A woman was caught in the crossfire when someone opened fire just as a popular bar in a beach town north of San Diego was emptying out Monday.

San Diego police were called to Hornblend and Cass streets in the heart of Pacific Beach after a shooting outside Bar West.

A few minutes after 2 a.m., there was a fight in a parking lot across the street from the bar.  One of the people involved in the fight fired multiple shots, at least three according to police.

There were about 20 people in the parking lot at the time, many of them customers from Bar West.

A woman who happened to be in the area but not involved in the fight was hit. She was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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Police say they're still looking for the person or people involved in the fight.

There is surveillance video from the bar but they're not sure yet whether it captured anything relevant.

Given the number of people in the area, Lt. Matt Novak said others could have been easily caught in the crossfire.

“I think we’re lucky based on the fact that there were crowds out and it was bar break time that no one else was hit,” said Novak.

Police impounded one car at the scene because it had a bullet hole.

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Three weeks ago, a 26-year-old man was fatally injured in a fight outside the Tavern at the Beach bar. 

Steven Kyle Wood and his roommate were walking home from the bar around 2 a.m. when someone walked up behind Wood and hit him in the back of the head, police said.

Wood never regained consciousness and died five days later.

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A truck drove through the front window of a La Mesa art gallery Monday morning, coming just inches away from framed paintings.

Around 10 a.m., a white Ford Ranger pickup drove over the sidewalk and into O’Dunn Fine Art in the 8300 block of La Mesa Boulevard.

Theresa Favro owns Amethyst Moon, the shop next door that opened just two weeks ago.

“We were just opening the shop here, and I heard a big crash and it scared me, so I came right out,” Favro said.

“Kind of scary. Shook up the neighborhood. Everyone came running,” she said.

First responders from La Mesa Police and Heartland Fire helped the driver and passenger out of the truck and backed the vehicle out of the shop.

Shattered glass and smashed bricks covered the sidewalk.

Both the driver and the passenger walked away without injuries. The gallery was closed on Monday, so no one else was inside.

Passenger Brandon Fitzpatrick said his uncle was driving the pickup truck. He said he thinks his uncle may have had a problem with his prosthetic leg.

“His foot slipped off the break when we were trying to park, hit the gas I think, and we went through the window of this store,” Fitzpatrick said.

“It just happened so quick. I was shocked,” he said.

There is no dollar amount yet for the damage done to the building and merchandise.

The San Francisco media consultant at the center of a national FBI manhunt has been arrested, FBI officials tell NBC Bay Area, capping a three-day manhunt that reached far beyond the Bay Area.

The FBI had been looking for Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, 42, a well-known social media expert and political consultant, since Saturday, when sources said FBI officials discovered explosives and a chemical that can be deadly in his Russian Hill apartment on Polk Street.

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San Francisco police arrested Chamberlain at 6:22 p.m. after officers on routine patrol at Crissy Field spotted a white Nissan and recognized the plates, according to sources close to the investigation.

Chamberlain did not resist arrest.

Police and FBI agents at about 6:40 p.m. began searching Chamberlain's car to make sure no explosives were in the vehicle. A bomb squad was also seen using a robot to search the car.

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Earlier in the day, FBI officials confirmed a "credible sighting" of Chamberlain at about 4 p.m. at the Mad Dog in the Fog bar in San Francisco's Haight district. A person spotted Chamberlain and called 911, according to the FBI.

Agents responded to the area and were conducting interviews late Monday afternoon.

Officials had earlier called Chamberlain "armed and dangerous," but on Monday, two sources told NBC News that Chamberlain was no longer considered an immediate threat to public safety, hours after an apparent suicide note and a tweet from the man's accounts appeared online.

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A message posted Monday to a Twitter account carrying Chamberlain's name said "nothing they're reporting is true." 

A panicked update to my letter that should have posted by now. Nothing they're reporting is true. No "stashes." Not "armed and...

— Ryan Chamberlain (@poliholic) June 2, 2014

An apparent suicide note titled “Goodbye” was also posted to an iCloud account. The source of both messages could not be independently verified by NBC Bay Area, and the FBI declined to comment on the three-page letter, timed to go out on Monday through the social media management system Hootsuite. 

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Various media outlets, including SF Weekly, reported that the note was sent out on Facebook. But by noon on Monday, that note was not on Chamberlain's Facebook page, though several posters were referencing it and sending out the iCloud link.

The note discusses Chamberlain's depression, his mother, whom it calls a "religious addict," and a time in 2003 when he was "left out" of getting any credit for helping California's Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom win his San Francisco mayoral seat in 2003.

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The letter also discussed his two needs in life: "A person and a purpose." "All I ever wanted was someone to be madly in love with," the letter states. "Everyone wants that. Lots of people get it. But it always eluded me."

The letter says that if anyone was reading the note, which he said was posted on Hootsuite delay, "that means we probably don't know each other anymore, and I owe everyone an explanation."

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The two sources told NBC News that the FBI, taking an abundance of caution, issued a nationwide alert to federal, state and local law enforcement to make sure officers are aware of and take a "defensive posture" in dealing with Chamberlain, given the explosive materials recovered from his home Saturday.

In addition, the sources told NBC News that Chamberlain has family in multiple states, so they wanted to cast a broad net, though they thought he most likely was still in Northern California. 

FBI spokesman Peter Lee said Sunday, in an effort to dispel some rumors, that agents had not found any ricin or other chemical or biological threats in the home. "He did possess explosives at his residence," however, Lee added.

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Mark Mosher, creative director of San Francisco consulting firm BMWL, said Chamberlain had been hired by almost every local political consulting firm at one point or another. He has known Chamberlain through years of working on various campaigns together.

"I think for somebody to post publicly that this is a misunderstanding," Mosher said. "They ought to give him room to try to turn himself in and work it out."

During the 2012 NFL season, Chamberlain was an independent contractor for the San Francisco Chronicle and tweeted and posted links to Facebook to boost coverage for the San Francisco 49ers Insider iPad app, according to the Chronicle.

Most recently, he worked in public relations for several Bay Area tech, apparel and marketing companies.

Chamberlain, a Bay Area native, attended Iowa State University before embarking on a career as a music journalist in Des Moines, according to his online resume. He later moved to San Francisco, and at age 30, he made a bid for a spot on the Republican Party County Central Committee in San Francisco, an organization that governs the local party and doles out critical endorsements.

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The past chair of the San Francisco Republican Party, Howard Epstein, told NBC Bay Area, however, that Chamberlain had switched parties and become a Democrat.

Epstein said he was absolutely stunned at the news surrounding Chamberlain.

“To have the explosives and all that is just totally mind-boggling to me,” Epstein said. “I’m hoping that he turns himself in. I hope he doesn’t get into any more trouble. I don’t know what he’s thinking. I don’t know what he’s been doing the last few years, what’s going on in his head. I’m just hoping that this all comes out and nobody gets hurt.”

NBC News' Andrew Blankstein and NBC Bay Area's Diane Dwyer, Riya Bhatterjee, Vince Cestone, Kimberly Tere and Kristofer Noceda contributed to this report. 

Hundreds of family members and friends gathered Monday as they laid to rest their "Coronado Angels," three young Southern California girls who died last month, allegedly at the hands of their mother.

The girls' mother, 30-year-old Carol Coronado, pleaded not guilty to murder charges last week in the slayings of her three girls, 2-year-old Sophia, 1-year-old Yazmine and 3-month-old Xenia.

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Coronado is accused of stabbing the children to death before trying to kill her own mother and then herself in their Torrance home on May 20, police said.

"They were so beautiful, so little, so innocent, so much fun, so full of life," the girls' godfather John Carrion said. "It's just a shame that they had to go this way."

Family members at the mass said they hoped the girls would be remembered as the innocent, happy babies they would always cherish.

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"They all had their own personalities, but they were always happy," the girls' godmother Rose Deleon said. "They were always happy, they were always laughing, they were always playing with each other."

After the Monday mass in Gardena, the girls, called the "Coronado Angels," were laid to rest at the burial site in Rancho Palos Verdes.

"Look up at the sky at night," said the girls' father, Rudy Coronado. "When you see the three shiniest stars, that's them."

Mourners released pink and while balloons into the sky after the burial.

"Now they are everybody's babies, you know, not just ours," Carrion said. "They are going to bring a lot of things together. I'm hurting because they're gone, but I'm so glad that it's not going to be in vain."

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The family has set up the Coronado Angel Fund to help with other costs and for bringing awareness to postpartum depression.

"We wanted to draw attention to the issue of postpartum depression and psychosis," family attorney Stephen Allen said during Carol's court appearance on May 29. "I think that more needs to be done to diagnose this type of disorder."

A family spokesperson said Carol showed signs of postpartum depression but her family did not know how to recognize the signs or how to help at the time.

Anyone who wants to contribute can donate to the Coronado Angel Fund with Wells Fargo account number 3842930731.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California sued the Alameda County Sheriff's Office on Monday over a policy that requires every woman in its custody younger than 60 to submit to a pregnancy test — a practice the ACLU says violates women's right to privacy and amounts to unlawful search.

"We wrote the jail a few years back now," Elizabeth Gill, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, said in an interview. "And they just haven't given us a good answer. They refused to change."

Gill said that this lawsuit is the first of its kind in the state of California.

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Alameda County Sheriff's spokesperson Sgt. J.D. Nelson said the department has not yet been served the lawsuit.

The suit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, was filed on behalf of three women — one who was demonstrating at Oscar Grant protest, a political activist and a "Jane Doe" who was arrested after a traffic stop last month.

• Susan Harman, 69, was arrested in July 2010 during an Oscar Grant political demonstration in Oakland and was taken to jail. She is a diabetic and never got insulin, though she did receive a pregnancy test, the lawsuit alleges. She was never charged with a crime, and never told of her pregnancy status, according to the suit. Harman said in the suit that administering pregnancy tests to all women is an "abuse of government power and a waste of tax dollars."
• Nancy Mancias was also arrested at political demonstration in 2012 and was given a pregnancy test, the lawsuit alleges. Mancias said she was even more embarrassed because she had tried to become pregnant but been unable to do so. She said in the suit that she found the compulsory test "inappropriate" and "invasive."
• An anonymous woman identified as Jane Doe was given a pregnancy test on a charge of obstructing a peace officer during a traffic stop last month, according to the suit. She has two children and knew she was not pregnant, the suit alleges.

Gill contends that the pregnancy testing policy violates both arrestees’ constitutional rights and state law, under which every person, including those in the custody of California’s prisons and jails, has the legal right to refuse medical care.

The pregnancy tests administered to women in custody don't seem to be related to providing healthcare, Gill said, and women are not allowed to refuse the tests.

In San Francisco, women who are arrested are given the option to take a pregnancy test as a part of a broader medical screening but can decline after meeting with a medical professional, according to the ACLU.

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“If the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department is genuinely concerned about the health of women in their custody, voluntary pregnancy testing should be administered as part of a comprehensive health exam,” Gill said. “Forcing a woman to take a pregnancy test is a clear violation of a person’s constitutional rights, as well as a violation of other state law.”
 
The ACLU of Northern California filed the suit with pro bono assistance from the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP.

A woman who befriended a homeless man on the Upper East Side more than a decade ago paid thousands of dollars out of her pocket for his funeral.

Juanita Vega developed a special bond with Richard Coleman over the past 11 years, becoming attached to him because he slept outside the bank where she worked. She talked to him each day while walking into work, according to her boyfriend. 

"He was a fixture in the neighborhood," said Thomas Valek. "People knew him from First all the way to Lexington." 

Coleman, known in the area as "Smokey," slept and lived in the East 70s between York and Lexington, according to neighbors. 

"He never bothered anybody, he was always hanging out outside," said Thomas Elmehdi, a restaurant employee in the neighborhood. "He asked sometimes for a water or something, and we always give it to him." 

Coleman died on April 16, and Vega, who declined an on-camera interview, did not find out until mid-May. That's when she and Valek decided to move quickly to give him a proper burial. 

"It had to come down to the 11th hour, when they were going to send him to potter's field," said Valek. "She didn't want him to go there. It's just really not a nice place." 

Because Valek works at a funeral home, he was able to get Coleman's body released to him, even though they weren't related. The funeral home provided the casket, but Vega paid $2,000 out of her own pocket. 

Coleman was laid to rest at Rosemont Memorial Park in Elizabeth, N.J., in a simple, private ceremony. 

Fort Lauderdale police say that video that shows an officer tackling a bicyclist during a Critical Mass cycling advocacy ride Friday doesn't tell the full story of the confrontation.

Dan Littell says police used excessive force when they arrested him on East Las Olas Boulevard during the monthly ride to promote cycling awareness. YouTube video appears to show an officer knocking him off his bike and holding him to the ground.

"Keep in mind just because an officer is captured on video using force, that footage alone is not conclusive that the officer’s actions were not justified," Fort Lauderdale Police spokeswoman Det. DeAnna Greenlaw said in a statement Monday. "Obviously, the video in question does not capture all of the events that took place leading up to the physical arrest, and we ask that the media and the public not make premature conclusions."

Littell said a Fort Lauderdale Police cruiser was speeding next to the cyclists on the bridge, a dangerous spot for the bike riders.

"I yelled, 'Please slow down, we're on bikes here,'" Littell said.

He said the officer ignored him, so he pulled into the left lane from the right lane, where other cyclists were pedaling, and pulled in front of the police car.

"To block them to slow them down," Littell said. "Because they weren't slowing down... They were driving recklessly."

Police, meanwhile, said Littell was confrontational and started giving them the middle finger as he cut them off. According to the arrest report, the officers were operating in an emergency capacity to assist other officers and had repeatedly told Littell to move into his assigned lane.

"There were several opportunities given to this individual to stop his behavior," said Fort Lauderdale Police Captain Frank Sousa.

Littell disobeyed commands to move to the sidewalk from the officers and attempted to block the patrol vehicle, telling the officers "go ahead and hit me," the police report said.

"When you're putting yourself in a situation that oculd harm yourself or an officer, there had to be action taken," Captain Sousa said.

One of the officers admitted in the report to having grabbed Littell and pushed him to the ground. Video uploaded to YouTube by another cyclist shows the moment Littell was arrested.

"I finally did stop, and they were stopped too," Littell said. "He could have come over and talked to me. I wasn't trying to run away or do anything crazy."

Littell was later charged with obstruction, failure to obey a law enforcement officer, improper lane change, failure to yield and impeding traffic.

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department said it is conducting an administrative investigation. Police also said they take it upon themselves to help riders maneuver through the city during Critical Mass but that some riders are disrespectful and hard to maneuver.

One person died after a minivan carrying two people and three dogs collided with a truck along southbound Interstate 5 near San Onofre Monday.

California Highway Patrol officers said a 51-year-old man from Gardena was driving southbound in a Hino box truck when his transmission failed around 10:15 a.m. just south of the truck scales.

His truck stalled, and the driver put out warning reflectors behind it as traffic slowed. 

However, an 80-year-old man driving a Chevrolet van didn't see the box truck's warning and continued to drive at full freeway speeds, officials said.

The San Juan Capistrano resident slammed into the back of the truck after trying to veer to the left.

A passenger in the van -- a 75-year-old woman also from San Juan Capistrano -- died instantly. 

The driver was airlifted to Scripps La Jolla Hospital for major injuries. The three dogs in the van were uninjured, and animal control officers soon took them from the scene.

The box truck's driver was not injured in the crash.

A Sig Alert was issued and several lanes were blocked by the wreckage, but by 1:20 p.m., all lanes were reopened, according to the CHP. 

The man who faces arson charges in connection to May’s destructive San Diego firestorm will stand trial, a judge determined Monday.

At his preliminary hearing, Alberto Serrato, 57, was bound over for trial on a charge of arson during a state of emergency. That count is an enhancement over a regular arson charge and carries a longer sentence if he is convicted.

During the hearing, Oceanside Police Officer Frank McCutcheon testified that Serrato tried to rekindle embers from the San Luis Rey Riverbed Fire in Oceanside on May 14, right after firefighters had doused the area.

When they drove up to the 5200 block of North River Road, McCutcheon says he and his partner saw Serrato gathering sage brush.

“And he throws the dead brush down onto where it appeared the smoke was coming from,” the officer told the court.

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He said they saw the suspect add fuel to the fire at least twice.

“We see a fire start again and engulf the tree with flames, probably growing higher than 10 feet,” said McCutcheon. “It was seconds; it was pretty quick.”

Soon after, the officers took Serrato into custody and booked him into jail.

Serrato’s defense attorney pointed out McCutcheon had written in his police report that the fire diminished down quickly and did not spread, which the officer conceded was true.

The defense and Serrato’s family argues it was not brush that Serrato was throwing on the flames.

“He was over there and he was throwing dirt on the fire to try to get it out," said Traci Phebus Serrato, the defendant’s sister-in-law.

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She told NBC 7 that Serrato is being targeted because of his name and prior affiliation with a gang.

"He hasn't been in trouble [in] so long. Why would he do something to get back into that type of trouble? There's no way,” she said.

Serrato’s attorney said he denies each and every allegation against him when the judge ordered he be bound over. His trial is scheduled for July 22.

If convicted, Serrato faces up to 13 years in prison because of the arson charge's enhancement and prior convictions.

The prosecution says the defendant was on probation at the time of the alleged incident.

The San Luis Rey Riverbed Fire was one of eight blazes to pop up across the North County between late morning and sundown on May 14, raising the suspicion that some had been started intentionally.

Oceanside is the first community to bring charges against anyone in connection to the fires. Serrato has not been connected to any of the other blazes.

Padres ace Andrew Cashner's simulated game at Petco Park went about as well as anyone could have hoped.

The right-hander threw four innings against a lineup featuring coaches Dave Roberts and Jose Valentin, plus Alexi Amarista and Jedd Gyorko.

Cashner, testing a sore pitching elbow that put him on the 15-day disabled list, threw all of his pitches with no discomfort and allowed four hits, all singles (three by Amarista and one disputed by Roberts.) All in all, it was an encouraging afternoon.

"He threw with effort, he turned it loose and used all his pitches," said Padres manager Bud Black. "He threw close to 70 pitches. All things are looking up."

Depending on how he feels in the next few days, Cashner could come off the DL and be back in the rotation by the weekend.
 

The Port of San Diego has announced a new development plan for an open area right on the San Diego Bay in Chula Vista.

“For decades, the city of Chula Vista and the port have really sought to make the most of this land and make a plan going forward," said Tanya Castaneda, spokesperson for the Port of San Diego.

Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox said this new plan has been in the works for more than a decade.

The land up for development is 535 acres of property which sits between Interstate 5 and the San Diego Bay.

About half of that area will remain an open-space preserve and public park.

During the month of June, the Port of San Diego is looking for a developer to finance, design and construct an official plan which would ideally include a convention center site and resort hotel.

Cox said the Chula Vista convention center will not compete with the San Diego's, but instead will offer more meeting space and bring more tourism to the South Bay.

There’s currently construction to open H Street between Interstate 5 and the bay, and that will help attract people to this new development site, according to Cox. 

This is not the first time a development plan has been in the works. In fact, there’s been a long history of bayfront plans -- none which have come to fruition.

"A few years ago there was discussion with a developer about this same area," Castaneda said. "But right now we're going out with a fresh request for qualifications, and we're beginning a formal development process."

In 2007, a billion dollar development plan fell through because a deal could not be reached with the labor union.

"There were several developers who had interest," said Cox. "This master plan has been in the works since 1972. So there was a bayfront, local coastal plan done in 1984. It was revised in 1992 and most recently, Gaylord Entertainment -- which has now reformed itself -- was looking at this site for a possible convention center site."

Cox said this time, the project will definitely go through and construction should start in 2016.

 When it comes to voter turnout, an election day that won’t give San Diego any bragging rights seems to be shaping up for Tuesday’s state primary.

At of the start of business at the County Registrar of Voters office Monday, only one in four mail ballots had been returned -- representing fewer than 14 percent of the turnout both countywide and in the city of San Diego.

Registrar Michael Vu is projecting a slightly below-average 30 to 35 percent turnout for a gubernatorial primary.

But pollsters at Competitive Edge Research & Communication are looking for turnout percentages in the mid-to-high 20s, while political scientists at National University are forecasting between 18 to 23 percent.

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June primaries in San Diego County generally attract turnouts in the mid-to high 30 percent range in years without a Presidential race.

The reason cited first and foremost for this expected falloff – which some believe has the potential to reach record-low levels?

“Voter fatigue” after five special elections throughout the county in 2013, and San Diego's special mayoral runoff in February.

Pundits also are pointing to explanations such as too many unopposed or uninspiring candidacies and a long, 19-inch ballot listing many unfamiliar names.

"For the office of Governor, there's 15 candidates on the ballot,” Vu said in an interview Monday. “So I think people are also sitting off to the side making sure that they're educated on which candidates they're going to be voting for."

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The eight propositions on county ballots – 2 statewide and six local, three in the city of San Diego – apparently haven’t featured the “hot-button” social divides “that would either anger people or motivate them to show up and cast their ballot,” says Vince Vasquez senior policy analyst at the National University System Institute for Policy Research.

And, there are voters content to just skip the primary and wait to see what the November general election ballot looks like.

Rancho Bernardo resident Lee Simon, interviewed Monday after he cast his ballot at the Registrar’s office in Kearny Mesa, says this about the strategy of defaulting until November: “The top two will be the ones that run off. And so if you don't vote for your choice, very likely you'll have the choice of the one you don't want -- and the worse one of those that you might have taken."

So who will be the voters most likely to be missing in action Tuesday?

"It's the nonpartisans -- those vaunted nonpartisans that people have been talking about,” says Competitive Edge’s polling guru John Nienstedt. “They're the ones that don't show up in these low-turnout elections. And you'll see a depressed turnout among them, with the highest turnout among Republicans."

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Walk-in voters who spoke with NBC 7 Monday don't cut any slack for people citing not only election fatigue, but other reasons such as boring candidate races, or too little time to study up on complex ballot issues.

"It isn't that overwhelming, and I'm not a Ph.D,” said Lakeside resident Barbara DeYoung. “ But if I can figure this out, I'm sure anybody who sat down long enough would certainly be able to figure this out."

Said El Cajon Resident Laura Wainscott: "I think people are just lazy to begin with, and in primaries they don't think it's important to get out and do something. But if they miss one election, they've got no right to complain about anything."

The 91-year-old runner who broke records during Sunday's Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon is overwhelmed by the national attention but is still “eating it up.”

"It was a big surprise to me,” Harriette Thompson said the day after the race. “I just ran how I normally run -- only a little bit slower this time -- and I'm overwhelmed by all the attention I'm getting."

Messages of encouragement and inspiration began flowing in after Harriette Thompson ran the 26.2 miles in just over 7 hours, completing the fastest time in the U.S. for the 90-94 age group and becoming the oldest person to finish that race.

Started running marathons at 76! Never too late! 91-yr-old Thompson breaks record in SD marathon http://t.co/wBwI7ii4Wh via @forthewin

— Jason Matuszak (@Drjasonmatuszak) June 3, 2014

91 years old runs #marathon and crushes! #Harriette Thompson you rule! If u are reading this u are lazy.

— Bill Zapf (@rollingcomic) June 2, 2014

And it’s not just her age that made her an inspiration to others. She’s also a cancer survivor.

In fact, Thompson – a North Carolina resident – had to miss the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon last year because she was fighting oral cancer.

"My upper jaw was radiated, and I ended up losing all my teeth but one that's holding up my obturator, which allows me to speak," Thompson explained.

More recently, she started battling squamous cell carcinoma on her legs, receiving nine painful radiation treatments in the months leading up to this year’s race.

She told NBC 7 it prevented her from training as she wanted. Even Thompson’s stalwart positivity began to waver as the run’s date came closer.

"Well I just had the feeling that maybe, I'm not sure I can do this,” said Thompson, “but I'm going to hope I can do it because I had so many people telling me, 'Oh you can do that.' And I thought, 'Oh yeah?'"

Thankfully, she had her son Brenneman there to poke, prod and encourage her along the way, feeding her pretzels and Powerbars when her energy was low.

“She is competitive in a sense, even though she probably doesn't even realize it,” Brenneman said. “She enjoys getting out there and running.”

Moving rhythmically to the beat of the bands, Thompson made it across the finish line-- to her own elation and the excitement of those around her.

"Everybody here is so wonderful,” she said. “They want to have their picture taken with me, and I'm flattered to death. I don’t' really deserve all this attention, but I'm eating it up."

Brenneman would disagree that she doesn’t deserve it.

“I'm so glad that she's getting the limelight, and she's so naturally a wonderful person, a warm person, doing always for others,” her son said.

Through her 15 runs down the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego course, Thompson has raised more than $90,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

She said she supports the cause because she’s had many friends and family who have died from cancer.

Now, she’s being supported by the entire running community.

“Somebody ran by and said, 'You're the reason I'm running a marathon. I was only going to do a half marathon until I heard about you.' And I thought that was funny," the 91-year-old said.

Brenneman summed up his mother’s personality in two sentences: “She's just a real go-getter in every aspect. She doesn't understand age, really."

Thompson said her secret is a really good doctor.

To everyone inspired by her story, she offered this advice:

“Don't think you're too old because I'm living proof that you aren't too old, and even if you have some handicaps, I think it helps to have a goal, and my goal right now is just to continue to try to exercise and try to stay healthy and help others where I can."

Team Harriette plans to be back next year.

Two San Diego residents who recently got tattoos were diagnosed with infections caused by a family of bacteria called nontuberculous Mycobacterium (NTM) – the first cases of this kind detected in San Diego, according to county health officials.

The County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) said both San Diegans required medical care due to their infections.

NTM has been found IN contaminated tattoo ink and in the water used to dilute ink to create gray areas of a tattoo. Contamination can also happen when the tattoo needle is rinsed between colors.

Health officials said infection can occur because the area being tattooed creates an "open surface on the skin through which bacteria can easily enter the body."

NTM infections can cause itchy, red bumps that can progress to abscesses a few days or weeks after getting a tattoo. Health officials said the infections may require the use of multiple antibiotics for up to six months and can cause permanent scarring even after treatment.

According to health officials, clusters of these types of NTM infection cases have been reported throughout the U.S., but never in San Diego until now.

Though in most cases getting a tattoo is safe, county public health officer Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., said people should “be aware of the potential for these types of infections before getting a tattoo.”

Although both the State of California and the County of San Diego have regulations governing tattoo shops to ensure safe practices are in place, health officials said consumers should still be aware of potential health risks, and know what to look for in a tattoo shop.

This includes making sure the tattoo artist is registered and the shop has a permit from the County Department of Environmental Health (DEH). Also, consumers should ask any and all questions about hygiene and the tattooing process prior to the ink work and request inks and colors specifically made for tattooing.

After getting a tattoo, consumers should monitor the inked area for signs of an infection, including redness, heat, swelling or pus around the tattoo.

If any of these signs of an infection develop, one should promptly seek medical care and call the tattoo artist. In addition, health officials said consumers should report a tattoo-related infection to the DEH Epidemiology Liaison at (858) 505-6814 or Epidemiology.FHD@sdcounty.ca.gov.

As for these two cases in San Diego, the DEH and HHSA are working together with state and federal health officials to further investigate the causes of the infections.

Whether you’re a yoga beginner or a diehard yogi, there are plenty of opportunities to find your flow this weekend in San Diego.

On Saturday, June 7, Petco Park will transform into a yoga studio for the 4th Annual Yoga for Hope. Hundreds of people will bring their mats to centerfield for a mass yoga class, taught by four unique instructors.

Registration starts at 7 a.m. and the class begins at 8:30 a.m. (Be sure to bring your own mat.) The Yoga Marketplace, featuring yoga accessories and natural products, is open until noon.

The event benefits City of Hope, which helps heal patients with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses through traditional and holistic treatments, including yoga.

Registration is $45 before June 5 and $55 after June 5. As a reward for your good karma, each participant gets a free ticket to a Padres game.

On Sunday, June 8, Infinite Yoga in Little Italy is opening a new studio at its current location. To celebrate, Infinite is offering free yoga classes from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Check out the schedule here. There will be 11 cost-free classes.)

The grand opening will serve vegan and gluten-free treats from Extraordinary Desserts and juices from OH! Juice.

The studio is located at 2400 Kettner Blvd., Studio 115.

• More Weekend Events in San Diego

From warm nights to the summer of BBQ, it’s beginning to feel a lot like summer in San Diego.

Thursday, June 5

Sam Adams View & Brew
6 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. at Liberty Station
Come out Thursday night for the ultimate summer party, complete with lawn games, food trucks and, of course, cold beer. Bring a folding chair to watch “Wedding Crashers” on the outdoor big screen.

Comedian Brooks Wheelan
8 p.m. at the American Comedy Co.
SNL featured player and CollegeHumor writer Brooks Wheelan is one of today’s “It” comedians. Don’t miss your chance to see him live.

Cinema under the Stars
8:30 p.m. in Mission Hills
Picture it: You and your sweetie watching Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall under the San Diego night sky. You can’t ask for a more romantic date.

SoundDiego Suggestion: Sunset Sessions Rock!
8:30 p.m. at the Belly Up
This three-day music industry insiders’ conference brings acts like Scott Weiland, Semi-Precious Weapons, the Whigs and more to Solana Beach’s Belly Up Tavern – and it all starts on Thursday. If you’re interested in winning all-access VIP passes from SoundDiego, head here.

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Friday, June 6

Summer Beerfest 2014
Starts at 3:30 p.m. at Petco Park
After sampling craft beer from more than a dozen breweries, stay to watch the Padres beat the Washington Nationals.

Burlesque Show
8 p.m. in North Park
Dancers and aerialists with Pixie Stixx Burlesque will perform your favorite movie moments like you’ve never seen them before.

SoundDiego Suggestion: T-Pain
8:30 p.m. at Fluxx
Hip-hop star T-Pain headlines Fluxx Nightclub for a special live performance. We’re told it’s not a “full concert set” but for T-Pain fans, it shouldn’t matter.

Saturday, June 7

Yoga for Hope
8:30 a.m. at Petco Park
Join hundreds of yogis for San Diego’s biggest yoga class. Proceeds benefit City of Hope, which helps patients with life-threatening illnesses through yoga. Namaste.

AirShow San Diego
9 a.m. – 7 p.m. at Gillespie Field
Check out World War II-era planes, both static and in-flight, and enjoy 1940s music and dancing. The event (formerly Wings Over Gillespie) runs Saturday and Sunday.

San Diego County Fair
11 a.m. – 11 p.m. at the Del Mar Fairgrounds
Here comes the fair. Just like the Beatles invaded America 50 years ago, the “Fab Fair” invades San Diego starting Saturday. Your ticket to ride is $14 for adults, $8 for seniors, $8 kids 6-12 and free for kids five and under. Parking at the fairgrounds is $10. (For ways to save, click here.)

• PREVIEW: 2014 San Diego County Fair

Art Around Adams 2014
2 p.m. – 10 p.m. on Adams Avenue
Check out the artsy side of Adams Avenue at this two-mile music and art walk.

SoundDiego Suggestion: Wanda Jackson
7 p.m. at the Casbah
Few country music singers are more iconic than Wanda Jackson. Fortunately for us, she’s still at it and going strong. See her in an incredibly intimate setting at the Casbah.

SoundDiego Suggestion: Little Hurricane
8 p.m. at House of Blues
Local blues rock duo Little Hurricane return home after a national tour to celebrate the release of their new album, Gold Fever. The eclectic indie folk pop group Ed Ghost Tucker opens and is definitely worth showing up early.

Sunday, June 8

Bocce for Autism
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Liberty Station
What’s more summer than a game of bocce? The 4th annual bocce tournament also features a beer garden and kids’ zone. The event benefits Re Spectrum, which provides services for the whole families of children with autism.

SOHO’s Historic Home Tour Weekend
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. in North Park
From classic craftsman to mission revival, learn about the historic architecture in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood during this self-driven tour.

San Marcos Rock, Blues and BBQ Fest 2014
12 p.m. – 8 p.m. in San Marcos
Bands. Beer. BBQ. And one more thing: Proceeds benefit Angel’s Depot, which serves boxed meals to senior citizens.

La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
2 p.m. at UCSD’s Mandeville Auditorium
The last program of the season features selections from Janacek, Haydn and Ratcliff.

Some bargain shoppers look at the ads; others look at the calendar. 

That's because each month has its own set of items that go on sale.

June is a great time for fathers.  With Father's Day on June 15, stores offer discounts to get people into the door.  Tools often go on sale in June and so do electric razors, both potential gifts for dad.  June can also be a good time to shop for suits and ties.

Lingerie is a hot item in June.  Victoria's Secret starts its Semi-Annual Sale on June 10.  But other stores will often match the lingerie deals by offering their own sales.

The summer wedding season begins in June.  While brides and groom won't likely get any deals on flowers, rings or limos, their guests might see popular gifts drop in price.  June is traditionally a good time to shop for plates, pots and pans and home decor -- items that could end up as a wedding gift.

Christmas sales begin earlier and earlier every year, and the same seems to be happening with back-to-school sales.  Look for some sales to start around the end of the month.

It's been six months since people had their New Year's resolutions, and local fitness clubs are feeling it.  That is why June can be a good month to buy fitness equipment or negotiate a good deal at a local gym.

While June is a good month to barbecue, it is not necessarily a good month to buy a barbecue.  Most sales on outdoor furniture and barbecues start after the July 4 holiday.  Also, the next big weekend for deals on the car lot is also around the Fourth of July.

As San Diegans prepare to go to the polls Tuesday, there are several key items on the ballot including a heated Congressional race, a district attorney facing her first re-election challenge and a pair of measures concerning the city's waterfront.

While one report said the state could have its lowest voter turnout ever in the upcoming primary election, there are several races in San Diego County that may draw people to the polls.

• Read: 10 Things to Know About California Primary

San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has faced a tough campaign with two challengers - former prosecutor-turned-defense-attorney Bob Brewer and retired Deputy D.A. Terri Wyatt.

The three candidates met face-to-face in February on NBC 7's Politically Speaking.

Brewer claims the DA's office has become "far too political" following Dumani's unsuccessful bid for San Diego mayor in 2012.

Wyatt, who retired after 26 years last September to run for the top job, agreed that the office became too political about a year before Dumanis decided to run.

Dumanis, however, pointed to her office's 94-percent conviction rate.

“I think my record speaks for itself,” she said. “We’ve been innovative in every area from the drug court to the veterans’ court - ever changing and on the cutting edge,” she said.

Total fundraising in the race was close to a million dollars, with money from Brewer backers outpacing Dumanis' by a 5-to-4 margin.

Barrio Logan Zoning

Shipyards and nautical defense contractors say they would be an endangered species under San Diego city Propositions B and C.

The measures ask voters to support City Council-approved changes to Barrio Logan's community plan that tighten rules on maritime industries north of Harbor Drive.

John Alvarado, Barrio Logan business leader, said the shipyards represent a large number of employees that could be affected if the propositions are passed. Those jobs in jeopardy extend beyond the shipyards to suppliers all over Southern California.

Councilmember David Alvarez urged voters to approve B & C to allow jobs to continue while allowing residents to co-exist with the industries in the area.

52nd District Race

No other local election has had a break-in at an official candidate headquarters, references to cockroaches and Lindsay Lohan, accusations of plagiarism and allegations of the online posting of a gay slur.

Republican candidate Carl DeMaio is challenging incumbent Democrat Scott Peters, Republican Kirk Jorgensen and Republican Fred Simon in the June 3 primary.

The top two vote-getters will vie for the 52nd Congressional District seat.

To find your specific polling place, go to the San Diego County Registrar's Office website and enter your address.

If you don't have a sample ballot, you can find that information here.

A driver who collided head-on with another vehicle on a Lakeside freeway, killing both herself and the other driver, did it on purpose, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP is treating the crash as an “intentional act turned homicide,” according to Officer Kevin Pearlstein.

Last Friday, 29-year-old Trista Lynn Stier drove the wrong way up an off-ramp on State Route 67 and collided head-on with a Select Electric utility truck.

Both Stier and the truck driver, 49-year-old Douglas M. Menegos, died from their injuries. No other passengers were involved in the crash.

“To have some senseless act like this, I can't understand it,” said Frank Lowrey, Menegos’ father-in-law.

Even though Menegos was his son by marriage, Lowrey said he considered him his own child.

“I don’t have sons-in-law, I have family,” he said. “I have sons.”

The tragic circumstances surrounding Menegos' death have his family searching for answers.

The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office lists Stier’s cause of death as suicide. Based on statements from Stier’s family, officers believe Stier was suicidal at the time of the crash and caused the collision on purpose, Pearlstein said.

Multiple witnesses told investigators it appeared that Stier was driving the wrong way intentionally.

Menegos died of multiple blunt force trauma, according to the ME. The Alpine man leaves behind a wife and two children. 

Lowrey said Menegos lived for his family.

"Love your family like Doug did and you're going to be...total family. It's just we're all going to miss him so bad," he said.

Services have been planned for Saturday, June 7 at 11 a.m. at the Foothills Christian Church- Main Sanctuary on West Bradley in El Cajon.

The family requests all attendees dress in “Doug Attire” meaning T-shirts, shorts & flip flops. They say that’s how he would have wanted it.

An online fund has been set up to help with college expenses.

When the ladies of Comic-Con 2014 hit the convention floor in costume this July some will walk away feeling uncomfortable and violated according to online group Geeksforconsent.org.

The group is now blaming Comic-Con for not doing enough to protect women in costume.

“They’ve been harassed, either sexually with pretty verbal harassment, or physical groping, or being followed around the convention space” said Rochelle Keyhan, creator and director of Geeks For Consent.

Keyhan believes Comic-Con is perpetuating the problem by refusing to create a detailed anti-harassment policy.

She created an online petition with more than 2,200 signatures as of early June.

Comic-Con spokesperson David Glanzer defends current policy, calling it “broad by design."

“The fact of the matter is the broadness of the policy allows us to take more action than if we were specific. If we said ‘A, B, C, D was not allowed, what if somebody tries to circumvent that?’” said Glanzer who points to the heavy security and police presence as proof Comic-Con doesn’t take harassment claims lightly.

“The reports we’ve gotten have been few and far between."

Geeks For Consent says they’ve been tracking online reports of harassment and wants Comic-Con as the largest convention of its kind to lead by example with more a detailed public plan.

“Their harassment policy is more vague than the policy restricting the pets people can bring” said Keyhan.