Police found a stash of ammunition and newspaper clippings about mass shootings in the padlocked bedroom of the Connecticut student accused of bringing loaded guns to the University of New Haven campus on Tuesday, authorities said.

William Dong, 22, is charged with illegal possession of an assault weapon, breach of peace and other counts after allegedly bringing two handguns and a rifle to the campus, prompting a lockdown and building-by-building search for him.

Police were first alerted after a 911 call reporting a man with a long gun walking toward campus, authorities said. 

Officers found Dong on campus about 20 minutes later, with the two handguns. The Bushmaster assault rifle, illegal in Connecticut, was also found, although it was not immediately clear where.

Police also said they recovered several rifle magazines from a blue Toyota RAV4 that was parked near campus. 

No shots were fired and no one was hurt, police said.

A student who said she was in a 12:15 p.m. biology class with Dong told NBC Connecticut he got up and left during a test, and the lockdown alert was issued shortly after that.

Dong's friends have called the incident a "huge misunderstanding" and said Dong was often confused about where he was allowed to carry guns.

Manuel Pallares, who described himself as Dong's best friend, said Dong carries weapons every day to protect himself while working at an armored truck company.

"I'm pretty sure he's not going to go out and shoot people," Pallares said. "He frowns on those people. He hates hearing about gun violence."

Fairfield police said Dong had gun permits for two handguns, but they haven't specified whether those are the same guns recovered.

"It was a shock," said Thomas Wething, who went to high school with Dong and watched police search his home from across the street. "I was questioning it at first."

Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara said police have previously responded to the home where Dong lives with family members, but did not elaborate. The other incidents were not as serious, he said.

"We want to know what his intent was up there because we want to know whether there was an intent here," MacNamara said.

Dong was being held on $500,000 bond. His family did not comment in court. 

Hundreds of children enjoyed a holiday tradition Tuesday that was a favorite event of the late San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau.

The 19th annual Shop with a Jock, hosted by the Junior Seau Foundation took place in Mission Valley.

Seau’s friends have carried on the tradition – organizing local pro and amateur athletes to help 250 children from local Boys and Girls Clubs shop for gifts.

The kids get $100 gift certificates to shop at Target for family and friends.

The event was co-hosted by former San Diego Chargers Marshall Faulk and Hank Bauer.

“They get to come and learn the greatest lesson they can learn in life which is that Christmas is about giving and Junior knew that. Junior Seau nobody gave more to his community than Junior Seau,” Bauer said. “He started this thing so we’re going to perpetuate that. We’re going to keep in going in Junior’s name.”

Seau died in May 2012 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his oceanfront home on South Strand Boulevard in Oceanside.

Defense officials have reportedly asked the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) to draft a plan to close U.S. commissaries. It would be part of budget-cutting efforts for the 2015 Department of Defense budget request.

When asked, DeCA did not directly comment on the issue, but released this statement to NBC 7:

The Secretary of Defense has made it clear on numerous occasions that all cost-cutting efforts need to be on the table in order for the Department of Defense to meet the spending caps associated with the 2011 Budget Control Act. At this time, no final decisions have been made on the Department of Defense's fiscal year 2015 budget submission. Therefore, it would be inappropriate to discuss any specific budget decisions.

According to DeCA, there are more than 260,000 authorized commissary shoppers just within 20 miles of Naval Base San Diego. Many military members and their spouses, like Shannon Reuling, know what it’s like to rely on the stores for certain foods.

“Normally what I get [at other] stores for let’s say $400, I get [at commissaries] for like $200,” Reuling said.

Former Air Force Officer Amy Ash said although no final decision has been made, she’s disappointed such a plan would even be considered.

“I think overall there’s a feeling of not being appreciated but also taking away things that were thought to be givens,” Ash said.

If the plan is included in the 2015 defense budget request, it would not mean commissaries would close anytime soon. Congress would have to approve it, which would likely be a difficult task.

There’s an app for almost anything. A new app claims it can even save lives.

On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt the PulsePoint app.

Here’s how the app works:

People trained in CPR and on AED devices would sign up for the program. When someone goes into cardiac arrest, the app uses GPS to locate the closest CPR-trained person. That person would get an alert of his or her smartphone, with a map to find the victim and the closest defibrillator.

This could keep a person alive in the time it takes an ambulance to arrive, according to a statement from Supervisor Ron Roberts, who co-wrote the proposal with Supervisor Bill Horn.

Although people in the program are already paramedics, doctors and other trained professionals, the statement says they will be treated as private citizens when responding to alerts. That means they're protected under California’s Good Samaritan Act, which says people can’t be sued for performing CPR in good faith.

The app is expected to cost the county anywhere from $25,000 to $50,000 in startup costs and $5,000 to $7,000 annually to operate, according to Roberts. Now that the app has been approved, the county will start looking for grants so that money won’t come out of the General Fund.

The county will also start compiling a comprehensive list of where all AEDs are located in public.

According to the American Heart Association, cardiac arrest in the leading cause of death in Americans over 40, but CPR from a bystander could double or triple a person’s chance of survival.

A man linked to a gruesome murder case out of Honolulu was arrested by U.S. Marshals in San Diego's Coronado community, an official confirmed Tuesday.

Bryan Suitt, 46, was arrested Monday at his mother's home in Coronado, a deputy marshal told NBC 7.

Suitt was booked into San Diego Central Jail and was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. In the meantime, the fugitive is not eligible for release.

Suitt is considered a suspect in the brutal slaying of Hawaii fisherman Alex “Pirotton” Gonzales, 33.

On Sept. 15, Gonzales’ dismembered remains were discovered near the Mililani Memorial Park cemetery in Honolulu’s Waipahu area.

According to KHLN Hawaii, Gonzales’ remains were found in pieces, with his torso and tattooed arm stuffed into a garbage bag. A couple collecting cans for recycling noticed a foul odor in the area and came across the grisly crime scene about 15 feet down an embankment.

Earlier, the couple said they had noticed a pair of new shoes on the other side of the road. Sheer Sotelo said police found more evidence near the shoes.

"They walked into that side trail and came back out. That's when they pulled up to the side and let us know that they found the bottom part," Sotelo said.

Gonzales had served as a U.S. Marine and was the father of a 13-year-old son, who lives in California.

Gonzales had a criminal record, according to KHLN, that included a five-year sentence in 2004 for driving a stolen vehicle, as well as more recent convictions for property damage in 2012 and harassment in January 2013.

The victim's former girlfriend Rachel Main said he also struggled with drugs and depression.

"There were some things he did lifestyle-wise that got him into trouble, and that's kind of why we're not together," Main said.

Investigators have not yet released details linking Suitt to the murder case, including a motive for the killing.

A grand jury convened on Nov. 26 and filed charges, a U.S. Marshal spokesperson said. A $5 million arrest warrant was then issued for Suitt on a second-degree murder charge.

Honolulu police requested assistance from U.S. Marshals in locating and arresting Suitt. Days later, Los Angeles deputy marshals developed information on Suitt's location in Coronado and took the fugitive into custody, the official said.

Neighbors who live in the Silver Strand community told NBC 7 that they thought Suitt was visiting for Thanksgiving and that he had already gone back to Hawaii. Witnesses said U.S. Marshals arrested him in the front yard without incident.

Suitt had previous contacts in Palm Springs and San Diego County. Officials used that information to trace him to Southern California.

Suitt is scheduled for an extradition hearing in San Diego to send him back to Hawaii. The suspect can also waive that hearing and return voluntarily to the island, officials said.

San Diego County leaders are putting their full support behind an effort to bring the 2024 Olympics to San Diego.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to back an exploratory group in an effort to join nine other U.S. cities in making a bid to host the Olympic Games.

Board Chairman Greg Cox said he has been hoping for the region to host the games for a long time.

“I think there's no doubt it could be a significant and lasting way to energize a lot of people in the San Diego region and probably see a lot of major infrastructure improvements that are long overdue,” Cox said.

The bid to the U.S. Olympic Committee may be a long shot for 2024 but it would provide an opportunity to showcase the region if selected.

The board will send a letter of support to the mayor of San Diego and the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Earlier this year, former mayor Bob Filner proposed a bi-national Summer Olympics hosted by San Diego and Tijuana.

When asked about the possibility in August, USOC’s CEO Scott Blackmun said there was “zero percent chance of that happening.”

However, Blackmun said San Diego on its own is a great sports city and the committee would entertain a bid for the Olympics.

A U.S. city has not hosted the games since Salt Lake City in 2002.

The final vote for the host of the 2024 games would not take place until 2017.

A cold gust of Arctic air reached San Diego County Wednesday bringing gusty winds and cool temperatures.

The jet stream brought an overnight influx of cool air – something we’re not used to in San Diego.

Coastal communities will see highs in the low 60s, some inland communities will see temperatures in the high 50s.

“You will want to make sure you pull out that coat,” advised NBC 7 meteorologist Jodi Kodesh. "If you're sending your kids to school - pants and a sweatshirt."

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Wednesday will be overcast with gradual clearing. As the storm departs, there will be a chance of showers at the lower elevations and a possible flurry or two in the local mountains.

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for San Diego’s mountains and desert areas until 8 a.m. Wednesday.

The wintry storm pushing through the western half of the country threatened crops across the state.

Citrus famers in the Central Valley checked wind machines and ran water through their fields in anticipation of temperatures at or below freezing Tuesday night, followed by even colder weather on Saturday.

However, farmers should not panic, said Bob Blakely of California Citrus Mutual, a trade association. Cold weather can be good for the crops, he said.

"Trees and fruits need some of that cold weather to harden off and prepare for late December and January," he said.

The cold air is expected to linger until next week then move east, where it will bring less-drastic temperature changes.

A man accused of killing a TSA officer last month in a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport was ordered to remain in custody without bail and return to court later this month at a federal court hearing Wednesday morning in a Southern California jail.

More Coverage: LAX Shooting | TSA Officer Coroner's Report | Timeline of Events

Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, was not required to enter a plea during the proceeding at the West Valley Detention Center in San Bernardino County. Bail was denied, as requested by prosecutors, and the judge scheduled a preliminary hearing for Dec. 18 and arraignment for Dec. 26.

Ciancia was represented by a public defender in a room with a capacity of about 15 people. The room is usually used for probation parole hearings and criminal identification lineups.

Ciancia, who appeared with marks on his face and a wrapping around his neck, responded to all questions with "Yes" and "No" answers. Cameras were not allowed in the temporary court room. 

Details regarding the wrap, possibly worn because of injuries suffered when he was shot by airport police, were not available.

If he is indicted before Dec. 18, the preliminary hearing date is likely to change. Both upcoming hearings are scheduled to be conducted in United States District Court in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles man faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the Nov. 1 shooting death of TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez. Ciancia allegedly pulled a semiautomatic weapon from a bag at a TSA checkpoint in Terminal 3 at LAX, then shot Hernandez at what investigators described as point-blank range.

Witnesses told investigators that Ciancia began walking away, but returned to fire more rounds at Hernandez when he noticed the 39-year-old father of two was still moving. He then continued firing the weapon inside the terminal at the nation's third-busiest airport before he was shot during a confrontation with airport police, according to the federal complaint.

Ciancia was hospitalized after the shooting, but released into federal custody Nov. 19 and transferred to the detention center about 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

The federal complaint filed against Ciancia alleges that he was targeting TSA officers. He could face the death penalty, if convicted.

Read: Bill Proposes Gun Ban at Airports | TSA Officer Had "Warm Smile"

A second security officer and a teacher from Southern California were also struck by gunfire in the rampage. They have been released from the hospital.

 

A 25-foot geyser gushed out from the ground behind the San Diego Convention Center for more than three hours Wednesday spilling thousands of gallons of water.

The water valve was broken by a hit-and-run driver around 3:45 a.m. and caused flooding along West Harbor Drive.

It wasn't until 7 a.m. that workers were able to turn off the water and it took another four hours to repair the valve.

It took San Diego Public Utilities Department crews hours to respond because they were called during off-hours.

Another problem workers ran into was that the air valve is connected to a 24-inch water main.

Because of that, a hydraulics crew had to assist.

It was necessary to shut down the water main slowly. Otherwise, the main could have ruptured in several spots, officials told NBC 7.

The line feeds into Coronado creating another issue. Utility workers had to ensure that another feed to the island was working as to not disrupt their water service.

So who is on the hook for repairs and the cost of the lost water?

"We'll work with Harbor Police and the Convention Center to identify who knocked over the air valve," said Arian Collins with San Diego Public Utilities. "It'll be the vehicle owner that'll be responsible for paying for the work as well as water that was lost."

The water department said it doesn't have an exact figure of the amount of water lost in the incident. The ballpark figure provided was "thousands of gallons." 

A San Diego firefighter fell through the roof of a garage while fighting a house fire in Mira Mesa Tuesday.

The two-story home on Zapata Avenue caught fire about 5 p.m.

The firefighter who fell through the garage fell a few feet and was not seriously injured according to San Diego Fire-Rescue spokesperson Maurice Luque.

The firefighter was taken to Scripps La Jolla with minor injuries.

There were 8 adults and 2 children living in the home. The San Diego Chapter of the American Red Cross assisted those affected.

Luque said the cause was under investigation.
 

Residents of a Southern California neighborhood feel the city is trying to hit the off-switch on their mega-popular holiday season light display.

The sparkling-light-draped homes in Rancho Cucamonga have drawn thousands of visitors to the community about 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles every year for the last two decades -- those crowds being one reason for law enforcement officials to initiate a curfew and rules for spectators to follow.

"If we did have an emergency, how would anyone get to us in an emergency vehicle?" resident Cindy Munoz said. "Because we don’t have sidewalks, people are forced to be in the street."

In recent years, city officials ordered temporary parking restrictions on the more crowded streets, closed pedestrian traffic at 9 p.m. on weekdays and by 10 p.m. on weekends.

Residents are also being encouraged by officials to turn off the display lights to stop any late-night traffic.

"I don't know why people can't kind of cope with the holiday season and enjoy it," resident Mike Kleine said.

Even with the rules, sheriff’s deputies admit they can only encourage people to leave rather than demand, since the holiday lights are on public streets.

"We’re going to ask them and encourage that they please be respectful of the neighborhood," Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Phill Dupper said.

Some residents feel they are being unfairly targeted and plan to keep their holiday display shining bright all night long.

"We have visitors coming from as far as Palm Springs and Lancaster and Murrieta,” resident Kim Earl told NBC4. "The residents feel that the city would rather have this go away, and we don't want it to go away."

Calls to city officials were not immediately returned. Deputies will begin enforcing the curfews Dec. 13.

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The family of a woman killed in the mass shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard has filed a lawsuit for more than $37 million against the U.S. Navy, the Department of Veterans Affairs and two government subcontractors.

Mary Francis Knight, 51, was killed by civilian contractor Aaron Alexis on Sept. 16.

Her family claims that the Navy's lax security allowed Alexis to enter Building 197 at the Navy Yard with a sawed off shotgun and a hundred rounds of ammunition without any metal detector screening. He opened fire, killing 12 and shooting three others.

They're also suing the subcontractors for hiring Alexis, and the Department of Veterans Affairs for releasing him from a VA hospital where he was treated for psychological issues in Rhode Island.

Alexis was a contractor with The Experts, subcontracted by Hewlett-Packard. Both companies are named in the suit.

Less than six weeks before the shooting, The Experts withdrew Alexis' access to classified material for two days in August when mental health problems became evident, senior U.S. officials said. But the Experts restored his access quickly and never told the Navy about the incident, the officials said.

Hewlett-Packard terminated its contract with The Experts shortly after the shooting.

An administrative claim filed last month -- the first step in filing a lawsuit -- said the family is seeking $37.5 million. A court in Tampa, Fla., where Knight's family lives, is handling the case.

Knight worked as a civilian employee in information technology at the Navy Yard. She lived in Virginia and commuted to D.C. for about five years, and had also worked as an adjunct professor at a community college in Northern Virginia.

She was the mother of two daughters.

"She was a great patriot who loved her country and loved serving the U.S.A.," a family spokesperson told News4 shortly after her death.

An unidentified person’s body was discovered in a riverbed near Old Town San Diego State Historic Park Wednesday, officials confirmed.

According to the San Diego Police Department, the body – which appears to be that of a transient – was found in the 4700-block of Pacific Highway, right near an EZ-8 Motel.

As of 11 a.m., authorities were attempting to recover the body from the riverbed, but access proved a bit difficult.

Officials from the coroner’s office were also called to the scene. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office will determine the identity of the deceased person and the cause of death at a later time.
 

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An $8 gallon of milk? That's what you could be seeing at the supermarket, if Congress doesn't pass a new farm bill soon.

Why the possible jump off the so-called "dairy cliff" and potential price hike? The farm bill from 2008 — which overrode legislation from back in 1949 — is set to expire at the end of the year, CNBC reported.

Without a farm bill, the law would revert to the 64-year-old permanent one, which would require the government to buy dairy products at about twice the market rate. That old law was enacted when the dairy industry was far less efficient and far smaller than it is today, NPR explained.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told NPR that due to the increased price the government would have to pay, dairy producers would be forced to sell to the government in large quantities — causing shortages in stores and ultimately major price hikes.

That would hit Americans' wallets hard.

"In most cases, it's the reason why we've had fairly routine extensions of the farm bill for the past 50 years," he told NPR.

The deadline to extend the 2008 farm bill comes at the end of the year, and according to Chris Galen, senior vice president of communications for the National Milk Producers Federation, "gridlock on Capitol Hill" is why a vote for a new bill is being pushed to the last minute.

"It's very similar to the showdown and shutdown we had in October," he told CNBC.

CNBC reported that if Congress fails to pass a new farm bill, there could be a 9 percent drop in domestic dairy demand, and the dairy export industry could essentially disappear.

Generous tippers are leaving a trail of thousands of dollars in gracious gratuity across the country, including Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The mysterious tip droppers dubbed “TipsforJesus” post photos of receipts on Instagram, boasting tips of up to five figures, and claim they are simply “doing the Lord’s work one tip at a time,” the account reads.

“TipsforJesus” has left more than $50,000 in gratuity to servers from Los Angeles’ Hungry Cat to Chicago’s Paris Club and the Boundary Tavern & Grille.

A lucky waiter got a $1,500 tip on a $468 bill at Harris' Steakhouse in San Francisco.

One server at the Paris Club received a $5,000 tip in one of the photos and another Chicago server was given a $3,000 tip at Wicker Park’s Boundary Tavern & Grille.

The recipient of the big tip at The Boundary in Chicago said a group of four men came in and sat down a booth, racking up a total bill of $373.36, she told the Chicago Sun-Times.

The server said she was stunned by the $3,000 tip and noted the group only asked that she keep the name of the man signing the bill anonymous.

The group’s tipping mission has taken them to bars in South Bend, Hollywood venues and, most recently, an Arizona tavern.
 

County health officials are waiting for a second round of test results before reopening a section of San Diego’s coastline closed by a large sewage spill.

The closure includes the popular Dog Beach in Ocean Beach and parts of South Mission Beach.

San Diego lifeguards posted signs Sunday warning swimmers, surfers and others about the contamination caused by a nearly 22,000 gallon sewage spill.

According to the water department, it was caused when two sections of a pipe were offset by roots.

Bacterial results from samples taken Monday were below AB 411 standards - in other words it appears unlikely the spill reached beyond the Stadium Way Bridge.

However, County Environmental Health officials said they will likely want o see results from a second round of samples taken Tuesday before they'll reopen beaches.

Results will be available Wednesday afternoon.

The spill started near Interstate 15 and the San Diego River, officials said. A citizen spotted the spill and reported it.

Soon after, the County Health Department ordered parts of Ocean Beach and South Mission Beach closed.

The boundaries include north and south of Mission Bay channels, the northern end of Ocean Beach and the area near South Mission Beach Jetty.

One of the first calls to police from the scene of the 2012 schoolhouse massacre in Newtown, Conn. came from a panicked woman inside.

"Sandy Hook School," she told the dispatcher said in a shaky voice, according to tapes of the 911 calls released by authorities Wednesday. "I think there's somebody shooting in here."

"Ok," the dispatcher replied calmly. "What makes you think that?"

"Because somebody's got a gun," the woman said. "I caught a glimpse of somebody. They're running down the hallway."

And then: "Ooh, they're still running. They're still shooting. Sandy Hook School, please."

For several more minutes, the woman and other callers flooded the lines of Newtown police and the State Police, pleading for help.

A custodian, Rick Thorne, told a dispatcher that gunshots were coming from the front of the building, down a corridor from where he stood. 

With Thorne still on the line, the dispatcher told a colleague: "Get the sergeant. Get everyone you can going down there."

Thorne remained on the phone, providing updates as shots rang out.

"There's still shooting going on," he said, pops audible in the background. "Please."

The unflustered dispatchers assured the callers that help was on the way and urged them to take cover, and lock classroom doors. They repeatedly asked about the welfare of the students, not knowing the carnage unfolding.

A teacher hiding with her students in her classroom said she'd heard shots in the hallway.

"Keep everybody calm," the dispatcher told her. "Keep everybody down. Get everybody away from the windows, ok?"

A teacher said she'd been shot in the foot. "Just keep pressure on it," the dispatcher told her. "We have people heading out there."

Within five minutes from the first call, police were at the school. But by then the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, had killed 20 children and six educators, and turned a gun on himself. Officers, concerned about the possibility of an additional shooter on school grounds, did not immediately enter the school, but it is not clear that the delay made any difference.

The chilling recordings were released Wednesday afternoon, ending a nearly year-long legal fight by the Associated Press which sought to review them as a way to assess the response of emergency workers.

The tapes covered seven calls made from landlines within Sandy Hook Elementary School. Not included were calls made from cell phones, including those made from victims or witnesses inside the building. Those calls are subject to a separate, pending freedom of information request by the A.P.

Prosecutors opposed making the recordings public, as did many families of the victims, who said they would cause more grief and emotional trauma.

“We know that if graphic images and audio recordings of the events of December 14 are released to the public, they will be used to harass and further victimize the surviving children and teachers who witnessed their friends being killed, and the families of those who lost their lives,” Dean Pinto, whose 6-year-old son, Jack, was killed in the school, told the Task Force on Victim Privacy and the Public's Right to Know earlier this year.

Shari Burton, a teaching assistant who called 911 that day, told the task force that "there is nothing to be gained, no arrest to be made" through the tapes' release. She predicted "a lot more hurt and relived heartache."

But Cristina Hassinger, whose mother, Sandy Hook Principal Dawn Hochsprung, was shot to death, spoke in support of the release. "The more information I have, the easier it is to wrap my brain around," she said.

Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra wrote on her blog a plea "for the media to treat us kindly…to recognizes that there is great personal pain in this event and little public good to be garnered through the general release."

In the last of the tapes released Wednesday, Thorne is still on the line with the dispatcher as officers enter the school. He identifes himself as a custodian.

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Actor Paul Walker and a friend suffered burn injuries and trauma caused by the impact in a fiery crash on a Southern California street that killed both men, according to details released Wednesday in an autopsy report.

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The autopsies were completed Tuesday, but investigators placed a temporary security hold on information regarding the findings.

The cause of death for Walker was determined to be the combined effects of trauma and burn injuries in the fiery crash. The cause of death for Roger Rodas, confirmed to be the driver, was determined to be multiple traumatic injuries.

The injuries resulted from the car striking a "fixed object," according to the autopsy report.

The coroner confirmed that Walker was alive -- but likely unconscious -- after the crash, then died in the subsequent fire. Authorities told NBC4 there was evidence of smoke inhalation.

Video from a business across the street from the crash site released Tuesday shows the light pole and tree as they were impacted by the high-performance Porsche. About a minute passes before smoke can be seen in the video rising above a row of bushes that obscure the view of the car.

Results from toxicology tests are expected in about six to eight weeks.

Walker, the 40-year-old star of the "Fast & Furious" film franchise, and the 38-year-old Rodas, a financial planner and race car driver who founded a charity with Walker, were killed Saturday in the crash and fire on a Santa Clarita street about 30 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. Walker and Rodas took what they said would be a brief drive away from a charity fundraiser and toy drive at Rodas' custom car shop.

Rodas is believed to have been the driver of the Porsche Carrera GT supercar, which crashed into a light pole and tree in the 28300 block of Rye Canyon Loop (map). Their bodies were found inside the charred wreckage after firefighters doused the fire.

Read: Shutdown on "Fast & Furious 7"

The crash remains under investigation, but the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has said investigators do not believe Rodas and Walker were racing another driver. Investigators have indicated that speed was a factor in the crash, which occurred in a 45-mph zone.

Since the crash, mourners and fans of Walker's movies have gathered at the site. Candles, notes, pictures, flowers and other items were left at the memorial.

In a statement, Universal Pictures said production on the upcoming "Fast & Furious 7" film will be shut down "for a period of time."

"We are committed to keeping Fast & Furious fans informed, and we will provide further information to them when we have it," the statement continued. "Until then, we know they join us in mourning the passing of our dear friend Paul Walker." 
 

Emily Graslie is the resident scientist and "chief curiosity correspondent" at Chicago's Field Museum, but as a woman, she's a minority in her field.

Female scientists are few and far between, and according to Nature, those that do break the barrier aren't treated very well.

But the lack of women in her field is not what irks Graslie the most. It's YouTube commenters.

Graslie publishes videos for the museum on her YouTube channel "The Brain Scoop", and despite the intellectually stimulating content, some of her viewers tend to focus on other things. Like her clothes. And her body. You know, important science stuff.

However, Graslie decided she wasn't going to sit back and take it. During a recent video, Graslie had her director, Michael Aranda, read nasty viewer comments while she discussed sexism and the perils of being a female scientist. Many of these viewers obsessed over her appearance, with one saying she needs "sexier glasses." 

"I can't stop looking at her nose," the comment continued. "It looks so weird. It kind of makes her look like a nerdy pig."

Others, however, weren't afraid to get a little more personal.

"Thumbs up for the Skyrim reference," another viewer said. "It made me chortle."

Graslie also said this feedback makes her feel awkward when she hosts guests on her show because viewers assume there's a relationship between her and the guest. One viewer equated such an episode with "lesbian porn" and advocated for Graslie and her two guests to have a three-way. Classy, right?

Graslie said this Internet bullying needs to end and implored her viewers to show support for all content creators.

"We need to make sure we're making it possible for people of all genders to feel acknowledged for their contributions and not feel held back by something as arbitrary as their genetics or appearance," she said.