San Diego police officers said they are putting on a full-court press to keep the peace following a deadly gang-related shooting.

After arresting four people at the end of a pursuit through Encanto late Monday, officers told NBC 7 the arrests were part of their efforts to make sure the streets stay safe.

Lt. Paul Phillips told NBC 7 officers aren’t sure if those arrested in Encanto were involved in Monday’s Skyline shooting that left two people dead and another person injured.

“Just trying to do all we can to keep everything safe and not have any retaliation,” Phillips said.

One woman driving a silver Avenger was handcuffed after she refused to pull over for a traffic stop near 7200-block of Skyline, police said.

There were three men in the car at the time.

Investigators said the driver took officers on a mile and a half chase, running stop signs and red lights.

Patrol cars cut the Avenger off at 61st and Benson in Encanto.

That's when officers said a juvenile passenger, who was supposed to be on home probation, bailed out of the car and ran through several backyards.

He was arrested in a nearby trailer park.

Police say another passenger in the car was a known gang member.

No one was injured.

The driver will likely face felony evasion charges for trying to protect her passenger who was supposed
to be home on probation.
 

A Chula Vista police officer has been placed on administrative leave following a disturbance in the parking lot of Chula Vista Hills Elementary School.

The disturbance outside the school at 980 Buena Vista Way during a graduation ceremony was reported at about 6:45 p.m. last Thursday. Officials said the incident involved the off-duty officer and the 16-year-old son of the officer's girlfriend.

A Chula Vista Police Department news release said the officer -- who wasn't identified -- was placed on leave pending an investigation into the alleged misconduct.

Further details on the disturbance were not released.

More than two dozen new Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants are in development for San Diego County, the company announced Tuesday.

New franchise group Burton Restaurants, LLC plans to develop 14 restaurants in San Diego and Mike Stout and Neal Wichard plan to develop 16 restaurants in North County and Southern Inland Empire, according to a Dunkin’ Donuts corporate news release.

They are part of 54 new restaurants slated to be opened throughout Southern California as part of franchise agreements.

The first San Diego restaurant could open by 2015.

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Since opening California for franchise development in 2013, Dunkin’ Donuts has three sites in California including the one inside the Embassy Suites San Diego Bay hotel in downtown San Diego.

They say they have agreements to develop nearly 200 new restaurants.

In a written release Paul Twohig, President, Dunkin' Donuts U.S. and Canada, and Dunkin' Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Europe and Latin America said, “We look forward to keeping Californians running on our brand’s high-quality coffee, sandwiches and baked goods.”
 

The mayor of an affluent Southern California city was caught on camera leaving a bag of what appeared to be dog feces on his neighbor’s property, police said, and the neighbor believes this wasn't an accident. 

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Dennis Kneier, mayor of San Marino, a town of approximately 13,000 people just south of Pasadena, was identified as the person placing a plastic bag in the private walkway of a home in the 1400 block of Charlton Road around 6 p.m. Saturday. According to San Marino Police, the bag was tied closed and appeared to have been intentionally place at the walkway entrance.

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Homeowner Philip Lao says that surveillance footage shows Kneier and his wife walking. In the video, Kneier’s wife is seen pointing to Lao’s walkway, and then Kneier is seen tossing the bag onto it.

Lao believes that Kneier was seeking revenge for his opposition to the mayor’s dog park proposal. Lao is against the dog park because he believes dogs are left there for hours as their owners run errands, and the dogs tend to fight when left unattended.

Lao lives a block away from Lacy Park, and as such, has "no poop zone" signs in his front lawn. According to Lao, Kneier does not like him posting signs like that, but Lao believes it is his right as a homeowner. Lao told the city council that when people take down their USC and UCLA signs, he’ll take down his "no poop zone" signs.

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Kneier had previously said that he found the bag near the sidewalk, but told NBC4 that he could not know for sure where he picked up the plastic bag before placing it on Lao’s walkway. He acknowledged that he did not reach down and place the bag on the walkway, but instead that he was "standing up and dropped it," adding that he "may have flicked it off a bit."

When asked about the "no poop zone" sign, Kneier said that he personally does not like it, but that there has been no animosity between himself and Lao. Kneier added that the sign is "not the look we want to have in San Marino," but that it is not against any city ordinance.

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The mayor lives two blocks from Lao and says he regularly walks by Lao’s home.

Kneier said that if he had to do it all over again, he would have walked by Lao’s home and left the plastic bag where he says he originally found it, or else he would have disposed of it in a trash can.

"I take responsibility for what happened," Kneier said. "I’m sorry it happened… this was a mistake." 

Neither Kneier nor Lao is a dog owner.

A North County man accused of shooting and killing his neighbor called law enforcement officials asking specific questions about when it was justifiable to carry and fire a gun, according to testimony in the trial Tuesday.

John Upton, 56, was shot in March 2013 by his neighbor, Michael Vilkin. Vilkin has pleaded not guilty, claiming the shooting was done in self-defense.

As the trial continued Tuesday, testimony focused on discussions Vilkin had prior to the shooting regarding the perceived threat from Upton.

A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy testified he received a call from Vilkin asking about gun laws, explaining that his plan to put in a driveway was upsetting a neighbor.

Deputy Scott Hill testified Vilkin specifically asked when it was legally justified to carry a firearm on his property and when he was legally justified in using it.

Hill testified that Vilkin told him there had been no threats and no acts of violence.

Under cross-examination, Hill admitted he did not follow up and interview Upton or Vilkin.

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Local surveyor Vincent Sampo was hired by Michael Vilkin to check to see if there were any encroachments on a “panhandle” portion of Vilkin’s property that provided an easement for neighbors.

Sampo testified that Vilkin not only told him he had purchased a gun but also showed him the pistol in a case in the trunk of his car.

He said it was it was the first time anything like that had happened in years of surveying properties.

“He said that he purchased the gun because he was threatened by the neighbor,” Sampo said. “He wanted to use it in self-defense.”

“He had said something to the effect of… I’d rather spend my life in prison… than get blown away or something like that, get shot or something like that,” Sampo testified.

Under cross-examination, Sampo testified that Vilkin told him his neighbor also owned a gun.

Prosecutors say Upton had only a mobile phone on his body when officers arrived on scene.

If convicted, Vilkin could face 35 years to life in prison.
 

As the Padres trudge through what is becoming a potentially record-breaking run of offensive futility, we continue our quest to find a team they can beat.

First it was the Chicago Cubs, who sported the worst record in the National League coming into Petco Park three weeks ago. The Padres eked out a series split after losing two of the first three.

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Then it was a trip to Arizona to play the last-place Diamondbacks. The Friars limped through a series loss that included a 12-6 rout in the rubber game that saw the D’backs take a 10-run lead in the first two innings.

Next comes the current stretch in which the schedule brought on 16 straight games against teams with a record at or below .500 (at the time). So far, they’ve lost four of the first six of those games, scoring just 11 runs in the process.

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But now, the Padres may have finally found a worthy adversary: A trip to Phildadelphia to play the hapless Phillies, co-owners of the worst record in the NL and losers of eight of their last nine. There’s gotta be some wins in there, right? Let’s take a look.

What’s at stake: As playoff aspirations slowly fade away for both teams, let’s turn our attention to which team can stake the claim of having the most inept offense in the baseball.

As you may know, the Padres rank dead last in the majors in batting average (.218), on-base percentage (.277) and slugging (.346). But the Phils are gaining on them, ranking 23rd/24th/23rd in baseball with their team slash line of .241/.308/.372. First team to two runs could win all three of these games.

The Padres have lost seven straight series to the Phillies and dropped four of six from them last year.

Matchups:
Tuesday, 4:05 p.m.: Ian Kennedy (R, 5-6, 3.39) vs. A.J. Burnett (R, 3-5, 4.41)
Kennedy has won three straight starts, allowing just four earned runs. Meanwhile, Burnett has allowed 17 runs on 26 hits over his last three.

Wednesday, 4:05 p.m.: Tyson Ross (R, 6-5, 3.22) vs. Cole Hamels (L, 2-3, 3.49)
After a dominant May where he threw four straight starts without giving up more than one earned run, Ross has been unable to get through the sixth inning in two of his last three. A San Diego native, Hamels has been a workhorse, going at least six innings in all but one of his outings. He’s also allowed more than three earned runs just once since May 6.

Thursday, 10:05 a.m.: Andrew Cashner (R, 2-5, 2.13) vs. Kyle Kendrick (R, 1-6, 3.40)
Can somebody please get Cashner a win? The poor guy has given up two runs or less in five straight outings, but has an 0-3 record during that time. After a strong start, Kendrick has tailed off, allowing at least four runs in three of his last four.

Who to watch:
Padres: Let’s play a little game called “find a Padre hitting above .200 over the last week.” There’s part-time catcher Rene Rivera, who has three hits in 11 at-bats (.273). There’s Yonder Alonso (.267) and Seth Smith (.222), who each have four. And that’s about it. Alonso has the team’s lone home run in the past … who knows how long?Let’s at least give some love to Cameron Maybin, who has three RBIs in his last seven games after going his first 70 at-bats without one.

Phillies: This lineup is mostly made up of Chase Utley and a bunch of guys who could play for the Padres. The second baseman is hitting .314 with 31 runs scored and 24 doubles. First baseman Ryan Howard leads the team with 11 homers and 41 RBIs, but is hitting just .233 and has a whopping 80 strikeouts.

Coming up: The road leads to New York, where the Padres play the Mets this weekend. That’s followed by a cross-country trip to Seattle for a pair of games before the Mariners come to Petco for another pair right after that.

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In light of a decision to grant one company the first permit to fly drones over land, experts in San Diego hope it will pave the way for expanding the drone industry here.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it has granted the first permission for commercial drone flights over land, the latest effort by the agency to show it is loosening restrictions on commercial uses of the unmanned aircraft.

The BP energy corporation has been given permission to use a Puma drone to survey pipelines, roads and equipment at Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, the FAA said. The first flight took place on Sunday.

Made by AeroVironment of Monrovia, California, the Puma is a small, hand-launched craft about 4 1/2 feet long and with a 9-foot wingspan. It was initially designed for military use.

In San Diego, there are hundreds who are party of this industry. Experts convened at a summit on Tuesday to brainstorm ways to promote the drone industry in California – thought of by some as a leader in the unmanned aircraft world.

The summit was underway in the afternoon at Liberty Station Conference Center to bring together experts in the field to discuss opportunities for economic growth and balancing privacy and innovation.

Experts want to make California a “center of excellence” in the drone industry, a distinction given by the FAA that allows a region to perform specialized research to promote drone technology.

“California as a whole is well positioned to become a leader in the unmanned aircraft world. San Diego, in particular, has several large defense manufacturers that have been involved with unmanned aircrafts for years,” said Gretchen West of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.

Sarah Lubeck of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation also believes San Diego is well positioned to be a leader in the drone industry.

She said there are three large defense contractors in the area as well as other smaller drone companies and part of Tuesday’s conference aims to draw light to them.

Some drone company owners, however, have been reluctant to move forward with business until the FAA’s decision. One owner who spoke with NBC 7 on Tuesday said he knew there are issues with privacy and regulations for safety, but that the FAA should keep up with technology.

Drones are often less expensive to operate than manned aircraft and easier to maneuver. Equipped with 3D cameras, the Puma will provide images of hard-to-reach places not currently available, BP and AeroVironment say.

Carlsbad city leaders agreed Tuesday to investigate a property dispute between lagoon residents and paddleboarders Tuesday.

The Carlsbad city council unanimously approved a resolution to direct staff to perform a comprehensive investigation into all Agua Hedionda Lagoon use and property ownership bordering the lagoon.

People who have lived and worked around the lagoon for years have expressed numerous concerns ranging from an influx of visitors causing parking problems to new paddle boarding instructors putting paddlers in potential danger.

Josh Cantor the CEO of California Water Sports, located along the lagoon, says ever since paddle boarding became popular a few years ago, he’s seen more paddle boarding instructors hold classes at the lagoon.

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“The biggest thing is no accountability,” Cantor told NBC 7. “Companies are showing up and they're bringing a trailer with 20 boards and setting up on the beach. Nine out of ten of those guys could be doing something right, but if not, and they're not held accountable, not insured, they open themselves and the city to a lot of liability.”

The owner of one of those paddle boarding schools is Matthew Poth.

Poth could only speak for his company 2 Stand Up Guys, but said he knows he’s operating his business legally and safely. He told NBC 7 he always has an instructor in the water with the student and if there are more than one, there's an average of a one to five, teacher/student ratio. Ultimately, he believes he’s doing nothing wrong.

“That area is public access. As far as Carlsbad is concerned, I’m certified to the gills. I’m just using that public access area to do what everyone else is doing paddle, and I’m doing it safely.”

The next part of these lagoon disputes will involve the city.

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At a council meeting Tuesday, Carlsbad city councilmembers agreed to investigate who owns what and how the land is being used.
 

A man accused of posting sexually explicit images of women to a website only to then charge the women to remove them argues he's not guilty of a crime because he simply received the images from the women's ex-boyfriends.

Kevin Bollaert appeared in a San Diego courtroom for a pre-trial hearing, facing felony counts of conspiracy, identity theft and extortion.

Sixteen women claim Bollaert took their photos, posted them to the website YouGotPosted.com and then asked them to pay hundreds of dollars to have the pictures removed.

In court Tuesday, defense attorneys argued the images and website may be distasteful or offensive but does not rise to the level of being illegal.

Investigators say Bollaert posted more than 10,000 sexually explicit photos of women on YouGotPosted.com.

According to an arrest warrant, he then created ChangeMyReputation.com, where he allegedly charged the women $300 to $350 have their pictures removed from YouGotPosted.com.

Bollaert’s attorneys argued their client did not commit identity theft because he did not willfully seek out the identities of the women involved. Rather, they say, he was given the photos, email information and phone numbers by the ex-boyfriends of the women.

They also claim their client’s actions do not meet the legal definition of extortion because the photos on his website were already exposed online.

Investigators traced Bollaert to a mail drop on Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach and an address on Hotel Circle in Mission Valley. Database records indicate he spent just two months there in 2010.

According to investigators, Bollaert made $900 a month off advertising on his websites and thousands more from women desperate to have their pictures removed.

Both websites have been shut down.

The so-called “revenge porn” case is the first of its kind, filed by state Attorney General Kamala Harris.

There is now a California law that prohibits posting identifiable nude photos online after a breakup, punishable with a $1,000 fine or six months in jail.

A fast-spreading fire has left one person dead and a mobile home destroyed in Lakeside, according to fire officials.

The fire was reported around 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Shangri La Mobile Home Park in the 14000 block of Highway 8 Business, near Lake Jennings Park in the East County.

Although Lakeside Fire Station 3 is next door to the trailer park, the home was already engulfed in flames when crews arrived a minute later, according to fire officials.

At least six engines from Lakeside Fire, Heartland Fire and La Mesa Fire responded. The sheriff’s ASTREA helicopter also assisted.

Two people were inside the home when the fire sparked. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other was injured, according to fire officials. Officials said two neighbors were also injured while trying to rescue the victim. There is no word on their conditions.

The blaze was so powerful, it shattered the windows of the home next door.

Officials are now investigating what caused the fire. The victim's name has not been released.

Firefighters expect to be on scene for several hours. 

People hitting the links at Torrey Pines on Tuesday got quite a surprise: A small plane that landed right on the fairway.

The single-engine biplane landed safely around 11:45 a.m., taking golfers completely by surprise.

“It started coming really low to the ground, and we had to scurry our carts out of the way,” golfer Michael Fasel said.

“The next thing I know, I can hear it out of my ear, and it’s literally 20 feet over my head,” golfer Chad Hobbs said. “It had just passed, and I didn’t even know it was happening.”

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Witnesses reported hearing a sputtering sound coming from the plane. In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane made the precautionary landing because of a “rough running engine.”

The pilot and the two passengers were not injured, and the plane was not damaged. However, witnesses said it was a close call.

“So it lands on No. 4 and it looks like it was actually going to end up in the canyon," Hobbs said. "It kind of had to veer off at the last second. Otherwise, it could have gone off into the canyon."

After the surprise landing, aerial pictures showed a tractor trying to tow the plane off the course.

Fasel, who was celebrating his birthday Tuesday, captured the whole thing on cell phone video.

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Fasel said. “It’s my birthday. I thought, maybe it’s a special birthday flyby?”

While some golfers stopped to check out the commotion, others just continued on with their games.

“He just hit his shot, and we watched him land and, ‘wow, look at that.’ And we just kept playing,” golfer Dustin Dinsmore said with a laugh.

The plane is registered to Daniels Aviation, Inc. in San Diego. The FAA is investigating.

A San Diego woman says she's been told her son won't be allowed to walk in his 8th grade graduation ceremony-- all because of a lost textbook.

Keri Park’s son, a student at Taft Middle School in Serra Mesa, checked out some textbooks in September 2013. When he went to return his books last week, he had unknowingly lost one of them.

Park says she didn't find out she owed $143.34 until just days before her son’s graduation.

"I'm willing to pay the money. I've said that from the very second I found out about it. I just need some time to pay it,” the single mom told NBC 7.

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After first being told it was too late to settle the fine, Park said she received a letter with a handwritten note that reads, "Payment plan offered to parent so promotional activities can be given.”

Park says she’s not exactly sure what the payment plan is. She claims the school’s principal asked if she could pay “a good chunk” of the bill. She says when she asked what that meant, she wasn’t given a clear answer.

NBC 7 called Taft Middle School's principal for comment.

The principal’s secretary took a message and a short time later, a spokesperson for the San Diego Unified School District sent NBC 7 a link with the district's policy on textbooks.

The policy states there will be no charge if the loss or damage to a book is beyond a student's control but if there is "willful" damage, a principal can withold diplomas, grades or transcripts.

However, it also says the principal should also make arrangements for a payment plan by a date agreed upon with the child's parent or draft a schedule so the student can "work off" the cost of the damaged book.

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Park thinks the school’s policy should change for single moms like her, who can’t afford to fork out that kind of money on such short notice.

"It should be about the students achieving their goals in academics, not money. It always seems to go back to the money with schools and the district, and it's broken."

On Tuesday, Park's son was not allowed to go on a field trip, which she said was already paid for, due to the lost textbook.

The school agreed to put the $17 paid for the field trip toward the balance of the lost book.

Taft Middle School’s 8th grade promotion is scheduled for June 13.

Some students at a Cupertino high school couldn’t believe what they saw when they opened their new yearbooks: a Jewish student’s name changed into an anti-Semitic insult.

Someone changed the last name of a Jewish student of Israeli descent in this year’s Monta Vista High School yearbook, replacing the last three letters of his name with the word “Jew.”

Marco Schwiebert is one of hundreds of Monta Vista High School students who were stunned to see their friend’s name more than just misspelled in this year’s yearbook.

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"I think it was a joke, but it's definitely not a funny joke,” Schwiebert said.

Fremont Union High School District spokeswoman Sue Larson said they have tracked down the student who added the insult. "Most regrettably, [the slur] was not caught by our yearbook staff,” Larson said.

“That student has admitted that they were involved,” she said. “The local law enforcement agencies are working with the student and trying to sort out the consequences."

The family of the student whose name was changed didn’t want their name used, but the boy’s mother told NBC Bay Area they want to use this incident to teach others what is funny and what is hurtful.

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“While this may have been a joke,” the mother said, “the joke went too far.”

The books will not be reprinted. School is out for the summer, and with 1,600 of the yearbooks already printed and handed out, the district says they are asking students to return to the school to pick up a label they can use to cover up the insult.

A Southern California mayor who was caught on camera tossing a bag of dog feces on his neighbor’s property has apologized, but some don’t believe that mayor’s words are sincere.

Dennis Kneier is mayor of San Marino, a town just south of Pasadena that is considered one of the nation’s wealthiest communities. According to San Marino Police, Kneier was seen on surveillance video tossing the plastic bag into the private walkway of a home in 1400 block of Charlton Road Saturday in an act that appeared to have been intentional.

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"I apologize, and it won't happen again," Kneier said.

According to Kneier, he was on his way home from a park just three blocks away when he came across a bag of dog poop.

"A moment of not thinking, of bad judgment, instead of me carrying it all the way home or having just left it there in the first place," Kneier said. "That’s not my nature just to walk by trash and not pick it up, cause I always do."

Some residents at the San Marino Garden Club told NBC4 Tuesday that they don’t believe Kneier, and said that "he’s always controversial."

The homeowner, Philip Lao, believes that Kneier was seeking revenge for his opposition to the mayor’s dog park proposal. Lao is against the dog park because he believes dogs are left there for hours as their owners run errands, and the dogs tend to fight when left unattended.

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Lao has "no poop zone" signs in front of his lawn, in close proximity to where the bag of dog feces was left. The mayor has said he does not like the signs in Lao’s yard, but that there is no law against it.

"San Marino mayor’s apology started off with a bold lie," Lao said in an email to NBC4 Tuesday night.

Lao continued, saying the mayor’s claim that he picked up the plastic bag near Lao’s residence was simply untrue.

"(Kneier) did not know our camera covers a good 10 feet past the lamp post and it does not show him picking anything near there," Lao said.

In the video, Kneier’s wife is seen pointing to Lao’s walkway, and then Kneier is seen tossing the bag onto it. Lao said that the bag was tossed "right in front of our side gate, with a ‘no poop’ sign near the flowers."

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"Now he says he might be tired of carrying this half pound bag of dog waste," Lao said. "This is while he is carrying a big briefcase in his left hand which should weigh 20 times the weight of the poop."

Lao also claims to have copies of voicemail messages from city employees "threatening dire consequences" if he did not remove the "no poop zone" signs.

"I was not sure about filing charges of vandalism and littering, but now (Kneier’s) lies have forced me to defend my honor and add harassment charges against him and the city," Lao said.

San Marino Police are investigating the incident. Kneier said Tuesday that he has not been formally questioned. Kneier could face fines for littering.

NBC4's Conan Nolan contributed to this report.

A karate instructor accused of having sex with a minor student is now scared for his life in the county jail, his attorney said Tuesday.

“You’re scared of being assaulted in jail, especially for crimes like this," said attorney Kerry Armstrong. "And even though he’s a black belt, sometimes that kind of a double-edged sword, because there are guys in jail who will test the biggest guy in jail, or the baddest guy in jail, and he’s worried about that.”

Josh Thomas Churchill, 31, pleaded not guilty at his court appearance Tuesday.

San Diego Superior Court Judge David Szumowski reduced bail for Churchill from $25 million to $1 million at the arraignment hearing.

Churchill faces 53 criminal counts of child molestation, including allegedly having sex with a female minor.

The victim’s mother spoke with NBC7 Tuesday at their home, telling us the situation has been very hard to deal with, especially during what is supposed to be proud moments for their daughter graduating high school.

A friend of the suspect said there is no possibility the allegations against Churchill could be true.

“He does what he loves; trying to keep kids out of trouble,” a woman, who would only be identified as Sherry, said. “He has a drive for doing this, for seeing kids succeed and guide them to the right path.”

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department arrested Churchill last Thursday on 500 criminal counts, after crashing through the front glass door of United Studios Self Defense Karate Studio at 13331 Poway Road to serve search warrants.

Churchill was the studio’s operator and lead instructor.

Investigators say for more than three years, the suspect committed illegal acts against a minor at the studio and other locations.

He was arrested Thursday near his San Diego home.

According to his Facebook page "Sensei-Josh Churchill," Churchill was previously an instructor at Z-Ultimate Self Defense Studios in Poway, but his last post on April 2 said he was no longer working there.

"I'm sure there'll be a lot of lies and negative things spread, but if you really want to know, call me," the post read.

Tom Francis, an attorney for Z-Ultimate Self Defense Studios, said the Poway branch closed down when Churchill left to open his own studio in April.

"We're shocked about this as well," said Francis on behalf of his client.

NBC 7 also found a recent civil court complaint filed on June 2 by Churchill. In the court papers, he asked for a protective order against an ex-employee of Z-Ultimate and her father, alleging that the they attacked him in May after she was fired.

The ex-employee responded with a restraining order application of her own. Both sides were scheduled to hash out the case in court on June 17.

Classes at the United Studios Self Defense Karate Studio were canceled Monday as word spread about Churchill's arrest.

Michelle, a mother of one of Churchill's students, said she is in disbelief after hearing the accusations against her daughter's instructor.

"It's shock. It's scary. It's a parent's worst nightmare. You hope it never, ever happens to your child," Michelle said.

Churchill has declined interview requests from NBC 7.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the sheriff's child abuse unit at 858-565-5200.

Hillary Rodham Clinton was greeted by a packed room at Chicago's Harris Theater as she arrived to an audience dominated by women, many of them already holding her book, "Hard Choices."

In a well-cut gray pant suit, aqua jewelry, and well-coiffed hair, Clinton looks much as she did in the 2008 presidential campaign that was won by Barack Obama.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the former Secretary of State talked about her mother's terrible childhood, her less than "artful" statement in the book that she and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, were "dead broke" when they left the White House.

Emanuel and Clinton discussed the problems of income inequality and problems plaguing the middle class.

"Trickle down economics doesn't work!" she said to applause.

Wednesday's appearance, a discussion for Chicago Ideas Week at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, was Clinton's second public appearance in the city.

The family of Cardinal John O'Connor has recently made a stunning discovery -- the New York archbishop's mother was born Jewish, and her family is buried in a Jewish cemetery in Connecticut.

O'Connor, archbishop of New York from 1984 until he died in 2000, had a brother and two sisters. One of those sisters, Mary O'Connor Ward, recently wrote a column for Catholic New York, explaining the revelation about her family.

"It was a surprise I never expected," she wrote.

She told The New York Times for a story published Tuesday that, according to Jewish tradition, her mother being Jewish means she and her siblings are too.

"Of that I am very proud," she said.

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O'Connor Ward, who is 87 and lives near Philadelphia, said she stumbled upon the information while researching her ancestry, and found that her grandparents were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Fairfield.

"How could this be?" she wrote. "How did I go through life not knowing this?"

She said she is convinced her brother was not aware of their mother's heritage.

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The children had always known that their mother, who died in 1971, converted to Catholicism before marrying their father, but assumed she made the change from another Christian denomination.

"Her journey of faith was simply never mentioned or spoken of in our family," O'Connor Ward wrote. "My eyes fill with tears and I smile as I think of how my brother would have cherished the thought. "

Her brother, she said, "had a deep and profound love for the Jewish people. ... He cherished their friendships and thought of them as his dear older spiritual brothers."

A probate court judge granted a four-day trial, scheduled for next month, in an effort to resolve an ongoing team ownership dispute and move forward with a sale of the Los Angeles Clippers, an attorney for the estranged wife of embattled team owner Donald Sterling said Wednesday.

Rochelle Sterling's attorney filed paperwork Wednesday morning asking a judge to affirm she was within her rights last month when she, acting with the authority she claimed as head of the Sterling Trust, negotiated a team sale to ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. The judge did not rule on whether Rochelle Sterling acted properly in negotiating the deal, but instead scheduled a four-day trial to begin July 7 to hear testimony on the matter.

Her attorney and a representative of Ballmer's were in court Wednesday morning when the request was filed. The timing is important because the NBA's Board of Governors is scheduled to meet July 15 and could take up the Clippers ownership dispute.

"The judge recognized the urgency of the matter and granted to request to expedite this far earlier than the normal process," said attorney Pierce O'Donnell, who represents Rochelle Sterling, also known as Shelly.

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The trial before a judge will involve expert witnesses and testimony from doctors, O'Donnell said.

"We're hopeful that the judge will rule promptly thereafter that Donald Sterling, sadly, was properly removed as a trustee for mental incapacity," said O'Donnell.

Donald Sterling's lawyer, Bobby Samini, left the courthouse without comment after a clerk announced the trial schedule. Neither Sterling was present.

The proposed $2 billion sale to Ballmer appeared to mark a turning point in the Sterling saga, which began after an audio recording surfaced of Sterling making racist comments and telling a companion not to bring black people to Clippers games. Donald Sterling, 80, indicated he had agreed to the proposal, but announced earlier this week that he planned to move forward with a lawsuit against the NBA.

The lawsuit alleges the league violated his constitutional rights by relying on information from an "illegal" recording when officials announced a life-time ban and substantial fine. It also claims the league committed a breach of contract by fining Sterling $2.5 million and that it violated antitrust laws by trying to force a sale, which would require approval from other team owners.

Shelly Sterling announced late last month that she had negotiated a sale of the franchise to Ballmer on behalf of the Sterling Family Trust. She claimed authority as head of the trust to negotiate the sale and claimed her husband's mental capacity is impaired.

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Her attorney said Wednesday outside of court that the provisions of the trust agreement, agreed to by Donald Sterling, make it clear that Rochelle Sterling acted within her rights when she negotiated the sale proposal.

"Mr. Sterling signed a trust agreement with a provision that authorizes his removal if two licensed physicians certify that he lacks mental capacity," O'Donnell said before the judge's decision was announced. "Three doctors have have now certified his incapacity to function as a trustee of this very complex business."

League officials have said they want a resolution as soon as possible. An extended timeline is not what Ballmer had in mind when he proposed the $2 billion deal, his attorney said.

"Mr. Ballmer is not going to stick around for years for this to wind through the courts, and the NBA has made it very clear that it will take over the team and that's a consequence that is not going to benefit the Sterling family or the trust," said Ballmer attorney Adam Streisand.

The NBA's longest-tenured owner continued to sound a defiant tone Tuesday when he released a statement in which he said he is fighting the NBA in the name of privacy rights and freedom of speech.

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"I am shocked (but not surprised) that the NBA wants to take away those fundamental rights," Sterling said in the statement. "I feel that every American has to protect those rights and that the NBA should not be allowed to take away those rights. I have apologized for my mistakes. My apology is sincere. I want every American to know that I will not give up fighting for those rights."

As for the NBA's involvement at this point, the league's commissioner said it's a legal matter to be hammered out by the Sterlings and their attorneys. During an interview with ESPN at halftime of Game 3 of the NBA Finals Tuesday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league is waiting for "this dispute between Donald and Shelly Sterling to play itself out."

The league scheduled a hearing earlier this month at which team owners were to vote on Silver's request to terminate Sterling's ownership. That hearing was canceled after Rochelle Sterling announced plans to sell the team and attorneys for Donald Sterling indicated he agreed to allow her to negotiate the sale, Silver said.

In response to the statement Sterling released Tuesday, Silver said he has "no idea what (Sterling) is talking about."