A 22-year-old Boston College student from New Jersey was struck by two taxis and killed as she and her stepsister tried to cross an Upper East Side street late Thursday, authorities and her family say.

Kelly Gordon, of Brielle, N.J., was on York Avenue at East 84th Street when she was hit by a taxi heading south on the avenue around 11:30 p.m., according to the NYPD.

After the first impact, she was hit again by another taxi heading north in the opposite lane.

A witness who had just left his apartment in the area said he believed the women had just gotten out of a cab when one of them was run down.

"She came out of the cab and the cab hit her and another one hit her," said Joel Okpala.

Gordon's devastated family told NBC 4 New York that she was in Manhattan to interview for jobs, and had been out to dinner earlier in the evening celebrating interviews that went well. Gordon was the oldest of five siblings.

"She was so great and had so much going for her," said a childhood friend, Jillian Bucklew.

Barb Jones, vice president for student affairs at Boston College, said in a letter to students Friday that Gordon was studying marketing and finance in the college's Carroll School of Management. She had been set to graduate this year. 

Gordon was unconscious when crews arrived and was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital with severe head trauma, police say. She was pronounced dead at the hospital. 

Both taxi drivers were at the scene when officers arrived, police say. No one has been arrested, and the investigation is ongoing.  

--Jen Maxfield contributed to this story

Several Escondido police officers are under fire, accused of breaking the law they’re sworn to protect.

“When they opened the door they were all standing with guns pointed at me. I went like this, 'Don't shoot,” Ken Maculan put his hands up as he relayed the story to NBC 7.

The 63-year-old Escondido man says police were uninvited when they stormed into his Sonata subdivision home, dragging his friend out of the bathroom.

Banging on his bathroom door, Maculan said “the cop came here. He was yelling at the guy 'Get out! Get out! Get out right now!'”

Maculan has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the City of Escondido.

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It claims after a large manhunt wrapped last May, four policemen illegally searched his Huckleberry Lane home without a warrant or permission.

Officers were looking for a burglar and the jewelry he stole.

Maculan says when he heard an officer pull back his shower curtain and go through his cabinets he stopped them.

Escondido's Deputy City Attorney, Andrea Valasquez, confirmed the officers entered the home without a warrant.

She told NBC 7, "They acted within the law because they were searching for the prime suspect in a nearby burglary. The search was lawful because there were exigent circumstances."

“Their actions were unconstitutional, “ retorted Maculan’s attorney Laurence Haines. “There are lines the U.S. Supreme Court set saying that you don’t do these things Escondido police did."

Valasquez says before searching Maculan's house a woman spotted his friend near a home that had been burglarized the week before. Turns out the woman later said it was a case of mistaken identity.

A mistake that forced Maculan to witness what he called an indecent detainment.

“He was handcuffed here,” Maculan said standing on his front lawn. "His pants down. I always trusted police, but I wouldn’t trust them now. “

Maculan comes from a family of police officers.

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The city recently rejected an attempt to settle the case for $500,000.

Haines says if the case is settled in the future he hopes he’ll be able to push the police department to retrain officers so this doesn’t happen again

The mother of a teenage boy who was on the college tour bus Thursday night that collided with a FedEx truck, killing at least 10 people, said she is thankful her son is alive and plans to visit him at a hospital.

Covina resident Theresa Fulps’ son Anthony is hospitalized in the intensive care unit with injuries. Anthony is a senior at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove and was one of many Southern California students on their way to visit Humboldt State University at the time of the crash.

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"Blessing all the families in the bus crash. My son was aboard that bus. So very scary," Fulps posted on Facebook.

Five students and five adults were killed in the crash and fire, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Fulps told NBC4 that Humboldt State University is flying her to Humboldt and taking care of her rental car and hotel accommodations while her son recovers in the hospital. Joyce Lopes, Vice President for Administrative Affairs at Humboldt State University, confirmed the university is flying many parents to Northern California. Lopes said that because schools were closed in the evening and overnight, the most difficult part in making arrangements has been getting in touch with the parents. Lopes added that the school will not close it's emergency operation until all parents had been contacted.

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Fulps said called the hosiptal directly to get in touch with her son after her son's father informed her of the crash. Her son Anthony had left his cell phone on the bus escaping the fire and smoke.

"He had a chaplain in (the hospital) and a social worker, so they were holding the phone for him because he couldn’t hold the phone because he’s in a sling," Fulps said.

He told her he thinks he escaped through a bus window but he doesn't quite remember, Fulps said.

"He wasn't doing too good then," said Fulps. "He was pretty out of it because they were doing breathing treatments and there was a lot of pain from the fracture."

Anthony (left), who had just been accepted to Humboldt University, suffered a fractured elbow and smoke inhalation.

"I'm very, very thankful," said Fulps. "I just broke down."

The crash occurred around 5:40 p.m. Thursday. The charter bus collided with a FedEx big rig and white Nissan on Interstate 5 near Orland, Calif., CHP officials said.

CHP officials said among the dead are five students, three chaperones and two truck drivers. At least 34 passengers were injured.

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The FedEx truck was heading south when it crossed the center line and hit the northbound bus head-on, causing the bus to erupt into flames, CHP officials said. The reason the FedEx crashed or how the Nissan was involved was not clear.

Nearly 50 people were on board, including the students, a few chaperones and the driver, CHP officials said. The group of students from Los Angeles and Riverside school districts was heading to Humboldt University's Spring Preview Day this weekend.

A parent told NBC4 her twin daughters, Marisa and Marisol Serrato, are students at Norte Vista High School in Riverside, but they boarded two separate buses because one daughter had signed up for the tour late. Their mother said she couldn't get a hold of the daughter who was aboard and was desperate for information about her condition.

"We love them a lot and we're waiting for them to come back," the twins' younger sister Clara Serrato told NBC4.

Jonathan Gutierrez (right), one of two students at Banning High School in Wilmington, was on the bus and told NBC4 the impact was sudden, extremely painful and immediately ignited a fire. Passengers smashed open windows to escape. He told NBC4 that he had planned to sit in the front of the bus, but moved to the back after his friend convinced him to do so. He added that most of the damage occurred in the front of the bus.

"I fell to the ground , cause I was at the edge of the seat.  I looked forward to the bus and I just see fire. Just fire, a ball of fire. And then...ball of fire. Everybody screaming and like I was panicking so I just started banging the window to the right," student Karmin Aguilar said. "Everybody, like three people were trying to fit through the window at one time."

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick slammed media reports that he is being investigated by Miami police for sexual assault.

In a series of three tweets first sent at 7:30 a.m. Friday morning, Kaepernick wrote:

"The charges made in the TMZ story and other stories I’ve seen are completely wrong," he tweeted.  "They make things up about me that never happened. I take great pride in who I am and what I do, but  I guess sometimes you have to deal with someone who makes things up. I want to thank all of the people who have shared their encouraging sentiments. I assure you that your faith is not misplaced."

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TMZ on Thursday first broke the news about Kaepernick, saying in its headline that he was being investigated for a sexual assault.

Later in the day, the Miami police department released a report filed April 3 by a woman who said she is a former lover of Kaepernick's. In the report, the woman said that she partied with him and two other NFL players, passed out at the Miami Viceroy hotel on April 2, and wound up at a hospital later without having any idea how she got there.

The report alleges no specific crime.

(1/3) The charges made in the TMZ story and other stories I’ve seen are completely wrong.  They make things up about me that never happened.

— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) April 11, 2014

(2/3)  I take great pride in who I am and what I do, but  I guess sometimes you have to deal with someone who makes things up.

— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) April 11, 2014

(3/3)  I want to thank all of the people who have shared their encouraging sentiments. I assure you that your faith is not misplaced.

— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) April 11, 2014

According to the police report, the woman -- who, according to the police report, had a previous sexual relationship with Kaepernick -- said she went to visit Ricardo Lockette, 27, at his unit at the luxury residences of the Viceroy in downtown Miami on April 1 about 9 p.m. Kaepernick and 49ers wide receiver Quinton Patton, 23, were also there.

The woman said she mixed drinks for the men and gave them shots, according to the report. She said the men told her that if she wanted to drink she had to "hit the bong, which contained marijuana," the report states.

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They chatted for a while and watched basketball.

Before midnight, she started to feel "light headed," she told police, and she went to lie down.

She said Kaepernick came behind her in the bedroom and started kissing her, the report states. He started to undress her, and she told police she got naked. They did not have sex at this time, the report states.

Kaepernick left, saying he'd be right back.

When the woman called out that she was in bed naked, Patton and Lockette opened the door and "peeked" inside, the report states. She remembers yelling, "What are you doing? Where is Colin? Get out!" the report states. They closed the door and left.

But the woman cannot remember anything after that.

She woke up in a hospital and can't remember arriving there.

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Miami police said they are investigating the report, as is standard when someone files one.

Wisconsin-based XAM Sports, which represents Kaepernick, also issued a statement to CSN Bay Area in support of their client on Friday.

"We stand by Colin 100% and are fully confident that the truth will be evident once the facts come to light regarding this matter. Thank you for supporting Colin."

Agent Scott Smith represents Kaepernick, who is in line for a lucrative contract extension.

General manager Trent Baalke said recently at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando, Fla., the 49ers hope to have a new deal in place before the opening of training camp. And 49ers CEO Jed York said Kaepernick deserves to be paid like a top quarterback.
 

Fire started on one boat docked near the edge of Harbor Island and then spread to another late Thursday.

The call came in to San Diego firefighters just before 10 p.m. with a report of an explosion at the marina located near 2040 Harbor Island Drive.

Crews found a boat on fire and began battling the flames until the fire was out the boat had sunk.

Unfortunately, flames caused damage to a second boat.

Harbor police divers searched the area surrounding the boat for anyone who may have fallen overboard.

No one was injured.

The cause of the fire was unknown.

Four Pacific pocket mice have been born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, according to San Diego Zoo Global. It’s the first litter this season.

The Pacific pocket mouse, thought to have gone extinct in the 1980s, was rediscovered in 1993, according to researchers. There are only three wild populations of the rare mice, all in Southern California.

In 2012, the zoo and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service started a breeding program to save the endangered mouse.

The mother of the latest litter, which was born April 1, was the first Pacific Pocket mouse born in the breeding program, according to the zoo.

Another litter is expected this weekend.

The breeding facility is equipped with air conditioners and humidifiers to mimic coastal weather and large skylights so the nocturnal creatures know when the sun is rising and setting.

According to scientists, a Pacific pocket mouse has a gestation period of 23 days and can reach sexual maturity in less than two weeks. This means these newborn pups could themselves reproduce this breeding season.
 

 A U.S. Navy ship built in San Diego is joining international forces to aid in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the Navy announced Thursday.

The U.S. 7th Fleet supply ship USNS Cesar Chavez is set to take fuel, provisions and freight to Australian naval ships that are actively searching for the plane off the western coast of Australia.

"Although a crisis has brought us to these waters, the team aboard Chavez is standing by and proud to support such a vital mission," said Chavez's civil service master Capt. Rollin Bellfi.

The 689-foot Chavez will be setting off from Singapore with its crew of 125 civilian service mariners and 11 Navy sailors.

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The ship’s mission came after a formal joint operations command request for tanker support was sent to the U.S. Pacific Command.

The Navy said their response is part of its commitment to allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region.

"This is an unexpected assignment, but our logistics ships are used to responding quickly to emergent requirements," said COMLOG WESTPAC replenishment officer, Lt. Cmdr. Gentry Debord.

From the U.S. Pacific Fleet, USNS Cesar Chavez joins two P-8 Poseidon patrol aicraft, a towed pinger locator and an underwater vehicle Bluefin-21 side-scan sonar.

The Chavez was constructed by NASSCO in the heart of Barrio Logan, and it was christened in San Diego in 2012. It was the first Navy ship to be named after a Mexican-American.

Meanwhile, in the hunt for Flight MH370, a new possible signal from the jet’s black box was located underwater Thursday.

An Australian navy aircraft picked up the signal in the area where a ship first hears sounds consistent with a black box, according to the Associated Press.

The search area has been scaled down to its smallest size yet – just over 22,000 square miles.

The Sweetwater teacher's union has reached a tentative agreement with the Sweetwater Union High School District, averting a major strike in the South County school district.

The three-year contract reached late Thursday night follows six months of difficult labor negotiations and caustic disagreements that included teachers picketing.

The President of the Sweetwater Education Assocation Roberto Rodriguez said he was relieved to reach an agreement that addressed all the teacher's concerns including improving their health benefits, their salary and decreasing class sizes.

"It feels good to finally be done," Rodriguez said. "I'm guessing most of our teachers will be relieved because the stress of 'will there be a strike or won't there be a strike' has been weighing heavily on all of us."

Main points of the agreement include:

•  A 30:1 staffing ratio for the 2014 to 2015 school year
• A 5 percent raise over two years
• A maximum health care contribution of $13,130 for families of teachers covered under the district's health insurance plan

A point of major contention in negotiations included the district imposing a cap on health care contributions last year.

In a previously negotiated contract, the district promised to contribute 68 percent of health care costs. But, as insurance rates rose, the district decided to cap that contribution, which the union described as an unfair labor practice. As a result, some part-time teachers received negative paychecks, according to Helen Farias, a board member of the Sweetwater Education Association.

The deal struck Thursday will reimburse teachers for the imposed difference, and begin a $13,130 cap on district and taxpayer health care contributions, starting January 2015.

Superintendent Dr. Ed Brand held a news conference late last month, saying he felt the deal the district was offering was fair.

"The Sweetwater district is basically a large family, and just like families have from time to time, we have squabbles. But that's what they are. They are squabbles that should not be escalating," Brand said during the press briefing. "So we need to stop the escalation and we need to get back to the bargaining table and we need to do the right thing."

Before the tentative agreement reached late Thursday night, negotiations with a mediator were moving into the fact-finding stages of negotiations.

The agreement will have to be ratified by a majority of teachers - a process that can take a couple of months. 

A Yuba City teen could be deported to Mexico following her conviction on felony marijuana distribution charges. She sold pot brownies to pay for a prom dress, according to reports.

Saira Munoz, now 19, was a senior at River Valley High School when, short of cash to pay for a dress, she "hired a friend to sell her marijuana-laced brownies," according to the Los Angeles Times.

She was arrested after a student became "sick off of one of the brownies."

Munoz served nine days in jail for the felony conviction and was sentenced to four years' probation, the newspaper reported.

Munoz could now face deportation in violation of a temporary visa granted her in 2000.

A hot air balloon ride intended to be a birthday present took an unexpected turn in San Diego Thursday.

The balloon basket was carrying seven passengers and a pilot when it was blown off course in the Rancho Penasquitos area.

If there was any tension in the balloon you would not have known it by the laughter of the passengers once they landed.

“Did we worry the neighbors,” one passenger asked referring to all the residents out in their backyards watching the balloon as it drifted just above the rooftops.

The pilot was able to land it in a dirt lot behind the San Diego Fire Station off of Carmel Mountain Road.

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Sky Surfer Balloon Company pilot Bill Brandt used the term “precautionary landing” to describe the unusual landing site.

“There was no crisis going on. There was no fuel issue,” Brandt said.

“We wanted to land farther north of here but the winds took us a little farther south than we would have liked to have landed,” he said.

The “birthday girl” who wanted to be identified as Franci said it was a fun ride regardless.

“I won't forget it. It was very thrilling,” she said adding that she never felt scared. 

Her cousin, Margi Wangaard of Encinitas, purchased the ride as a gift and said they enjoyed beautiful views of the coast before the landing site change.

“I knew he would make it but there was a little nervousness there. You know, 'Don't hit the fence, make sure you go straight,'" she said. 

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No one was injured.

 A college student was faced with the choice of putting her beloved dog down after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Chula Vista.

The morning of April 3, Christina Tamayo picked up the phone to receive some scary news: her Rottweiler-Labrador mix, Max, was seriously injured in a crash.

The dog had jumped the fence at her boyfriend’s house and ran into 2nd Avenue near E Street in Chula Vista. There, a driver in an unknown vehicle hit the dog and sped away.

Arriving at the scene, Tamayo didn’t realize at first how serious Max’s injuries were. The dog’s face as dripping with blood, but he seemed alert.

“When I saw him, he was fine, and once they picked him up to go to the vet, he started crying and crying,” she said.

Max had suffered a broken leg, a broken pelvis, a dislocated hip and needed stitches – information Tamayo said she found out after paying $500 for just a consultation at a Chula Vista veterinary office.

Tamayo would have had to pay another $4,000 up front for the vet to perform surgery. The price tag was more than Tamayo – a full-time criminal justice student at Southwestern College – could afford.

“My mom said I need to put him down, but I said, ‘I can’t. He’s like my kid,’” Tamayo told NBC 7.

Max had just turned six-months-old, and Tamayo knew he could survive the injuries.

Instead, she took Max to a veterinarian in Rancho Santa Fe, who charged $2,000 for the surgery and put Tamayo on a payment plan.

“I’m just happy I got to give him a second chance and happy to see him peaceful,” Tamayo said.

But now, she must find the money to pay for his surgery bills. To help, Tamayo’s sister-in-law, Ashley, started an online fund with the goal of raising $2,000.

As for Max: the dog is recovering well. Tamayo said he’s still in pain when she moves him, but after more rest, he will be fine.

A San Diego mother who strangled her infant son and then threw him out of a third-story window will spend decades behind bars, a judge ruled Friday.

Zewoinesh Badasso showed no emotion when she was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

A stranger found 7-month-old David on the ground below the windows of the Park View Apartments complex in North Park on Sept. 7. 2012.

When she was interviewed by San Diego police homicide investigators, Badasso claimed she was opening a third-story window while holding the baby.

However, the medical examiner determined that David had been strangled. Officials had found ligature marks on the boy's neck and other injuries that showed he had been beaten.

When Badasso was told of the child's death, she appeared to be shocked and saddened according to her defense attorney.

She pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

After jurors returned a guilty verdict on first-degree murder charges and child abuse in February, the sanity phase of the trial began soon after.

Her attorney argued Badasso suffered from "post-partum psychosis" but jurors found Badasso was sane at the time of the killing.

One person was killed in Oceanside overnight after a car slammed into a tree, officials confirmed.

The Oceanside Police Department said the fatal rollover crash happened around 12:15 a.m. on College Boulevard, between Old Grove and Avenida de la Plata.

When officers arrived on scene, they found the driver dead.

Investigators said the vehicle – a 2013 Toyota – was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed when it crossed into the northbound lanes, veered off the roadway and struck a tree, ejecting the driver.

The driver has not yet been identified. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office will release those details later, after the victim's family is notified.

No other vehicles were involved in the fatal accident, and no one else was injured.

Traffic on College Boulevard was shut down in both directions for hours while police collected evidence and cleared the crash.
 

Charges have been upgraded to murder for the 16-year-old boy who allegedly set a mattress on fire in a Coney Island apartment building, sparking a blaze that killed a veteran NYPD officer who responded to the blaze, authorities say.

Teenager Marcell Dockery was charged Friday with second-degree murder; he had already faced charges of assault, reckless endangerment and arson. Detectives say the boy told them he lit the mattress on fire because he was bored. 

Dennis Guerra, 38, and his partner, 36-year-old Rosa Rodriguez, were among the first police officers who responded to the fire Sunday afternoon in the building on Surf Avenue.

The two took an elevator to the 13th floor to warn residents and help evacuate the building, but when they emerged from the elevator they were overcome by smoke.

Both officers, who are members of the force's housing bureau, were found unconscious by firefighters. Guerra, a married father of four and seven-year NYPD veteran, died of his injuries Wednesday morning. He had two daughters, 20 and 14, and two sons, 17 and 7. 

Rodriguez is still recovering.

Five people suffered minor injuries, including two firefighters, authorities said. 
Dockery's attorney, Jesse Young, warned against a "rush to judgment" and said Friday his client is innocent.

--Andrew Siff contributed to this story

Two associates of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez were indicted Friday on murder charges, in connection with his alleged fatal shooting of a semi-professional football player last year.

A Massachusetts grand jury charged both Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace with murder in connection with the June 2013 shooting death of Odin Lloyd in North Attleboro, Mass., NECN reported.

Bristol County District Attorney's Office said Ortiz and Wallace, both of Bristol, Conn., will be arraigned on the new charge in Fall River on a date that has yet to be determined.

Ortiz and Wallace had both pleaded not guilty to their previous charge of accessory to murder after the fact.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to murdering 27-year-old Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.

An abandoned nightclub in Logan Heights will be demolished hours after flames tore through building and prompted the evacuation of nearby residents early Friday.

The building was formerly Malena's Club on Nationa Ave near 30th Street.

Ana Cardenas lives just a few feet from the abandoned building and reported the fire around 2:10 a.m.

"The smell of the smoke. Watched it from the front, it's a lot of fire. Yeah, so I told my daughter I'll call to 911," Cardenas told NBC 7.

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Nearby resident Higinio Andrade said he heard an explosion so he took a look outside to see what was going on.

"All of a sudden I just looked out here, I came to the back, and I looked and I said ‘Whoa.’" Andrade said.

San Diego police evacuated two nearby apartment buildings. Units were pulled from other divisions to help get residents to safety and control traffic.

Five blocks were shut down to traffic, police said.

A structural engineer deemed the building unsafe so a demolition crew brought in a bulldozer to knock the building down.

It’s not the first fire for Malena's Club.

Andrade says the building caught fire a few years ago.

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A San Diego police lieutenant said police have been working to keep people out of the abandoned building since that fire.

Even so, he said there was fire there just a few weeks ago.
 

Two siblings were busted by U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Clemente, Calif., Thursday with dozens of pounds of cocaine stashed inside their SUV as they attempted to cross a checkpoint, officials said.

The border bust happened at the Interstate 5 checkpoint around 7 a.m. after agents stopped two Mexican nationals traveling in a 2003 Ford Explorer. When asked why they were in the U.S., the siblings told agents they were here to do some shopping.

The duo was referred for a secondary inspection. When a K-9 sniffed their vehicle, a positive alert was given to agents.

Officials said Border Patrol agents searched the SUV and discovered 20 bundles of drugs hidden beneath the floor, in the hatchback portion of the vehicle. The bundles contained more than 54 pounds of cocaine worth approximately $702,130, Border Patrol officials said.

The siblings and drugs were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The suspects now face charges for smuggling drugs.

Their names were not released.

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San Diego police are actively investigating a high-end bicycle theft case that's believed to be part of a countywide series.

Two men in their 20s have been arrested and are believed to be responsible for dozens of bike theft cases.

Some of the recovered stolen bikes are valued at as high as $15,000.

Carmel Valley resident Timothy Hall and his fiancé Karen Singer may be one of the victims.

Their specialized FSR mountain bike, initially purchased for more than $1,000, was stolen earlier this year.

Hall had locked the bicycle along with two beach cruisers to their car port. He says he used a heavy-duty, professional lock.

“I came out and didn’t expect to see the bike gone, and I thought what happened to my bike?” Hall said. “I look at the ground and I see this big lock was cut right in half with what seemed to be professional bolt cutters.”

Hall says the thieves left behind the beach cruisers.

“Obviously they were scoping the neighborhood looking for good bikes,” he said.

According to Officer Jim Johnson, the suspects target high-end homes, drive through the neighborhoods and look for open garage doors or accessible patios for any expensive bikes.

To protect your bicycle, police advise you not to leave your garage door open and unattended.

Don’t leave your bike on your porch or patio without being locked up.

As far as getting your bicycle back, take good photographs of it and document all of the factor serial numbers on any parts including the frame.

Many stolen bikes are parted out and these individual parts do not contain serial numbers. If you have an expensive seat, fork, rims or drive-train, permanently mark each item and photograph and document those marks. In some of these cases, police may recover many of the parts with no way for the victim to positively identify them.

Another option is purchasing a GPS tracking system that can be attached to your bicycle, similar to those available for vehicles.

Officials say there may be additional suspects in the crime ring.

The San Diego Police Department is searching for twin brothers who investigators say were responsible for a City Heights shooting that left one man dead and another injured.

Anibal Avila and Edward Avila, both 22, are accused in the death of Rafael Robles, 34, exactly one year ago.

Police said the incident started when the Avila brothers pulled up in a dark-colored pick-up truck alongside the two victims in the west alley of 4000 39th Street on April 11, 2013.

The brothers got into some sort of argument and fight with the victims, according to investigators. Eventually, one of the suspects pulled out a handgun from his clothing and shot Robles and the 32-year-old man multiple times.

The twins then fled in their truck, police said, leaving Robles dead and the other man hospitalized.

San Diego County Crime Stoppers announced Friday that both the Avilas are at large and could have escaped to Mexico.

Anibal has black hair and brown eyes, weighs about 125 pounds and is 5-feet-4-inches tall. Edward has the same colored eyes and hair, but he weighs 145 pounds and stands 5-feet-5-inches tall.

If you know anything about their location, call the SDPD homicide unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 888-580-8477.

Emergency crews rushed to Torrey Pines Beach Friday afternoon to rescue an injured man who had fallen approximately 25 feet down some cliffs, officials said.

San Diego lifeguards and San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) crews commenced their rescue efforts just after 3:30 p.m. Construction workers had seen the man fall down the cliffs and called 911.

Lee Swanson with the SDFD said the man had fallen between 20 and 25 feet down the rocky cliffs and had suffered some sort of head injury.

The terrain where he came to rest was difficult to access, but rescuers managed to tend to the patient as best as possible on the cliffs before airlifting him out

He was taken to a local hospital. His condition is unknown at this time.

The man's name was not released.