Some members of the West Haven Land Trust appear to be balking at a plan to build a playground to honor one of the victims of Sandy Hook.

In the 16 months since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, 18 playgrounds have been constructed in communities struck hard by Superstorm Sandy in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. The playgrounds are named in honor of some of the 26 victims of the tragedy.

There’s a proposal to build one in West Haven in honor of Charlotte Bacon, whose parents have fond memories of taking family trips to the West Haven shoreline.

Some members of the land trust aren't sold on the idea. They feel allowing the playground to be built could open the door to future expansion.

West Haven Mayor Ed O'Brien favors building the playground and says he is in talks with members of the land trust.

“I feel it should be done. It's the perfect fit for it,” said O’Brien. “There has to be some kind of balance. I'm not in favor of large-scale development. I don't think this playground is large-scale development.”

The playground would be built on a 55-by-75-foot grassy area in the Savin Rock section of West Haven. It's not much in terms of development, but business owners say they need all the help they can get.

"If you go to any shorefront communities, towns up and down the coast, the ones that thrive nurture and enhance [their shorelines],” said Paul Gagliardi, Jr. “Beautify it so that everybody gets to enjoy it.”

Gagliardi is a co-owner of Jimmies of Savin Rock, a restaurant that sits near the potential site for the playground. He welcomes the playground, and the economic boost he feels could come from it.

Members of the land trust did not return requests for comment.

Mayor O’Brien says he’ll meet with the land trust over the weekend, ahead of a City Council Meeting Monday evening.

The council will only decide whether to accept the gift of the playground from the Sandy Ground Project. The council will not make a decision on where the playground should go.

Investigators are trying to determine what went wrong on a Northern California highway Thursday night, when a delivery truck crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed into a bus carrying prospective college students from Southern California, leaving 10 people dead.

California Highway Patrol officials and other public safety personnel said at a news conference Friday morning that nine people died at the scene of Thursday's crash and a 10th victim died at a hospital. Those killed included five students and five adults who were traveling to Humboldt State University for a campus visit. Thirty-one victims were hospitalized after the crash.

• Update: Chain of Events Remains "Unclear"

It remained "unclear" whether the FedEx driver had fallen asleep or experienced a mechanical failure on the vehicle, CHP officers said Friday.

The update comes as coroner's officials confirmed the identity of a crash victim -- 26-year-old Arthur Arzola, a Humboldt State University admissions counselor based in Los Angeles.

Jonathan Gutierrez, one of two students at Banning High School in Wilmington who was sitting in the back row, told NBC4 Southern California the impact was sudden, extremely painful and immediately ignited a fire.

“It was just a big bang," Gutierrez said. "I had my eyes closed. I was trying to go to sleep. When I heard it I was just like, 'What just happened?' I didn’t want to believe that we crashed, but it was surreal moment."

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The students traveling on the bus were set to visit Humboldt State University for a college tour. The California Highway Patrol officials said Friday that among the dead are three chaperones and the drivers of both vehicles.

Another student on the bus, Karmin Aguilar, spoke with NBC4 about the moments immediately after the crash.

"I looked forward to the bus, and I just see fire," Aguilar said. "Just fire, a ball of fire."

She said everyone started screaming and she "started banging the window to the right. Everybody, like three people were trying to fit through the window at one time."

CHP first reported seven students and the bus driver were killed in the crash, but later revised that figure. Five students and five adults were killed, the agency said Friday morning.

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

• PHOTOS: 10 Dead in Northern California Bus Crash

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 truck crashed or how the Nissan was involved was not clear.

An autopsy will determine whether the driver of the FedEx truck had a medical condition or was deceased before the accident.

The bus belonged to Silverado Stages, a tour bus company based out of San Luis Obispo.

The NBC4 I-Team found that Silverado Stages, one of the largest charter bus companies in California, has a good safety record, though the company had two crashes in the last three months, according to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration records. FedEx, however, has been involved in 171 accidents in California -- five of them fatal -- in the last two years, according to safety records.

FedEx could not immediately confirm if the big rig was owned by the company or leased from a sub-contractor.

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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 the University's Spring Preview Day this weekend.

According to the itinerary, the students left LA's Union Station 6 a.m. Thursday and were supposed to arrive at HSU by 7 or 8 p.m. They were scheduled to return to LA Sunday morning. Parents had to complete an authorization form consenting to medical treatment before the students were allowed to board.

LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy said several LAUSD students were on the bus, and at least one student who was injured called to say she was ok.

"We don’t know the exact number of LAUSD students who were on the bus, because this was not an LAUSD field trip," Deasy told NBC4. "The field trip was organized by an outside group to visit Humboldt State."

LAUSD spokesman Tommy Chang confirmed students from Robert F. Kennedy High School and Manual Arts High School were among those on the trip.

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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.

Gov. Jerry Brown issued a statement Thursday evening on the deadly crash.

"Anne and I extend our heartfelt and deep sympathies to the families, friends and loved ones of those who died in the tragic accident near Orland this evening," he said.  "As we mourn the loss of those who died, we join all Californians in expressing our gratitude for the tireless work of the Red Cross and emergency personnel who responded bravely to this terrible tragedy."

LAUSD administrators were en route to the scene of the crash. Both FedEx and Silverado Stages said they were working with authorities during the investigation.

Parents and family members of students who were on the bus may contact Humboldt University police for more information at 707-826-5555.

Orland is about 480 miles north of Los Angeles, and 150 miles north of San Francisco.

NBC4's Tena Ezzeddine, Robert Kovacik, Jacob Rascon and Gadi Schwartz contributed to this report.

 For the first time, Pope Francis publicly asked for forgiveness Friday on behalf of Catholic priests who have sexually abused children.

But for some San Diego victims, the apology still is not enough.

On Vatican Radio, the pope addressed the decades-long issue head-on.

"I feel compelled to personally take on all the evil which some priests, quite a few in number, obviously not compared to the number of all the priests, to personally ask for forgiveness for the damage they have done for having sexually abused children," he said, according to NBC News.

That forgiveness must come from victims like San Diegan Jim Dunlap. He was preyed upon by Father Ted Llanos in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Dunlap said he would have liked to hear the pope’s speech 20 years ago.

“Forgiveness has to be given, and considering all that’s been taken from me, I’m not at a point where I’m willing to do that or ready to do that,” he said.

Dunlap was abused from 1972 to 1975 by a man everyone thought was “the greatest guy in the world.”

For years, Dunlap said Llanos threatened that if he told anything about the abuse, no one would believe him.

Twenty years later, Dunlap became one of six altar boys to sue the archdiocese for sexual abuse by Llanos.

After 12 years in court, his case was settled in 2007 for $1.2 million.

But for the now 54-year-old Dunlap, who has no wife or kids, neither the money nor the apology will make up for his ordeal.

“Considering all that’s been taken from me, I’m not at a point where I’m willing to [forgive],” Dunlap said.

Pope Francis has created a commission to help the Catholic Church tackle the problem of pedophilia. Last month, he appointed a former child victim to serve in the group.

Dunlap hopes the church goes a step beyond that to offer lifetime therapy to all victims.

Childhood pictures of Krystle Campbell show nothing but smiles — which is exactly how her family continues to remember the 29-year-old, whose life was stolen by the twin bombings at the Boston Marathon almost one year ago.

Her parents, Patty and Bill, shared exclusively with NECN personal stories about Krystle, from her devotion to her ailing family members in Somerville, Mass., to the heartbreaking confusion of the day she died.

Krystle's grandmother Wilma shared her own memories of her granddaughter's care, remembering the time Krystle turned living with her friends to be closer to her. She was recently widowed at the time and recovering from colon surgery.

"And then she lived with me after I got sick," Wilma Campbell said. "She thought maybe I would need her, so she lived here with me a little over two years."

• NECN Web Exclusive — Krystle Campbell's Father: "It Doesn't Make Sense"

Patty and Bill saw Krystle every day until April 15, 2013, when she saw a Red Sox game with friends before heading to the marathon finish line.

"My son thought my daughter was at that Red Sox game, and we tried to call her," Patty recalled of the moments after the blasts first rocked the marathon finish line. "My son said to me, 'Mom, I have a funny feeling that Krystle is involved in this.' My son had a sixth sense."

One Error's 15 Painful Hours

When the bombs exploded, Krystle's friend Karen Rand was carrying Krystle's purse — leading first responders mistakenly to identify Karen as Krystle at the hospital.

That meant that for 15 hours, Krystle's parents thought their daughter was alive and in surgery.

"They told us that she was in surgery," Patty said. "A quarter to three that morning, they told us they got the bleeding under control, that we could go in for a brief minute. And then we're just going to leave it at that. We found out there was an error," Patty recalled, her voice faltering.

Karen had endured life-altering injuries but ultimately survived. Krystle had not.

"After thinking for 15 hours that your daughter is going through all of this stuff, but she's not, she's gone..." Bill said. "A parent should never have to bury their child, because it's the hardest thing that any parent has to go through, to lose a child. I don't care if it's a newborn or six years or 30 years or 40 years."

An Unexpected Letter From a Survivor

The Campbells have been sustained by the thoughts and prayers promised by the letters, cards and other tokens of support they've received from people around the world.

But the letter that affected them most deeply came from a woman in California who had stood right by Krystle at the marathon finish line.

Krystle was standing at the barrier with a view of the finish line, and when she overheard that the sister of the California woman behind her was about to cross the finish line, she offered her spot so she could see better, the woman wrote.

"My daughter says, 'Well, you know, our runner is not going to be here for a few more minutes, why don't you step in front of us?'" Bill explained.

"I guess my daughter went out behind her, and less than three or four seconds later, the bomb went off. And the woman from California felt like it was her fault. But it wasn't," Bill said, weeping.

"Why Is Our Daughter Gone?"

It's not easy for Patty and Bill to see Krystle's friends who have recovered from their blast injuries.

Patty recalled how she saw one of her daughter's friends at an event, and the friend asked if she were mad. "I said, 'No, God no, I'm not mad at you at all. I'm not mad at you,'" Patty said.

But Bill said he can't help but wonder: "'Why is our daughter gone and you're still here?'"

That question — a "natural human thought," Patty observes — isn't one the Campbell family will ever be able to answer. But as they try to make peace with Krystle's death, her grandmother Wilma Campbell takes comfort in the belief that Krystle is now reunited with her late grandfather.

"I said that when I first saw her in the casket, I told her, 'Okay, Papa's waiting for you, and you'll be okay,'" Wilma said.

Wal-Mart wants to check your receipt.  If the retail giant finds that you paid too much at their store, they will give money back in store credit.

"Typically they have always put the burden on the consumer to show the discounted price," said San Diego State University marketing professor Steven Osinski.  But in this case, Wal-Mart says it is comparing prices on 80,000 food and household products.

The program being tested in San Diego and six other cities is called "Savings Catcher." Shoppers need to sign up on the Wal-Mart website and register their receipt after each shopping trip. 

Within 72 hours, a Wal-Mart price tool compares the receipt with sale items at other local stores.  The price difference is placed in the shopper's account as store credit.

"You can either use the credit immediately or you can accrue the credits over time and make a purchase later on," said Osinski.

But there is a catch.  Wal-Mart will only check prices at local stores and not online sales.  In San Diego, prices will be compared to stores like Albertsons, Ralph's, Rite Aid, CVS, Target and Dollar Tree but not Amazon. And you can only spend the money at Walmart.

Cathy Tovar signed up and immediately got store credit.

"It was a small receipt, and I saved $1.74," said Tovar. "It was like, might as well, it is extra money."

There are restrictions to the price match: Wal-Mart will not price compare items like electronics, toys, sporting goods, firearms and jewelry.

Gearheads – and those who simply appreciate the beauty of a classic car – will get an opportunity to gaze at some fine fenders this weekend as the 9th Annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance rolls into the elite seaside city.

The automobile event is happening Friday through Sunday at Ellen Browning Scripps Park in La Jolla Cove and will boast a bevy of luxurious, vintage cars, including American sports cars, ‘50s classics, Woodies and Italian and British marques. Big brands at the event will include Rolls Royce, Bentley, Cadillac, Bugatti and Duesenberg – the best of the best.

Against the beautiful backdrop of La Jolla, spectators will get to admire the rides while daydreaming of taking a cruise on the open road in their favorites.

The Concours d’Elegance weekend includes several events, including a cocktail party Friday night at the La Valencia Hotel and the Bentley Exclusive VIP Reception happening Saturday evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Ellen Browning Scripps Park. Tickets to that part cost $125 per person.

On Sunday, the classic car show will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $40 per person in advance, or $50 at the event. Children 14 and under get in for free. VIP tickets to Sunday’s happenings cost $125 and include access to a VIP area with food and drink, plus a commemorative program.

To purchase tickets online, click here and to learn more about the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance, visit the event website.
 

Family members of three young people killed in connection with a Christmas Eve shooting at a San Diego mall want to dispel rumors, saying “no one is hiding anything.”

San Diego police are investigating the shooting deaths of Gianni Belvedere, 24, Salvatore Belvedere, 22, and Ilona Flint, 22.

Sal and Ilona were shot in the parking lot of Westfield Mission Valley mall in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve 2013.

Gianni Belvedere was reported missing after the shooting until his body was discovered in the trunk of his car in Riverside on Jan.17. Investigators revealed Gianni, too, had been a victim of homicide.

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The victim’s family members have launched a website to combat rumors they say are swirling around the murder mystery.

“There have been many rumors and speculation from love triangles, drug deals, you name it! None of the speculation has any merit,” a post on the site reads.

It's also the first time we're hearing from the parents regarding speculation as to who might target their two sons.

“We are good parents, we prayed, and we taught them good morals. There has never been any violence in our families,” reads a post written by their mother.

The family reports that police believe Gianni Belvedere was last seen on Friars Road at 10 p.m.

When Gianni didn’t arrive to pick Ilona up from her job at Cathy Jean shoes, Ilona called Sal.

The family said Sal was awakened by Ilona’s call and parked in the “usual area/spot where Ilona is picked up from when finishing work.”

The site then shares this breakdown of a police radio call made after Ilona called 911 for help. The term “X-ray” is code for woman on police scanners.

1:10:47 AM - Call is picked up.
1:13:32 AM - "X-Ray said I'm at Mission Valley Westhills Mall"
1:13:55 AM - "Then yelled ouch I've been shot"
1:14:21 AM - "The RP (reporting party) stopped talking"

The website claims police records cite a car matching the suspect’s description “traveling at a high rate of speed on 43rd Street in San Diego.”

Three months later, the case remains a mystery.

The most recent suspect information released by investigators was of a man wearing a black hoodie with white bands in the biceps area of the sweatshirt, tan pants and white tennis shoes. He was described as an unknown race, standing 5-foot-10 to 6-foot, police said.

It's believed that the suspect was at the Mission Valley mall at 11:15 p.m. the night before the shooting and returned to the mall at 12:15 a.m. on Dec. 24.

• Read: "A Ball of Fire:" 10 Dead in Bus Crash

The family said Gianni was working as the manager of the family's restaurant Mario's. Sal was working as the chef. The family says they had just finalized the sale of the restaurant a week before the murders.

"Gianni was an outgoing charming people person who was business savvy and Sal was the artist he created each meal with thought and high standards," the site continued.

Of Ilona, her mother, Inga, writes, “She was smart, but didn’t wear it on her sleeve. She was beautiful, but she wasn’t a narcissist. She was kind but didn’t use her kindness as social currency.”

They describe Gianni and Ilona as teenage sweethearts and Sal as their best friend.

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To those who wish to help solve the case, the families ask that they either donate to a reward fund or simply keep the case alive by talking about it in the hopes that someone, somewhere will unearth a detail leading to answers.

There is a fundraiser scheduled for April 13 at the Eastbound Bar and Grill in Lakeside.

CrimeStoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case. Loved ones have also created a website to increase the reward, which has raised $1,000 so far.

At a media briefing Friday, two sisters of the Belvedere brothers, Antoinette and Laura, spoke about the importance of the fundraiser and how extra money could help solve the case.

They said all funds raised on Sunday will be added to the existing Crimestoppers fund.

"The more money we can raise to keep this thing going, so it doesn't die down, the better it is for us. Just to keep it going; I don't want it to die," said Antoinette.

The sisters also talked about the pain of going through life now without their brothers.

"We miss them, dearly. It's a struggle every day for us to wake up knowing that our brothers are not with us," said Laura.

The Belvedere sisters didn't give any updates on the police investigation and said they really had no new details to share.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information can call the San Diego Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or CrimeStoppers at 888-580-8477.

A dog was found dead and two firefighters were injured Friday in the aftermath of a two-alarm fire in a Mira Mesa condominium. 

Smoke and flames were first reported at noon in the 8800-block of Hillery Drive. 

San Diego Fire-Rescue officials said a second-story unit caught fire, and as the flames spread, a single-story unit in a separate building became engulfed in fire. 

No one was home in either unit. 

As they worked to put it out, one San Diego firefighter recieved burns to his ear, and a Miramar firefighter had a minor injury to his right bicep. 

Crews found a dog dead on the second story, officials said.

There is no word on the cause of the fire. The damage is an estimated $300,000 to property and $100,000 to contents inside. 

A neighbor reported feeling her house shake and her windows rattle before she saw the smoke erupting from the condo. 

San Diego Police officers also responded to the scene to provide traffic control while firefighters extinguished the blaze.

 It took about half an hour for crews to knock down the fire.

 One person is dead after a crash that prompted a Sig Alert on State Route 79 Friday afternoon in eastern San Diego County. 

The California Highway Patrol said around 3 p.m., a motorcyle and a vehicle crashed on SR 79 near K Q Ranch Road, southeast of Julian. 

The motorcyclist was killed. 

The CHP closed down both sides of the highway and issued a Sig Alert for the area, though some traffic is being allowed through.

The crash is still under investigation. 

Loved ones will gather Saturday morning in Coronado for a memorial bike ride dedicated to a beloved bicyclist, father and friend killed by a suspected DUI driver while riding his bike in Chula Vista last month.

On Mar. 3, David Voigt, 44, was fatally struck by a Nissan Maxima while riding his bike home from his job at the Sweetwater Water Authority.

The car – reported stolen out of National City and driven by suspected drunk driver Michael Reyes, 29 – cut across oncoming traffic near J Street and Dennis Avenue before driving onto the sidewalk, striking Voigt, who was riding his bike the opposite way. The impact was so intense, it split Voigt’s bicycle in two. The car then smashed through a utility pole and split a tree trunk that was half the width of the car.

Voigt was critically injured and taken to a local hospital. He died a short time later.

Reyes, who police said was drunk behind the wheel, survived the crash, but also sustained serious injuries. He was arraigned from his hospital bed a few days later, charged with multiple counts including gross vehicular manslaughter, vehicle theft, driving with a suspended license and possession of a controlled substance.

• Read the full complaint filed against Reyes

Following Voigt’s death, loved ones described him as a caring, dedicated father and husband, and “the kind of guy that lights up a room.”

With Saturday’s memorial ride, his bright spirit will be remembered.

According to Voigt’s sister-in-law, Miriam Voigt, “David’s Ride” will begin at 8 a.m. with a small ceremony at Tidelands Park on Mullinix Drive. The turnaround point will be the South Bay Marine Study Area on the Silver Strand.

The family hopes the coastal bike ride will not only honor Voigt, but also raise awareness on cycling safety and pay tribute to other families of victims killed by drivers under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

Anyone is welcome to join.

As for Reyes, he continues to be held at San Diego Central Jail and is scheduled to appear in court for further proceedings on May 6.

Court records indicate Reyes was not only on probation at the time of the deadly crash, but was also convicted of methamphetamine possession less than two months before the accident. Reyes' criminal history includes at least seven felony cases dating back just in the past 10 years.
If convicted, Reyes could face a maximum of 15 years and four months behind bars.
 

Two students from San Diego-area schools were among the survivors of the deadly bus crash that killed 10 people – including five high school students – in Northern California Thursday evening.

An official from Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) confirmed Friday morning that a senior from Valhalla High School in San Diego's East County was on the bus during the fiery collision.

At this point, the teenage boy -- now identified as Harley Hoyt, 18 -- is safe and “recovering from minor injuries,” according to the school district official.

A family friend told NBC 7 that Hoyt (pictured below), kicked open a window and helped others escape the wreckage. In the process, he injured his knee and sustained some cuts.

• Read: 10 Dead in Calif. Bus Crash

Hoyt spoke with NBC 7 Friday and recounted the frightening ordeal.

“I heard everyone screaming. As soon as I look up, the driver slams on the brakes, pulls down the horn and then I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ I saw the FedEx truck come right at us and a split-second later after the driver slammed on the brakes we ran into the FedEx truck head-on,” Hoyt recalled.

“The FedEx truck was on fire; the flames were insane. The windows were blowing up because it was so hot in there. And then, there were large explosions on the bus because it was blowing up and everything was just starting to catch fire,” he added.

Hoyt said the impact from the crash sent him flying forward. When his face slammed into a seat, he bit a hole right through his lip.

Meanwhile, smoke filled the bus. Hoyt said he opened a window to let himself and others out.

“I was all dizzy and shaken up,” he added. "There was an emergency exit window right next to me. I pulled that lever up and kicked that thing open and everyone followed me out that window. When I jumped out I fell, scraped up my hands and stuff, and people fell on top of me."

The high school student described the scene as "utter chaos," with passengers "drenched in blood" and scared, running for safety to the other side of the interstate.

Meanwhile, Gompers Preparatory Academy in San Diego also confirmed that one of their senior students was on the bus and survived the crash.

The charter bus – taking high school students on a college trip – was carrying nearly 50 people, including chaperones, students and the driver, when it was struck head-on by a FedEx truck and white Nissan on Interstate 5 near Orland, Calif., at about 5:40 p.m., CHP officials said.

The head-on impact caused the bus to immediately burst into flames.

Another Southern California student who survived the crash described the scene as “a ball of fire” followed by chaos and panic as people rushed to windows to jump out of the bus.

On Friday morning, the CHP confirmed that five students and five adults died in the collision, including the driver of the FedEx truck, who may have had a medical condition and the driver of the Nissan.

In all, 34 people were injured, officials said.

The students traveling on the bus had been accepted to Humboldt State University and were traveling to the campus for a tour and Spring Preview Day this weekend. Most students on board were from Los Angeles and Riverside school districts, plus the students from San Diego's Valhalla High School and Gompers Preparatory Academy.

Hoyt told NBC 7 his family had flown up to Northern California to get him and he should return to San Diego Friday night. He said being reunited with his family was incredible.

“It was amazing to see my parents. That was a sense of security. I only have my dad, my brother and my mom – and everyone was here for me,” said Hoyt.

Gompers Preparatory Academy also released this statement Friday morning about their student who survived the collision:

“Gompers Preparatory Academy is deeply saddened by the tragic accident that occurred the evening of April 10, 2014 in Northern California, involving a bus filled with prospective students from Southern California heading to Humboldt State University. While this was not part of a GPA organized field trip, one GPA student was traveling on the bus involved in the accident. We are relieved to report that our student sustained only minor injuries in this crash. He was treated at a hospital overnight, released this morning, and returning to San Diego today with his family.”

The school would not disclose the student's name and said a relative in Northern California was driving the student down to San Diego where he would be reunited with his parents Friday evening.

Meanwhile, Gompers said its support center would be assisting any students and staff in need of counseling.

The tour bus involved in the crash belonged to Silverado Stages, a tour bus company based out of San Luis Obispo, Calif.

The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday it would "not be speculating about probable cause" of a deadly bus crash in Northern California that took the lives of 10 people, most of whom were from Southern California.

Investigators said during a press conference that it would be working to collect information for at least the next one to two weeks depending on what they find.

“(We) don’t have a lot of factual information. It’s very, very early in the investigation still," said Mark Rosekind of the NTSB. "It's really important to acknowledge we won't be speculating about probable cause."

• CHP: Answers in Fatal Bus Crash Investigation Might Take Months

The crash occurred about 5:40 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 5 near Orland, when a FedEx truck crossed lanes of traffic and hit the charter bus carrying dozens of LA-area students head-on.

Nine people died at the scene of Thursday's crash, and a 10th victim died at a hospital, California Highway Patrol officials said early Friday.

Those killed included five students and five adults who were traveling to Humboldt State University for a campus visit. Thirty-one victims were hospitalized after the crash. Their injuries ranged from critical to minor, CHP officials said.

Nineteen students from 16 LAUSD schools as well as students from other Southern California school distructs were aboard the bus.

According to NTSB investigators, the FedEx truck crossed a 60-foot median and struck the tour bus carrying 48 people. The impact stopped the bus followed by both vehicles engulfed in flames.

• Full Coverage: Deadly California Bus Crash

Rosekind said they're hoping to find data that would have monitored drivers of both the FedEx and tour bus drivers, such as cameras looking forward toward the road and into the interior of the vehicles, but it's not clear if that even exists.

One of NTSB's challenges will be gathering consistent witness information, as details about the crash have been given to numerous different agencies that still need to collaborate, Rosekind said.

Survivors told the investigator the tour bus driver saw the FedEx truck coming toward it and honked the horn seconds before impact.

• Photos: Victims of Deadly Tour Bus Crash

The side windows of the tour bus would not open as passengers tried to break out; the rear windows did open, investigators said.

A final report on the crash might take up to six months, according to the CHP.

"Since these are such in-depth, detailed investigations, we don't expect to have a final report for a minimum of three months, 90 days," said CHP Lt. Scott Fredrick. "It could take as long as six months depending on what the investigation entails."

Passengers described a "surreal" scene as people kicked out bus windows to escape the fire and smoke after the crash.

Two other buses that were part of the campus trip were not involved in the crash.

An autopsy will determine whether the driver of the FedEx truck had a medical condition or was deceased before the accident. The bus belonged to Silverado Stages, a tour bus company based out of San Luis Obispo.

The family of a Tarrant County teenager who admitted to drunken driving and killing four people learned how much they will have to pay for his treatment on Friday. 

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Surgeon David King crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon safely before the bombs exploded there. But when he rushed to work in the emergency room of Massachusetts General Hospital soon after, he realized this was no mere accidental explosion that had torn through a crowd.

He began with the Boston Marathon, crossing the finish line in three hours and 12 minutes. Afterwords, the Massachusetts General Hospital surgeon checked his cell phone. The first texts were the usual ones from friends watching his progress online.

"Telling me things like, you know, 'Good race,' 'Strong race,' or some sarcastic friends saying, 'You're so slow,' 'Loser,' 'Go faster,' you know," he told NECN with a smile.

But then new texts started pouring in.

"People asking me confusing things like, 'Are you okay?' 'Heard something went wrong,' and then somewhere in there, somebody put 'I heard there was an explosion,'" he recalled.

Dr. King didn't know about the bombings, since he'd finished an hour earlier, but something told this trauma surgeon to rush to work at Massachusetts General Hospital.

What Dr. King saw in the E.R. told him everything.

"It's a pattern, a set of injury characteristics that I've seen hundreds and hundreds of times before while deployed in the military, and I knew that it wasn't a kitchen fire or some kind of a terrible accident, that it was clearly some kind of improvised explosive device," he said.

Dr. King served as an Army surgeon during multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"When it comes to your own country, it's particularly disturbing, your own state more so, your own city certainly, but there's something very personal about when it happens to your own marathon," he said.

That's when the second marathon began, this time as a surgeon. Dr. King and the rest of the trauma team operated on 15 bombing patients, and didn't stop for 30 hours straight. As those long hours were a blur, Dr. King can hardly believe the one year anniversary is already here.

"You can at look at anybody who got injured and they have a story to tell, and that's what this year's reflection should be about. It should be about them and their stories and their journeys," Dr. King said.

A journey for the survivors and the city that Dr. King spoke of three days after the bombing during a news conference.

"We will rise from the ashes and we will be stronger," Dr. King said April 18.

"I think it's somewhat uncanny that I used those words, and particularly that word about 'strong' because the whole Boston Strong thing really hadn't emerged at that point yet. It's clear that I wasn't the only one thinking that," he said in his interview with NECN.

Dr. King will be running again in this year's race in honor of his patients.

"If those stories of recovery won't make you run faster, I don't know what will," he said.

The couple inside the Nissan Altima who watched the deadly Northern California bus crash said the FedEx truck was already up in flames when it crossed lanes and struck the tour bus head-on.

"It was in flames as it came through the median," Bonnie Duran said, "It was already in flames. It wasn’t coming from the front engine, it was more from behind the cab."

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Bonnie and Joe Duran were driving back to home to the Seattle-area at the time of the crash. They were driving in front of the charter bus.

The crash occurred about 5:40 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 5 near Orland, when a FedEx truck crossed a 60-foot median and hit a Duran's Nissan Altima and a charter bus carrying dozens of Southern California high school students.

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"Look to the left and there it was, coming through right at me at an angle and I could tell I wasn’t going to outrun him so I just kind of turned to the right and he hit me just like that," Bonnie Duran said.

The truck hit the front door of Duran's Altima and then ripped off the back door and the back trunk, Joe Duran said.

"You just think, 'I’m dead, I’m dead.' And when it swiped us it felt like we floated, we kind of just floated right off to the ditch," Joe Duran said. "We looked at eachother, literally at the same time we go 'we’re alive!"

The pair was expected to interview with California Highway Patrol officials on Saturday. Their account differs from other statements by the CHP that the blaze erupted after the FedEx truck collided with the bus.

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Nine people died at the scene of Thursday's crash, and a 10th victim died at a hospital, California Highway Patrol officials said early Friday.

Those killed included five students and five adults who were traveling to Humboldt State University for a campus visit.

A man believed to be responsible for breaking into hundreds of cars in the last four months has been arrested following a joint operation by Broward County and Coral Springs law enforcement officials. 

David Jasinski, 26, was arrested following a tip received Thursday about a "man who made a living out of breaking into cars," authorities said. The Broward Sheriff’s Office Burglary Apprehension Team and Coral Springs Police Department’s Burglary Enforcement And Reduction team tracked down the suspect and followed him as he drove to a Savannah at Riverside condominium complex, where authorities said he broke into at least six cars. Authorities pulled Jasinski over after watching him return to his car with a duffle bag and took him into custody. 

Police said Jasinski admitted to the Coral Springs neighborhood break-ins, as well as at least 30 burglaries in Fort Lauderdale's Las Olas neighborhood and 100 more in Coral Springs. In all, police said, the suspect copped to burglarizing about 300 cars so far this year.

"David leaves his house everyday at the same time, specifically targeting neighborhoods where he thinks people will leave their cars unlocked, breaking into cars each night," Detective Craig Brown said. "We've heard he's done as many as 20 to 30 car a night a few times a week."

Rey Rodriguez is believed to be a three-time victim of the man police are calling a "serial burglar."

"It seems like he needs to get a better job.It's a hassle to go to neighborhood, disturb people, and take their property," he said. 

Police say Jasinski has a decade-long criminal history, with his latest arrest logged earlier this month It was not immediately clear whether Jansinski had an attorney. He did not comment as police led him in handcuffs Friday.

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the suspect's name. 

Police are searching for the who robbed a jewelry store in midtown Manhattan Friday, tying up a worker before fleeing with $54,000 worth of jewelry, police say.

The man walked into Margo Manhattan jewelry store at 1202 Madison Ave. just before 2 p.m. and asked to see some pieces, according to police.

When the 53-year-old worker began to help him, the suspect grabbed her by the neck and forced her into the back room where he tied her up, police said. 

He took a key from the worker to open a display case and took several items; he then returned to the back room and swiped more jewelry before running away.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. 

A Flower Mound, Texas, teen is recovering from severe burns after an explosion during a family hunting trip last weekend.

The Walling family said an unknown gas leak sparked just as the group started cooking dinner.

Fifteen-year-old Andrew Walling helped others escape the explosion, but suffered burns on his face, arms and legs. He was rushed to Parkland Hospital.

"I feel pretty lucky," said Andrew Walling, who has been in the hospital recovering for a week. 

The quick-thinking teen helped his grandmother and three others escape the gas explosion.

The family was turkey hunting near Coleman and returned to a mobile home to make dinner.
One person went to light the stove, his hair caught on fire, flames shot in the air, and then the teen immediately reacted.

"I ran to the door opened it real quick, slammed it against the wall in between the wall, and about a second after that the entire thing exploded," said Andrew Walling.

"I got blown right out of the doorway and into a wooden pole, flipped over and dropped five or six feet," Andrew Walling said.

Because he got that door open, family members said everyone got out, including his grandmother.

The family thanks the staff at Parkland's burn unit for the great care over the last week.

The teen said he looks forward to going home, hopefully in a few days.

"I am very proud," Richard Walling said. "I was proud before, and this only reinforces what I knew about him. He is a great kid."

A Fort Worth mother brought her 8-year-old son, teenage daughter and three other teens along with her to set nine vehicles ablaze last weekend, according to an affidavit released Friday.

Nine cars were burned in Fort Worth's historic Ryan Place neighborhood at about 4 a.m. on April 5.

• Nine Vehicles Set on Fire

The Fort Worth Fire Department announced Friday afternoon that three men and two women were arrested for the fires.

Sonja Hernandez, 39, and her daughter, Amber Hernandez, 17, were arrested. The teen's boyfriend, Jose Zapata, 19, and his twin brother, Carlos Zapata, 19, and friend Daniel Perez, 18, were also arrested.

Investigators were able to arrest all five thanks to a tip that came in after surveillance video of the suspect's vehicle was released.

A person in the neighborhood approached NBC 5 crews as they were reporting on the story earlier in the week. The information was then passed along to law enforcement officials who said it was key in making the arrests.

Investigators said Perez could be seen in the pick up truck on surveillance video.

"As far as motive goes, it's not going to be totally flushed out yet," said Brad Sims, an arson investigator for the Fort Worth Fire Department. "And we are going to hopefully come to a better understanding of that through our continued investigation."

Sonja Hernandez had her 8-year-old son with her while the fires were being set. The boy is now in the custody of Child Protective Services.

"I truly apologize to them [the victims] from the bottom of my heart," said Yaquelyn Magana, who admits she was there the night the cars were set on fire, but insists she was just a witness. "I really do. I'm apologizing for all of them."

Magana wasn't arrested and blames Sonja Hernandez, the oldest of those arrested, for starting the fire spree. 

"I told them this is messed up," Magana said. "These people don't deserve this. You don't even know these people."

Magana claims she had no way to stop them. Her husband, Carlos Zapata, was one of the five arrested. However, she said her husband was not involved.

"He technically didn't participate because he didn't do anything," Magana said. "People just have the information wrong."

A sister of Carlos and Jose Zapata said even though one brother was not involved in the fires, the other did participate in the arson. 

"And he was like, 'Alright, I'm going to stand up for what I did." And I give him props for that, you know," Lizbeth Zapata said. "He was like, 'What about my kids?' And I'm like, 'Well, you should have thought about that.'"

All five are currently in jail.

"It is absolutely unusual," Sims said. " We don't see this very often. It's something the city takes extremely seriously."

Investigators said they have not ruled out any kind of gang initiation.

NBC 5's Dulce Hernandez and Christina Miralla contributed to this story.