The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the Donald J. Trump Foundation is essentially a civil complaint, and while most would prefer being sued than being prosecuted, a civil action has the potential to do more damage than an indictment for the presidency, NBC News reported.

It remains an open question about whether a president is immune from indictment, arrest or prosecution while in office, but there is less debate about presidential immunity from civil suit. This mean’s the president is most likely less immune to a state attorney general’s petition that is civil in nature than he would be if the same attorney general tried to prosecute him.

If forced to defend himself against the petition, Trump will be forced to come up with answers for very serious allegations about his charitable organization.

Here’s a look at what is going on in San Diego sports for the week of June 18^th-24^th.

PADRES: After more than a week on the road, the Friars are back home but only for two days. Monday is an off day before the Oakland A’s head to Petco Park Tuesday and Wednesday for interleague play. Thursday-Sunday the Padres are in San Francisco to face the Giants.

LEGION: The San Diego Legion wraps up regular season play Saturday when the Glendale Raptors head the Torero Stadium. The match starts at 7:30 p.m.

The battle for Puerto Rico's future is underway in a crowded courthouse where teachers, parents and students are fighting to keep their schools open, NBC News reported.

Nearly 300 are slated to close after Hurricane Maria plunged the island into a devastating economic crisis nine months ago that deeply cut into school enrollment.

"Where there is no school there is no community," said educator Providencia Figueroa, who is working with one of Puerto Rico's teachers unions. "The community is dead."

There are other concerns on the island, where most of the power service is finally has power back after what Gov. Ricardo Roselló said was "the most devastating event in the history of Puerto Rico": It's hurricane season again and the grid isn't ready for another storm and Maria's true death toll is still a mystery.

First lady Melania Trump waded into the fierce debate around family separation on the border on Sunday, saying she "hates" to see it done and pushing for bipartisan cooperation to end the practice, NBC News reported.

"Mrs. Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform," her spokeswoman said in a statement. "She believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart."

Trump has repeatedly blamed Democrats for opposition to his immigration reform proposal, falsely crediting an anti-trafficking law that passed unanimously in 2008 under President George W. Bush.

But the Trump administration implemented the "zero tolerance" policy under which it's separated families at the border, and there is no law that requires family separation.

An apparent victim of a hit-and-run was found lying in the road in Chula Vista early Sunday morning.

A driver saw the 23-year-old man on Buena Vista Way near H Street around 4 a.m.

Chula Vista police attempted life-saving efforts, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

There aren’t any homes or businesses near the scene, so it’s unclear if anyone witnessed the incident.

Chula Vista police say that it appears the victim was riding a skateboard when he was hit by a car.

The road had to be closed for several hours as police tried to piece together the clues, and it has since reopened.

Police have not released the identity of the victim, and there is no description of a car that may have hit him.

The Chula Vista Police Department’s Traffic Unit is investigating.

High Levels of carbon monoxide were found at a Starbucks and Golden Bagel in the 2700 block of Fletcher Parkway around 8 a.m. Sunday morning.

Heartland Fire, La Mesa Police Department, San Diego County Hazmat and San Diego Fire-Rescue all responded to the scene after more than one carbon monoxide alarm went off and people called 911. 

The Starbucks, Golden Bagel and other nearby businesses were evacuated, and one Starbucks employee was taken to the hospital. 

Units are trying to ventilate the businesses and locate the source. 

No other information was immediately available. Check back on this breaking story for updates. 

Authorities said five undocumented immigrants are dead following a chase involving Border Patrol agents Sunday afternoon.

Dimmit County Sheriff Marion Boyd said the crash happened off Highway 85 in Big Wells at about noon. Boyd said agents were chasing the SUV when it lost control and overturned. The vehicle was traveling at more than 100 miles per hour when it crashed.

Fourteen people were inside, including the driver and passenger. Twelve immigrants were ejected and four died at the scene when the car crashed and rolled over, according to Boyd. A fifth person later died at the hospital. A total of 9 people were transported to the hospital, including five who went to San Antonio Military Medical Center and the rest going to local hospitals. The driver, who is believed to be a United States citizen, was among those transported.

Boyd credited "good police work" for the reason why deputies started pursuing the vehicle.

A border patrol agent observed three vehicles traveling one behind the other on FM 2664 and suspected a smuggling attempt was happening, the agency said in a statement. The agent was able to stop one of the vehicle and called out a description of the other two. A second border patrol agent was able to pull over the second vehicle but the third refused to stop. The agency said multiple arrest were made in both vehicles.

The passenger, also believed to be a U.S. citizen, is currently in custody.

Boyd said there needs to be a wall built because this is a "real problem" in the area.

The incident is under investigation by the US Border Patrol, Texas Department of Public Safety, Dimmit County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility, Border Patrol said in a statement.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Democrat Beto O'Rourke led protestors in a Father's Day march to the new "tent city" that will house migrant children separated from their parents upon arrival in the United States.

Celebrations broke out all over San Diego on Sunday, from downtown to Tijuana, as Mexico delivered a major upset in its first match of the 2018 World Cup, beating Germany 1-0.

Mexico became the first non-European team to shut out Germany in the World Cup since 2002 and the celebrations lasted throughout the day.

In National City, so many people were celebrating in the streets police had to shut down parts of Highland Avenue.

Mexico fans packed El Chingon in downtown San Diego before 8 a.m. hoping for the best but also being realistic in the national team’s first game against Germany, the defending World Cup champions.

"Hoping for a tie, came out with a win, I loved it," Raul Cadena said. "We weren't the underdog today. We were at the same level they were. We've always been at the same level as anyone in the world. We always got caught slipping."

But Sunday Mexico did not slip, scoring in the first half and beating Germany.

“They played really well,” Juan Ortiz said. “It was a good game — it was intense. When they scored that goal, I felt like I scored that goal, that's how good I felt."

And fans are feeling good about Mexico's start, which gives the team an easier time in group play to advance to the knock out stage.

"I think they'll be pumped. This got them going,” Alexandra Pissel said. “The start of the World Cup and I think they'll keep going. They're going to keep doing good."

Control of the San Diego Union-Tribune will officially change hands Monday when biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong takes ownership of the 150-year-old newspaper.

Soon-Shiong bought the Union-Tribune along with the Los Angeles Times and some community papers from Chicago-based Tronc, formerly known as Tribune Publishing, on Feb. 7 for a reported $500 million.

In a letter published Sunday in the U-T as well as the L.A. Times, the 65-year-old physician, who dedicated most of his fortune to fighting cancer, said he will protect independent journalism and fight fake news as if it were cancer.

“I believe that fake news is the cancer of our times and social media the vehicles for metastasis,” he wrote. “Institutions like the Union-Tribune and the Times are more vital than ever.”

Soon-Shiong told the U-T he does not intend to make any changes to the leadership of newspaper. He will take on the role of executive chairman while Jeff Light will remain as editor and publisher.

He also said he does not plan to lay off any of the 275 staff at the newspaper, which has shrunk dramatically in the past decade.

Though, Soon-Shiong said the paper will need to run as a business because of the “disruptions” of the digital age but he is committed to investing in the publication’s future and “never losing sight of the needs and interests of our readers.”

“While ad-supported print publications will continue to feel the pressures occasioned by the digital era, we are confident that our print products will remain viable and vital,” he wrote.

While most people view the newspaper business as a dying industry, Soon-Shiong said he bought the U-T and the L.A. Times because he wants “to preserve the integrity, honesty and fairness” he and his family have observed as avid readers of the Times.

He and his family want the newspapers he bought “to serve as beacons of truth, hope and inspiration binding our communities.”

“We view the publications we acquired as a quasi-public trust,” he wrote.

He will be the U-T’s fifth owner in the past 10 years. The paper was owned by the Copley family for 81 years before it was sold to Platinum Equity in 2009.  The Beverly Hills investment firm turned around and sold it to local real estate tycoon Douglas Manchester two years later.

In 2015, Manchester sold the publication to then-Tribune Publishing, which later became Tronc.

Over 1,000 people joined U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, to march on a site just off the bank of the Rio Grande that was chosen to hold a federal "tent city" that will house migrant children separated from their parents upon arrival in the United States. 

The Department of Health and Human Services is building the 450-bed tent city at the Tornillo port of entry to house overflow from the Trump administration's new "zero tolerance" policy, sources have told NBC News. Migrant children began arriving at the facility on Friday.

Protestors came from as far as Alexandria, Virginia, Sunday in support of O’Rourke and his efforts to pressure the administration to reunite migrant children with their families. They chanted “families, united” and “say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here!”

“It forces us to act and places the pressure on those in positions of public trust and power to do the right thing,” O’Rourke said.

O’Rourke led a one-mile march from the farmlands of Tornillo to the port of entry that abuts the Rio Grande, which separates the U.S. from Mexico. Protesters used signs to shield themselves from the sun and cool off from the 90-degree weather.

For an hour, faith leaders and immigrant advocates called on the United States government to reunite migrant children with their families. Customs and Border Protection officials watched the march from their facilities at the port of entry.

Faith leaders and immigrant advocates were asked to say a few words about the importance of speaking out against the Trump administration’s policy.

Melissa Lopez, executive director of the Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services in El Paso, called the Trump administration’s policies an “assault” on immigrant communities nationwide. 

“They will continue to attack our immigrant brothers and sisters unless we continue to raise our voices and make sure the administration knows that we will not stand for them to continue to punish and criminalize immigrants,” she said.

O’Rourke was joined by several local public officials and U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass.

“We recognize that universal truth, that humanity does not come with citizenship or a green card,” Kennedy said.

On Saturday, children could be seen through the fence separating the U.S. and Mexico playing soccer in the encampment. They were taken back into large white tents after a rainstorm came into the area.

There are plans to house an estimated 360 children at the encampment in Tornillo and 4,000 may be kept there in the near future, according to U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, who represents the area. 

David Stout, an El Paso county commissioner, said he joined the march because the El Paso community would not accept the Trump administration’s decision to separate children from their parents.

“It’s ridiculous what’s going on in this country,” he said. “What they’re doing to these children is inhumane.

Dominga Lopez, a Tornillo resident, said she was shocked to see children were brought to her hometown and none of her neighbors knew. She called on President Trump to think about how he would feel if his son was taken from him. 

“I cannot believe (the First Lady) would not speak up and make him do something that is right,” she said. “This is very wrong. And I don’t care what they say. They have misquoted the Bible and are hurting the children.”

A man was shot multiple times Sunday morning in an Oceanside parking lot, police said.

Just before 4:30 a.m., police received a call regarding multiple shots being fired in the parking lot of a Stater Bros. Markets in the 3700 block of Mission Avenue, Oceanside police Sgt. Greg Stahley said.

Responding officers found a man with three gunshots wounds, one in each leg and one on the right arm, he said.

No suspect information was available because "the victim is being less than forthcoming" and extremely uncooperative, Stahley said.

The man was transported to the hospital for his non-life-threatening injuries.

It was unclear if the shooting was gang-related, Stahley said.

Officials are looking for a man who was seen keying a San Miguel Fire Engine in Spring Valley on Sunday.

In the video sent to NBC 7 by the San Miguel Fire Department, the man was walking down the sidewalk nonchalantly keying the fire engine that was parked on the street.

The man seen in the video was white with a buzz cut, wearing grey shorts, a black T-shirt with white markings and sunglasses.

The incident happened just before 10 a.m. at the corner of South Barcelona Street and Campo Road while the crew was on a meal break, Battalion Chief Andy Lawler said.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SDSO) was called and a report was filed, he said.

Deputies are investigating the incident, the sheriff’s department said.

Anyone with information about the incident was urged to contact San Diego Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477 or visit sdcrimestoppers.org.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other top Democratic members of Congress will be in San Diego on Monday to visit the detention center housing migrant children separated from their families or who arrived unaccompanied to the United States.

Pelosi will join San Diego Rep. Juan Vargas and other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to see first-hand the effects of the Trump Administration’s zero-tolerance policy enacted by Attorney General Jeff Sessions earlier this year.

One of the shelters for migrant children is located in a nondescript building in El Cajon. Department of Health and Human Services officials said most of the children in that facility are unaccompanied minors and only 10 percent were separated from their parents.

The trip comes as a debate rages on in Washington and across the country over the administration’s strict enforcement of the existing policy to prosecute those entering the country illegally on top of the usual immigration proceedings.

The policy has separated nearly 2,000 children from their parents in six weeks. President Donald Trump has falsely been putting the blame for children separation on Democrats.

“I hate the children being taken away,” Trump told reporters at an impromptu press conference on Friday. “The Democrats have to change their law — that’s their law.”

In fact, there is no law requiring families to be separated at the border. While there are laws against "improper entry" as well as a decree that limits the amount of time migrant children may be held in a detention facility, none of those laws require children to be taken away from their parents.

Pelosi said this policy was “an act of the administration.”

“They have been planning this for a while,” she told reporters on Thursday during her weekly press conference. She said if the president was serious about not taking children away, his administration can put a stop to it without the need for Congress to act.

“This could have been something taken up under suspension in a minute if there was a real sincere effort,” Pelosi said. “You don't even need to do it.  It's executive action by the Attorney General.  It can be changed just like that.  Just like that.”

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a person found floating in a pond in Pauma Valley.

Deputies were called to the address for an organic farm on Old Cole Grade Road just after midnight.

The owners of Fairfield Farms grow blueberries and avocados on the ranch with the help of pickers who live on the property, according to the company’s website. 

The San Diego County Medical Examiner was on the scene to determine whether foul play was involved.

The property is located less than 2 miles southwest of where State Route 76 meets Cole Grade Road in the North County area of San Diego County. 

A man was stabbed in a fight just before last call Monday in the Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego police said.

One man punched another man to the ground and then walked away near the corner of 4th and Market Street at approximately 1:15 a.m., police said.

The man who threw the punch was followed by three men and was stabbed once in the back, police said.

The stabbing victim, identified as a 36-year-old man, walked into a bar for help. The bouncer inside the bar called 911.

Emergency medical personnel arrived and transported the stabbing victim to a nearby hospital. He’s expected to survive, police said.

The stabbing suspects were last seen walking east on Market Street. Two of the men were wearing black shirts and a third man was wearing a navy blue shirt. 

No other information was available.

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Theaters across the country are warning moviegoers seeing "Incredibles 2" about possible adverse health effects related the flashing lights used in the film.

Disney sent an advisory to theaters asking them notify patrons about scenes featuring strobe and flashing lights in the Pixar film.

The warning, which has been shared on social media, says: "'Incredibles 2' contains a sequence of flashing lights, which may affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitivities."

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Millions flocked to the theater this weekend for the long-awaited sequel, which shattered box office records and became the best animated opening of all time.

However, some attendees reported on social media that the strobe effects from the villain’s weapon of choice not only impaired characters on-screen, but left audience members nauseous. There were some reports of people experiencing seizures.

"So, the villain’s weapon of choice in the movie is bright white lights that are at a rapidly flashing/strobing frequency, with the intent to disorient people. One of these scenes lasts over 90 seconds with continuous strobe light, other scenes last anywhere from 5-30 seconds,” blogger Veronica Lewis wrote in a Twitter post Friday.

She explained in a blog post that people with photosensitive epilepsy aren’t the only ones who could be affected by the visual stimuli associated with some of the movie's action scenes — those who suffer from migraines, vision impairments, seizure conditions, vertigo, autism, ADHD, and PTSD could also experience a reaction to the images.

On Saturday, Disney notified theaters showing "Incredibles 2" to post a warning for ticket holders about the lighting effects of the scenes in question.

The Epilepsy Foundation of America wants Disney to do more, and has called on the studio to "post a warning on all its digital properties, including relevant websites and social media channels, about what has been described as 'flashing' and 'strobe' lights in its 'Incredibles 2' movie. There should be a warning of the potential effects on people with visual sensitive epilepsy or migraine features."

As of 9 a.m. ET Monday morning, Disney Pixar and the "Incredibles 2" official Twitter and Facebook accounts did not have any posts issuing a warning about the movie.

Disney estimated Sunday that “Incredibles 2” earned $180 million in its debut weekend in the U.S. alone.

According to Disney, adults made up 31 percent of the audience. Families accounted for 57 percent and teens 11 percent.

"Incredibles 2" comes 14 years after "The Incredibles," which at the time boasted one of the biggest animated openings ever, and picks up right where the first film left off with the superhero family. Brad Bird returned to write and direct the sequel, which has been overwhelmingly well-received by both critics and audiences.