Rescuers are searching for a small aircraft owned by a Silicon Valley executive that has been reported missing in the wilderness near the central Idaho town of Yellow Pine.

Officials say the pilot of the single-engine plane with five people aboard reported an engine failure near the Johnson Creek Airstrip, about 125 miles northeast of Boise, around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, NBC affiliate KTVB reports.

Valley County Sheriff Lt. Dan Smith said the people on board are from the same family. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that passengers included Amber Smith of San Jose, and her fiance Jonathan Norton.

Norton's uncle, Alan Dayton, told the paper that his nephew was traveling with the Smith family after Thanksgiving vacation, and had traveled from San Jose to Baker City, Ore.. They were heading to Butte, Montana, to drop off Smith's brother and sister-in-law, when the pilot lost contact with air traffic controllers in Salt Lake City.

The BE-36 Beech Bonanza is registered to Dale Smith, of San Jose, according to FAA records.

Authorities wouldn’t specifically confirm Dale Smith was flying the plane, but did say the pilot was the owner of the plane. Eric Peterson, assistant director of the Santa Clara County airports, confirmed that the plane and its owner, Dale Smith, are tenants at Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose.

"We have no idea what the status of things is right now,'' Lt. Smith said. "They could have landed safely somewhere and just can't communicate.''

Rand Kriech, who co-founded the hardware and software company SerialTek with Smith, called his friend an excellent pilot after flying with him several times.

"He's one of the safest pilots I know. A very cautious pilot," Kriech said on Monday night. "Have no fear of flying with him at all. I'm a pilot myself and I really appreciate somebody that takes as much care as Dale."

Those close with the Smiths said the family had spent Thanksgiving in Oregon, and that Dale was flying one of his sons to Montana. Investigators said the people onboard the missing plane are from the Smith family.

"I would be very worried if they haven't heard from him," said Linda Castillo, a neighbor. "Because he stays in touch. You know when he goes on these trips, he stays in touch with everybody."

Elizabeth Neipp is hoping and praying for her friend, Smith, and his family are safe.

"Dale is smart. He's talented. He is good at what he does," she said. "So there's good reason to think, to hope that there is a happy ending to this."

Track vehicles, ATVs and snowmobiles were mobilized for a ground search. The Valley County Sheriff's Department is coordinating the search effort, which includes deputies, EMS, firefighters, search and rescue crews.

A Lakota helicopter with the Army Air National Guard left Gowen Field in Boise around 10:30 a.m. Monday, but was forced to turn back because of poor weather conditions. Blackhawk helicopters in McCall will fly to Johnson Creek when weather permits.

The Civil Air Patrol and fixed-wing planes from the Idaho Transportation Department also plan to join the search when the weather allows for a safe launch.

The search was called off for the night early Monday evening due to heavy snow and low visibility, and resumed at daybreak on Tuesday.

Smith obtained his pilot's license in 2005 and had a second-class medical certification, allowing him to operate commercial aircraft, the Associated Press reports.

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Pope Francis revealed that he used to be a bouncer for a nightclub.

Cold wintry weather is in San Diego’s forecast this week along with gusty winds and a slight chance of showers.

High winds are expected to cause dangerous conditions for drivers in San Diego’s East County beginning Tuesday.

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning effective from 10 a.m. Tuesday to 4 a.m. PST Wednesday.

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By midday Wednesday, San Diegans could see sprinkles and showers with cold temperature and windy conditions.

NBC 7's Whitney Southwick said we can anticipate temps in the 50s and 60s west of the mountains.

The best chance of rain is overnight Tuesday into Wednesday then the rest of the day Wednesday with the rain departing to the east early Thursday.

Cooler weather is expected to arrive Thursday and Friday giving San Diegans the chance to wrap up in winter sweaters and boots.

“Highs of only 38 on Thursday, Friday up around Julian even cooler on Laguna Mountain,” Southwick said.

Overnight lows will reach 40s with some of the colder valleys hitting the upper 20s and low 30s.
 

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The guided missile destroyer USS Howard left port in San Diego at around 10 a.m. Monday on a routine mission to the Western Pacific that includes Asian waters.

The deployment of more than 300 sailors to the region comes just as tensions are rising between Japan and China. Just last week China launched fighter jets after U.S. aircraft flew into a disputed area in the East China Sea.

China has claimed this area as its own but the U.S. and Japan do not recognize the claim. Nonetheless, the U.S. government has warned passenger airlines to use caution in the region.

While commanding officer David Zook would not talk specifically about the issue, he says he's been keeping up with developments and he and his crew are prepared for anything.

“We rely upon our leadership to make sure we know what to do and where we place ourselves so we’re most prepared to respond to what comes up,” he said.

The ship is expected to be gone close to six months. Many families of the crew said they were happy to be able to spend Thanksgiving together and exchanged Christmas gifts before the crew members shipped out.

A man used a gun to rob a Radio Shack store in North City, just east of Del Mar, on Monday afternoon, according to San Diego police.

Just after 5 p.m. a man entered the Radio Shack at 2737 Via De La Valle, showed a gun and made off with unknown merchandise.

He is described as a Hispanic male in his 30s, around 170 pounds and wearing a light blue jersey.

Today is Cyber Monday, and that means online shopping deals will be available all day. More than 131 million Americans are expected to shop on the internet during what is expected to be the busiest day of the year.

The research firm "ComScore" anticipates seeing sales to $2 billion this year. That's up from nearly $1.5 billion last year. Online sales make up about 10 percent of all holiday spending.

FedEx hired 20,000 more seasonal workers this year than it did last year to handle holiday deliveries. Today alone the corporation will handle 10 percent more packages than it did last Cyber Monday.

“We’ll go to your Amazons and all your retailers, we’ll pick this stuff up to be delivered,” said FedEx courier Brian Dias.

Couriers are working 60-70 hour weeks to handle the extra orders, most of which will ship between Wednesday and Friday.

“We plan extra routes for the extra freight that’s coming in, because our stops almost double sometimes,” said Shaman Smith, a senior manager at FedEx.

The company plans to process 2 million more packages today than last year.

“We prepare all year for this month,” Dias said.

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Celebrities joined crowds of mourners Monday night at a memorial at the Southern California crash site where "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas died, as officials investigating the tragedy said they did not believe the pair was racing another car.

Candles, flowers and other items were placed at the location where the Porsche Carrera GT driven by Rodas crashed and burst into flames about 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Valencia, Calif., about 40 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, officials said.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed to NBC4 Monday that a speed limit sign hit by the Porsche displayed a 45 mph limit, despite other unconfirmed reports the wreck was in a 15 mph zone. LASD officials have said they believe speed was a factor in the crash but have not determined the speed the car was traveling.

Crash investigators have "received eyewitness statements that the car involved was traveling alone at a high rate of speed," sheriff’s officials said in a statement Monday. "No eyewitness has contacted the (department) to say there was a second vehicle."

In the midst of questions and confusion as to what caused the crash, friends and actors who have worked with Walker gathered for a memorial at the crash site Monday night.

"The love that you’ve shown Paul is going to stay with me forever. I just wanted to say thank you for coming down here and showing that angel up in heaven how much you appreciate him," actor Vin Diesel said over a police patrol car loudspeaker to crowds of fans gathered outside the memorial.

Another co-star of Walker, Tyrese publicly broke down at the crash site Saturday.

"My heart is hurting so bad, no one can make me believe this is real," Tyrese said on his Instagram account.

The Porsche Carrera GT model carrying the pair was designed not to be driven on city streets but on racetracks because of its light carbon body and 600 horsepower engine, exotic car exporter Matthias Granic told NBC4 Monday.

The crash happened on a street that forms an approximately 1-mile loop amid industrial office parks. It is rimmed by hills and relatively isolated from traffic, especially on weekends when the businesses are closed.

And while the Rye Canyon area is known to attract street racers, officials maintain that Walker and Rodas were not racing any other cars.

Because Walker is so closely associated with the underground culture of street racing portrayed in the popular "Fast & Furious" film franchise, the fatal accident had an eerie quality — a tragic end for a Hollywood hero of speed.

The two were in the community of Valencia, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, to attend a fundraiser benefiting victims of the recent typhoon in the Philippines. The event was held by Walker's Reach Out Worldwide, a charity he founded in 2010 to aid victims of natural disasters.

Sheriff's deputies found the car engulfed in flames when they arrived at the site of the crash. Officials have not identified either person found in the car, but family members and colleagues of both Walker and Rodas have confirmed the men are the two victims.

NBC4’s Tony Shin, Gadi Schwartz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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The deadly derailment of a Metro-North train in New York City has revived discussion of the widely embraced "push-pull" method of switching commuter trains' directions after they've reached the end of their lines.

The practice, first implemented decades ago, allows a locomotive to pull a train toward one destination and push it on the way back, sparing the time and expense of turning the train around.

All of the nation's major commuter lines do it. Rail operators can't imagine how they'd manage without it. But whenever there is a major crash involving a train in the push mode, like Sunday's crash that killed four and injured more than 60, there are renewed questions about the safety of the method.

Among experts, though, there really is no doubt: pushing a train rather than pulling it doesn't make an accident more likely, or the result much worse.

"I don't think the outcome would have been any different," former Federal Railroad Administration engineer Gordon Davids said of the crash in the Bronx on a holiday weekend.

"The cars might have rolled in the opposite direction had the train been pulling, but the fact is I think they would have rolled and we probably would have had the same injuries," said Augustine Ubaldi, a railroad engineer and consultant for Robson Forensic.

The pushing of trains has "been done for more than 50 years without any significant problems," said Steven Ditmeyer, professor at the Railway Management program at Michigan State University.

A similar debate erupted in 2005, after a commuter train in push mode got into a collision that killed 11 people in Glendale, Calif. Afterward, officials imposed a rule that prohibited passengers from sitting in the first 11 seats of a car at the front end during push mode. Among engineers and investigators, the move was seen as unnecessary.

"It was a knee-jerk reaction," said Rick Gallant, who was the lead investigator for California's railroad regulatory agency at the time.

Gallant pointed out that Metrolink, the agency that made the rule, has since abandoned it.

"I don't think there's a commuter railroad in the country that leaves the first 11 rows," said Gallant, who is now a vice president for commuter rail operations at Transportation Certification Services in Kansas.

After the Glendale crash, the Federal Railroad Administration conducted a study that concluded trains in push mode had slightly higher rates of derailments, but the difference was so small that it didn't justify eliminating the practice.

Gallant, along with other experts, acknowledged that, in the case of a head-on collision, it is preferable to have a heavy locomotive rather than a car full of passengers bear the brunt of impact. But they emphasized that the forward-placed cab cars are built to withstand tremendous force.

"The main reason you don't have more casualties in passenger trains today is that riding in one of those cars is like riding inside a piece of pipe," Davids said.

Gallant added that the Metro-North disaster probably could have been avoided if a new technology called positive train control had been in place. The system can automatically slow a speeding train, but it is only in testing mode and won't be mandated on commuter rail lines until 2015.

Last month, the MTA approved $210 million to design a positive train control system for Metro-North.

In a press conference Monday on the Metro-North derailment, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer was asked about the push-pull issue, and said he'd talked about it with investigators who assured him pushing was just as safe as pulling.

The search for a cause, meanwhile, has turned to the train's speed, which the NTSB said was clocked at 82 mph as it went into the deadly turn, a location where the speed limit was 30 mph.

Firefighters saved a woman who fell between two buildings in Santa Ana Monday night, officials said.

Officials reported about 6:45 p.m. a woman fell 25 feet between two buildings at West Edinger Avenue and South Main Street in Santa Ana.

The woman tried to jump from the roof of an abandoned store to the roof of a strip mall, Orange County Fire Spokesperson Steve Concialdi told NBC4.

The 28-year-old woman was stuck in an 18-inch wedge, and 30 firefighters spent more than an hour between the walls before they were finally able to pull her out, officials said.

The woman could be seen speaking with firefighters and appeared to be alert. Firefighters put her on a stretcher as she was lowered to the ground from the roof.

It was not clear why she was on the roof or jumping between the buildings.

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The engineer at the controls of the Metro-North train that derailed as it sped around a sharp curve in the Bronx on Sunday told first responders at the scene that he had zoned out just before the crash that killed four people and injured more than 60 others, NBC 4 New York has learned.

A senior law enforcement official tells NBC 4 New York that the engineer was not able to recall specifics about the moments before the train came apart and slid down a bank toward the Harlem River near the Spuyten Duyvil station, sending passengers tumbling, some out windows.

Another senior official told NBC 4 New York Tuesday that the engineer's initial alcohol breath test was negative; blood test results were still pending.

The NTSB said at a briefing Monday that the train's black box shows it was hurtling down the tracks at 82 mph, crashing on a sharp curve where trains are required to go 30 mph. Investigators are still probing whether human or mechanical error was responsible for the train speeding.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that there didn't seem to be any equipment or track issues, and said it appeared to be a case of "excessive speed and reckless handling of the train."

The NTSB has begun interviewing the crew members and reviewing the engineer's cell phone, which Weener said was part of the forensic process. Technicians were also working to enhance poor surveillance video of the crash that was taken from a nearby bridge. 

Anthony Bottalico, the chairman of the train engineer's union, ACRE Local 1, said the engineer was "traumatized" by the derailment and "distraught over the loss of life." 

The Bronx district attorney is also involved in the investigation, a spokesman said.

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The Department of State Hospitals (DSH) has proposed a new location for the placement of sexually violent predator Douglas Badger when he is released from a state hospital.

DSH proposed placement at 1138 Custer Rd. in Campo, an unincorporated community east of San Diego and just north of the Mexican border.

Earlier this year, the courts proposed a three-acre property in Campo’s Lake Morena area, according to court documents. But San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob argued Badger should live near Donovan State Prison, where other sexually violent predators live.

A placement hearing date for Badger, 70, has been set for Jan. 3, 2014. Concerned citizens will be able to voice their opinions on his placement at the meeting, set for 9 a.m. at San Diego Superior Court.

Badger has been committed to a state hospital since 1997 after numerous convictions. He was convicted of sexual assaults dating back to 1974, according to law enforcement officials. He was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and sexual sadism, and most of his victims were male hitchhikers between the ages of 18 and 29, though one was a 16-year-old girl. 

Badger spent ten years in state prison after a 1981 conviction for kidnapping and forced copulation with an accomplice. After being released in 1991, he went back to prison for an additional six years after re-offending, again for forced copulation with an accomplice.

He was later committed to a state hospital in 1997 as a sexually violent predator. He will remain at Coalinga State Hospital until his release sometime next year.

UC San Diego police issued an alert after a man attacked a student with a knife on campus Monday night.

According to officials, a student was cut in the neck area by an unknown suspect. The student was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The assault happened around 7:15 p.m. on Gilman Drive. San Diego Police and Fire-Rescue responded to the scene.

Students received email and text alerts, and helicopters were seen circling overhead in search of the suspect.

A university spokesperson said the attack was reported about 30 minutes after it happened and appears to be random.

The suspect was described as a white man, in his 50s, approximately 5-feet-4 with a thin build and a white beard. He was last seen wearing gray and white camouflage according to school officials.

Anyone with information can call UC San Diego campus police at 858-534-4357.

A Montgomery County teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student with autism has fled to Hong Kong, authorities said Tuesday.

Police say 25-year-old Yee Tak Sharon Kui, a teacher at The Frost School in Wheaton, went to the Silver Spring home of a 15-year-old boy twice in November and had "illegal sexual contact" with him. Investigators say the victim's parents were not home during the encounters.

An arrest warrant was obtained, and Kui was charged with two counts each of third degree sex offense, sex abuse of a minor and sexual solicitation of a minor. But during their investigation. authorities found that Kui fled to Hong Kong to avoid prosecution.

According to the school's website, The Frost School is a private, special education school serving children and teens with "behavioral disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and related special needs."

Police will hold a news conference Tuesday afternoon regarding the case.

Stay with NBCWashington on-air and online for more on this developing story.

West Haven police have one person in custody after receiving reports of a man with a rifle near the University of New Haven's south campus.

The University of New Haven has been ordering students on campus to shelter in place as a precaution since around 1 p.m. and they are asking others to stay away as a methodical search takes place.

“UPDATE: Police are conducting building searches at this time. All reports are that there is one suspect which is in custody however a methodical search is taking place. Continue to SHELTER IN PLACE until further instruction,” the school’s Facebook says.

There are no reports of shots being fired or any injuries.

"Everyone on our campus is safe at this time," University of New Haven spokesperson Karen Grava said in a phone call. "We're asking people to just stay put while police have a chance to search the campus."

Police said they are not looking for any additional suspects, but the campus is blocked as a search is conducted.

The man was reported to be seen in a parking lot of the ShopRite and McDonald's across the street from the campus.

“A little after one 1 p.m, West Haven police received a 911 call from a concerned citizen saying they saw a male get out of a vehicle with a long gun in the area by Campbell Avenue and Ruben Street," Sgt. David Tammaro, of West Haven Police, said. 

The manager of the McDonald's located across the street reports seeing FBI in the area, searching a car and gathering fingerprints.

"From what I'm hearing, they did have two handguns and a rifle," West  Haven Mayor Ed O'Brien said in a phone call.

Responding officers "saw evidence" that a man had gotten out of a car with a long gun. The car was vacant and there were several rifle magazines in the car, Tammarro said.

Police said this is a very active scene. 

One student who NBC Connecticut spoke with by phone reported seeing an increased police presence on campus.  

The school also tweeted a similar emergency message. 

Forest Elementary School and Carrigan Intermediate School were given a "shelter in place" order because of the situation, but the modified lockdown but been lifted after school officials consulted with police.

ND dismissal will not be at 2:10 today. More information will be available soon. Again, ND building has been safe and secure throughout.

— Notre Dame HSWH (@notredamewh) December 3, 2013

Notre Dame High School, which is located near the school, is also in lockdown and said everyone is safe.

"There was an incident reported at the Shop Rite on Campbell Avenue. The WH Police have locked UNH and ND down at this time. All faculty and students are SAFE in place. We are following our shutdown procedure. ND staff will not answer any phones. Further updates as warranted," a statement from the school said.

The "shelter in place" status means no one is allowed in or out of the school buildings, but people inside are allowed to move freely throughout the schools, officials said.

UPDATE: Suspect is in custody, CONTINUE TO SHELTER IN PLACE until further instructions.

— U. of New Haven (@UNH) December 3, 2013

This situation is developing around a week after a lockdown and massive police presence at Yale University, which is located about just miles away.

In that case, police received a call from someone who reported that his roommate was on his way to the Ivy League school to shoot people. Part of the campus remained on lockdown for about seven hours and no threat was found.

More information will be posted once it becomes available.

A second San Diego police officer in the past year, suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol, is cited and sent home without incarceration.

In both cases, there was a delay in the time it took to test their blood alcohol content.

The California Highway Patrol says first-year officer Amanda Estrada, 27, was cited Nov. 3 for allegedly operating a motor vehicle intoxicated.

The citation indicates she was scheduled for a court appearance Monday, but it was postponed.

CHP officer Jake Sanchez says Estrada was pulled over for suspicion of drunk driving on Rancho Bernardo Road, just east of Interstate 15.

Estrada's blood alcohol level was just below the legal limit of .08.

Sanchez tells NBC7 those results came from a test administered at the CHP San Diego offices, not in Rancho Bernardo.

The officer was cited for DUI and sent home from there, with a designated driver.

One year ago, Gang Unit Detective Jeffrey Blackford slammed his undercover car into a roadside utility box.

Court records show the investigation into the crash was delayed several hours while Blackford contacted friends within the police department.

Blackford's blood alcohol test was delayed three hours.

He was sentenced to probation and community service after pleading guilty to drunk driving.

Blood alcohol below the legal limit could open the door to a lesser charge.
San Diego police spokesman Gary Hasen says an internal investigation will follow the results the criminal investigation.

Estrada is currently assigned to administrative duties while the case is pending.

The pursuit of robbery suspects reached speeds up to 100 miles per hour on a San Diego highway before officers stopped the car and found it packed with people.

Six people were found inside a maroon Nissan Altima when police pulled over the sedan along eastbound Interstate 8 at Taylor Street.

Officers said five men and one woman were inside the car with items allegedly stolen from a Midway 7-Eleven store around 3 a.m.

The clerk at the store hit the panic button when the group began shoplifting alcohol and some snacks officers said.

“There’s a wide variety of charges at this point. Most of them involving theft either robbery or burglary or a combination thereof and some alcohol violations,” said Lt. Paul Phillips with SDPD.

The 7-Eleven clerk told NBC 7 he was a bit shaken up but he was physically unharmed.
 

A woman was arrested after she crashed her car into the backyard of a Vista home, destroying a dog house and injuring two dogs.

One of the residents at the home on Foothills Drive heard a loud boom around 10:30 p.m. Monday. When he walked outside, he saw the vehicle surrounded by debris in the backyard.

The resident, identified as Jason, claims the female driver and male passenger initially tried to flee the scene.

He also claims they offered $150 to cover the damage if the residents didn’t call police.

One dog was taken to a nearby veterinary hospital where he’s being treated for injuries to his hip and leg, Jason said. He said the second dog suffered minor scratches.

The vehicle took out several trees and damaged a fence and pool gate.

California Highway Patrol officers handcuffed the driver and arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence.
 

Carlsbad residents may soon see fewer people using e-cigarettes in public places.

City councilmembers are expected to consider a proposal Tuesday that would ban e-cigarette use wherever smoking is prohibited.

The proposal cites a 2009 FDE analysis that found the substance inhales contains carcinogens. It also points out “The possible health effects of bystanders breathing or absorbing these vapors [are] unknown.”

NBC 7 spoke to Max Velinsky, the owner of Mix Vapes in Carlsbad. His business sells e-cigarettes.

“I feel it’s trying to get swept under the rug. People don’t understand it and want to get rid of it before anyone understands it,” Velinsky said. “If people just have common courtesy, it’s fine. Regulation, I don’t necessarily agree.”

Carlsbad isn’t the first city in San Diego County to consider such a ban. Last October, Vista approved a similar ordinance. The mayor supported the change saying it’s hard to distinguish e-cigarettes from regular ones.

Carlsbad resident Ryan Fournier supports an ordinance. He said e-cigarette users shouldn’t vape just anywhere.

“There are lots of kids out here, and they’re wondering what it is and people are fighting to say it should be accepted, but I’m not for accepting it,” Fournier expressed.

Carlsbad city councilmembers will consider the recommendation at their meeting on Dec. 3 at 6 p.m.

An apartment complex parking structure collapsed Tuesday near San Diego, crushing two vehicles belonging to the same family.

"The wife heard the crash and got up and this is what we came out and found," tenant Jack Woodruff told NBC 7.

It was just before 7 a.m. when Woodruff's neighbor left for work in his heating and cooling truck from the apartments on Arnold Way in Alpine.

Bernard Berry said he realized he had forgotten something and decided to head back home.

When he turned around in the parking lot, he drove over a speed bump and that's when it happened.

“The edge of the truck hit the carport and the whole thing came down,” Berry said.

Berry said the tall truck tilted to the right when he drove over the speed bump and the corner of the truck snagged the carport.

Woodruff' Dodge pickup and his wife's PT Cruiser were crushed. Fortunately, the couple also owns an older model VW bug that was parked just to the right of the carport. That vehicle was not damaged.

"The orange Volkswagen survived the whole thing – the oldest one of the bunch," Woodruff said. "What can you do?"

Berry said he spoke to the neighbors who were upset about the accident and said he feels devastated.

“It’s just bad luck. One thing on top of another,” Berry said.

Heartland firefighters cordoned off the area to prevent any injuries or further damage.