Cal Fire crews rushed to Valley Center Saturday morning to battle a brush fire consuming approximately two acres of vegetation, officials confirmed.

The blaze – dubbed the “Bear Fire” by officials – began around 11:45 a.m. at Bear Valley Heights Road and Bear Valley Lane.

Kendall Bortisser of Cal Fire said the fire was burning in light fuel at a slow rate of spread, but had some potential for growth. As of 12:15 p.m. the fire was holding at about five acres, officials said, and air tankers headed to assist had been canceled.

At this point, no structures are threatened and no injuries have been reported.

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The body of a 27-year-old unidentified woman was found on an Ocean Beach road early Saturday morning and evidence suggests she may have been yet another victim of a hit and run, San Diego police confirmed.

SDPD Sgt. Art Doherty told NBC 7 the deceased woman was discovered just after 6 a.m. in some pickleweed and brush in the 4600 block of Nimitz Boulevard, near the eastbound Interstate 8 ramp.

Though her cause of death remains under investigation, Doherty said the victim sustained injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle, so investigators suspect she was possibly struck by a hit and run driver.

Doherty said evidence at the scene – including plastic car parts and clothing that likely belonged to the victim – further indicate the possibility of a hit and run. He said investigators are still trying to determine what type of vehicle those parts may have come from.

The challenge, however, is that the area where the woman was found is littered with other debris as well, unrelated to the incident. Doherty said investigators are combing through those remnants, trying to figure out what is truly evidence. Another challenge, he said, is that there are no independent witnesses in the case.

If a hit and run driver is to blame for the fatality, Doherty said the suspect’s vehicle likely has significant damage to its front end.

Now, as for the victim, she has not yet been identified by police. Doherty said the woman may have been a known transient in the Ocean Beach area.

“She has tattoos that will help us [identify her]. But we just don’t know right now. It’s still early,” added Doherty.

If this is a hit and run, it’s just the latest in a long line of similar incidents that have happened on San Diego roadways over the last six months. Doherty said police see a lot of these cases and many of them are linked to suspects driving under the influence or alcohol or drugs that choose to flee instead of face the consequences.

“Let’s face it, this is a culture that just sometimes doesn’t take responsibility,” said Doherty. “Now, whether or not that person knew that they struck this lady, whether they were intoxicated, whether they were driving on a suspended license, didn’t have insurance – for whatever reason – that’s usually pretty consistent when people flee the scene of a crime, when they strike somebody it’s usually the result of being under the influence.”

“They don’t want to take responsibility, so they flee the scene and leave the damage behind,” he added.

Anyone with information on this case should contact the San Diego Police Department.
 

Dozens of members of a San Diego search and rescue team continued their mission to find a Ramona man Saturday morning who has been missing for nearly a week, searching high and low for any clue that might lead to him.

Carl Salayer, 67, was last seen by his wife on Monday when he went to bed. Investigators believe he left his home in the 17000 block of Handlebar Road in Ramona between 2:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. He has not been heard from since.

Salayer suffers from Alheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, as well as dementia, and has to take medication for his ailments.

Earlier this week, the missing man’s wife of 48 years, Sheryl Salayer, told NBC 7 she is worried sick because her husband needs his medication.

Deputies with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and search and rescue volunteers have searched extensively for Salayer all week, to no avail. On Wednesday evening, teams focused their efforts in Lakeside where a retired deputy believes he may have spotted the man.

The search continued through Thursday and Friday with no trace of Salayer.
Saturday was no different.

Jan Caldwell of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said 69 people deployed at 9 a.m. on the search mission. Since Tuesday, more than 200 volunteers, six dogs and five horses have been involved in the search for Salayer.

On Saturday – the hottest day of the search thus far – Caldwell said searchers would be retracing their steps and looking in a few neighborhoods while also scouring along State Route 67. They plan to continue their efforts until night falls.

At this point, Caldwell said crews are hoping for the best but expecting the worst.

Due to how long Salayer has been missing, combined with hot days, brisk nights and lack of medication, Caldwell said the operation has become less of a rescue mission and more of a search for the man’s body.

Caldwell said that even if the search ends Saturday, the investigation into Salayer’s disappearance will continue.

Officials describe the missing man as 6-foot-3 and 150 pounds with blue eyes, balding gray hair and a moustache. A command post for the search has been established at Highland Valley and Handlebar roads, close to Salayer’s home.

Investigators said Salayer has a feeding tube and might only be wearing his undergarments since he disappeared in the middle of the night. If alive, he may be frightened and run if approached.

Despite the rugged terrain and open-ended search, Salayer’s loved ones are hopeful he’s still alive and will be found safe.

“They did find some clues where he's gone over big boulders and stuff. Even though he's elderly and disabled, he got around good. There's some areas where you can't get to by car, so any help [in the search] would be great,” family friend Danell Marks told NBC 7.

Officials said Saturday’s search includes about 40 teams. Some searchers will go door-to-door speaking with Ramona residents who may have seen Salayer. Deputies will use horses in the more rugged search areas and K-9 officers will attempt to trace Salayer’s scent.

Salayer’s wife said the worst part of this ordeal is not knowing if Salayer okay, or what he state of mind might be at this point without his medication.

"I just wish I knew what he was thinking, he talks about working all the time and I say where and he says ‘I don't know,’” said Sheryl.

A 34-year-old man was arrested after stabbing three of his family members at a home in Whittier, Los Angeles Country, on Saturday night, authorities said.

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Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call regarding a family disturbance and an assault with a deadly weapon about 8:30 p.m. at a home near Mills Avenue and Mystic Street.

When deputies arrived, the alleged attacker was outside, but ran to a backyard and barricaded himself in a shed and refused to come out, officials said.

Inside the home, three family members – all adults - were found with stab wounds.

Investigators later learned that the suspect, identified by authorities as Alexander Michael, allegedly began stabbing his father several times. When his sister and mother tried to stop him, he allegedly stabbed them too.

They were taken to the hospital with what officials described as non-life-threatening injuries.

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The SWAT team responded to the scene. Michael was arrested about 10:40 p.m. without incident, officials said.

Michael was charged with attempted murder and assaulty with a deadly weapon . He was being held on $1 million bail.

Some residents were unable to return to their homes as deputies conducted an investigation.
 

A 15-year-old boy was among five people killed in weekend violence in Chicago and one of at least 24 shot since Friday afternoon.

Police said the teen was standing on a corner around 10 p.m. Saturday with a 16-year-old boy when a group of offenders exited a vehicle and opened fire at them.

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The 15-year-old boy was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. The 16-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder and taken to Roseland Community Hospital in stable condition, according to authorities.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed the death of the teen but was not releasing his identity.

Earlier Saturday, a 23-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest when someone opened fire at a group of people around 5 p.m. in the 11100 block of South Homewood Avenue.

The group heard shots and people fled in several directions, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan.

The man was found on the ground and pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said.

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Just after 3 a.m. Sunday, a 23-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body in the 7200 block of South Wentworth Avenue, police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, Sullivan said.

Also Sunday, officials responding to a report of a “man down” found a man unresponsive in the 11100 block of South Lowe Avenue.

The man, whose age and identity were not immediately known, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest just before 7:45 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, two people were shot near 55th Street and Lake Shore Drive, across the street from a city beach. 

The Chicago Fire Department said a 30-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and a 42-year-old man was taken in stable condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

Details surrounding the shooting were not immediately available. 

At least eight others were shot Saturday evening and into Sunday.

• Just before 4 p.m. Sunday, two people were shot in the 2400 block of East 75th Street. police said a 47-year-old man was taken to Northwestern Hospital in stable condition and a 42-year-old man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center for treatment. It was not immediately clear what caused the shooting, police said.
• Around 12:30 p.m., police said a 34-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body in the 6800 block of South Talman Avenue. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition. Details surrounding the shooting were not immediately available.
• Around 7:10 a.m. Sunday, a man in his 30s was shot in the leg in the 900 block of North Parkside Avenue in the city’s Austin neighborhood. He was listed in stable condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.
• At 1 a.m., a 14-year-old boy was shot near 115th Street and Parnell Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood. The young teen suffered a wound to his foot and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital where his condition was stabilized.
• Just after 10:30 p.m. a 55-year-old man was shot in the Fuller Park neighborhood. The man was in the 300 block of West 42nd Place when a white minivan pulled up and several men exited the vehicle and opened fire. The man was listed in serious condition at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County with multiple gunshot wounds.
• Around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, a 22-year-old man was shot in a possible drive-by shooting near Lawrence and Avers avenues. The man was in the 4700 block of North Avers Avenue when he was shot in the face, police said. He transported himself to Swedish Covenant Hospital and was later transferred to St. Francis Hospital.
• Just after 6 p.m., a store clerk was shot during a robbery in Logan Square, police said. The shooting took place in the 2600 block of North Kedzie Avenue. A 25-year-old man working in the store was shot in the leg and taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition. The offender removed cash from the store and fled the scene, police said.

Nine others have been shot since Friday.

 A pedestrian is dead after he was hit by a truck in Mission Bay. 

The crash happened in the 1700 block of East Mission Bay Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. 

San Diego Police say the 18-year-old was illegally crossing the street when he was hit by a Chevrolet pickup driving southbound. 

A short time later, the victim died at the scene. 

No one was arrested in this incident. 

A San Leandro, California, man died in Las Vegas Saturday after he was rushed to the hospital after attending a popular music festival.

The coroners office said 24-year-old Montgomery Tsang died early in the morning after attending the Electronic Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.

Authorities said he suffered a medical episode but did not give further details. According to the Las Vegas Sun, intial reports suggested Tsang collapsed in the Las Vegas Motor Speedway parking lot.

Hundreds of thousands of people are attending the three-day event billed as the "largest multi-day concert in North America."

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Some people who attended the festival said with so many people there, a tragedy like this is inevitable.

EDC released a statement, which in part read:

"Today we learned some very tragic news, that after attending the festival a guest of the show has passed away. We are deeply saddened by this news, and hope that everyone will join us in keeping his family and friends in their thoughts during this very difficult time."

When contacted by NBC Bay Area on Saturday, Tsang's family declined comment. According to an online social networking site, it appears that Tsang worked at the Golden Tee Golfland in Castro Valley.

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MyNews3.com in Las Vegas reported that EDC has a medical staff of around 70, including nurses, doctors and paramedics.

The site reported that 29 narcotics-related arrests were made at the festival from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday. A record crowd of 134,000 people showed up on the second night of the festival. Authoroties responded to 249 mostly minor medical calls with five people being taken to area hospitals, the site reported.

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Tsang's death is the first since the festival moved to Las Vegas. Details of his death are still under investigation.

In 2010, a 15-year-old girl died from a drug overdose at the festival when it was held in Los Angeles.

A 19-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly drove drunk and crashed in a construction site in Chicago Saturday, killing a worker and injuring two other people in the vehicle he was driving.

Erick Lopez, of the 3700 block of West 83rd Place, was charged with felony reckless homicide in a construction zone, aggravated DUI resulting in an accidental death, misdemeanor having no car insurance, failure to carry or display a driver’s license, improper lane usage and failure to reduce speed.

Police said the crash occurred around 4:18 a.m. in the 4900 block of South Wester Avenue on the city's Southwest Side.

Prosecutors allege Lopez's blood alcohol content was measured at 0.191-- more than twice the legal limit, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Jose Tafoya, of the 1000 block of West 57th Avenue in Merrillville, Ind. was pronouned dead at the scene at 5:45 a.m. Saturday, the Cook Count Medical Examiner's office said.

Three people inside the car, including the driver, were injured.

Two were taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and another was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital.

Family members said Tafoya, who is from Mexico, moved to Indiana in 2010. He has four children and two young grandchildren.

"He was a very hard working and responsible man," said his nephew Luis Paz. "He was always with his family. I don't know why this happened. He had a lot of dreams."

They plan to bury him in Guanajuato, Mexico, where his 91-year-old mother still lives.

Lopez was reportedly denied bail Sunday, but did not appear in court because he remains hospitalized.

It was a violent Saturday night in Philadelphia with at least 8 shootings in a 3-hour time span. Two people are dead, including a 16-year-old. The shootings took place between 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

At 11:15 p.m., a large crowd of 300 people formed at a barbecue in the 700 block of Montgomery Avenue. Philadelphia Police responded to a disturbance call at the party. A double shooting took place at the gathering and a 16-year-old was shot and killed. A 19-year-old was also shot multiple times and is in critical condition.

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As the 24th district police SUV pulled up to the scene, the vehicle was hit by a bullet on the passenger side. The window shattered, but there was no injury to officers.

In separate shootings in the Olney section of the city, two men were shot within 10 minutes of each other. A man was riding his bike in the 5500 block of American Street when he was shot twice at 11:20 p.m.. He's in critical condition at Einstein Hospital.

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At 11:30 p.m., at the other end of the block at American Street and W. Olney Avenue, a male was shot multiple times within just 10 minutes of the first shooting. He is in stable condition at Einstein Hospital.

Philadelphia Police do not know if those two shootings are related.

A man was shot once near 1300 N. McKinley Street and Oxford Circle at 11:40 p.m. This shooting victim is in stable condition. 

The first shooting of the night took place at 10:30 p.m. A 33-year-old man was shot in the foot in the 4600 block fo N. Marvine Street in the Logan section of the city. The victim is in stable condition.

The last shooting took place at 1:30 a.m. outside the Galaxy Lounge at 3348 Germantown Avenue in North Philadelphia. A 24-year-old man was shot multiple times and died. Police were called to the scene where a large crowd had formed. The victim was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital. A few people were taken into custody in this shooting, but no arrests were made.

There are no motives nor arrests in any of the shootings.

A violent machete attack in Medley, Florida, has left one man critically injured.

The brawl involving as many as six people took place Saturday afternoon outside a restaurant located on NW 115th Way and South River Drive. It appears that one victim was attacked with a machete. That man was airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition.

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Officers say shots were also fired at some point during the fight, but it is not clear if anyone was hit. Police are currently looking for the other five people involved in the fight, who fled in an orange Hummer and two silver sedans.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.

A Broward Sheriff's Deputy was fired after letting his friend use his patrol car speaker to heckle people on the streets of downtown Fort Lauderdale, reported the Sun Sentinel.

Deputy Rodrigo Mello, 33, was off-duty and behind the wheel of his marked patrol car on the night of August 11, 2013, when he took two drunk friends on a joy ride and gave one of them access to the P.A. system, according to the Sentinel.

The newspaper reported 911 calls started coming in around 2:30 a.m. to report the police cruiser's activities. One caller reported that the men inside the car were "saying extremely lewd and really stupid things over the P.A." A hot dog vendor reported being heckled by the men in the car, and said they were also catcalling women on the street.

Mello was a deputy for nearly a decade when he was fired as a result of the incident, according to the Sentinel. He was terminated back in January, and is trying to get his job back, the newspaper reported.

"It was stupid as could be and I look back at it now and it's absolutely ridiculous," Mello said in a sworn statement obtained by the Sentinel. "It was the stupidest decision I ever made in my life."

NBC 6 reached out to the BSO Public Information Office for comment, but has not yet received a response.

When a shark emerged from the water with an open mouth and triangular 2-inch teeth, fisherman Steve Clark of Avalon knew he was having a close encouter with a great white shark. The chance meeting, he says, happened about 5 p.m. Saturday at 28-Mile Wreck, the site of a World War II shipwreck off of Cape May.

"He is gorgeous or she. It could be a she. Watch out. He could come out. Get back. Get back. You guys are nuts," said a voice on a YouTube video. "Don't get close. It will come up. It will come after us."

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Clark's team of fisherman spotted the 16-foot great white shark swimming around their 35 foot boat.

The shark swam around the vessel for about 20 minutes before eating the entire chum basket carrying fish. The basket was hanging off the side of the boat and drifted off in the shark's mouth. Members of the crew took photos and videos as the shark swam near the boat.

Steve Clark and his fishermen friends fish in a private boat they dubbed the 35 Everglades. They work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). They tag sharks in the ocean off the New Jersey coast as part of a cooperative program called the Apex Predator Program.

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A recent study conducted by the NOAA says that great white shark numbers have increased since 2000 due to conservation efforts.  

"The species appears to be recovering," said Cami McCandless, one of the authors. "This tells us the management tools appear to be working."

Such a great white shark sighting is not that uncommon this time of year, according to Clark. He says he usually sees one great white shark every year and is able to differentiate between sharks due to the great white's teeth.

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Earlier in the day, the crew caught and released a dusky shark that weighed 150-pounds. Shortly after that, they saw another shark and relocated their boat two miles away when the great white came upon their boat.

The day was pretty slow, but seeing the shark was a "big bonus," said Clark. Who described the experience as nerve-wracking once the shark started pulling on the chum basket.

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The second of two teenage cousins who jumped into the Bronx River Friday afternoon and were pulled out by rescuers has died, hospital officials said Sunday.

Wellington Gabin, 13, had been on life support in critical condition at Montefiore Medical Center since the rescue. His cousin, Erickson Villa, also 13, died Friday.

Wellington was pulled from the water near E. 172nd Street after 3 p.m. and Erickson was pulled from the water after 4 p.m.

Witnesses said the teens were part of a larger group of children at Starlight Park who decided to go into the water.

Wellington's family members say he didn't know how to swim and that Erickson jumped in to save him.

"When he jump, he thought he can swim," said Kennedy Pacheco, Wellington's cousin. "He never swim before. He don't know how to swim. So he was already deep in the water."

The two struggled to stay afloat, and their friends took to safety and rushed to call 911.

Richard Ferrano said he was playing baseball nearby when the victims' friends ran to him.

"They were saying their friends jumped in the water, two kids, and they were drowning," he said. "So we came over here -- at first there was nothing -- and they called NYPD, and everyone started jumping in the water to look for the kids."

Fire officials said rescuers were able to pinpoint the area where the teens went under and quickly recovered the first victim. It took rescuers an hour-and-a-half to find Erickson because of poor visibility in the water. 

Authorities have found the dog belonging to missing firefighter Mike Herdman Sunday, officials said.

The breakthrough comes seven days after the search in the Los Padres National Forest began.

Officials said there was still no sign of Herdman. During a news conference Sunday, authorities said they would scale back search efforts after combing through a 50-square mile radius without finding Herdman.

Much of the search focused on finding Duke, who had been spotted twice in the past week. Authorities set a caged trap to capture Duke on Friday.

Good Samaritans found Duke around noon in a parking lot Sunday where the missing person's vehicle had been parked, said Sgt. Kevin Donoghue of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

Herdman, 36, disappeared last Friday during a camping trip in the forest near Fillmore with a friend and fellow firefighter. Duke ran away from the campsite and Herdman chased after him, barefoot and wearing just a t-shirt and shorts.

He was reported missing Sunday night when his friend emerged from the forest and contacted authorities.

Eighty-six search and rescue volunteers were were looking for Herdman on Saturday - the largest group so far. Two manned flight crews and two drones were used to search the rugged terrain.

Several Southern California sheriff’s departments and a team of special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are also involved.

It would appear students can now give Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism a notorious "Medill F" after a typo appeared on dozens of diplomas this weekend.

Roughly 30 of the more than 250 diplomas handed out Saturday had an error, a school official confirmed to NBC Chicago.

The typo was first reported by Kit Fox, who was at the ceremony but did not receive one of the misspelled diplomas. Fox took a photo of a friend's diploma, which had the word "integrated" spelled "itegrated," and tweeted it out.

Fox said students were viewing the error as "humorous."

"We all took it in good humor," he said. "We're all really aware of the 'Medill F' so the jokes came easy."

The "Medill F" is a school tradition that gives students a failing grade for a factual error or misspelling.

"Maybe it was one last minute test for the grads to catch on their diplomas," Fox said, noting that the rule isn't quite as daunting as it sounds. 

"The best part about it is it seems really harsh when you come in as a freshman but what it’s really teaching you is really getting a 'Medill F' is smaller than getting a factual inaccuracy when you're out in the real world," he said.

Desiree Hanford, lecturer and director of undergraduate education at the school, said officials plan to issue new diplomas to the impacted students.

"The diplomas are issued by the university so we will work with the NU registrar's office Monday to provide new diplomas to these students," she said.

A small fire broke out at Disneyland on Sunday afternoon, but there were no injuries or damages, fire officials said.

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Photos posted on Twitter and Instagram showed gray smoke billowing above the busy park.

The Anaheim Fire Department said outdoor trash caught fire.

The flames were extinguished in about 5 minutes, officials said.

It was unclear how the fire started.

A mother’s happy return from Afghanistan this week was quickly shattered by news that her 27-year-old daughter was killed by a suspected hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning in Ocean Beach.

Military veteran Tammy Wilson said she learned her daughter Amber Schei had been found dead four days after Wilson returned from working overseas for two years as a counter narcotics contractor.

Now, instead of cheerful reunion, Wilson is mourning the “beautiful angel” she called “Amblers.”

“Fun-loving, carefree, just loved life,” Wilson said of Schei. “She was very smart.”

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Wilson told NBC 7 Schei moved out to San Diego to take computer engineering classes at ITT Technical Institute, seeking her associate’s degree.

She also moved in hopes of seeing more of her 10-year-old daughter, who lives with her father.

But Schei recently dropped out of school and was living in a sort of group home, according to Wilson.

"She was in a -- I wouldn't call it a half-way house -- but one of those homes that they have for... she was diagnosed with a disorder where she had assistance, where they gave her meds and assistance through the state," said Wilson.

But the mother said her daughter sounded fine during their last conversation, the day before Wilson’s return to the U.S.

"She said 'Mom, I just need a little bit of money, but I'm doing great. I'm skateboarding all the time, going to a skateboard park,’” Wilson said, “and she just was living life. She was enjoying herself.”

Wilson was even urging Schei to go back to school.

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However, Wilson is now making some very different plans, organizing services for her daughter in California, Panama City Beach and Virginia Beach.

A local ceremony is set for Friday at 11 a.m. at Santee Lakes.

Wilson is currently staying in Virginia Beach with her sister and plans to receive Schei’s ashes there.

She’ll then travel to Panama City Beach “where Amber was truly at peace and enjoyed life, living with me and her brother, Christopher, before he went to the Navy,” Wilson said. There, they will spread her ashes.

But even when ceremonies in her honor have ended, the investigation into Schei’s death will continue.

Her body was discovered early Saturday morning in the brush off the side of Nimitz Boulevard.

San Diego Police Sgt. Art Doherty said her injuries were consistent with being struck by a vehicle, so they believe she was fatally wounded by a hit-and-run driver.

Investigators gathered plastic car parts from the scene to try to determine what kind of vehicle may have hit Schei.

However, the investigation is hindered by additional debris in the area, as well as no independent witnesses in the case.

Doherty said if it was a hit-and-run, the suspect’s vehicle likely has significant damage to its front.

If you have information about the suspected hit-and-run, call the SDPD.

A scuba diver died after being rescued off the coast of San Diego Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard said. 

A distress call first went out from dive boat Marissa, which is usually moored at Mission Bay, around 12:10 p.m. 

The Coast Guard said a second diver pulled the 42-year-old man in danger out of the water about 10 nautical miles southwest of Point Loma. They were at Hogan's Wreck, a popular dive site. 

A small boat took the patient to the Ballast Point Coast Guard Station for an emergency transfer, but the man was pronounced dead there.

Check back for updates on this developing story.

The Padres offense ranks last in the Major Leagues in eight major statistical categories (and a whole lot more if we dive in to Sabermetric analysis.) The roster is full of players hitting below their playing weights.

After 75 games, with a 32-43 record (third-worst in Major League Baseball), the team's ownership had seen enough.

Just before their game against the Dodgers at Petco Park on Sunday, the Padres relieved General Manager Josh Byrnes of his duties.

"This ownership group is committed to fielding a team that consistently competes for postseason play," said Padres President and CEO Mike Dee in a statement. "Thus far this season, the results on the field have been mixed at best and clearly have not lived up to expectations. After a lengthy evaluation of every facet of our baseball operations, we have decided to make this change."

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The Padres will allow Senior VP of Baseball Operations Omar Minaya, and Assistant General Managers AJ Hinch and Fred Uhlman, Jr. to handle GM duties until a replacement is found. The team says it's starting the search for a replacement immediately.

“We are looking for someone who can define, direct and lead this franchise’s baseball philosophy for years to come,” Dee said.

The move comes just 39 days before the MLB trade deadline, and with the Padres falling further out of contention, it's likely other contending teams will be calling to try and pluck impact players for the stretch run.

While their offense has been abysmal, the Padres do have one of the best pitching staffs in baseball. Closer Huston Street has converted all 21 of his save chances in 2014 and figures to be in demand.

Byrnes was hired by the Padres and Jed Hoyer in December of 2010, taking a role as Vice President of Baseball Operations. Byrnes then took over as Padres General Manager in October of 2011 when Hoyer left to join the Chicago Cubs organization.

In two and a half years with Byrnes serving as GM, the Padres were 31 games under .500.

Dee confirmed that the Padres are keeping manager Bud Black at least until the end of the 2014 season.

Firefighters are mopping up after a brush fire that threatened homes near San Marcos Sunday.

What's being called the Rocky Fire started around 2:30 p.m. and started spreading quickly in Elfin Forest, a neighborhood that was evacuated during the Cocos Fire last month. The fire sparked in the area of Elfin Oaks Road and Rocky Road near Painted Mountain.

The fire burned about four acres before crews had it fully contained two hours later later, according to fire officials.

Officials said three structures were threatened as the flames moved uphill toward homes. Several people were evacuated.

Crews from Cal Fire and the San Marcos Fire Department responded with a dozen trucks, two planes and three helicopters.

The cause of the wildfire is under investigation.