, Clayborne said.

Of those, 104 have been successfully prosecuted, he said, a 100 percent success rate. Five cases are still pending. 

The program received additional funding and will continue on for the next two years. 

“This program is just another tool we can employ to keep our community safe and continue to maintain that San Diego is one of the safest cities in the nation," Officer Clayborne said.

Of the 3,000 bikes stolen every year across the County of San Diego, half are in the City of San Diego, Zapf said. Beach communities are hit the hardest. 

"These bikes, like this one, are very expensive," Zapf said. "They can cost as much as a used car."

Janelle, a local resident, said her family has had their bikes stolen multiple times. Their six bikes - worth more than $2,000 - were stolen multiple times. Each time, she said, they were locked up, both inside and outside their home. 

In one instance, thieves snuck into the house and stole her bike and her son's bike, double locked together. They removed the bikes from the home, then went back and closed the locks they left behind. 

"They stole a six-year-old child's bike," she said. 

She posted pictures to social media, including the community website NextDoor, to spread the word. 

Through social media, she was able to find the two bikes locked outside someone else's house. She found the bikes and took them back. 

"I encourage you to look around, post pictures, and take your bikes back," she said. 

Police encourage residents to always lock their bikes, inside and outside. U-locks are hardest to break, officers said. 

Video captures the moment a San Diego man and his daughters learn they will be rescued after being stranded for days near Baja California's highest peak.

Morgan Fox, 61, and his daughters, Maura, 20, and Claire, 25, of San Diego were found Tuesday in very steep, rocky terrain near the summit of Picacho del Diablo, also known as “The Devil’s Peak.”

Search and rescue team member Victor Lopez was recording video Wednesday when his team approached the hikers who were bundled in coats and very emotional at the sight of the rescue team.

Lopez and his team climbed to the area where Fox and his daughters were spotted by a Mexican navy helicopter. The hikers were crying but flashing big smiles at the sight of the ground team. 

"Hola, hola," the women can be heard saying.

"Me da gusto que hablen español," the rescuer said.

 The trio left San Diego on Tuesday, June 20. They were expected to hike to the summit on Friday and return home Sunday evening. When they didn’t, Fox’s wife contacted the authorities in Mexico.

A search was organized Monday afternoon. By Tuesday morning, Mexican authorities had 10 people searching along the remote trail.

A helicopter spotted the trio in a steep canyon and dropped six liters of water to them.

The rescue proved to be more difficult than many may have thought.

A family friend told NBC 7 Fox lives with diabetes and needs insulin to control the condition.

Search and rescue crews also delivered food, water, a glucose meter and radio communications from the air because it was not safe to land.

The trio has hiked before in the San Pedro Mártir Park. Pichaco del Diablo is the highest peak in Baja, at over 10,000 feet. The Devil’s Peak is a challenging trail located more than a day’s drive south of Tijuana and the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Los Angeles Chargers are looking to hire over 5,000 people on the spot at a hiring event Friday.

People 18 years old or older can participate in a live interview process to apply for thousands of available positions at StubHub Center in Carson, where the Chargers will play next season.

Some of the jobs being offered include ushers, security officers, event staff and guest services positions for Chargers games. 

"You need no experience to get these jobs, you just need to be friendly and energetic," said Arthur Guerrero, business marketing manager for South Los Angeles Work Source.

The event is slated to run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at StubHub Center, which is located at 18400 S. Avalon Blvd in Carson.

Applicants must bring "valid right to work documents," according to a Facebook post from CSC Corporation, who is holding the event with the Chargers and the South Los Angeles Work Source Center. "Business casual attire is suggested."

People with questions about the event can call 310-320-7223, email lahire@csc-usa.com or contact CSC - Los Angeles on Facebook messenger.

One person is in custody in connection with a three-acre brush fired that charred vegetation on a trail in Escondido Thursday, officials said.

Escondido Fire Department (EFD) and Cal Fire San Diego crews rushed to the 300 block of Hidden Trails Road at around 2:40 p.m. to tackle the flames. The fire sparked near Ryan Park, in medium fuel, EFD official said.

Just before 3:30 p.m., Cal Fire officials said the fire was burning in the area of Old Guejito Grade and Stonebridge roads. Minutes later, Cal Fire said crews had been able to stop the fire from spreading.

Escondido police took one person into custody after someone observed suspicious activity in the are around the start of the fire. 

This was one of several small brush fires that sparked Thursday amid hot, dry conditions across San Diego County.

Another brush fire scorched two acres off State Route 52 at Santo Road in Tierrasanta just before 9:30 a.m.; at 3 p.m., a 4-acre brush fire sparked off State Route 94 at Rancho Jamul Drive in the Jamul area. Both of those fires were knocked down quickly.

Meanwhile, more than 350 firefighters continued to battle the "Cristianitos Fire" Thursday, a brush fire that sparked Wednesday, scorching 700 acres on Camp Pendleton. The fire jumped the line into Orange County Thursday morning.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation suspected two San Diego card club room operators of trying to bribe San Diego politicians to help save their business, according to affidavits revealed in a federal court case.

In the 2015 documents, an FBI agent asked a judge for permission to continue a wire-tap and to monitor electronic communications in an investigation into alleged illegal money laundering and bookmaking at Lucky Lady, a casino and card club in the Mid-City area of San Diego.

In July 2016, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced 14 men were charged with various crimes, including Racketeering Conspiracy to Conduct Enterprise Affairs (RICO), for allegedly using Lucky Lady as a front business for an illegal bookmaking ring.

In 2015, the agent reported to the judge; he also suspected the operators were trying to bribe San Diego councilmembers into letting them transfer ownership of the last remaining San Diego casinos, according to the federal court records obtained exclusively by NBC7 Investigates.

The documents are now coming to light in connection with a motion to suppress filed by the defense attorney.

The targets of the wiretaps have been charged with money laundering and racketeering, but not with public corruption or bribery. No public officials have been indicted.

In the affidavit, the agent describes a call he previously intercepted between two people he describes as bookmakers at Lucky Lady. He reported to the judge they were discussing lifting a provision in the San Diego municipal code that prevents the transfer of ownership of a casino.

The last of San Diego card rooms and small casinos are set to close their doors when their owners pass away because of a provision that prevents transfer or sale of ownership of card rooms.

The FBI agent wrote he believes at least one of the card room representatives made numerous attempts to bribe public officials. He reported in one call, two suspects talked about lifting the so-called Grandfather Clause to be able to sell Lucky Lady, and one said “I think I can get it done. If we agree on a price. It costs money to get this done.”

In another call, the FBI agent wrote Sanders Bruce Segal, now the lead defendant in the U.S. Attorney’s money laundering case, was bragging about his influence over the City Council to another defendant, Joseph Edwards Spatafore, a high stakes player who was trying to negotiate the sale of Lucky Lady, according to the docs.

“I was locked up, and I got them votes,” Segal told Joseph Edward Spatafore, the FBI agent reported to the judge, writing that Segal was describing his widespread influence over politicians despite being incarcerated.

NBC 7 reached out to the attorney for the Lucky Lady and provided the affidavits to her; she is reviewing them and said she would do an interview with us soon.

The defendants have entered not guilty pleas.

Data from the California Highway Patrol shows there have been more traffic accidents, including those involving DUI’s, on Highway 94 near Hollywood Casino Jamul-San Diego, since the casino opened in October 2016 than there has been each year on average since 2000.

“We're on a record pace for the number of collisions and serving alcohol in the mix has not helped,” San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob said.

From the beginning, she and others have been outspoken critics of the casino. Their concerns, then and now, are focused on road safety issues and the issuance of a permit to serve alcohol.

According to data from CHP, on an 11-mile-stretch of Highway 94 that includes the casino, there were 99 traffic collisions between Avocado Boulevard and Otay Lakes Road during the casino's first seven months in operation. Since the year 2000, the data shows, the two-lane highway has seen an average of 92 collisions a year with the highest being 136 and the lowest being 65.

Since 2000, there was an average of eight DUI-related accidents per year. During the casino's first seven months in operation, there have been 13 DUI-related collisions, according to the data.

Click here to see the interactive infographic below in a new window.

“Can I put all of that on the casino?” community activist Glenn Revell, who opposes the casino, asked. “I can’t tell you for sure. What I can tell you, the added traffic coupled with drinking appears to be on a pace to far exceed anything we've seen in the past.”

Jacob said she thinks there is a connection.

“Connect the dots, nothing else has changed,” she said. “The only thing that has changed along this two-lane-dangerous road is that casino and alcohol.”

In receiving the green light to move forward with the casino project, the Jamul Indian Village agreed to spend more than $23 million to improve roads. A spokesperson for Caltrans told NBC 7 Investigates that phase one of the road improvements will be finished Friday, phase two could begin in 2018 depending upon acquisition of a right of way and, in addition, a series of off-site access improvements will be completed.

Click here to learn more about the road improvement projects.

NBC 7 Investigates also has learned, in August, an Administrative Law Judge is scheduled to hear arguments about the impacts of the casino on Jamul residents and businesses. A decision on whether the casino should be given a permanent liquor license is expected to follow.

The Chairwoman for the Jamul Indian Village, Erica Pinto, released a statement to NBC 7 Investigates and said, “We take very seriously responsible alcohol service at the casino and have extensive employee training ... In addition, we are not aware of any DUI incidents involving our casino patrons.”

Jacob and Revell said the casino should never have opened or received an interim liquor license until the road improvements were completed.

Click here to see the interim liquor license for the casino.

“At this point, all Caltrans can do is stand out here and try to hold them accountable for the improvements they promised to make. At the very least we'd like to see that happen,” Revell said.

In her statement, Pinto said the highway has needed improvements for decades.

“We are working hard with Caltrans and other agencies to bring these much-needed improvements in safety to the community as quickly and safely as possible,” she said.

Click here to read the full statement from Pinto.

The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control said it conducted a thorough investigation before issuing the interim liquor license and each license application is unique and considered on a case-by-case basis.

In an email to NBC 7 Investigates, a spokesperson for ABC, John Carr, said “One DUI is too many,” and the department works closely with allied agencies on prevention.

Click here to read the full response from ABC.

Jacob’s office has sent letters to Caltrans, ABC and the Jamul Indian Village informing them of the latest CHP statistics.

Click here to read the letter to the Jamul Indian Village.

Click here to read the letter to Caltrans.

Click here to read the letter to ABC.

Down power lines sparked a small, four-acre brush fire in Jamul, Cal Fire officials said. 

The fire broke out off State Route 94 at Rancho Jamul Drive around 3 p.m. Thursday. 

A car crash on the freeway sent the power lines falling down, fire officials said. 

Crews have since stopped the forward rate of spread. 

San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) is on scene as well.

No evacuations have been issued, and no one is injured. 

No further details are available. 

“Absolutely, no question, there were a thousand coins in there,” Robin Woodley told NBC 7 Responds last July. 

That’s how this NBC 7 Responds story began when Robin Woodley told us his wife Deborah had taken a thousand half dollar coins to their local Union Bank of California in Pacific Beach. 

The couple expected the bank to credit them $500 when the bank teller handed them a receipt for the amount, but that didn’t happen. 

“Not a single one was lost, ever, we are very meticulous in what we do,” Robin said. 

This South African native, who has lived in San Diego for 44 years, said when the bank counted the coins, it did not credit his account with the full amount. According to Union Bank, the teller’s count showed the Woodley’s dropped off less than $250 in coins. 

“Maybe some customer got a bonus of $250, I don’t know,” Deborah said. 

Robin and Deborah contacted NBC 7 Responds and we contacted officials at Union Bank, who stood by their accounting. But since the Woodleys had a 20-year relationship with the bank, representatives offered the couple a courtesy credit to their account for the full amount. 

The story doesn’t end there. This month, NBC 7 Responds received a letter from the Woodleys saying after nearly a year, they found the missing coins in a box at their home. The Woodleys said they feel terrible and apologized both to NBC 7 Responds and to Union Bank, offering to pay back the money the bank credited them. 

NBC 7 Responds contacted Union Bank with the new information and a spokesperson said because Robin and Deborah were honest about the mistake, the couple could keep the original credit they received. 

In an email, a spokesperson for Union Bank said, “We value Mr. and Mrs. Woodley as Union Bank clients and truly appreciate the honesty and integrity they have demonstrated by reaching out to apologize and clarify the situation nearly a year later. There is no need to return the credit we issued last year, we are just happy they found their missing coins and we look forward to continuing to serve their future financial needs.”

Some of the best rugby players in the world will be in San Diego when the USA Eagles face Canada at Toreros Stadium in a Rugby World Cup 2019 Qualifier Saturday.

Team USA and their neighbors to the north drew 28-28 last weekend in Hamilton, Ontario to create a winner-takes-all scenario for the July 1st match at the University of San Diego Torero Stadium.

San Diego Breakers Joseph Taufete’e is on the USA Eagles squad as a reserve.

The match starts at 3 p.m. Saturday and features an exhibition match between the USA Women’s Eagles and the first Women’s Premier League All-Star team that will take place at 5:30 p.m. after the men’s match.

A San Diego man who penned a book claiming to treat low energy, poor digestion, aches and pains and disease was sentenced for practicing medicine without a license.

“The pH Miracle” author Robert O. Young was arrested by U.S. Marshals in 2014, accused of practicing medicine without a license on his Valley Center avocado ranch.

"The pH Miracle", sold through Barnes and Noble, Amazon and other stores, claims to help readers treat low energy, poor digestion, aches and pains and disease with an alkaline diet.

Young's "pH Miracle Retreat" offers nightly rates from $1295 to $2495 per night. The rate includes lodging, meals, supplements, and therapies.

According to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, Young and others at the ranch used intravenous treatments on patients.

Young previously pleaded guilty to two charges of practicing medicine without a license. As part of entering his guilty plea, Young had to state that he has no post high school educational degrees from any accredited schools.

He also stated he was none of the following: a microbiologist, a medical doctor, a hematologist, a naturopathic doctor or a trained scientist.

Young's attorney declined an interview with NBC 7. Young declined an interview with NBC 7. 

He was sentenced to his stipulated three years and eight months in prison. He has credit for 1,032 custody credits and must wear an ankle bracelet. He will not have probation or parole after his term. 

An Oceanside police officer who was intentionally hit by a driver while he was on duty described his experience, calling himself a 'blessed guy' for surviving the crash.

"I'm [a] blessed guy. My thoughts are all I have gained and all love and support my way," said Officer Brad Hunter, a 29-year veteran of the department, who is on his way to making a full recovery after a driver allegedly ran him down with his vehicle.

In the past few weeks, he's received dozens of cards and gifts from NBC 7's viewers from around the country.

He was attacked while conducting a traffic stop at Foussat Road, just South of Oceanside Blvd. Hunter was rammed onto the vehicle's windshield, shattering glass and thowing him onto the street.

"It has bothered me that someone made a choice to hurt me. In this case, [it] happened to be me," said Hunter. "See other officers attacked and killed. You never think it will happen to you --  it's very disheartening. Scary."

Despite suffering a shattered leg and severe head injury that left him in a medically-induced coma for a few days, Hunter is on his way to making a full recovery.

Although he was seriously injured in the assault, Hunter still insists on keeping a positive outlook.

"I'm a lucky guy. That is what I focus on. I'm focusing on all the positive that has come to me," said Hunter. "There's a reason that I'm here and I'm feeling the way I feel…I'm focusing on all my friends who have been supportive of me."

The suspect, Roberto Ignacio Flores, 26 of San Marcos, was later arrested and pleaded not guilty to first-degree attempted murder. While Hunter lay unconscious with a broken leg on the street, Flores allegedly sped away, and then got out of his car and ran off.

Oceanside police say Hunter is one of the kindest, gentlest souls you could ever meet. A blood drive and a fair were held on June 27 to support him.

Officer Hunter and his wife are organizing another blood drive to give back to the community next week.

The San Diego Unified School District has now finished drinking water testing at more than 200 school district sites.

The discovery of contaminated water at Emerson Bandini in Southcrest prompted the district to accelerate plans to test schools.

In May, high levels of lead were discovered at Birney Elementary. Parents requested on-site blood testing for students, and soil testing for the school garden.

No students showed any signs of elevated blood lead levels in their blood, a district pediatrician said, and the school soil was just fine.

On Thursday, the district said 94 percent of schools were lead-free. The district is making plumbing repairs at three schools with dangerous levels of lead.

About 30 to 35 schools had some levels of lead, but not levels that rose to a dangerous level.

Trustee Kevin Beiser said the district planned to remediate the drinking water in those schools anyway because “the health of our kids is priceless.”

Before recently, San Diego Unified has never tested any school water for lead, according to Board President Richard Barrera.

A state bill is pending that would require all California schools to regularly test school drinking water for lead and report the results to parents.

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez wrote the bill after toxic levels of lead were discovered incidentally by a contractor in the San Ysidro Elementary School District. The two schools in Southcrest where San Diego Unified first discovered lead are also in Gonzalez' district.

In January 2017, new State Water Resource Control Board regulations went into effect requiring water agencies to monitor school water for high levels of lead, when the school district requests testing.

The City of San Diego estimates the testing cost the city more than $500,000 so far.

Two of the city's most successful businessmen are working together to solve the region's homeless problem.

Many people here associate Dan Shea with fine dining. Now Shea and the managing partner of the San Diego Padres, Peter Seidler, are devoting their time to solving the issue.

"At some point you quit talking and something gets done. We take the next step," Shea told NBC 7.

According to the Regional Task Force on the Homeless, the population has risen higher than any time in the previous four years, up to more than 9,000.

Currently, more than 5,600 homeless people live without shelters -- a 14 percent increase since last year.

"There are not enough beds in San Diego to house all of these people," Shea said.

So Shea and Seidler took an idea from the old industrial tents the city used to use for emergency shelters.

Shea says the city should use tents for the homeless until enough permanent housing is built.

"We proposed that we start putting those back up, but instead of just having them for the four months in the winter, have them open until this homeless problem in San Diego gets fixed," Shea said.

Shea admits, these tents could be up for a while, but says that just how long depends on the city. Essentially, each of these tents holds 250 people. They cost $639,000 to get up and running. After that, Shea and Seidler estimate they could provide shelter for its occupants for less than $17 per person each day.

The Mayor's Office would not comment on this particular plan, but Mayor Faulconer has proposed several initiatives to reduce homelessness including a long-term assessment center.

City officials are also in the process of creating a Request for Proposals for projects geared towards fixing this problem.

The San Diego Zoo welcomed its first sharks ever, with 12 new leopard sharks moving into the all-new Conrad Prebys Africa Rocks Wednesday.

Although the San Diego Zoo has been the home for hundreds of species of animals in the past century, this marks the first time the Zoo has ever displayed sharks, said zookeepers.

“We are very excited to have sharks on display in this new, beautiful aquatic habitat at Africa Rocks,” said Kim Lovich, the curator of herpetology and ichthyology of the San Diego Zoo, in a statement.

"Our reptile team has been training for over a year to learn the skills necessary to care for the shark, and the saltwater pool in which they reside," added Lovich.

SeaWorld San Diego has donated the leopard sharks to the Zoo, said zookeepers. The sharks were delivered to the new Cape Fynbos habitat at Africa Rocks last Friday.

When the sharks arrived, animal care specialists carefully moved them from traveling containers into holding pools behind their new habitat.

“So far we have released ten shark into the exhibit pool. They appear to be doing very well, showing nice swim patterns and swimming in both the shallow and deep ends,” said Ben Nevitt, DVM, the associate veterinarian of the San Diego Zoo, in a statement.

“The penguins are showing a slight interest in the shark but both the penguins and shark appear to be settling in nicely together in their exhibit," said Nevitt.

Police are investigating a theft at a sunglasses store in Coronado.

A suspect stole five high-end sunglasses from Sunglass Hut Thursday afternoon.

According to the Coronado Police Department, they got a report of the robbery at 3:06 p.m. and officers, who were nearby responded.

Officers searched on foot but did not find the suspect, police said.

Workers told NBC 7 the thief got away with $4,000 in merchandise and had a car waiting for him when he got outside.

Nearby stores are taking precautions heading into a busy holiday weekend.  “I’m kind of nervous it’s going to be pretty busy.  It gets hard to watch everything and watch everyone.  It’s easy for people to walk out with things,” said Elyse Rugee, employee at Studio 1220.

Studio 1220 is putting sensors on all merchandise and will have extra workers for the holiday weekend.  

Employees have also been trained on how to curb shoplifting.  "We try to be out on the floor and helpful, and making sure they know that we're there," Rugee said.

Anyone with information about the robbery at Sunglass Hut is asked to call Coronado Police, (619) 522-7350.

Summer is here and for many, it's time to hit the pool--especially for the fourth of July weekend.

But if you're winter sports lover, you're in luck.

Mammoth Mountain is covered in nearly two-feet of snow at the Main Lodge, and more than 10-feet at the Summit.

Ski lifts will be running on the holiday weekend and will provide skiers and snowboarders access to more than 50 trails.

The resort will remain open for daily operations into the month of August.

A vehicle flipped on its side during a crash in El Cajon involving multiple vehicles Thursday evening, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said.

The crash occurred at 9:37 p.m. on the eastbound Interstate 8 at Greenfield Drive.

All lanes were blocked off, CHP officials said.

At this time, it is unknown if there were any injuries.

No other information was available.

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