Sunday's Sochi action begins at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park where American Bode Miller will go for his 6th Olympic medal, while the ladies of the U.S. snowboarding team attempt to match teammate Sage Kotsenburg's slopestyle gold. 

U.S. figure skaters will get their last attempts to prove themselves in the team contest before the first medal ceremony of the event later Sunday. 

Medals also go out in four other events, including men's luge and ski jumping. Scroll down for a complete listing of events, and information on how to watch on TV and online.

1 a.m. ET: If you missed Saturday's slopestyle, moguls or figure skating action, catch replays on NBC at 1 a.m. ET or anytime, here.

1:30 a.m.: Snowboarders Ty Walker and Jessika Jenson have two more chances to make it into the final round of competition. Walker, one of the team's rising stars, has been resting injuries since Monday. She participated in Thursday's qualifying event — simply coasting down the course just for credit — and is banking on feeling well enough Sunday morning to give it her all. Watch the semi-finals live on NBCOlympics.com.

2 a.m.: This time it counts for skier Bode Miller, whose 2 minute 6.09 training time fueled high expectations for the vet. His toughest rivals will be Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, and Italians Peter Fill and Werner Heel. Watch live here, or catch it at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.

3 a.m.: Women's hockey continues with Sweden taking on Japan in the preliminary round of the Games. Watch live on NBCOlympics.com or on NBC Sports.

4:15 a.m.: Back in the mountains above Sochi, women's snowboarders will compete in the slopestyle finals. American Jamie Anderson earned a direct ticket to the medal round with a top score at Thursday's qualifiers and could bring home a slopestyle gold. She will be joined by teammate Karly Shorr. Watch live online or at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.

5:00 a.m.: Men's cross-country skiers compete in their first medal event — the 15k classic. Watch it live at NBCOlympics.com or on NBC Sports, which will also broadcast the first women's speed skating event of the Games — the 3000m sprint which the Czech, Dutch and Germans are likely to dominate. To watch that online, click here at 6:30 a.m. ET.

8:00 a.m.: Russia takes on Germany in the fourth preliminary game in women's hockey. Watch live online or on MSNBC.

9:30 a.m. NBC Sports and NBCOlympics.com will have live coverage of the men's luge finals where Italian Armin Zoggeler will go for his record 6th consecutive Olympic gold. He'll face challenges from Germany's Felix Lah and Albert Demtschenko, who will have the home track advantage. Meanwhile, the women go for the gold in the 7.5km biathlon sprint. 

10 a.m.: The first figure skating Olympic medal of the Sochi Games is awarded Sunday morning. America improved its standings after Saturday's event, and will introduce, for the first time, U.S. darling Gracie Gold and Jason Brown, a newcomer who became a sudden YouTube sensation after his firecracker performance at the U.S. Championships. Russia remains far ahead and appears destined for a gold.

Brown is up first at 10, followed by Gold at 11:05 and ice dance pair Meryl Davis and Charlie White at 12:10 p.m. Watch it live on NBC Sports and NBCOlympics.com. Or wait until 7 p.m. and catch it on NBC.

12:30 p.m.: The first medals are also given out in men's ski jumping where the competition will take place under the lights of the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center. Two Americans qualified — Nick Alexander and Peter Prenette — though they're not expected to see the podium. Watch live here or on NBC Sports. 

2 p.m. NBC brings highlights from figure skating, biathlon, speed skating and cross-country skiing.

7 p.m. NBC gives viewers another chance to catch skiing, snowboarding, figure skating and ski jumping.  

The San Diego family of Olympic snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg is beaming this weekend.

After rising high above expectations in the Sochi slopestyle event, Kotsenburg, 20, took home the U.S.’s first gold medal Saturday for his performance.

Kotsenburg’s uncle, aunt and cousin live in San Diego, and they say they were overjoyed.

“Couldn't have happened to a better, more humble, just the nicest, nicest person,” said Kotsenburg’s cousin Bobby Whitney.

Whitney told NBC 7 that Kotsenburg shared his passion for the sport at an early age, helping to turn his whole family into a snowboard family. He convinced Whitney himself to switch from skiing to snowboarding.

Remembering their early days on the slopes together, Whitney said it was exciting to see Utah-native Kotsenburg rise to the top of the world.

“I thought he was going to do well. I really wanted him to get into the finals,” said Whitney.

But Kotsenburg went farther than that. He laid it all on the line during the Olympic finals by performing what he calls the “Holy Crail,” a trick he pulled for the first time Saturday.

Whitney didn’t miss a minute of his cousin’s victory, staying up all night to see it happen live online at Sochi time.

“You're just kind of biting your nails like, is someone going to knock him off, knock him off that first place? And nobody did,” said Whitney. “I couldn't be prouder of him.”

In a tweet, Kotsenburg wrote "WOW!! I just won the Olympics! Brining back the first Gold to the USA! Love seeing all the support from everyone YOU RULE."

The Whitney family fully expects Kotsenburg will make it into the 2018 Winter Games, possibly alongside his sister – another accomplished Kotsenburg snowboarder.

Saturday marked the first official day of competition at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. That included the awarding of the Games' first medals and some looming showdowns on ice and snow.

Here's what you need to know.

Sochi’s first gold goes to America

America can thank something called the “Holy Crail” for the first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics.

That’s what snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg named the trick he pulled for the first time Saturday, propelling him to a first-run score that no one could top.

Kotsenburg said he had no advance plans for the move, which he executed in his first big jump, rotating four-and-a-half times in a helicopter position while grabbing the back of his board and pulling his legs back. He landed cleanly. The crowd gasped. The judges gave him a 93.5. A little while later, he was on top of the podium, his first win in a big competition, on the grandest of stages. Kotsenburg, 20, is from Idaho and has a surfer-dude persona which was on full display afterward. "I kind of do random stuff all the time, never make a plan up," he said. "I had no idea I was even going to do a 1620 in my run until three minutes before I dropped. It's kind of what I'm all about."

Russia is still waiting for theirs

At the end of competition Saturday, Norway led the medal race, with four total, including a pair of golds. Canada and the Netherlands each had three medals, including one gold. America won two:  Kotensburg’s gold, and a bronze won by moguls skier Hannah Kearney, the defending champion who'd been widely expected to take gold.

And where was Russia, the host?

Shut out.

Biathlete Anton Shipulin was close to earning Russia’s first medal, gold at that. But he missed a target in the final shooting round, and ended up in fourth place. He said later, “I hate myself.”

The drought won't last long. Russia should begin picking up medals on Sunday.

Bode is back on top

The final training run in the men’s downhill established American Bode Miller as a leading contender for gold when official medal races begin on Sunday.

For the second time in three days, Miller — a five-time medalist — ended with the fastest time.

That sets up a showdown with Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal in what could be one of the most exciting events of the Sochi Games.

Miller has clearly been more aggressive in his training runs, while Svindal has admitted being more reserved.

Asked what his objectives were Saturday, Miller said with a smile: "Um, not kill myself was primary."
Svindal said of Miller: "He's skiing really well. That's his biggest advantage right now. Especially the top part, it's impressive.”

Also on Saturday, the downhill event suffered a bit of a snag during the bib draw for Sunday’s race.
The starting positions were drawn from a pot, but when two racers were put into the same spot, the Americans called for, and were granted, a redraw.

The redraw didn’t drastically affect the lineup among the top racers. Steven Nyman of the U.S. drew the No. 1 spot after Jan Hudec of Canada initially had it, the Associated Press reported.

Thank you, Meryl and Charlie

Figure skating pair Meryl Davis and Charlie White bailed out the Americans in the figure skating team competition, winning the ice dancing short program.

The first-place performance righted the Americans’ momentum after a lackluster Thursday. Teammates Ashley Wagner, who finished fourth in the ladies’ short program, and Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir, who finished fourth in the pairs free skate, did well enough to keep the team in medal contention. They ended Saturday in third place overall.

Gold, however, is out of the question. The Russians pretty much have that wrapped up when competition concludes on Sunday. Canada is in second place.

Here’s Johnny!

Bobsledder Johnny Quinn pulled his own version of the scary scene from “The Shining” after getting stuck in the bathroom of his Olympic Village hotel room.

A former professional football player, Quinn had just finished showering when he found that the door had jammed. He didn’t have his phone, so he ripped a hole and climbed through.

Then his took a picture of it and posted it on Twitter with the hashtag "SochiJailBreak."

A popular downtown San Diego nightclub is offering patrons the chance to live large – really, really large – with a new VIP package inspired by the Oscar-nominated flick, “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

FLUXX Nightclub, located at 500 4th Ave. in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, is offering something called the “Wolf of Wall Street Party Package,” a luxurious night on the town selling for seriously big bucks.

The package – which invites partygoers to experience a decadent lifestyle much like “The Wolf of Wall Street” character Jordan Belfort, played by actor Leonardo DiCaprio – includes a ride in a Rolls Royce limousine, a private, catered dinner on a luxury yacht in the famous San Diego Bay and a one-night stay at the 2-bedroom Penthouse Suite in downtown’s Hotel Palomar.

The VIP blowout also includes a center VIP table at FLUXX with a 6-liter champagne bottle delivered personally to the table by “Mighty Mike,” the club's superhero mascot.

But, not so fast, fancypants.

The lavish, pricey package starts at $50,000 – chump change for Jordan Belfort, no doubt. To book the swanky set-up, patrons can call (619) 232-8100.

The package is available now through Oscar Sunday, which lands on Mar. 2 this year.

NBC 7 reached out to FLUXX to see if anyone has actually purchased this package.

A media relations spokesperson said no one has forked over the cash just yet, as it is a relatively new promotion hosted by the club.

She said the $50,000 starting price tag can also rise depending on a few variables, including how many hours patrons choose to ride in the Rolls Royce limo and what kind of gourmet dishes they decide to feast on during that dinner on the luxury yacht.

Bronze wasn't good enough for American freestyle skier Hannah Kearney, who took to Twitter after her race saying she had a "broken heart." 

The 27-year-old 2010 Vancouver champion was hoping to set a record in Sochi Saturday for back-to-back gold medals at the Winter Olympics. Instead, she fell to third as Canadian sisters Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe took gold and silver in moguls.

“Bronze feels a lot like a broken heart,” the 25-time World Cup winner tweeted.

Dozens of fans replied with their sympathy and support, Olympian Lauren Cheney among them.

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“Appreciated @HK_Ski honesty and emotion after winning bronze…#TeamUSA is still proud of you!” the Team USA soccer player tweeted.

While most reaction was positive, Kearney also recieved blunt replies accusing her of being a sore loser and saying that she should be satisfied with merely being in the Olympic Games.

An hour after her first post, Kearney reflected again on her place on the podium. “In better news, I contributed to the #TeamUSA medal count, I am healthy and I believe everything happens for a reason,” she wrote. The tweet was favorited by fans over 1,000 times.

The plans of a robber went completely wrong after pulling out a toy gun on a store clerk, according to Dallas police.

Around 4 a.m on Saturday, officers responded to a disturbance at the Race Trac on Northwest Highway.

Police say the 22-year-old suspect, Anthony Bell, walked into the gas station and pulled out a gun on the clerk.

The cashier employee working at that time realized that the gun was just a toy and began to beat up the suspect.

Bell was arrested and transported to the hospital. Police say he is charged with robbery, a second degree felony.

The clerk suffered minor injuries.

A Southern California man is accusing Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies in a federal civil rights lawsuit of attacking him and using a Taser on his genitals while his mother watched.

Daniel Johnson, 26, filed the lawsuit in January against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after deputies allegedly threw him to the ground and attacked him for asking if he could pick up his father's cigarette to avoid a fine.

Johnson was cooking dinner at his mother's Altadena home on Dec. 26, 2012, when a man knocked on the door to tell Johnson his father was being ticketed outside for putting out a cigarette on the ground, according to the filed complaint.

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The complaint describes Johnson's father as a 58-year-old disabled man who walks with a cane and often drops things because of nerve damage in his hands.

LA Sheriff's "Deputy Abdulfattah," as named in the complaint, explained to Johnson he was giving his father a $1,000 ticket and community service for littering.

Johnson offered to pick the cigarette up from the ground, when Abdulfattah told Johnson, "I can write you a ticket too if you want," according to the complaint.

"I asked if it would be possible for me to just pick it up," Johnson told NBC4. "We don't have $1,000 to pay that ticket."

Johnson's mother came outside as Johnson began to walk away, until the other deputy, named in the complaint as "Deputy Russell," allegedly grabbed Johnson from behind and tried to slam him against the patrol car and into a concrete post, the complaint states.

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Johnson's parents asked the deputies to "leave him alone" because he "hasn't done anything wrong."

Russell, according to the complaint, allegedly put Johnson in a "full nelson hold" with his arms under Johnson's armpits and hand behind Johnson's head.

At the same time Russell then allegedly took Johnson to the ground, Abdulfattah allegedly hit Johnson's father in the face, according to the complaint.

While Johnson was held to the ground by Russell, Abdulfattah used a Taser on Johnson's genitals multiple times, the complaint stated.

"He was definitely point blank," Johnson said. "He was right above me as he Tased me, so there's no mistake that he was trying to Tase me in my genitalia."

His mother said the deputy stared at her while she screamed.

"He's looking directly at me every time he pulls that trigger, and at one point my son says, 'Mom, I'm OK," Johnson's mother, Rose Gonzales, told NBC4. "So at that point, I realize this guy is doing this because I am reacting."

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Johnson could "smell his flesh burning from the tases" and was screaming in pain, according to the complaint.

Johnson told NBC4 he begged the deputies to stop and repeatedly told them he was not resisting. He was eventually arrested for battery on a police officer, though he maintains in the complaint he never engaged in any physical contact with the deputies.

Abdulfattah allegedly told Johnson to "shut up" when Johnson said his father needed his inhaler, the complaint stated.

LA County Sheriff's Department officials would not comment on the case except to describe one of the deputies in question as "the best deputy in the division."

Johnson, a graduate of University of California, Berkeley with no criminal history, said the battery charges were never filed and the case was dropped. He said he just hopes audio recordings or video exist of the confrontation.

"When there's nothing to verify what actually happened, it becomes a state where it's their word versus ours," Johnson said.

Authorities have launched a search for a New York man missing in Mexico.
 
Harry Devert, 32, a former financial trader from Westchester County went missing while on a motorcycle trip in Mexico last month. 

Devert's loved ones described him as a consummate world traveler and said he last contacted his girlfriend on January 25th to say the Mexican military was escorting him out of an area, Michoacán, that was too dangerous and that he would contact her later. 

"I don't know if he's been kidnapped, I don't know if he skidded off the road, I don't know what's happened to this master communicator who has gone off the grid," said his mother, Ann Devert. She said her son had planned to write a book about his trip and that when he was last heard from he was in an area that is said to be dangerous and controlled by a drug cartel. 
   
Devert's family said American and Mexican authorities are working to find him. Devert's friends have also set up a Facebook page titled "Help Find Harry" to aid in the search.

First Sochi, now dates. That's what Dad hopes for Team USA's first-time Olympic luger Tucker West, at least.

When Brett West built an enormous luge track in the family's backyard, Olympic medals may not have been all he had in mind for his son. His son's love life is also a priority, his dad admits — in comments sure to make anybody who remembers being a teenager cringe. Watch them at NBC Olympics.

"I just want to say to all the young ladies out there: Tucker is very single!" Brett West told the "Today" show on Sunday, just as his 18-year-old son was getting ready to compete in the final runs in the men's Olympic individual luge competition in Sochi.

Dad's embarrassing appeal to any eligible, luge-loving bachelorettes of America didn't end there.

"Now, he's a little shy, so you have to reach out to him. And you can do that through, on Facebook, his page 'Team Tucker.' And the neat part is, he's such a good kid, everyone who posts there he always gives back a personal response," Brett West told "Today."

West didn't win a medal in the competitive individual luge competition that wrapped up in Sochi on Sunday. Germany's defending Olympic champion Felix Loch again took the gold, while Russian and Italian veteran lugers earned the silver and bronze, respectively.

The second day of competition at the Sochi Games ended Sunday with Norway atop the medal board, the U.S. in third and with Russia finally exerting its power.

Behind those rankings were some remarkable performances, on ice and snow.

Here are some of them.

America’s slopestyle sweep

A day after American slopestyle snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg won Sochi’s first gold medal, teammate Jamie Anderson won the women’s event, giving the United States a sweep in the competition’s Olympic debut.

Enni Rukajarvi of Finland took silver and Jennie Jones of Britain won bronze.

Considered one of the greatest slopestylers of her generation, Anderson, 23, said she struggled to maintain a sense of calm before her championship run.

She’d crashed during a Wednesday training run, and talked about how difficult the course had been.

But in the end, she almost made it look easy.

"I think most of us have been thinking about this for a few years," Anderson said, according to The Associated Press. "To just have that moment come so quick and really knowing this is your moment, you just want to shine and do your best and show the world what a fun sport snowboarding is."

Russia’s first medal

It took until Sunday, but the host country finally got on the medal board.

The first medal, a bronze, came as a bit of a surprise.

Speedskater Olga Graf wasn’t expected to land on the podium in the women’s 3,000 meters. But her run of 4:03:47 drew roars from the home crowd. Graf, looking a bit stunned, Graf raised her arms in triumph. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent congratulations.

She ended up in third, while Dutch skater Ireen Wust won the gold. Defending Olympic champion Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic won silver.

Later came the Russians’ first gold, in the team figure skating competition, led by 31-year-old legend Evgeny Plushenko and 15-year-old sensation Yulia Lipnitskaya. The Russians ran away in the inaugural team event, with 75 points to second place Canada’s 65 and America’s 60.

The current medal standings are: Norway first, with seven medals, two of them gold; Netherlands second, with four medals, including two golds, and the U.S. third, with four medals, including two golds.

Gracie Gold’s debut

The team figure skating’s Sunday program also featured the Olympic debut of another young skater, American Gracie Gold. She didn’t disappoint.

For months, Gold has been the face of American medal hopes, a lot of pressure for an 18-year-old. But she handled the pressure with poise, and no big errors.

With that, Gold positioned herself as among the small group of favorites in the individual competition, which begins later this week.

Ashley Wagner’s meme

One of Gold’s teammates Ashley Wagner caused a stir of an entirely different kind.

After a redemptive mistake-free routine in Saturday’s short skate program of the team competition, Wagner sat in the kiss-and-cry room to watch her scores come in.

This was a special moment for Wagner, who once ranked fourth in the world but barely made the Olympic team after placing fourth in the U.S. national championships. Many questioned whether she belonged in Sochi, and her first routine there was sign that she did.

But when Wagner saw her score — 63.10, which put her in fourth place — her outraged expression was captured on national television.

The image was captured and bounced around the internet. It also became the most rewatched moment among TiVo viewers, the company said Sunday, according to The Associated Press.

The second most rewatched moment was of Lipnitskaya spinning with one leg held vertically over her head during her short program routine.

Bode’s flameout

That awesome showdown everyone was expecting in the men’s downhill between veterans American Bode Miller and Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal?

Didn’t happen.

Miller, who skied the fastest times in two of the three training runs, made a costly error Sunday that slowed him on a key jump and ruined his chances at any kind of medal.

The impact was apparent as soon as Miller crossed the finish line: he crouched down, head slumped, while his wife stared expressionless and American fans fell silent.

Miller ended up in eighth. Svindal was a little better, coming in fourth.

The winner was someone no one expected: 23-year-old Matthias Mayer of Austria, who’d never won a major international race.

Later, Miller told reporters what happened: he changed tactics on race day, trying for a more riskier approach. It failed him.

Miller, who has five Olympic medals, will be back on the mountain later this week for the combined, in which he won the gold in Vancouver.

Six people were killed and a 21-year-old woman faces criminal charges after she crashed her car while driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles County freeway while allegedly under the influence early Sunday.

Authorities responded to the crash around 4:40 a.m. on the Pomona (60) Freeway in Diamond Bar, according to the California Highway Patrol.

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Olivia Carolee Culbreath is accused of driving a red Chevrolet Camaro when she crashed into two other vehicles, officials said.

A family of four was killed in the wreck, and two other people died while being taken to a hospital in Irvine.

A total of five women and one man were killed, officials said. A man driving a Ford SUV survived the wreck.

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"There are witnesses saying she was exceeding 100 mph," CHP Spokesman Rodrigo Jimenez said. "We believe alcohol had something to do with this crash."

Authorities said the Culbreath was hospitalized in critical condition with a broken femur and a busted bladder. 

Culbreath faces felony DUI charges and vehicular manslaughter charges, Jimenez said.

A Sigalert was issued for traffic in the area. The westbound 60 Freeway was closed for hours as officials examined the wreckage.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, officials said.
 

An El Cajon family worked Sunday to prevent their son’s fate from happening to other teenagers.

The San Diego Police officer accused of sexual misconduct has been booked into jail on false imprisonment with violence and sexual battery charges.

Officer Christopher Hays, 30, was taken into police custody after the District Attorney's Office and Hays' attorney negotiated a self-surrender for Sunday afternoon. He posted his $130,000 bail.

Hays is at the center of two investigations for improper pat downs and for getting sexual gratification while doing it.

At a news conference Sunday, SDPD Chief William Lansdowne said five alleged victims have come forward to police. Another woman went to a local attorney, accusing Hays of assaulting her.  

Four of the six cases have been filed with the DA's Office, according to Lansdowne.

Hays is now on unpaid leave and has been relieved of police responsibilities.

The jail's website says that Hays faces two felony counts of false imprisonment with violence and three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery, all stemming from allegations by the first four women who came forward.

He is scheduled for arraignment on Feb. 13.

After a first victim came forward, an SDPD internal affairs investigation led to three other possible victims, Lansdowne announced Thursday. 

The last two came forward after the story broke.

Lansdowne maintains that there was no skin-to-skin contact in five of the alleged encounters, but the sixth case, which has not been investigated by police and was brought through attorney Dan Gilleon, claims there was a sexual contact.

"It was generally, if you don't do this, I'm going to get you arrested and take you to jail," Gilleon said. "She felt like there was no choice. She gave him oral sex, and he demanded it."

The alleged incidents took place between Nov. 12, 2012 and Dec. 23, 2013, and the women range in age from 20 to 30 years old. 

Gilleon said the alleged incident involving his client happened in October 2012.

Lansdowne said the SDPD internal investigation should be completed by the end of this week, and if Hays is found guilty, he could be terminated.

Hays could face more charges on the DA reviews the latest allegations.

Every day NBC 7 will provide a quick look at the key events of the day as well as the local athletes who will be competing. Here’s our “San Diego Athletes to Watch” for Monday, Feb. 10:

Special Section: Sochi 2014

Get excited for a day on the ice with events scheduled in curling, short track, luge and ice hockey.

The U.S. women’s ice hockey team will compete against Switzerland in their second game of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The Americans are coming off a 3-1 against Finland.

Coach Katey Stone says Molly Schaus will start in goal for the United States.

Images: Team USA Women's Ice Hockey

The women's ice hockey team prepared for their Olympic competition with a stop in San Diego that included a day of training on the beach in Coronado. 

In short track, the men’s 1500 m final takes place Monday.

If you’ve been excited to watch Apolo Ohno, the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian, you’re out of luck. He is retired.

Without Ohno, the Americans' best chance at winning gold is in the men's 5000m relay. Two-time bronze medalist J.R. Celski who trained with athletes at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista preparing for Sochi, Russia.

Another familiar name, Olympian Shani Davis, will compete in Adler Arena. The first race in the men’s 500 m race is scheduled for 5 a.m. PT with the final at 7 a.m. PT Monday. Get results here

Athletes scheduled to compete in the snowboarding halfpipe event this week arrived to the mountains Sunday to get settled in before events this week.

San Diego's Shaun White will compete in the halfpipe final after deciding to skip in the earlier slopestyle event.

Curling begins in Sochi, Russia with a number of round robin events including the U.S. women’s team session against Switzerland and the U.S. men’s team session against Norway. 

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We’ll also see the women’s luge singles initial runs and the men’s 12.5 km pursuit final.

In alpine skiing, the women’s super-combined finals are scheduled for 3 a.m. PT.

With Lindsey Vonn sidelined from Sochi with a knee injury, Julia Mancuso is left carrying the torch as the best American medal chance in the super-combined. 

Is it real, fake, or just plain "dumb?"

The mystery of Southern California's latest coffee craze isn't about organic milk or Fair Trade beans, but rather, who exactly is running the "Dumb Starbucks" operation -- and how it's allowed to even exist.

Dumb Starbucks -- yes, you read that correctly -- popped up seemingly out of nowhere in the Los Feliz storefront that once housed the now-defunct Gastronomico.

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The logo on the storefront is that of the actual Starbucks, but with the word "dumb" inserted into the label. The same protocol applies to the entire menu, down to the tall, grande and venti sizes.

Though "Dumb Caramel Macchiato" and "Dumb Hazelnut Frappuccino" are listed on the menu posted on the shop's Twitter page, a crowd of patrons on Saturday got free coffee and pastries reportedly purchased from a nearby Vons and handed out by store employees, according to NBC4's media partner KPCC.

"It's obviously not a Starbucks," Megan Adams, a spokeswoman for the real Starbucks coffee chain, told KPCC. "We are looking into it right now."

The imitation coffee chain, aware of its bizarre business model, claims its existence at 1802 Hillhurst Avenue is allowed thanks to "parody law" as described in a Frequently Asked Questions list.

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"By adding the word 'dumb,' we are technically 'making fun of Starbucks, which allows us to use their trademarks under a law known as 'fair use.'"

The FAQ goes on to explain, "Although we are a fully functioning coffee shop, for legal reasons, Dumb Starbucks needs to be categorized as a work of parody art ... But that's for our lawyers to worry about. All you need to do is enjoy our delicious coffee!"

The company's FAQ also describes its admiration for Starbucks.

"We love Starbucks and look up to them as role models. Unfortunately, the only way to use their intellectual property under fair use is if we are making fun of them. So the 'dumb' comes out of necessity, not enmity."

Confused yet curious consumers took to Twitter as they lined up outside the coffee shop in question on Saturday and Sunday.

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"Are your dumb coffees still free today?" @LukeOneil47 asked.

"Did someone say #lawsuit? Good to see that people can still be fleeced out of $4 for a cup o'Joe. Now THATS #capitalism!" @EleventhEarl tweeted.

"That does it, I'm opening a parody coffee shop called 'Not Dumb Starbucks," @Abobrow said.

The coffee shop didn't stop with its name and menu. "Dumb" versions of CDs, including "Dumb Jazz Standards" and "Dumb Nora Jones Duets" sat at the cash register.

Baffled Angelenos have yet to get any real answers from the company, but that hasn't stopped them from lining up around the block to take a peek inside of the parody pop-up shop.

Requests to Dumb Starbucks for comment from NBC4 were not returned by time of publication.

Check out the social media sensation that is "Dumb Starbucks" below:

The team figure skating competition in Sochi has become a story of age: the enduring performance of an aging Russian male champion, and the debut of two young females, one American and the other Russian.

The legend, 31-year-old Evgeny Plushenko, turned in two stellar routines that propelled the Russians to gold. Two days after placing second in Friday’s short skate, he won Sunday’s free skate.

The youngsters, 15-year-old Russian Yulia Lipnitskaya and 18-year-old American Gracie Gold, stamped their own marks.

Lipnitskaya, following up on her breathtaking short routine on Saturday, scored 141.5 in the free skate, vaulting her from darkhorse to favorite in the individual competition.

Gold delivered a solid technical routine in Sunday’s free skate, scoring a personal best 129.38, helping the U.S. clinch the bronze medal.

American stars Meryl Davis and Charlie White easily won the final program of the team competition, the ice dance free skate, with a score of 114.34, their personal best. In second were their closest friends and rivals, Candians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Russians Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov finished third with 103.48.

But thanks to Plushenko, there was no catching the Russians, who won gold with 75 overall points. Canada took silver with 65 points and America bronze with 60. They were trailed by Italy, 51, and Japan, 50.

The results gave Plushenko his fourth career Winter Games medal, and Russia’s first gold in Sochi. Russia was shut out of ice skating medals in 2010 in Vancouver, marking the low point of a decline from Soviet dominance that is now starting to reverse.

The Russians’ win was made easier by last-minute lineup changes by the other four teams involved in the final medal round. In many cases, the countries’ top skaters did not take the ice Sunday, presumably to allow them to focus on the individual competitions later in the Games.

Gone from the men’s free skate were three-time world champion Patrick Chan of Canada and Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, who beat Plushenko in the short program on Friday.

In the ladies’ free skate, Carolina Kostner of Italy and Mao Asada of Japan, who finished second and third, respectively, in the short program, did not compete.

That set up a showdown between Gold and Lipnitskaya.

Gold skated first of the two, hitting all her jumps in a poised routine that made her look as if she was ready to shoulder all the medal hopes that America has heaped on her.

Lipnitskaya competed on a level of her own, with near-inhuman spins and almost-perfect jumps, all with a easy demeanor. It was a complete performance that brought even the stoic Russian President Vladimir Putin to his feet.

Earlier, in the men’s free skate, Plushenko landed all of his jumps cleanly and finished with a score of 168.20 — lower than his team was expecting, but enough, nonetheless, to come in first.

Kevin Reynolds of Canada finished in close second, with a score of 167.92, followed by Tatsuki Machida of Japan. American Jason Brown, inserted as a replacement for Jeremy Abbott, who stumbled in Friday’s short program, finished fourth with a 153.67.

“I really wanted to do well for the team,” Brown said afterward.

He also admitted being a bit stunned at being on the same ice as Plushenko.

“It’s so surreal,” Brown said.

He is among many young skaters on the ice in Sochi who grew up admiring Plushenko.

Plushenko, who endured several back surgeries to make it to the Sochi Games and narrowly missed winning gold in Vancouver in 2010, has said that he only wanted to compete in the team events this time around. But there is still a good chance that he could skate in the individual program.

Plushenko said his back was hurting him, but there was no question what he will do.

"I will skate individual," he said.

The first full week of competition begins in Sochi Monday with medals in women's super combined downhill skiing, men's moguls and speed skating.

American Julia Mancuso, the silver medalist in Vancouver, will aim for the podium again in super combined -- a two-part event that includes downhill and slalom. On the moguls course,  Patrick Deneen will be America's best hope for a medal, though heavy favorites going into the final are Canadians Alex Bilodeau and Michael Kingsbury.  

Meanwhile, curling makes its colorful debut with the reigning Olympic silver medal team — the Norwegians, famed for their chaotic curling pants — taking on underdog USA. Scroll down for highlights from Monday's schedule and information on where to watch:

12:00 a.m. ET: Men's curling kicks off the first full week of competition in Sochi. The Canadians, reining Olympic champs, take on the Germans at midnight ET. Watch the game live online or on NBC Sports at 3 a.m. 

Eleven other round-robin curling games are on tap for the day, at midnight, 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. ET. Tune in to the USA-Norway match-up at 10 to get a first look at skipper John Shuster's team in action — and to see which pants the Norwegians have picked out. (Click here for a complete schedule of Monday's curling games.)

12:30 a.m.: If you missed Sunday's action, tune into NBC for highlights from the day's skiing, snowboarding, figure skating and ski jumping competitions.

2:00 a.m.: The only Alpine skiing event of the day — Women's super combined — begins on the downhill course. Watch live online.

5:00 a.m.: Women's hockey preliminary round continues with Team USA taking on Switzerland live online and on NBC Sports Network.

6:00 a.m. Slalom is the second and final event in the women's supercombined. Follow it here. 

7:05 a.m.: Men's 1500m short track finals begin at 7:05 a.m. Heats beginning at 4:45 a.m. are followed by a semi-final round, while women's semi-final 3000m relay gets underway at 6:35 a.m. Follow the men's 1500m races here and other short track events here.

10:00 a.m.: Women's hockey continues with the Canadians playing the Finns. Watch live online and on NBC Sports Network. Also, watch the men's 12.5 km biathlon pursuit live on NBCOlympics.com.

11:15 a.m.: The first of two women's luge runs (singles) begins at 9:45 a.m. The second and final run begins at 11:15. Watch both live online or on NBC Sports Network.

2:10 p.m.: Men's freestyle skiers compete for the moguls gold. The first of two qualifier rounds gets underway at 9 a.m. Follow the whole competition live on NBCOlympics.com.

8:00 p.m. NBC replays the best of the day from men's 1500m speed skating, Alpine skiing and men's moguls. 

With just two days until the special election, the mayoral candidates were out in full force this weekend.

Both Democrat David Alvarez and Republican Kevin Faulconer were upbeat.

"I can't wait for Tuesday," Faulconer said.

"It's going to be a wonderful day on Tuesday," Alvarez echoed.

On Sunday, Faulconer greeted voters at the Rock Church then met with LGBT supporters in Hillcrest. Alvarez attended his own LGBT event at the Catamaran Hotel.

Special Section: Race for Mayor

The mayoral race is making national news. President Obama released a statement that said he was endorsing Alvarez.

However, that didn’t impress Faulconer.

"I've been so proud of our San Diego endorsement,” he said. “From the very beginning, my campaign has been supporting San Diegans, and they want a mayor that's supported by San Diegans."

Alvarez responded, "The results of that we’ll see on election night who's got the support of San Diegans."

Recent polls show the candidates in a dead heat, indicating the city is still divided. For example, the San Diego Police Officers Association has endorsed Faulconer, but the San Diego Black Police Officers Association broke off in support of Alvarez.

"I represent that majority of the values of those who live in San Diego,” Alvarez said. “San Diegans want the opportunity to be successful. They want the American dream, and that's what I stand for, That's what I've been fighting for, and that's what I'll do when I'm mayor."

"Ensuring that we have the most diverse, the most inclusive police department will absolutely occur when I'm mayor. We're a big city. We're going to reflect that in all our city departments," Faulconer said.

The campaigning doesn’t end there. On Monday, Faulconer’s camp is expected to do sign waving around the city, while Alvarez is scheduled to do a trolley tour through the city.
 

Four people escaped a fire that quickly engulfed their Fallbrook home on Sunday, according to North Comm Fire.

The fire started just after 7:30 p.m. at a house in the 4500 block of Palomar Drive.

When firefighters arrived, bright orange flames and thick black smoke could be seen pouring from the house.

Fire officials said all four residents made it out unharmed.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.