Three suspects wanted for a robbery earlier Thursday were arrested after a chase through police said. 

At about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, police began chasing a car on the eastbound side of SR-94 near 28th Street, according to a spokesperson with the San Diego Police Department.

The suspect got out of his car and began to flee on foot, but was stopped by police.

Detectives later learned that the same three suspects may have been responsible for a robbery at a Logan Heights recycling center Thursday morning.

At the Dynamic World Wide Trading center, three suspects displayed handguns to the clerk and demanded money. They took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on 28th Street.

No one was injured. 

A pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by a car Thursday afternoon in Oak Park.

According to officials, the collision happened at 54th Street and Redwood Street at around 3:50 p.m.

The San Diego Fire Department said the pedestrian was transported to Mercy Hospital with serious injuries.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. Check back for updates.
 

Technology seems to be taking over everything these days, even in the military. But being able to accurately fire a weapon is still essential, even as the ranges where military members train become more high-tech.

The Hathcock Range Complex on MCAS Miramar is called a "Location of Miss and Hit" - or "LOMAH" Range.

Some say the technology makes it a lot like playing a video game. But, the stakes are high there: Marines use real bullets, and it's where they qualify on their weapons to be combat ready.

It looks like any other firing range from a distance; you hear the constant sound of rounds being fired, and see a long line of Marines re-loading and firing their weapons.

But this range is different -- it's electronic.

A muzzle blast detector turns on sensors downrange when a weapon is fired, and it's electronically scored to give Marines instant feedback as they take their shots.

Without even moving their rifles, Marines check their shots on a display, and then correct for their next shots. And instead of the Marines moving to shoot at different distances, electronically controlled targets pop up at the distance where they're supposed to fire.

The result is a faster, more accurate and efficient trip to the shooting range for annual qualification.
 

The Season of Joy is often followed by the Season of Divorce. The number of separations and fillings for divorce often reaches its peak between January and March. 

That's also when Ginita Wall sees the most amount of people attending her divorce workshop, Second Saturday.

"People somehow expect the job of the season is going to correct a troubled marriage and it never does," said Wall who helped organized the workshops nearly 25 years ago. 

The non-profit workshop is held every second Saturday of the month in San Diego at Mira Costa College in Cardiff.  Similar workshops have started throughout the country.

"You're so devastate emotionally it's very difficult to make smart, clear decisions," said author Elizabeth Bryan.  Bryan is helping to promote the workshop that walks women through the difficult steps of divorce.

"You get almost a whole list of what you need to know before you even meet with your lawyer," said Bryan, "You will save tens of thousands of dollars if you go down that path."

Ginita Wall is a C.P.A and financial planner and works with couples to work out their finances during the divorce.  Besides Wall, an attorney, family counselor and mediator lecture women and answer divorce questions.  She says the idea is to prepare women for the steps of divorce and how to save money in the process.

"The more you know, the less expensive your divorce is going to be," said Wall.

A woman was arrested Wednesday, accused of fatally stabbing her cousin at a large family gathering in Oceanside.

Jerry Faulkner, 35, of Las Vegas died after the argument escalated into violence outside a condo on Los Arbolitos Boulevard.

"The noise became louder and then I opened the door and I saw a body lying on the ground," next-door neighbor Catherine Dumbacher said.

When officers arrived at the scene around 7:45 p.m, they discovered Faulkner in serious condition on the lawn outside a condo.

The victim’s sister, Shondria Ferrand, spoke with NBC 7 San Diego. As a former nurse, she said she tried to save her brother once he had been stabbed.

She caught Faulkner's head before it hit the ground, began chest compressions and begged her brother to keep breathing.

“I tried to bring him back, I tried,” Ferrand said while sobbing uncontrollably.

LaShauna Blanks, 24, of Memphis, Tenn., a cousin to the victim, was arrested by Oceanside police.  Investigators say Blanks stabbed the victim in the upper torso.

Faulkner and his fiancée had left town, with two of their young children but, surprisingly, the couple returned and began fighting with Blanks on the front lawn she said.

Emergency crews tried to perform CPR on Faulkner however, he was taken to Palomar Hospital where he later died.

“It doesn’t seem real,” Ferrand said.

Ferrand said she walked up to the confrontation at the end and wasn’t sure about the events that led up to the fatal stabbing.

Family members say Blanks (pictured right) had recently moved in with Faulkner and his fiancée and that the two women did not get along. 

Ferrand told NBC 7 San Diego that her brother had gotten physically violent with his cousin in the past, in defense of his fiancée.

She was very concerned about her nieces and nephew. Officials said the victim's four children have been returned to Las Vegas.

Blanks was taken to the Vista Detention Center. She had two children at the condo at the time of the confrontation.

Oceanside police Lt. Leonard Mata said Blanks was booked on first degree murder charges. She's being held without bail.

A local training group supported by Homeland Security is fighting back after a Senator sent out a report criticizing a zombie apocalypse training conducted on Halloween, calling it: “A waste of Human Security money.

Halo Corporation hosted the training summit and say the Senator's report is misleading.

The Senator says grant funds and taxpayers paid for the zombie apocalypse training which they say is completely false.

“It's been insinuated that Homeland Security and taxpayer money was used to fund the summit and that's where we are seeing the most backlash,” said Sandy Moul, the director of communications for Halo Corporation. “That was not true; it was completely funded by strategic operations that produced that demonstration.”

The zombie apocalypse training was a part of a five-day summit for local law enforcement and first responders to train for current security threats.

Halo Corporation says the zombie apocalypse was only a small one-hour part of the entire summit and meant to add levity to an exercise done on Halloween.

They add that it was still focused on serious training exercises.

The major focus of the summit, that the corporation says the Senator missed, was the 30 courses offered at the summit on subjects like counter-terrorism and disaster preparedness.

Senator Tom Coburn from Oklahoma is arguing the effectiveness of the training. He released a 55-page report criticizing Homeland Security's use of funding, dedicating two pages to the zombie apocalypse training in San Diego which he finds to be a waste of money and time.

“Grants like zombie apocalypse represent what’s wrong with Homeland Security and Congress' failure to have proper oversight,” said a statement from Coburn’s office. “Among all the threats we face, the zombie apocalypse is low on the list.”

Halo Corporation says the Senator never contacted them to get accurate information on what the zombie apocalypse training was all about.

They are still waiting to hear from his office- and hope they can both move forward in continuing to protect the country effectively.

Police are searching for an armed man who stole a shopping basket full of liquor from a BevMo store in Mira Mesa, brandishing a gun when the store manager tried to stop him.

According to detectives, the robbery happened around 9 p.m. on Nov. 29 at a BevMo located at 6755 Mira Mesa Blvd.

The suspect – described by police as a “well-groomed” white male between 20 and 30 years old – entered the store and placed several items inside a hand basket.

At 9 p.m., the store manager used a loudspeaker to announce that the store was closing and asked customers to pay for their purchases at the register.

Carrying his basket filled with liquor bottles, police said the suspect walked up to the manager who was standing by the store’s closed door. He asked her to open the door so he could exit.

The manager refused, saying he hadn’t yet paid for his merchandise.

The suspect then opened his jacket, revealing the handle of a gun.

The manager told the man he was being recorded on surveillance camera, and he pulled out his gun – believed by police to be a revolver – and waved it around.

The manager opened the door and the suspect calmly walked away from the store.

Nobody was injured, police said.

Detectives said the man is between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-10 with a thin to medium build. He has short, dark brown hair and a fair complexion.

He wore a black sports coat or suit jacket, red shirt and jeans during the robbery.

On Thursday, police released still photographs of the suspect caught by the store’s surveillance camera.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on this case to contact the SDPD’s Robbery Unit at (619) 531-2299 or San Diego County Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

A driver was killed Thursday in Alpine after slamming a car into a utility pole and wall, California Highway Patrol officials confirmed.

The single-vehicle crash happened around 5:20 p.m. at South Grade Road and Via Viejas Oeste.

CHP officials said the driver – and sole occupant of the vehicle – slammed into a wall and utility pole in the area for unknown reasons.

The victim became trapped inside the car. Heartland Fire Department officials had to extricate the victim at the scene.

Emergency crews were preparing to transport the victim to the hospital via Mercy Air helicopter, but the patient was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene, CHP officials confirmed.

A SigAlert was temporarily issued as officials investigated the crash.

The cause of the accident will be determined by CHP investigators. Check back for updates.
 

A man who suspected his wife of having an affair slammed his wife’s car into his neighbor’s house in Rancho Penasquitos Thursday afternoon, police said.

The incident happened in the 14800 block of Penasquitos Court.

According to SDPD officer Jeff Stewart, the driver was upset about his wife possibly having an affair with his next-door neighbor.

“[He] was upset over marital issues. He had some issues with his neighbor and his wife possibly having a relationship,” said Stewart. “He suffers from Huntington’s Disease and was off his medication at the time.”

Stewart said the crash caused some structural damage to the neighbor’s house, but nobody was injured.

The driver was arrested at the scene and could now face felony vandalism charges, as well as charges for violating a restraining order, according to Stewart.

The officer said the neighbors already had a restraining order against one another before this incident.

No further information was released.
 

A mouse trapped recently in Campo during routine monitoring has tested positive for the hantavirus, the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health announced Thursday.

According to the Department of Environmental Health, hantavirus is a rare but deadly airborne disease that humans catch from infected rodents. About 35 percent of people who contract the virus die from it.

The infection typically occurs when airborne virus particles from rodent droppings are inhaled. Wild rodents -- mainly deer mice –can carry hantavirus and shed it through their saliva, urine and feces. The virus doesn’t spread from person to person, according to the Department.

If inhaled by humans, the virus can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, an illness that begins with flu-like symptoms but can lead to severe breathing complications and even death.

County officials say it’s normal to find rodents carrying hantavirus in San Diego County, but they rarely pose a threat to people if they remain in the wild.

Still, county officials urge people to protect themselves when cleaning up after rodents that they may find in their homes or properties.

The best ways to prevent exposure to hantavirus include eliminating rodent infestations immediately, avoiding rodent-infested areas and cleaning up rodent droppings and urine using a “wet-cleaning” method to prevent inhaling the virus.

County officials say areas riddled with rodent droppings should be ventilated for 30 minutes. Then, a solution combining two tablespoons of bleach to one cup of water should be used on dead rodents, droppings, nests or contaminated rodent traps.

After at least 15 minutes, the area covered in the bleach solution should be wiped down with a sponge or mop. The debris should be disposed of inside two sealed plastic bags.

County officials say this "wet-cleaning" method should be used instead of sweeping or vacuuming infested areas, as that can stir up potential hantavirus particles into the air that could be inhaled.

For more information about hantavirus, click here.

David Axelrod has lost his signature mustache — for a good cause.

President Barack Obama's senior strategist had his trademark feature shaved off on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday, in an appearance also broadcast on the "Today" show.

But while Axelrod is now a few whiskers poorer, the epilepsy research non-profit his wife runs is now more than $1 million richer.

"How are we feeling, David?" Joe Scarborough, host of "Morning Joe," asked him on the set of the political talk show.

"Faint," Axelrod said from his seat in a barber's chair. "I was up all night, to be honest with you," he added.

After 50 years with his trademark 'stache, Axelrod had promised to shave it off if his wife Susan's organization Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy — a condition the couple's oldest child suffers from — could raise more than $1 million.

By Friday morning, the group had raised $1,049,797, according to the campaign's website.

Initially, Axelrod had made a bet with Scarborough over his facial hair concerning the presidential election, not epilepsy, promising to shave it off if Obama lost three key states.

Axelrod won that bet, but public interest in the possibility of a bare-faced Axelrod had already been piqued.

The epilepsy fundraising drive reflected that interest. Donald Trump donated $100,000, while Obama, Carole King and 25,885 others also donated, according to Axelrod and his website.

Trump, for one, said he felt his money was well spent and complimented Axelrod's new look.

"I think he looks great," Trump said in a phone call into "Morning Joe."

A Southern California millionaire has made his request to Santa loud and clear, and very public.

Marc Paskin, 62, purchased a billboard in the San Diego neighborhood of Barrio Logan that declares, "All I Want for Christmas is a Latina Girlfriend."

The outdoor ad also shows a picture of Paskin's smiling face next to a photo of a wishlist, accompanied by his email address.

Paskin, a La Jolla real estate investor, was featured on an episode of "Secret Millionaire" last year when he spent a week living on less than $50 a day.

According to "Secret Millionaire," Paskin has donated $125,000 to Detroit families in need in last year's episode.

He’s also given more than $1 million to the UC San Diego Shiley Eye Center, which helps patients regain their sight.

Paskin lost his wife to diabetes and since then has felt compelled to help others in need, according to UCSD.

New charges have been filed against a Chula Vista teacher accused of luring children online, according to the sheriff’s department.

John Kinloch, 41, was arrested Wednesday night and charged with 12 counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child. He had previously been arrested last week, but posted bail.

The first grade teacher at Wolf Canyon Elementary School in Chula Vista faces felony charges involving minors. His bail has been set at $1.15 million.

Officials said that a minor came forward and reported that he had been molested by Kinloch several years ago.

District officials said they believe Kinloch performed the acts against a student while he was a teacher at Feaster Charter School. At the time of the molestation, the victim was a third grade student.

The Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce said the acts occurred in 2004.

Officials also said he may have committed the same crime 17 years ago.

Federal agents believe the veteran teacher lured children on a website called "MeetMe" in order to obtain nude pictures of minors.

Last week, the Chula Vista Elementary School District handed out 900 letters informing parents of Kinloch’s arrest. The letter reassured parents that none of their students were targeted and none of the alleged crimes were committed on campus.

Officials from the Chula Vista Elementary School District said Kinloch had them fooled.

Regarded as a competent educator and trusting adult, Kinloch never led any of his colleagues to suspect he was involved in crimes against children.

According to investigators, there may be more victims out there. They’re in the process of contacting some of Kinloch’s former students who are now in middle school or high school in order to obtain more information.

Kinloch is set to appear in court Friday.
 

A police pursuit involving a stolen vehicle ended in a crash in Lincoln Park Thursday.

According to officials, a patrol sergeant spotted a vehicle on the road sought from a carjacking that happened in Murrieta.

The officer tried to pull over the vehicle, but the driver sped off.

A chase ensued through Lincoln Park until the suspect vehicle crashed near Escuela Street and Nogal Street at around 3:40 p.m.

SDPD Lt. David Mitchell said four people were inside the stolen car. Three of the suspects were arrested following the crash, including the driver.

Mitchell said a fourth suspect exited the car and fled into a canyon behind the El Rey Trailer Park.

Officers immediately searched the dry creekbed area using K-9 officers and a helicopter, but the suspect was not immediately located.

The Murrieta Police Department later confirmed that the incident is linked to a carjacking case in their city.

Mitchell told NBC 7 that police believed the stolen vehicle was in the area, so officers were actively looking for the car.

He said the car was taken from Murrieta Wednesday by an armed suspect. No one was injured in the carjacking, Mitchell said, but a weapon was used in the crime.

Mitchell said two female suspects and a male driver were taken into custody Thursday, though he could not confirm if the driver is the suspect involved in the Murrieta carjacking. He said the case is under investigation.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide what it wants to do with a stack of cases filling its in-box on the subject of same-sex marriage as soon as Friday. Just don't expect a final up-or-down vote on the issue anytime soon.

The Supreme Court is in the process of deciding what cases it will rule on in the next year. Ten same-sex marriage cases are possibilities, including a challenge to California's ban on gay marriage and a variety of disputes over the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

The issue has become politically and socially fraught, and the court doesn't appear to be taking this decision lightly. It has deferred its announcement in recent days, but it can’t put it off much longer, experts said.

“It’s hard to look the other way,” University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone said.

The cases land in front of the Supreme Court as Americans seem to be growing slowly more accepting of same-sex marriage. A variety of public opinion polls taken over the last decade illustrate that shift.

During that time, the number of states where gay marriage is legal has grown to nine (in addition to the District of Columbia), the most recent burst coming on Election Day this year, when voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington endorsed it. Five more states allow civil unions, a legal step short of marriage. Three states -- including California -- permit domestic partnerships. The rest of the country bans gay marriage.

In May, President Barack Obama said his feelings on the issue had evolved to the point that he was comfortable with same-sex marriage.

Maryland and Washington began issuing marriage licenses on Thursday.

“That these issues exist at all is because public attitudes about homosexuality have changed dramatically,” said Stone, a constitutional scholar and author. “Attitudes have evolved about the meaning of equality over time, just as they did with separate but equal (the invalidated legal doctrine that justified racial segregation) and with women.”

The court has a range of choices, from sidestepping the issue entirely by choosing not to hear any of the cases to tackling the heart of the issue: whether same-sex marriage should be legal under the constitution.

But legal experts expect the court to land somewhere in the middle. The Supreme Court typically does not run ahead of changes in social norms, legal experts say. That is why it is expected to take up the issue in a way that avoids making too broad an impact.

The court could announce which gay marriage cases -- if any -- it will hear during the upcoming term on Friday.

There are two types of cases that the high court is considering. Most are related to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that defined marriage as between a man or a woman. That legislation prohibits same-sex couples in states that have legalized gay marriage from an array of federal benefits, including tax deductions, Social Security survivor benefits and federal employee health insurance.

Across the country, challenges have arisen from people who have been denied assistance that they would have had access to if they were in a heterosexual union. They charge that the exclusion violates their constitutional rights of equal protection, and several lower courts have ruled in their favor.

Under President Obama, the Justice Department has stopped defending DOMA in court, and the Republican-led House of Representatives has taken up the fight.

The Supreme Court is widely expected to take up at least one of those cases, because it rarely passes on considering decisions that have overturned federal law.

California's Proposition 8 is another situation. That measure, banning same-sex marriages, was passed by voters in 2008 in response to a state Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage. A federal judge struck down Proposition 8, saying it violated the constitution's Equal Protection Clause. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that decision, but under narrower grounds, saying the state could not take from gay couples a right that they had already been granted.

Stone believes the high court will take up at least one case and rule in a way that strikes down DOMA and/or Proposition 8 without addressing the broader legality of same-sex marriage itself.

“This is an inflammatory issue, and a way of dipping one’s toe in the water,” Stone said.

He and many other Supreme Court observers see a split decision, with Justice Anthony Kennedy casting a swing fifth vote in favor of same-sex couples.

Under that scenario, the much larger issue -- whether it is discriminatory to bar gays and lesbians from getting married -- will be put off, most likely to a different Supreme Court.

Lisa Soronen, executive director of the State & Local Legal Center, which represents state and local governments in Washington, predicted that the Supreme Court would pass on Proposition 8, allowing the lower court’s ruling to stand. If that happens, gay marriage would become legal in California almost immediately.

But the DOMA battle is too important to ignore, she added.

If the court does not take up any DOMA cases, then the stack of challenges will continue to grow, and rulings from lower courts will create a “weird” situation where federal law applies in some places and not in others, Soronen said.

She sees those cases through the prism of state’s rights: historically, the federal government has butted out of family law matters.

“This isn’t a thumbs up or thumbs down on same sex marriage; it’s about the federal government limiting who can get married,” Soronen said.

That narrow sort of view will likely guide the Supreme Court, she said.

New numbers from the San Diego County Registrar of Voters are showing the precincts in San Diego where voters had the best and worst turn out.

A rural pocket of homes in Ramona had the best voter turnout percentage, 99 percent, with 323 out of 327 registered voters casting a ballot.

“My mom immigrated over here from Holland, my dad’s parents immigrated from Holland and it was a big thing our family that you became an American citizen and you vote.” said Karen Dowle who lives in the precinct.

On the flip side, the county’s top three precincts with lowest turnout are all in the college area, including many of the dorms and student housing areas.

“The university is really active, at least the student body is really active, in trying to get as many people to register as possible” said Political Science grad student Lori Carillo. “But then again I guess you can’t force them to actually turn out”. 

The three precincts had a voter turnout between 38- 42 percent. The registrar of voters office did say the registration numbers could be inflated based on the transient nature of the neighborhood, bring the voting percentage down.

Chargers President Dean Spanos responded Thursday afternoon to a report that head coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith will be fired at the end of the season.

“There is only one person in this organization who will make those decisions and that’s me, and I haven’t shared my thoughts with anyone," Spanos said in a prepared statement. "I will make my evaluations at the end of the season.  Anything coming out now – from sources or otherwise – is pure speculation.”

The Chargers are currently 4-8 and fans have been vocal about the upsetting season.

The team has lost the last four games in a row and many players have exited the season because of injury.

Sunday the Chargers play against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 10 a.m.