If you plan to rent a home or apartment, make sure you meet the landlord or property manager in person.

Too many scam artists are using online ads to rip off renters.

"They're collecting your personal information," said Sheryl Reichert with the San Diego Better Business Bureau.

The BBB hears from people who thought they were getting a great deal on a home but after they fill out an online application and send money, the landlord never gets back to them. Fraud experts say those phony landlords are usually collecting money and financial information.

"When you are disclosing your personal finance information, you want to know who you are giving it to, and be clear one what they are going to be using it for," said Reichert.

San Diegan Ed Terrell found a perfect apartment on Craigslist.

"Just a phenomenal price," said Terrell.

But, he got scared when they started asking personal questions.

"Name, date of birth, mother's maiden name," he said.

Terrell never actually met anyone in person. The whole transaction was carried out through email.

They wouldn't even show him the apartment until he gave them his information so they could run a credit check. Terrell thinks it was all a hoax.

"I think they are just completely taking advantage of people who are in dire need," said Terrell.

Sheryl Reichert says you have to meet landlords and rental agents face-to-face before ever exchanging money or information.

A 26-year-old diver who was found dead in San Diego's Mission Bay earlier this week was an active-duty Navy service member, according to officials at the Navy Medical Center.

Officials tell NBC 7 the diver was Stephen Wall, an Information Systems Technician, Third Class, who worked in the Medical Center’s micro-repair department.

Wall’s friend, HM3 James Holcomb, spoke exclusively with NBC 7 on Friday and fondly described his late friend as a great guy who loved fishing and the outdoors.

“He’s very friendly, very personable. He made friends everywhere he went – not just necessarily military members, but civilians as well,” said Holcomb. “He was just the kind of person you wanted to be around.”

Wall’s body was discovered by a local boater early Tuesday morning in Mission Bay. His body was then retrieved from the water by San Diego Lifeguards, and his death was confirmed at the scene.

Officials say it appears Wall was spearfishing and may have gotten tangled in the line and drowned. The medical examiner’s office has ruled Wall’s death accidental.

Navy Medical Center officials say they plan on holding a memorial service for the sailor.
 

A man who prompted a SWAT standoff in Carlsbad Friday evening was ultimately located and arrested in National City, officials confirmed.

On Friday, just after 4 p.m., a woman called police to report that her friend needed help following some type of alleged domestic violence incident with her boyfriend.

Officers responded to the victim’s home in the 2800 block of Cazadero Drive in Carlsbad (see map below) and made contact with the woman outside the home.

The victim told police she had allegedly been battered and threatened by her boyfriend, Corey Nicholas, 35, who was reportedly still inside the home.

The victim related she had been battered and threatened by her 35 year old boyfriend, Corey Nicholas, who was reportedly still inside the residence.

Police tried to contact Nicholas inside the home by phone, but got no response.

This led officers to believe Nicholas had barricaded himself inside the house to avoid arrest, so the Carlsbad Police Department SWAT team was called to the scene.

As officials honed in on the home and secured the area, neighbors in surrounding homes were evacuated as a precaution. The area was on lockdown for nearly four hours.

SWAT officials used a flashbang and made several attempts by bullhorn to get Nicholas to come out, to no avail.

As officials prepared to enter the home to arrest Nicholas, police learned the suspect was not actually inside the home, and was possibly in National City.

On their end, the National City Police Department began searching for the suspect and located Nicholas at a Wal-Mart just after 8 p.m.

Nicholas was taken into custody and then handed off to Carlsbad police. He was then booked into jail on suspicion of domestic violence and making threats against his girlfriend.

Police believe he was able to flee the Carlsbad home sometime between the alleged assault and the phone call to police.

Back in Carlsbad, neighbors were eventually allowed to re-enter their homes.

Residents said this type of police activity is a first in the neighborhood, and they were quite surprised by everything that transpired.

Fay Stassis and George Macedo told NBC 7 the incident was “unsettling.”

“It’s a little unsettling because this is what they call a kids and cul-de-sac neighborhood,” said Macedo.

“It’s a very friendly neighborhood, so I think people are surprised. There was nothing that would indicate something like this,” added Stassis.

Officials say Nicholas’ girlfriend did not seek medical treatment, and no other victims were injured in the incident.

Police say they have been called to the Carlsbad home before and Nicholas has been previously arrested. However, officials did not release any information regarding that prior arrest. 

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Hundreds of people gathered Saturday to pay tribute to a fisherman who went missing while on a boating trip near Oceanside Monday.

Though left with few answers, family and friends of 53-year-old Loren Ruden held a memorial for the missing fisherman at about 10 a.m. at the north jetty at the Oceanside Harbor.

Ruden has been missing since Monday after an ill-fated boating trip with his dog “Sadie” that began in the Oceanside Marina at around 11:30 a.m that day.

A search for Ruden that involved multiple agencies and spanned 2,100 square nautical miles along the California coastline was suspended on Wednesday.

Among the guests at Saturday’s memorial were Ruden’s children, his wife Susan Ruden, and Ruden's sister, Angie Richards, who earlier in the week pleaded to the public for help in locating the missing fisherman.

The Ruden’s ordeal began Monday evening when a beachgoer located Sadie, alone on the north side of the Oceanside Pier. The beachgoer contacted Ruden’s wife using Sadie’s dog tag, which set the search for him in motion.

On Tuesday, Ruden’s 21-foot Striper he named “Lucky Dog" was found 10 miles northwest of La Jolla traveling in circles at idle speed with no one aboard. The boat was towed in by Oceanside Harbor Police and processed by investigators for evidence.

Multiple crews assisted in the search for Ruden, including members of the Coast Guard Sector San Diego, Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Oceanside Harbor Police, Customs and Border Protection, various air crews and several volunteers.

Family described Ruden as an experienced boater and fisherman who went out on the water every few days, often times with his dog.

“I wish he could’ve been found, but that was not to be,” Susan Ruden told NBC 7 on Thursday in front of her Oceanside home, accompanied by her three children. “Loren loved the ocean and he loved being on his boat. Our children, our family we all love him very much and we’ll miss him. Anyone who knew him will miss him as well.”

Strong rip currents are expected to hit local beaches Friday evening through Saturday, according to NBC 7 meteorologist Jodi Kodesh.

“A large southerly ocean swell will produce above average surf and strong rip currents along San Diego and Orange County beaches,” said Kodesh.

The rip currents call for some extra precautions at the beach.

“All but the most experienced swimmers could be at risk, so beachgoers are urged to swim near a lifeguard,” said Kodesh. “Lifeguards are trained to spot rip currents and other hazards, so I recommend asking one of them for a beach report, before going for a swim.”

Kodesh said there will be much better, safer swimming conditions at local beaches beginning Sunday that will last through next week.

In the meantime, San Diego Lifeguards are warning all swimmers and beachgoers to be extra cautious in the water and heed all warnings by officials.

On Friday lifeguards say they had what they call a “mass-rescue” at Mission Beach after a flash rip current pulled five people under at the same time.

Over the loudspeaker at the beach, the following warning from lifeguards could be heard throughout the afternoon: “We have some very dangerous rip currents that will put you out to sea and recommend that you all water activity for the evening.”

San Diego Lifeguard Sgt. Bill Bender said the rip currents are not to be taken lightly – especially by swimmers and surfers with less experience.

“It wants to take people right out through the surf, and beyond the breakers, and drop them off,” said Sgt. Bender.

On Friday, some local swimmers, including Caleb Smith, were feeling the effect of the conditions in the water.

“Once you get out there a little bit, it starts pulling you back, it starts getting stronger and stronger. I don’t go into the ocean a lot, but it’s pretty rough out there,” Smith told NBC 7.

With the strong currents expected to last through Saturday, beachgoers should note that lifeguards are no longer staffed with their full summer crews.

Now that we’re in mid-September, officials say there will be 20 or fewer lifeguards staffed from the jetty to north Pacific Beach, meaning swimmers should take every precaution to stay as safe as possible out there.

“Find out where the safe areas are to swim, find out where the swimming activity zones are, and we’ll tell you where the best areas are too,” said Sgt. Bender. “[Still], that doesn’t mean those areas are always going to be clear from rip currents.”

Lifeguards say that if you happen to get caught in a rip current, you must remember to swim parallel to the shore and toward the breaking waves, which will push you back towards the shore.

A former reserve deputy sheriff from Imperial County was sentenced to 30 months in prison Friday for smuggling Mexican nationals in her truck, while in uniform through a Border Patrol checkpoint.

El Centro, Calif., resident and three-year reserve deputy sheriff, Elizabeth Hernandez, 23, and a co-defendant, Edna Yanie Calderon, 22, were arrested on April 17 for transporting several adults and a minor from Mexico into the U.S.

Hernandez wore her uniform and a department-issued firearm as she transported the people, officials said.

The judge in the case, U.S. District Court Judge Janis L. Sammartino, said Hernandez’s use of her firearm and uniform provided the smuggling organization with a “guaranteed method” to smuggle people through the checkpoint.

Hernandez was paid at least, $90,000 for the crime which she is now required to forfeit, according to court documents. 

Along with the money, Hernandez must also forfeit several vehicles she purchased using proceeds associated with the crime.

After the 30-month sentence Hernandez faces three years of supervised release.

She was ordered to self-surrender to a designated prison not later than Nov. 5 and is scheduled for a hearing in court on Nov. 8.

Hernandez’s co-defendant, Calderon will be sentenced on Oct. 4.

The Navy has issued an "Order to Account" for all Navy uniformed personnel, both active duty and selected Reserve, assigned to commands in the D.C. metro area in the wake of Monday's deadly Navy Yard Shooting.

The order also calls for family members, Navy civilian employees, NAF and NEX personnel to "muster," or check in, online through the Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System (NFAAS).

According to the website, the NFAAS system allows the Navy to "account, assess, manage, and monitor the process for personnel and their families affected and/or scattered by a wide-spread catastrophic event." 

Family members of Washington Navy Yard employees can also get information on their loved ones by calling a pair of hotlines. They can call the Warfighter and Family Support Center at 202-433-6151 or 202-433-9713.

The Navy has advised that employees trying to meet up with family members do so at Nationals Stadium. The D.C. Metro Police Department has designated Nationals Stadium's Parking Lot B at South Capitol & N St SE as the meeting spot.

At least 12 people were killed in Monday's shooting at the heavily secured Navy Yard, officials said. Suspected gunman Aaron Alexis, 34, of Fort Worth, Texas, is among the dead, several officials told NBC News. One other potential gunman may still be at large, officials said.

A "shelter in place" order is in effect for Navy Yard personnel as law enforcement agencies including the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, D.C. Metro Police, and the FBI investigate the mass shooting.

The Navy says 3,000 people work inside the southeast Washington facility, including command staff, headquarters directorates and field activities.

"Everyone here at the Department of Defense is saddened by the incident at the Washington Navy Yard this morning," Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims. Secretary Hagel is closely following the situation and has assured the Navy we will provide any resource or capability needed to get the Washington Navy Yard community through this event."

MORE COVERAGE ON NBCWASHINGTON.COM:

• Gunman ID'd in D.C. Navy Yard Shooting That Killed at Least 13
• D.C. Navy Yard Gunman From Fort Worth: NBC News
• Nats Game Postponed in Response to Navy Yard Shooting
• Navy Yard Shooting: Inside the NAVSEA Operation That Was Attacked 
• PHOTOS: From the Navy Yard Shooting

In the wake of a deadly shooting at the nearby Navy Yard, the Washington Nationals have postponed their scheduled Monday night game until Tuesday afternoon.

The Navy Yard shooting left at least 13 dead. The investigation into the shooting shut down roads and bridges in much of Southeast Washington, where the Washington Nationals Stadium is located.

The Nationals moved the showdown against the Atlanta Braves until Tuesday at 1 p.m.

The U.S. Senate buildings and several schools in the district were also placed on lockdown Monday afternoon.

The stadium's close proximity to the shootings has made it a useful tool for police working to reunite families with those affected by the shootings. The majority of victim and survivor families have been told to wait in parking lot B of the stadium.

Nationals officials released the following statement:

"All of us here in the Nationals organization were deeply saddened to learn of the tragic events that occurred this morning only a few blocks from Nationals Park... In light of the circumstances, we have decided to postpone tonight's game against the Braves. Additional information will be distributed in the coming hours."

As of Monday afternoon, gates were to open Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. for the rescheduled game.

The Nationals tweeted Monday those with tickets to Monday night's game can use them toward Tuesday's 1 p.m. game or any other 2013 regular season home game.

Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig also issued a statement:

"On behalf of the Nationals, the Braves and all of our Clubs, Major League Baseball mourns those who have been lost to this senseless tragedy, and our thoughts are with all those who have been affected. Under these circumstances, the appropriate action is to postpone tonight's game in Washington.

"Major League Baseball's Security Department will continue to track this matter in consultation with the Nationals and under the guidance of the local authorities."

MORE COVERAGE ON NBCWASHINGTON.COM:

• Gunman ID'd in D.C. Navy Yard Shooting That Killed at Least 13
• Eight D.C. Schools to Reopen as Usual After Lockdown
• Lockdown of Senate Buildings Lifted
• Navy Issues "Order to Account" for D.C., Sets up Hotlines
• Navy Yard Shooting: Inside the NAVSEA Operation That Was Attacked 

A lockdown at several Senate buildings Monday was lifted after two hours following a shooting at D.C.'s Navy Yard. 

At least 13 people are dead after the shooting in a heavily secured building at the Navy Yard, including 34-year-old Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, Texas, who was identified as the suspected shooter. 

• WATCH: Raw Video: Police Respond to Shooting at Navy Yard

As a precautionary measure, Senate buildings were placed on lockdown around 3 p.m. for two hours, but a partial lockdown lift was enacted around 4:30 p.m. The House was not in session Monday, which is why it was not placed on lockdown. 

The lockdown has since been lifted.

The incident has also prompted the Washington Nationals to postpone their Monday evening game against the Atlanta Braves to Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Stay with NBCWashington.com and News4 Washington for more on this developing story.

MORE COVERAGE ON NBCWASHINGTON.COM: 

• 13 Dead in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard, Including Gunman
• D.C. Shooter Went on "Anger-Fueled" Rampage in Seattle in 2004
• Navy Yard Commander Describes Shooting Scene
• Navy Issues "Order to Account" for D.C., Sets up Hotlines
• Navy Yard Shooting: Inside the NAVSEA Operation That Was Attacked 

A discharged Navy Petty Officer Third Class, who served at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas, is the suspected gunman behind Monday's mass shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., NBC News has learned.

The alleged gunman, identified by his fingerprints as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis, is one of the 13 people confirmed to have died in the shooting Monday morning.

Tarrant County records show Alexis was arrested in Fort Worth in Sept. 2010 for discharging a firearm inside city limits — a Class A misdemeanor.   In 2004, he was charged with malicious mischief in Seattle after police said he shot at a mans tires.

The narrative from the Fort Worth arrest is below, as well as a summary of the incident report from Seattle.  Meanwhile, more about his service in the United States Navy can be found here.

Summary Narrative of Fort Worth Arrest

On Saturday 09-04-10 at approximately 1849 hrs I, Officer M Medders 3835 working W237, was dispatched to an apt complex, Orion at Oak Hill Apts, at 2450 Oak Hill Rd in reference to a shots fired call. The details of the call stated "CP STS SHE HEARD A 'POP'  & SAW SMOKE & DUST; NOW SEES THAT THERE IS A HOLE IN HER FLOOR & ANOTHER IN HER CEILING; BELIEVES SOMEONE JUST SHOT INTO HER APT; DID NOT SEE ANYTHING OR ANYONE; CP HAS MOVED AWAY FROM AREA WHERE HOLES ARE; CONTACT CP". Upon arrival I met with the witness who was inside her apt and visibly shaken up.

She told that she was sitting in a chair when she heard the loud pop and saw the dust. She then saw that their was a hole in her floor just a couple of feet from where she was sitting while shredding papers and a hole in the ceiling. She told me that she believed someone had shot a bullet through her apt. She then told me that no one from downstairs had come up to talk to her and she had not gone down. She also told me that her downstairs neighbor ARR (Alexis,Aaron) has called the police several times on her for being loud however the police always said they didn't hear anything and no action was taken. She said that several days ago Aaron confronted her in the parking lot about making too much noise. June told me that she is terrified of Aaron and feels that this was done intentionally. I then relocated to apt and attempted to make contact with Aaron 3 separate times by knocking on his door and I received no response.

Due to the fact that someone could be hurt I called FD for a possible forced entry however when FD arrived Aaron came outside on his own. I made contact with Aaron who informed me that he did have a gun and he said that he was cleaning it when it went off. He said that he was trying to clean his gun while cooking and that his hands were slippery. He told me that he began to take the gun apart when his hands slipped and pulled the trigger discharging a round into the ceiling. He said he was sitting on the floor facing toward the large couch in his living room. When asked why he didn't call police or go check on the resident above him, Aaron said that he didn't think it went all the way through since he couldn't see any light through the hole. In regards to the noise he said he thought that people would just think it was a firecracker. I then asked why he wouldn't answer the door when I knocked and he said that he thought it was just his upstairs neighbor and he didn't want to talk to her because she is always making noise. While inside the apt I looked at the gun which was taken apart at this time. A gun cleaning kit was located next to the gun and the gun was covered in oil.

After investigating the situation, Aaron was taken to 350 W. Belknap and booked. A report was generated.

NBC 5 has learned that the complainant no longer lives at the complex.

2004 Arrest in Seattle Due to "Anger-Fueled" Shooting

Seattle police said Monday afternoon that Alexis was arrested in 2004 "for shooting out the tires of another man’s vehicle in what Alexis later described to detectives as an anger-fueled 'blackout.'"

In the incident report, Seattle police said Alexis exited his apartment and pulled a handgun from his waistband before firing three rounds at the rear tires of a car that belonged to a man working construction in the area. Alexis eventually confessed to the shooting, but stated that the man had mocked him after learning his own vehicle had been tampered with and that the shooting was an "anger-fueled blackout" that he didn't recall until an hour after the shooting.  He was eventually booked into the King County Jail on a charge of malicious mischief.

According to the Seattle Police Department, during his interview regarding the shooting, Alexis told them he was present during the "tragic events of September 11, 2001" and "described 'how those events had disturbed him.'" 

Police eventually talked with Alexis' father, who lived in New York, and said his son had anger problems related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and that he was "an active participant in rescue attempts on September 11th, 2001."

Initial reports indicated that Aaron Alexis was enlisted as a reservist during his four years of service in the U.S. Navy.  An NBC 5 source confirmed Monday afternoon that Alexis was on active duty from 2007 to 2011.  We regret the error.

Fixing the current state of education in Philadelphia and the nation was the focus of a discussion between education reform heavyweights, teachers and students on Monday evening.

Nearly 100 attendees, made up mostly of K-8 teachers, posed questions about teacher accountability, incentivizing effective teachers and whether charter schools have a place in the education system to a panel of three, sometimes controversial, educators at the StudentFirst Teacher Town Hall.

Former Washington Teacher’s Union president George Parker, magnet school founder Dr. Steve Perry and former Washington D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee have been traveling the country holding the events. 

“When we set about to do these town hall meetings, what we wanted was to bring differing opinions together,” Rhee said. “In order to fix the system, it’s not going to be any one silver bullet solution and it’s also going to take some time.”

During her three-and-a-half year span leading D.C. schools, Rhee instituted new accountability measures for both teachers and the administration in an effort to turn around a district that was one of the worst-performing in the nation. Hundreds of teachers were fired and nearly 30 schools were closed under Rhee’s tenure, which was hailed by some and vilified by others. She then started the education advocacy group StudentsFirst.

Less of a typical town hall, the event was more controlled with participants pre-writing questions on cards, which were then asked by the moderator. By the end, however, a handful of inquires were posed directly from the attendee.

Discussing how to get effective teachers in the poorest performing schools, Parker, who calls education reform a "civil rights issue," said he feels it's important to "incentivize" educators to do well.

"There's no incentive to move into the poorest performing schools," he told the crowd. "They often have the worst principals, worst resources...worst discipline. In addition to money, make sure you have great leaders in that school."

Rhee and her colleagues brought their discussion to Philadelphia at a breaking point for the city’s education system, which is the eighth largest in the nation. A $304 million budget deficit forced the layoff of nearly 4,000 teachers and staff, which included every secretary, guidance counselor, assistant principal and school nurse.

School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. William Hite threatened not to open schools on time citing safety issues if at least some staff could not be rehired. City officials eventually relented and provided emergency funding to hire back more than 1,000 staff. However, city and state officials are seeking more than $100 million in contract concessions from the teacher’s union. Those concessions are sought in the form of pay cuts and changes to benefit offerings including having teachers make contributions to their health insurance, which they do not currently do.

“When you look at the situation in Philly, there are sort of a number of things that are sort of coming to fruition all at the same time that are causing things to come to a head in the school district,” said Rhee.

Speaking before Monday night's event, Rhee said she believes there are three key initiatives that can help lead to reform in Philadelphia. First, ensuring tax money is being spent wisely by reducing bureaucracy and promoting transparency. Second, keeping parents informed on the issues happening in schools and the district. Finally, and most controversial, Rhee says teachers must be evaluated to ensure all are highly-effective.
 
“One of the things that should be counted very heavily should be -- is that teacher moving gains in student achievement…but so should things like observation of classroom practice, things like contribution to school community, you know those teachers that coach the school soccer team or debate team,” she said.

Rhee’s town hall co-participant, Dr. Steve Perry had some more radical views about how Philadelphia can change for the better. Calling public school “the largest jobs program this side of The New Deal,” Dr. Perry says the city’s school district is simply too large.

“Philadelphia's school system should be 10 or 15 smaller public school systems, at least,” said Dr. Perry who founded and runs the Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Conn. and taught at Strawberry Mansion High School during his practicum. “What happens when the school systems are smaller is the people in central office have a better handle as to what’s going on in the schools. They get it more.”

Schools can be grouped by type – like arts or vocation -- and that way curriculum can be more easily tailored for students, he says.

At the town hall, Dr. Perry also discussed the importance of parental involvement -- even in contract negotiations.

"There needs to be a parent representative at the table at the time of negotiations," he said.

Dr. Perry, like Rhee, also believes unions must make compromises with regards to benefits like pension plans.

“The reason why we have a budget deficit right now is because no one has the balls to stand up to the teacher’s union…and say ‘Folks, we just can’t afford these pensions that you have us paying for and the benefits and the raises and we can’t just pay for all that,” he said. “So there needs to be some common sense fiscal reform tonight.”

The Teacher Town Hall is meant to bring differing viewpoints together to have a frank discussion, Rhee says.

However, the dissenting opinion was noticeably missing. Not because opponents are being silenced, but rather, the voices were not there. 

With the exception of two loud educators who attempted to counterpoint each panelist's answer before being told to shut up by the crowd, the city's most vocal education advocates, including Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan, took part in a separate town hall discussion at the same time Monday evening.

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Spokesman George Jackson says the city’s education advocates wanted to show a “contrast in approaches” to education reform.

“When we can truly say that our schools are getting the resources they need, we can certainly discuss and debate Rhee's ideas on education. But right now, we have a real crisis on our hands….And unlike Michelle Rhee, we don't get to drop in to town, push our agenda and move on,” Jackson said.
 

Contact Vince Lattanzio at 610.668.5532, vince.lattanzio@nbcuni.com or follow @VinceLattanzio on Twitter.

The San Diego Chargers did enough Sunday to get their first win of the season, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 33-30 in a roller-coaster ride of a game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Chargers got off to a good start in the first half, striking early with a field goal and scoring on each of their first three drives. However, there were missed opportunities, including two critical red zone fumbles, one by tight end Antonio Gates and the other by running back Ryan Mathews.

Still, the Chargers controlled the ball for most of the first half (19:10 to the Eagles' 10:50) and quarterback Philip Rivers looked calm and masterful, completing his first ten passes for 103 yards and marching San Diego down the field repeatedly.

The Chargers headed into halftime leading the Eagles, 13-10.

One of the worst moments of the game came in the third quarter when wide receiver Malcom Floyd went down after a brutal hit by Eagles safety Nate Allen. Players from the two clubs took a knee around him after the hit.

Team doctors from both sides tended to Floyd, who had five catches for 102 yards before the injury. He was put on a stretcher and wheeled off the field.

In the second half, the Chargers struck early again as Rivers connected with wide receiver Eddie Royal for a touchdown on the Chargers' first possession. This was Royal's second career game with multiple touchdown catches (the first occurred last week vs. Houston). The Eagles responded with a two-play, 26-second series that ended with a touchdown reception by DeSean Jackson.

With a tie-game going into the fourth quarter, the onus was on the Chargers to prove they would not again collapse in the second half, as they did five times in 2012 and again last week in their season opener.

San Diego took eight minutes and 55 seconds off the clock in a 17-play drive that resulted in a field goal, bringing the Chargers to a three-point lead.

It was short-lived, though.

The Eagles scored on their next drive, but with a touchdown scramble by quarterback Michael Vick.

The Chargers responded with a touchdown drive, capped by Royal’s third touchdown of the game, a 15-yard pass from Rivers. The score put the Chargers back on top, 30-27.

The Eagles tied the game with a field goal with less than two minutes remaining in the game but the Chargers marched right down the field, taking just over a minute to set-up the game winning field goal by Nick Novak.

The Chargers evened their record at one and one after a 33-30 win over the Eagles.

Next up for the Bolts is a game against the Tennessee Titans on Sept. 22.

As Oct. 1 approaches when open enrollment begins under the Affordable Care Act, a new poll conducted by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal shows that a large number of Americans do not approve of the new health care law and believe it will produce damaging results.

Poll: Obamacare remains highly unpopular as implementation looms (NBC News)

- Of Americans polled, 44 percent called the health care law a bad idea, while 31 percent believe it's a good one.
- Forty-five percent of respondents say the law will have a negative impact on the nation's health care system. That compares to 23 percent who say it will have a positive impact.
- A majority of respondents, 53 percent, don't believe the law will have any impact.
- About 34 percent of those polled said they don’t understand the law very well, and 35 percent said they only understand "some" of the law.
- The poll also revealed that 73 percent of respondents said they are already happy with their health insurance coverage.

Firm Returns Health Grant Amid Political Heat (The Associated Press)

- Cardon Outreach, a Texas-based non-profit that was one of 100 related organizations recruited by the federal government to sign up navigators or counselors to help uninsured people sign up for health insurance under the ACA said it was returning more than $800,000 in federal grant money because of political driven moves in some states that were getting in the way of their efforts.
- In Florida, county health department officials were told to ban navigators from their property. And in Wisconsin and Indiana, navigators were asked to pay fees for training. Other states are charging for background checks.

Having been elected to public office could be a great advantage for five of the 37 "potential" candidates who have filed papers in San Diego's mayoral race.

But having fought City Hall and won also might offer someone else a boost at the polls on November 19.

"I have no baggage; I have nobody that I owe allegiance to except the residents,” said Bruce Coons, the candidate who fits that profile.

It was in long legal battle over the heart of Balboa Park that Coons generated a lot of recent name recognition for himself.

His non-profit group-- Save Our Heritage Organisation-- took the city to Superior Court, where a judge derailed a controversial $45 million makeover plan for the park’s Plaza de Panama, bankrolled by billionaire Qualcomm co-founder Irwin Jacobs.

In June, the plaza became more pedestrian-friendly after dozens of parking spaces were removed at the order of then-Mayor Bob Filner– a far cry from Jacobs’ proposed bypass bridge and pay-parking structure.

Coons, a former high-tech manufacturing executive, said his mayoral priorities would tilt toward improving the quality of life for the city’s neighborhoods and residents.

"Nobody seems to talk about that,” Coons said in an interview Monday with NBC 7. “They’re always talking about somebody else-- the visitors coming here, or the companies coming here."

In the case of Plaza de Panama, Coons noted that polls showed a vast majority of San Diegans and community planning groups rejected the more costly and expansive approach to calming traffic there.

"The citizens have always been marginalized and ignored in San Diego,” he said. “And that’s just what happens on about every issue. The Balboa Park issue is one of those. We probably had the greatest minds in San Diego together, with different solutions to the parking problems in Balboa Park. But nobody listened to us.”

Coons said his mayoral administration would pay deep respect to the wishes of grassroots constituencies-- especially the planning groups which he says officials at City Hall tend to dismiss as holding only “advisory” powers, despite the fact that members are elected by their neighbors.

"The first three things I'm going to ask and every issue and development that comes before me that's not according to plan and zoning,” Coons vowed, “is, 'What do the residents say about it? What do the community groups and planning groups say about it? And does it improve the quality of life for San Diegans?'"

Coons’ relative familiarity in civic circles as a preservation activist may get him invited to more high-profile debates and forums that otherwise would beckon to candidates besides the so-called “Big Five”: Councilmembers David Alvarez and Kevin Faulconer, former Assembly Members Nathan Fletcher and Lori Saldana and former City Attorney Mike Aguirre.

"I think we need a new vision in San Diego,” Coons said. “We haven't had a vision in San Diego for more than 50 years."

A man was rescued from the fifth floor of his burning Washington Heights apartment building Monday by a couple of helpful people with a ladder.

The rescue, captured on video, shows several building workers stretching a ladder across a fire escape into a window one floor down from where a man was dangling from a burning apartment's window on 172nd Street. 

Witnesses said the man appeared desperate enough to jump.

"Everybody was saying to him, 'don't jump, don't jump, wait, wait,'" said witness Freddy Morales. 

Once the men stretched the ladder across the gap, one of the rescuers walked across the ladder and pulled the man down to safety, video shows.

One of the rescuers, Rosendo Lopez, said he heard the man's cries for help and sprung into action. Lopez, the apartment's superintendent, had a ladder available. 

"They saved his life," said Morales. 

The three men said they don't feel like heroes. 

After the rescue, the man was taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition. 

The gunman suspected of shooting at least 12 people and injuring several more at the Washington Navy Yard Monday was born in Queens, lived in the borough decades later and has close family living in Brooklyn. 

The suspect, 34-year-old Aaron Alexis, who also died Monday, enlisted in the Navy in New York City in 2007, according to records.

His mother, his 32-year-old sister and his brother-in-law now live in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the brother-in-law said. Another sister, in her late 20s, lives elsewhere.

The NYPD and FBI visited the Putnam Avenue home of Cathleen Alexis, the suspect's mother, Monday, to gather information. 

The family is "very distraught," Anthony Little, the suspect's brother-in-law, told NBC 4 New York.

"It's a shocking experience, nobody expected this," he said. "No one saw it coming, no one knew anything. So all of this is just shocking."  

Authorities have not disclosed a possible motive for the shooting.

Little, who is married to Alexis' sister, said he'd never met the alleged gunman or had contact with him. He said Alexis was not close with the family and that it had been years since his wife had last spoken with her brother. 

"From what I know, he was a regular guy," said Little. "Went to school, was in the service, from what I know, he was in the Navy." 

"I didn't really hear anything that would make me feel like, as a newcomer to the family, that somebody should be watching him," he said. "No one mentioned anything about him being aggressive or being this type of way or anything like that." 

Little implored the media gathered outside his family's home Monday to "back off a little bit, give the family a chance to deal with this process."

Alexis lived in Flushing, Queens from at least 2000 to 2002, where he was last registered to vote, according to public records. In October 2000, Alexis applied for a shotgun permit, listing his address as 77th Road in Flushing.

The permit was canceled in 2003 because he failed to renew the permit.  It's not clear whether Alexis actually bought a weapon.     

A neighbor who lived below Alexis and his family in Flushing said they were "very quiet" and that she couldn't recall "any problems" with them.  

"You really don't know who you live next to," said Wendy Lopez, a neighbor. "I'm shocked."

Back in Brooklyn, neighbor Ryan Stoner said Alexis' family was "very quiet" and "very nice." 

The Navy says Alexis was a full-time reservist from 2007 to 2011, after enlisting in New York in May of 2007. He left the Navy on Jan. 31, 2011, as a petty officer 3rd class, the Navy said. It's not immediately clear why he left.

Alexis was arrested in Seattle on May 6, 2004 for shooting out the tires of another man's car in a dispute about parking near a construction site, Seattle police said.  Alexis told authorities he shot at the car in an anger-fueled blackout, Seattle police said.

Detectives later spoke with Alexis' father, who lived in New York City at the time, and he told them that his son was an active participant in rescue attempts on 9/11 and had post-traumatic stress disorder. "Those events had disturbed him," Alexis' father told Seattle police. 

Investigators say there's no evidence Alexis participated in 9/11 rescue operations, according to law enforcement officials.

Alexis was arrested in Fort Worth, Texas in September of 2010 for discharging a firearm within city limits -- a Class A misdemeanor.  Alexis told officers he was cleaning the weapon when it slipped and accidentally discharged.  He was not charged in that case because local prosecutors said it did not appear reckless. 

--Shimon Prokupecz contributed to this story

A new report to be released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services reveals that millions of Americans without health insurance will likely pay less than $100 a month once they are able to sign up for government subsidized health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

For millions, insurance will cost less than $100/month (USA Today)

• About 6.4 million Americans eligible to buy health insurance through the new health exchanges will pay $100 or less a month for "silver" insurance plans because of tax subsidies.
• About 41.3 million people don't have insurance now, according to the HHS.
• In the 25 states that have chosen to expand Medicaid coverage, 12.4 million uninsured eligible Americans will pay less than $100 a month, the report found. They will either pay nothing or a small premium to take part in Medicaid.
• If the remaining states decided to expand Medicaid to those who earn below 138 percent of the poverty level, about a quarter of the 41.3 million people without health insurance would qualify for Medicaid, tax subsidies or the Children's Health Insurance Program.

SeaWorld to cut hours for part-time workers (The Orlando Sentinel)

• The theme-park owner will reduce hours for thousands of part-time and seasonal workers to 28 hours a week, down from the previous limit of 32 hours a week. The workers will now be classified as part-time under the Affordable Care Act.
• Under the ACA, large employers are required to offer comprehensive and affordable health insurance to all employees who work at least 30 hours a week.

A New York cyclist did a lot more than get from point A to point B on a Citi Bike recently. 

Tyrone Williams, a professional BMX biker and co-owner of Dah Shop bicycle shop in Chinatown, stars in a viral video where he does tricks on the shared bicycles.

The video has garnered more than 1 million plays on YouTube and shows Williams popping wheelies, riding hands-free and doing other tricks on the bikes. 

Williams said he thought the bike-sharing program could benefit from the viral video.