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Staying Fit During Summer

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Chris Dobrosielski, author of Going the Distance, shares tips of how to be fit this summer.

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How Will NTSB Investigate SFO Plane Crash?

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The National Transportation Safety Board is beginning their investigation into the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash at the San Francisco International Airport. NBC 7's Lea Sutton -- a pilot herself -- discusses how the NTSB might tackle the aviation investigation.

Firefighters Tackle Blaze Off SR-94

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Crews were able to quickly knock down a small fire that sparked off State Route 94 Sunday.

The blaze began just after 11 a.m. in some brush off SR-94 east of Kenwood Drive, near some apartments. Thick smoke was reported in the area, billowing off the freeway.

Firefighters were able to quickly get a handle on the brush fire.

No structures were damaged, and no one was injured.

 



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Hydrant Sheared in Crash Spews Water Into Power Lines

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A driver slammed into a fire hydrant overnight, shearing the hydrant and causing a big, wet mess in Rancho Santa Fe.

The incident happened around 3:45 a.m. at Linea Del Cielo and Ramba De Las Flores.

For unknown reasons, the driver behind the wheel of a pickup truck slammed into a fire hydrant. Water went shooting up into the air, hitting a power line and causing an outage.

SDG&E officials were called to the scene to help restore power to customers.

The water spewing from the hydrant was eventually shut off. The incident caused some minor flooding in surrounding streets.

The driver was detained by officers at the scene, who determined he was not driving under the influence, officials said.
 

Bedding Section at Store Still Closed Off After Fire

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The entire bedding section of a home goods store in Chula Vista is still closed off to customers following a fire that sparked inside the store earlier this week.

On Tuesday, a fire erupted in the bedding section of a Bed Bath & Beyond store off H Street in Chula Vista. The flames were fueled by a shelf of bedding in the middle of the store, and the fire activated the store’s sprinkler system.

Customers were evacuated from the store and no one was injured.

A shopper captured the shooting flames near the bedding display and posted the video on YouTube (see clip below) before firefighters could quickly knock down the blaze.

On Sunday, NBC 7 learned the bedding section where the fire ignited is still closed off to customers. The area is draped off by plastic coverings.

A sales associate told NBC 7 that employees are standing by to help customers retrieve any bedding items they might want that are shelved beyond the plastic curtains.

The sales associate said they don’t yet know when the section will be fully open again, as they’re still waiting for water from the aftermath of the fire to dry up.

Several air blowers could be seen running along the carpet in the restricted area. It also appears that all the damaged or burned shelves and products have been removed.

Following the blaze, fire officials said the store sustained extensive water damage. Investigators estimated structural damage was about $27,000 but said damage to the contents of the store could be significantly more because the smell of smoke lingers in bedding.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Earlier this week, a Chula Vista deputy fire chief told NBC 7 that several surveillance cameras inside the store are being used in investigation.
 



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Fire Truck May Have Run Over Asiana Plane Crash Victim

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The San Mateo County Coroner's Office is conducting an autopsy to see whether a fire truck ran over one of the teenagers who died in Saturday's Asiana Flight 214 crash at San Francisco International Airport.

San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said one of the bodies was found on the tarmac near where the plane's tail broke off when it slammed into the runway. The other was found about 30 feet away from where the jetliner came to rest after it skidded down the runway.

Foucrault tells NBC Bay Area they were alerted by the San Francisco Fire Department "that a fire truck may have played a role in the death of one of the girls," and are trying to determine if the teen died as a result of the plane accident or a "secondary incident."

The autopsies were expected to be completed by Monday night and would determine if the injuries came from the crash or from the fire truck.

The National Transportation Safety Board on Sunday also said it is investigating whether one of the two teenage girls killed in the crash might have been unknowingly hit by a fire vehicle at the scene.

The NTSB is conducting a "very thorough investigation" into whether one of those vehicles might have struck a victim at the crash site, fire department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said.

The department is not allowed to discuss or speculate on specifics, she said.

The two victims who died have been identified Ye Mengtuan and Wang Linjia, both 16 and students at Jiangshan Middle School in eastern China.

In addition to the two deaths, Saturday's crash at the San Francisco International Airport wounded 180. Of the wounded, 49 are suffering from critical injuries, SFO officials said.

The plane's cockpit voice recorder showed the pilot attempted to abort its landing just 1.5 seconds before it crashed.

Passengers described chaos in the aftermath of the accident, with many of the 291 onboard escaping by sliding down emergency inflatable slides. A few exited through the back of the plane in an opening that was caused when the tail section tore off.

In the immediate minutes after the crash, police officers threw utility knives up to crew members so they could cut away passengers' seat belts.

Some passengers doused themselves with water from the bay, possibly to cool burn injuries, authorities said.

By the time the flames were out, much of the top of the fuselage had burned away. Inside - the tail section was gone, with pieces of it scattered across the beginning of the runway. One engine was gone, and the other was no longer on the wing.

Benjamin Levy, a businessman seated in the Boeing 777 jetliner's 32nd row, told NBC Bay Area the plane seemed to had been coming in too low for landing at San Francisco, and the pilot "missed the runway quite completely."

Bay City News contributed to this report.

SF Crash Survivor Describes Normal Flight That Fast Went Wrong

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Nothing seemed amiss aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214 from Seoul, South Korea, as it approached San Francisco International Airport just before noon Saturday: the plane was on time, the sky was clear, and everyone, including the crew, was getting ready to land.

Benjamin Levy, a businessman seated in the Boeing 777 jetliner's 32nd row, watched through the window. A world traveler, he'd flown into the airport many times. He knew what to expect. So, as the plan approached a runway along the San Francisco Bay, he saw right away that it was too low. It didn't look like the plane was going to make the runway.

The pilot must have seen the same thing, because the plane suddenly lurched upward with a sudden jolt of power, Levy said.

"When he realized that, he put more gas to try to correct the plane again and it was too late," Levy recalled in a phone interview with NBC Bay Area. "So we hit the runway pretty bad and then we starting going back up in the air again. And then we landed again pretty hard."

Levy added: “It felt like the guy missed the runway quite completely. He tried to correct, which probably helped. We would have hit the rocks.”

Now the plane was on the ground, but panic was just starting to set in.

"It was surreal," Levy said. "A lot of people screaming and not really believing what was happening to them. I wasn’t believing it either."

Many of the 291 passengers were hurt, but Levy wasn't in too bad of shape. He looked out the window again. A piece of a wing was gone. There was debris all over the place. He got up, helped to open an emergency exit and started ushering people through the opening.

"People were pushing each other out," Levy said. "The hostess was trying to help as well. There was a lot of commotion going on."

Firefighters were climbing aboard. Smoke was starting to appear. Soon the plane would catch fire.

Someone told Levy to get out of there. So he did, making it into one of the first ambulances to San Francisco General Hospital. He was pretty lucky: some cuts and bruises and maybe a broken rib.

"I am (in pain), but not too bad compared to other people," Levy said.

Officials confirmed two people were found dead outside the wreckage, female Chinese teenagers who were seated at the back of the plane. 182 people were taken to one of nine Bay Area hospitals, including 49 with serious injuries including burns and fractures. 

The NTSB arrived on the scene Saturday to lead the investigation into the crash.

Levy said he felt terrible for the people injured worse than he was. But "it could have been a lot, lot worse," he said.

 



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DUI Suspect Strikes, Kills Couple Walking

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A man suspected of driving under the influence struck and killed a married couple walking in a North County neighborhood Sunday morning, officials confirmed.

The fatal collision happened around 6:15 a.m. on eastbound Old Castle Road near Mauka Drive, just west of Valley Center.

California Highway Patrol officials say 20-year-old Oceanside resident Earl Smith Jr. -- suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol -- was driving a Toyota Corolla at an unknown speed on Old Castle Road when he drifted off the roadway and slammed into two pedestrians.

CHP PIO Jim Bettencourt says the pedestrians, a married couple that lived in Valley Center, were both killed instantly in the collision.

Their names have not yet been released, but a preliminary report released by the medical examiner's office Sunday afternoon confirms the victims are a 79-year-old man and 78-year-old woman.

The ME report says a neighbor heard the collision and called authorities.

Bettencourt says the couple is well-known by community members for walking on a regular basis in the area, taking a stroll around the block every day.

"They're known as a couple that walked this route every morning," said Bettencourt.

They were walking eastbound with their backs to traffic when Smith slammed into them.

Smith was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI following the crash. He was not injured, Bettencourt said.

He was booked into the Vista Detention Facility on DUI charges and gross vehicular manslaughter, and is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.

Meanwhile, residents in the area were shaken up by the fatal crash that took the lives of their neighbors.

Resident Christina Rivera told NBC 7 she heard brakes screeching followed by the crash Sunday morning and ran outside to see what happened.

When she went outside, she saw the two victims lying lifeless in the street.

Rivera was saddened to hear the couple walking had been killed in the suspected DUI crash.

“This couple, we saw them every day. I just saw them the other day walking. They were [always] around the neighborhood, and we’d wave at them. They were just always holding hands,” recalled Rivera.

Resident Joanne Martucci also heard the crash after letting her dogs out, and then ran outside.

“I couldn’t believe what I saw – the carnage,” Martucci told NBC 7. “It was just the saddest thing. Then I realized it was the couple that walks down the street every day, holding hands.”

“I see them daily, all the time. It’s like I knew them. It’s terrible; it’s sad,” Leonard Martucci, Joanne's husband, told NBC 7.

Many residents on Old Castle Road say the street is dangerous, and say they've witnessed many collisions there over the years.



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Chariot Fire Burns Near Julian

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A brush fire, dubbed the "Chariot Fire," sparked near Julian and the Sunrise Highway Saturday, and continued to spread overnight. No structures were threatened, and no injuries were reported.

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NTSB Chief: Asiana Flight 214 Tried to Abort Landing Before Crash

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The pilot in control of the Boeing 777 that crashed at the San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, killing two people and wounding 180, had little experience flying that type of plane and was landing one for the first time at that airport.
 
Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin said that Lee Gang-guk had nearly 10,000 hours flying other planes but had only 43 hours on the 777, The Associated Press reported.
 
Meanwhile, Asiana Airlines Flight 214's cockpit voice recorder showed the plane attempted to abort its landing just 1.5 seconds before it crashed, a federal official said.
 
There was no distress call given before the crash, but the recorder indicated that there was a "stick shaker activation" four seconds before the crash, indicating the plane was about to stall, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman said in a Sunday news conference.
 
Seven seconds before the crash, there was a call by one of the crew members to increase speed. The target speed for an approach is 137 knots, and the speed of Flight 214 was "much lower, and not by a few knots," Hersman said.
 
Earlier in the day SFO spokesman Doug Yakel said the navigational technology that helps pilots to land in inclement weather was not operational when Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed, NBC News reported. The plane crashed in favorable weather, partly cloudy skies and light wind, NTSB officials who spoke with NBC News said.
 
“This was a visual approach. You do not need instruments to get into the airport,” said Hersman at Sunday's briefing. “They were cleared for a visual approach.”
 
In spite of the new information, Hersman said that the NTSB's investigation had only completed its preliminary reports. The cause of the crash, Herman said is still unknown.
 
"Everything is on the table," she said. "It's too early to rule anything out."
 

Two 16-year-old schoolgirls from eastern China died after after Flight 214 crashed and burst into flames upon landing. San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault told NBC Bay Area one of the bodies was found on the tarmac near where the plane's tail broke off when it slammed into the runway. The other was found about 30 feet away from where the jetliner came to rest after it skidded down the runway -- and the victim may have been run over by a fire truck.

Six people remained in critical condition Sunday at San Francisco General Hospital, one of nine Bay Area hospitals attending to victims of the crash. Of the 53 patients treated at the hospital, 19 remained hospitalized Sunday.

At least two patients are paralyzed, said SF General's Chief of Surgery, Dr. Mary Margaret Knudson. Other patients are said to be suffering from abdominal injuries, spine fractures and road rash.

"We are used to all these types of injuries," Knudson said. "We just don't usually see them all at once."

Another 55 patients were treated at Stanford Hospital. Two patients were still listed in critical condition there on Sunday, with another nine considered to be in either fair or good condition.

Helicopter video of the scene showed the plane with severe burn damage to the top of its fuselage. The jumbo jet's tail section was detached and a line of debris stretched to the bay.

Passengers described chaos in the aftermath of the accident, with many of the 291 onboard escaping by sliding down emergency inflatable slides.

"It was surreal," Benjamin Levy, a businessman seated in the Boeing 777 jetliner's 32nd row, told NBC Bay Area. "A lot of people screaming and not really believing what has happening to them. I wasn’t believing it either."

Levy said it seemed the plane had been coming in too low for landing at San Francisco, and the pilot "missed the runway quite completely."

"He tried to correct, which probably helped," he said. "We would have hit the rocks.”

San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee said the work of emergency officials stopped the situation from becoming much worse.

"A number of miracles occurred that saved many lives," Lee said at the Sunday afternoon press conference.

Asiana Airlines President Yoon Young-doo identified the two fatalities Sunday as female teenagers from China, saying they had been sitting at the back of the plane. The South Korean airline's official Weibo microblog later said both girls, Ye Mengtuan and Wang Linjia, were 16-year-old students at Jiangshan Middle School.

Speaking at a news conference in Seoul, Young-doo said that he did not believe the flight suffered an engine defect. He described the four pilots aboard the plane at the time of the crash as "skilled," the AP reported. Three of the pilots had each logged more than 10,000 hours of flight time, he said.

Still, Young-doo bowed and said that he was "extending my deep apology" to passengers, their families and South Koreans.

The two students killed were part of a group of Chinese passengers aboard Flight 214 headed to a summer school program in the Los Angeles area.

The 35 students in the group were scheduled to arrive at West Valley Christian School in West Hills for three weeks, according to the school’s website.

They were going to be hosted by families in the San Fernando Valley.

“We are unsure what their next steps will be," the website said, "but we are certain that God knows and will help us care for them in this time of crisis."

SFO officials said a total of 307 people were on board Flight 214: 291 passengers and 16 crew members. Asiana Airlines said the passengers included 77 Koreans, 141 "of Chinese descent," 61 U.S. citizens, three from India, one Japanese, one from Vietnam, and seven of unknown origin.

Flights in and out of SFO were suspended for about four hours after the crash, the first fatal accident at the airport in 75 years.

Saturday's crash was also the second major accident involving a Boeing 777 in the 18 years the model has been in service, according to the AP. That earlier accident occurred Jan. 17, 2008, when British Airways Flight 28 from China landed about 1,000 feet short of the runway at London's Heathrow Airport. The impact broke the jet's landing gear and caused 47 injuries.

 



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Treating Crash Victims Largest Incident Ever for SF General

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Spinal fractures leading to paralysis. Strange road rashes covering entire bodies. Severe internal bleeding leading to near-death.

This is what emergency doctors and staff members at Bay Area medical centers like San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) confronted after Asiana Flight 214 crash landed at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) just before 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

This is what they train for.

“This is the largest one I’ve been involved in, I think this is the largest the hospital has been involved with,” said Dr. Margaret Knudson, chief of surgery at SF General. “I tell you we were really well organized and everybody did their job perfectly.”

Everyone including first responders, she added, noting that two patients may not have made it without fast action. “I have to say whoever triaged these patients at the airport did a fabulous job because they got to us the sickest patients in the shortest period of time, or I don’t think those patients would have survived.”

Dr. Knudson relayed what some of the patients told her and medical staff about how they got hurt.

“One of the patients we talked to said that the seats in front of her all collapsed and came at her,” she explained. “We’ve also seen a large number of chest injuries with fractured sternums, which is major bone right here, and that suggests they had some type of a crush as something came down on top of them.”

By Sunday late afternoon, SF General gave its second and final update for the day: 17 still admitted to the hospital, six in critical condition including a minor (female). Dr. Knudson said there was “suspicion” that at least one of the patients was a flight attendant, but could not confirm because a couple patients were still unconscious or unable to speak.

One of the survivors was treated and released, but has been at SF General since she was taken there by ambulance Saturday. Wen “Kitty” Zhang, 34 of China, has been tending to her four-year-old son, whom she said suffered a broken left leg in the crash. She said her mother’s instinct kicked in as soon as she realized something went wrong.

“When the flight crashed I grabbed by son to avoid something [getting] on him,” said Zhang, who added there were five others on board with her.


So how did she escape? Through a hole where she said the bathroom had been mostly ripped out.

“It’s enough for two person[s] to go out,” she explained. “I [had] time to walk out because [the] hold is very close to my seat. So I take my baby and my carry-on baggage.”

Zhang is still trying to reunite with her sister who she said was sitting in Row 40 with her on the flight. She believes her sister is at Stanford Medical Center, but has been unable to reach her via cell phone. For now, she’s focused on getting in touch with her and on helping her son – so busy, there’s been little time to reflect and to be scared.

“But yesterday night when I was [dreaming], of course I was scared,” she admitted. “The scene was in my brain, many times.”
 

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Woman Falsely Reported Home Invasion: Police

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A Suffield, Conn., woman is facing charges for falsely reporting a home invasion and brutal assault.

Kelly Wilson, 29, of Thrall Avenue, was arrested on Wednesday after a nearly three-month investigation by Suffield Police.

Police said she admitted to causing injuries to herself and trashing her home to make it look like an intruder.

On April 13, police forced their way into Wilson’s home shortly after midnight when she reported that a man with a handgun broke in through a back door, beat her and sexually assaulted her.

At the time, police said it was one of the most disturbing crime scenes and violent stories they have ever come upon.

Wilson told police that the masked man knocked twice on her door earlier in the evening and asked for help with his broken down car, police said.

Wilson, who was alone at the time, gave police a detailed description of the alleged intruder.

Property records show she and her fiancé purchased the house just weeks before the incident. At the time, police said her fiancé was away on military leave.

For days, police asked town residents to remain vigilant and report anyone suspicious matching the description of the alleged intruder.

Checkpoints were set up in the area of the Thrall Avenue address, with police asking drivers if they noticed a broken down car or a man matching the description given around the time of the alleged incident.

Suffield Police Chief Michael Manzi said investigators shortly after found discrepancies in Wilson's story.

“The investigation soon turned from finding a suspect to determining whether the story was fabricated,” Manzi said.

An FBI profiler from Quantico, Va., was brought in to aide in the investigation, Manzi said.

On May 22, Wilson gave a written statement admitting she contrived the whole story, Manzi said.

Wilson admitted to causing the injuries to herself and trashing her home to make it look like an intruder, Manzi said.

As for the reason, Manzi would only say it was “emotional in nature.”

Soon after the written confession, Suffield police turned the case over to the Office of the States’ Attorney.

Manzi said an arrest warrant was signed and issued on July 2 and Wilson was arrested the following day.

She is charged with falsely reporting an incident, making false statements and misuse of the emergency 911 system.

All charges are misdemeanors.

Wilson posted $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at Enfield Superior Court on July 16.
 



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Tropical Storm Chantal Speeding Through Atlantic

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Tropical Storm Chantal kept speeding toward the eastern Caribbean Sea Monday night, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

As of 11 p.m., Chantal had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph as it moved west-northwest at 26 mph about 235 miles east-southeast of Barbados.

A tropical storm watch was issued for Haiti, and the government of the Dominican Republic replaced its tropical storm watch with a tropical storm warning for its southern coast from Cabo Engano west to the Haitian border.

Chantal strengthened slightly Monday after forming late Sunday over the Atlantic.

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A tropical storm warning was in effect for Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Martinique,  Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and the southern coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano west to the Haitian border.

A tropical storm watch was in effect for St. Vincent, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Vieques and Culebra, and the northern coast of the Dominican Republic from north of Cabo Engano to Cabo Frances Viejo.

The center of Chantal is expected to move through the Lesser Antilles early Tuesday before moving into the eastern Caribbean Sea later on Tuesday. Some strengthening is expected over the next 48 hours.

Reconnaissance aircraft collected data on Chantal Monday afternoon, according to the NHC.

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Chantal is expected to bring between two and four inches of rain over the Leeward and Windward Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and portion of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Maximum amounts of six inches are possible, the National Hurricane Center said.

While South Florida remains in the long-range forecast cone, there is a lot of uncertainty five days out.

There is the potential for upper-level wind shear or land interaction that could significantly weaken, or even dissipate, the tropical storm. At this point, the official forecast never calls for Chantal to reach hurricane strength.

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Palm Beach Mom Arrested for Partying With Teenage Boys

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When a neighbor called police after hearing commotion inside a Palm Beach Shores condo, officials said they found 39-year-old Kimberly Kiernan hosting a party for 26 teenagers - some as young as 14 years old.

Palm Beach Shores Police said they found bags of liquor and beer in the condo, along with marijuana residue.

Even worse, they found a 7-year-old boy locked in a separate room. Police said when they found him, the child said, "Mommy locked me in the bathroom."

They also said they found a 16-year-old passed out and choking.

Officials said Kiernan was drunk, unable to stand and urinating on herself.

"When the officers discovered there was underage drinking involved, all kids, it just got weird," Palm Beach Shore Police Chief Steven Kniffin said.

Her ex-husband said things had been weird there for a while, saying she liked to party with young, teenage boys, according to police.

Neighbors have complained about her loud parties in the past.

"It's pretty surprising," neighbor Chad Ferranti said. "You hate to see that."

Kiernan responded to the complaints by leaving a handwritten note in the elevator that read, "We respectfully complied with previous requests."

Kiernan was charged with cruelty towards a child, resisting officer arrest, giving false information to officers and contributing to minor delinquency. She was released from the Palm Beach County Jail Wednesday.

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"Horror Show" Hoarder Found Passed Out in Home

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“They literally found a horror show inside.”

That’s how Pennsylvania SPCA humane law enforcement director George Bengal described what authorities found inside a stuffy, trash-filled Philadelphia home.

Firefighters responded to the 9100 block of Bickley Road near Welsh and Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia Sunday night to check on the well-being of an elderly man who has lived at the overgrown home for the past two decades who had called family members to let them know that he had fallen and couldn't get up.

When firefighters went inside they found the 70-year-old man unconscious in the hot home with an overwhelming smell.

The man was revived and taken to a local hospital.

After getting a search warrant, crews wearing full body hazmat suits including breathing apparatus entered the home.

“This place is a total, total mess just full of parasites, dead animals, live animals that are sick,” Bengal said. "If you can imagine flushing your toilet for five or six years and this is all where it goes, that's what the house looks like inside." 

According to the SPCA, there were five living cats, at least three dead cats, buckets of feces, rats and even live bats inside the house. There were also piles of trash, crumbling drywall and collapsing ceiling titles that made cleanup difficult on the crews and gave cats plenty of potential places to hide out.

Bengal said the flea infestation in the home is one of the worst he has ever seen.

The house was condemned by License and Inspections. The SPCA worked with L&I to ensure the safety of its officers before they resumed their search of the home Monday afternoon.

Neighbors say they rarely saw the owner but lately hadn't seen him at all.

"I know he's not well," said one woman. "All I know is I thought he only had one cat."

Bengal said the presence of bats is a clue that this level of hoarding has been going on for years. The SPCA plans on charging the homeowner with animal cruelty charges.

"Our goal here is not just to cite and arrest people for cruelty to animals," Bengal said. "Our goal here for situations like this is to get them mental health." 

 



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Five Children Ejected, Injured in Dallas Crash

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Dallas police say five children were ejected from an SUV after a crash with a pickup truck early Monday morning.

The collision took place just before 1 a.m. at Garland Road and Buckner Boulevard where police said a pickup heading eastbound on Garland Road ran a red light and struck a Lincoln Navigator broadside, spinning it around.

During the crash, the five children were ejected from the SUV.

All of the injured children were taken to Dallas Children's Medical Center, including 12-year-old girl who has severe head injuries. Another younger boy is also in fair condition Monday afternoon. The other children had bumps, bruises and road rash from being thrown into the intersection.

The Navigator was loaded with three adults and six children, police said the vehicle is designed to carry seven passengers, so it's obvious some of the passengers were not properly restrained.

Police said the driver of the pickup, 26-year-old Edward Rodriguez, tried to leave after the crash but several witnesses surrounded him and started taking pictures of both the man and his truck while keeping him from leaving the scene of the crash.

Police said Rodriguez who does not have a license, complained of neck and back pain and was taken to Baylor Medical Center.

Rodriguez was arrested and charged with intoxication assault according to Dallas police. He's being held on $75,000 bond as well as several warrants out of Rockwall and Waxahachie.

Vehicle records show the owner of the Navigator was just nine minutes from home at the time of the crash.

Police said the intersection had red light cameras and witnesses said they saw a flash, so officers said it's likely there is a photograph proving the pickup ran the red light.

NBC 5's Kendra Lyn contributed to this report.



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Facebook Launches New Search Engine For All U.S. Users

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Social networking site Facebook is launching its new search feature on Monday, according to The New York Times.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg released in January an early version of Graph Search, which was subjected to tests and improvements. Facebook will roll out on Monday the feature to several hundred million users in the United States and to those who use the American English version of the site, the Times reported.

The search tool allows users to ask questions, search topics and look for photos that are currently buried under old wall posts, links and photo albums in the newsfeed.

Graph Search, however, is far from perfect, according to Facebook officials. It is still missing many key components users want, like Yelp and Instagram integration and the ability to search status updates.

The feature is also not yet available on Facebook’s mobile apps, which are fast becoming the main source for Facebook service, according to the Times report.



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Google Doodle Celebrates Roswell UFO Legacy

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Google marked the 66th anniversary of the Roswell UFO event with a new Google Doodle on Monday.

The Doodle features an interactive game where the user is tasked with helping a stranded alien who crash-landed on earth return home by finding the pieces of his broken UFO.

Google has displayed its soft spot for geek culture. Moog synthesizer creator Bob Moog was honored in May with an on-screen replica of his famous invention. "Hitchhiker's Guide" author Douglas Adams was immortalized with a Doodle in March. In December, the world's first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace, received her own Doodle.

In 1947, a man claimed he found the remains of a UFO that crashed in a field near Roswell, N.M. The event made international headlines, but the U.S. government sidestepped the rumors and maintains that the debris was from the crash of a weather balloon.

Paraplegic Rower's Attempt at Historic Solo Journey Ends

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Ten days into her journey Madsen had to be rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter due to high surf.

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What to Do This Weekend

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The weekend is heating up with the Padres return to Petco Park and Pride revelers celebrating around town.

Here’s what to do around the city this weekend.

Thursday, July 11

Mission Bay Carnaval
6 p.m. at 998 West Mission Bay Dr.
Bahia West Resort hosts its annual Brazilian celebration with live entertainment, a beach barbecue and dancing. Ticket prices vary.

Friday, July 12

San Diego Pride
6 p.m. at Normal Street and University Avenue
Kicking off the weekend event is the rally and block party in Hillcrest Friday night. Don’t forget the parade is on Saturday morning at 11 a.m.!

48 Hour Film Project

3:30 p.m. at Mission Playa Park Pavilion
Amateur, novice and professional filmmakers from all over Southern California and Mexico will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours.
 
Saturday, July 13

Padres Tailgate
1 p.m. at Embarcadero Marina Park South
The Padres are back in town this weekend, so why not tailgate? This party and firefighter chili cook-off benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Ticket prices vary.

Insect Festival
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 230 Quail Gardens Dr.
The San Diego Botanic Garden is hosting its annual live insect event that’s perfect for teaching the kids about science. The event is free.

Sunday, July 14

Over the Line Tournament
7:30 a.m. at Fiesta Island
This event draws thousands of people every year mainly because it’s so much fun. The event is free and open to the public.

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