Nine people were arrested in a burglary bust in Escondido that netted the recovery of six people’s belongings, sheriff’s deputies said.

Sheriff’s deputies investigating a string of burglaries went to an apartment complex at 485 Citrus Ave. in Escondido to arrest a suspect who had three felony warrants.

As part of the investigation, deputies arrested seven others on suspicion of drug possession, burglary tool possession, possession of stolen property, possession of stolen checks, possession of stolen credit cards and identification cards, under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Four of the suspects were also arrested on felony warrants. Another female suspect was also arrested on a felony warrant in an associated apartment unit.

Items belongings to victims in Escondido, San Marcos and Vista were recovered.

Sheriff’s deputies are continuing the investigation and believe there could be more victims in San Diego.

The names of the suspects were not released.

Bluewater Grill Seafood Restaurants of Newport Beach has a June 27 opening planned for Bluewater Boathouse Seafood Grill in Coronado, after recently acquiring and renovating the historic former Coronado Boathouse at Hotel del Coronado.

Financial terms were not disclosed for the acquisition of the property lease at 1701 Strand Way in Coronado, which was most recently operated under the name 1887 on the Bay. A Bluewater Grill spokesman said the company bought the location from its prior leaseholders, Boathouse 1887, led by Michael Baker and Marty Jensen.

The sale closed in early June, and the restaurant is opening under its new name following a preliminary remodeling, Bluewater Grill officials said. A more extensive remodel is scheduled after the summer season.

The company has retained all staff from 1887 on the Bay and plans to add 25 to 50 positions.

Bluewater Boathouse will be the company’s sixth Bluewater restaurant and its first in San Diego County. Operators said the Coronado restaurant will feature “hyperlocal” sustainable seafood and shellfish.

The restaurant is being designed to be a flagship for the company, patterned after an over-the-water Bluewater Avalon that opened last year on Santa Catalina Island. Steve Ewing is the new restaurant’s general manager.

The boathouse dates back to Hotel del Coronado’s early days and was previously the home of the Coronado Yacht Club and a Chart House restaurant.

Bluewater, founded in 1996, is led by co-owners Jimmy Ulcickas and Rick Staunton. The full-service, value-priced restaurants serve up to 40 varieties of seafood and shellfish.

Bluewater also operates its own swordfish boat, called Pilikia, which is based in San Diego and enables operators to catch locally harpooned swordfish in season, officials said.
 

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It’s been nearly two months since an unknown man opened fire at a San Diego Walmart store and newly-released surveillance footage of the suspect running through the parking lot may help detectives finally catch the gunman.

The San Diego Police Department released a short, grainy surveillance video clip for the first time Friday that shows the suspect running to his getaway car moments after he fired his gun inside the retail store.

On May 6, at around 10 p.m., the man entered the Walmart at 3412 College Ave. in the Oak Park area. As he approached a cashier, he brandished a handgun and demanded money. The cashier didn’t open the cash drawer quickly enough and the man fired his gun at the ceiling.

Investigators said the man then removed cash from the drawer and fled the scene in an unknown make or model vehicle. The car had a white driver’s side door and front quarter panel.

Shoppers were shocked by the gunfire. Many fled to the back of the store in search of safety, while others ran for the door, picking up their children and scurrying to escape.

No one was injured in the incident.

According to police, the suspected shooter is described as a black man between 30 and 40 years old, 5-foot-8 to 6-foot-1, with a heavy build. He wore a gray cap, gray sweater or jacket, a red and black flannel shirt, black pants and white tennis shoes during the incident. Witnesses said he had a beard and his hair was pulled back into a bun.

Investigators believe this suspect robbed the same Walmart location on Nov. 23, 2013, too. In that incident, he also fired a round from a gun towards the ceiling.

Last month, investigators released a few still photographs of the suspect in their search for leads.

However, to date, he remains at large.

Anyone with information on his identity and whereabouts should contact the SDPD Robbery Unit at (619) 531-2299 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477. Tipsters can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a $1,000 reward leading to an arrest in this case.

Authorities are searching for a fugitive accused of firing several rounds from a handgun at his Ramona home.

San Diego County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Dean Robert Mostad. San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Fugitive Task Force is seeking Mostad on a charge of willful discharging of a firearm in a grossly negligent manner.

The warrant for his arrest calls for him to be held on $500,000 bail.

Mostad, 59, is described as white, 6 feet 6 inches and weighing 225 pounds. He has auburn hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information on Mostad’s whereabouts should call the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 888-580-8477. Anonymous email and text messages can be sent here.

 Sheriff’s deputies on a “zero-tolerance” parole and probation check arrested 18 people this week for violating their release conditions.

On Thursday, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department rolled out Operation Neptune– so named for the coastal communities it encompassed.

Deputies dropped in on nearly 50 people in Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside and other seaside towns to make sure they were following the rules of their parole or probation.

Eighteen had outstanding warrants, were in possession of a controlled substance, were under the influence of a controlled substance or a combination of the three, officials say.

The arrested suspects range in age from 22 to 57 years old and live in Oceanside, Encinitas, Solana Beach and Escondido.

The rest of the probationers and parolees were either complying or not at home at the time, which means deputies will have to check on them later.

About 70 deputies, a K-9 unit, SWAT team and helicopter air support helped accomplish Operation Neptune.

 In one of his final acts, baseball great Tony Gwynn tried to make sure his fellow players did not emulate him in one aspect: his addiction to chewing tobacco.

Gwynn took part in an anti-tobacco public service announcement (PSA) -- produced by the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society -- before he lost his battle with cancer on June 16.

The PSA will not be released to the public, but later this year, it will be shown to all major and minor league baseball teams.

For the video, Gwynn was too weak to speak, but he contributed a simple and direct message through a statement: “My advice to anyone would be if you aren’t using spit tobacco, please don’t start. And if you are using, try to quit. If not for yourself, then do it for the people you love.”

The Hall of Famer blamed smokeless tobacco for his fatal cancer.

His message in the PSA is drawing immediate praise from Georgia Robins Sadler, Ph.D., a past president of the American Cancer Society in San Diego.

Sadler told NBC 7 Gwynn made it his mission to save other people from the consequences of tobacco use.

“His parting message to us was, ‘Let’s make a difference. Let’s finish using tobacco. Let’s make that history,’” said Sadler.

Major League Baseball has not banned the use of tobacco, but after Gwynn’s death, MLB officials said they will continue to focus on education.

About 33 percent of baseball players are spit tobacco users, according to the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society.

Two players who worked under Gwynn at San Diego State University – Addison Reed and Steven Strasberg – have vowed to quite using chewing tobacco in their coach’s honor.

 A U.S. Border Patrol plan to fly detained migrants from Texas to California has been set back in motion after officials scrapped it last weekend.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is again preparing to fly adults with children from the Rio Grande Valley to San Diego and El Centro, according to a release from CBP officials.

Others will be transferred to Laredo and El Paso in Texas in an effort to relieve congestion in the south Texas sectors.

When news of the prospective transfer broke last week, Border Patrol officials soon backed off their plan after swift public push back.

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But Friday, CBP’s Media Division Director Michael Friel announced the transfer had been reinstated. However, he did not include a timeline, the number of migrants coming to California or where they will be placed.

Once they have arrived, agents will process the apprehended families for removal and turn them over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, who will decide on a case-by-case basis if they will remain in custody, be deported or be released.

Friel’s statement said transfers between Border Patrol sectors happen regularly to help the CBP manage its processing flow.

Border Patrol agents have seen an overwhelming influx of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border at Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.

Since Oct. 1, agents have arrested more than 174,000 migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, The Associated Press reported.

The federal agency is also searching for places to board about 50,000 unaccompanied minors who have inundated the border. As many as 700 of those children were apprehended by San Diego Border Patrol agents.

In response to that crisis, the federal government has launched a coordination group to leverage resources in the Departments of Defense, Justice, Health and Human Services, State and the General Services Administration.

A video posted online shows a group of young people approaching and beating up a woman sitting on a bench in Brooklyn.

The video, which was posted on Facebook on Friday, shows a group of young people--possibly teenagers--approaching a woman in Windsor Terrace and savagely beating her.

The violence was filmed by onlookers. No one shown in the clip tries to help the woman.

Police say they are investigating the assault, which investigators believe happened recently, but there's no word on whether anyone has been questioned.
 

A Queens man is facing charges for allegedly threatening to blow up several police precincts.
   
Police say 30-year-old Richard Bolton called Nassau County 9-1-1 and claimed he had a bomb strapped to his body and that he was going to blow up an NYPD precinct and several other precincts on Long Island.
   
Police say Bolton claimed he was upset over being written up for a summons.

He was arrested and charged with making a terrorist threat.

Bolton pled not guilty in a court appearance Saturday.

A teenage boy was shot Friday outside Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH headquarters and near President Barack Obama’s Chicago home. He was one of 16 people shot across the city in less than 12 hours.

Police say the 17-year-old was walking in the 4900 block of South Drexel Boulevard at about 7:30 p.m. when someone fired shots from a minivan, hitting the teen in the back.

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The teen, who police say is a "documented gang member," was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in stable condition.

A town hall meeting was underway at Rainbow PUSH when the shooting occurred, and Jackson ran outside to find him lying on the ground.

“I had to leave before the meeting was over to come across the street,” he said. “A young man had just been shot and was still lying down.”

The shooting comes amid the coalition’s 43rd Annual International Convention dubbed “a quest for equality and peace.”

President Barack Obama’s home is just two blocks away from where the shooting occurred.

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A little more than an hour earlier, two people were shot in the 8000 block of South Paulina Street. A 42-year-old man was shot in the arm and leg and was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in stable condition and a 40-year-old woman was shot in the ankle and taken to Holy Cross Hospital in stable condition.

Around 8:40 p.m. an 18-year-old man was shot in the ankle while walking in the 6500 block of South Stony Island Avenue. The teen, who police said was being uncooperative, told officers he heard shots and felt pain. He transported himself to Jackson Park Hospital in good condition.

About an hour later, a 22-year-old man was shot in the leg and foot. Police did not immediately have details surrounding the shooting but said the man, a documented gang member, was shot in the 2400 block of East 99th Street and was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital in good condition.

Around 11 p.m. Friday, three people were shot in the 0-100 block of East 102nd Place, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Janel Sedevic.

A 23-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the neck but refused medical treatment, police said. A 23-year-old man was shot in the foot and a 19-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the foot. Both were taken to Roseland Community Hospital for treatment.

Police said an offender approached the group and fired roughly five shots at them before fleeing on foot.

At the same time, two people were shot near 60th Street and Prairie Avenue.

Police said a 17-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man were standing outside when they heard shots and felt pain.

The teen was shot in the back and taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital and the 21-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the shoulder and was treated and released at Stroger Hospital.

At least six others were shot overnight and into Saturday morning.

• Around 12:20 a.m., a 24-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the groin in the 2200 block of South Sawyer, police said. Officials believe the shooting was self-inflicted and said the man was taken in serious condition to St. Anthony Hospital
• Just after 12:30 a.m., police shot a man during a foot chase in the city’s Austin neighborhood. Officers patrolling the area heard gunshots and observed a vehicle “traveling at a high rate of speed away from the area,” according to a statement from police. The officers were attempting to curb the vehicle when a passenger fled the vehicle and officers followed. During the chase, police said the man produced a weapon and turned toward the officers who then fired at him, shooting him in the leg, according to authorities. The offender was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
• Less than 30 minutes later, a 39-year-old man was shot during an apparent robbery in the 5000 block of West Madison Street. Police said an offender with a handgun demanded money from the man. The victim gave the offender an unknown amount of money and the offender ordered him to lay on the ground. When the victim refused, the offender shot him in the left leg, ran to a nearby car and fled west on Madison, Sedevic said. The victim was listed in good condition at Stroger Hospital.
• Just after 3 a.m., a man was walking with his girlfriend in the 11900 block of South Yale when he became involved in a confrontation with his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend, police said. During the argument, the ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend shot the man, 25, in the abdomen and right arm. The man was taken to Roseland Community Hospital in stable condition and no one was in custody as of Saturday morning.
• Around 4:15 a.m., a 27-year-old man was shot in an apparent drive-by in the 8000 block of South Justine Street. The man suffered wounds to both legs after someone in a passing four-door vehicle opened fire at him. The man was taken in stable condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said.
• Fifteen minutes later, a 26-year-old man was shot in the Little Village neighborhood. Police said the man was walking with a friend on 24 Street near Pulaski Road when people in a red, four—door vehicle began shouting gang slogans and a man standing outside the vehicle opened fire. The victim was shot in the shoulder and listed in stable condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.

A Chicago woman was arrested Saturday after she allegedly crashed into a vehicle, then carjacked it with a 13-year-old boy still inside, police said.

Alan Grudnowski was driving eastbound on Interstate 80 around 5:30 a.m. near mile marker 162 in Illinois when a beige 2006 Chevrolet van crashed into his suburban, according to Indiana State Police.

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As Grudnowski exited his vehicle to check on the driver of the van, identified as 32-year-old Larona Green. Green allegedly exited her vehicle, climbed into the suburban and fled eastbound on I-80 toward Indiana.

Grudnowski called police to report that his car had been stolen from the crash scene and was heading into Indiana with his 13-year-old son in the front seat, police said.

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The teen had his cell phone and was able to provide landmarks while Green was driving, according to authorities.

Major Jerry Williams was on duty along Interstate 94 and was able to locate and stop the vehicle.

Several police units responded to the scene and Green was taken into custody.

The 13-year-old boy was not injured.

Green was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, possession of a stolen vehicle and criminal confinement. Police report her blood alcohol level was at .119.

Other charges are pending in Illinois and the investigation is ongoing, officials said.

Two men were rescued after their single engine plane crashed near the Delaware River on Saturday.

The NC Air Traffic Control Tower at the New Castle County Airport reported Saturday, around 10:45 a.m. ET, that it lost contact with a small aircraft.

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State Police reported that the plane was located in the Delaware River in a muddy and marshy area between Fort Delaware State Park and Fort Mott State Park, New Jersey. However, SkyForce10 flew over the scene of the crash and showed that the aircraft had landed in a marsh near the water rather than in it.

Officials say two "older men" were spotted in the water near the plane.

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A Delaware State Police helicopter arrived at the scene and rescued the two men. According to state police, their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.

A law enforcement source also told NBC10 that the men were covered in mud but appeared to be "okay." They walked on their own to an ambulance, according to the source.

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A Pennsville Police lieutenant told NBC10 that the plane sustained some sort of power failure. The FAA is currently investigating the crash.

1of2 survivors (wht shirt) of small plane crash in DE River led into ambulance. They are wet but no serious injuries pic.twitter.com/c0NkJggUBj

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An Illinois man, 18, was rescued late Friday night after he climbed a cell tower behind the Northfield Fire Department, and the dramatic rescue was captured on camera.

According to Assistant Fire Chief Tom Burke, area residents went to the fire station and told officials they heard a person in the back of the department’s property on top of a tower pole.

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Officials then went to the scene and found someone at the top of a cell tower roughly 110 feet tall.

Burke said fire officials called for more personnel to assist in the rescue and members of the department climbed the tower to help the man down.

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“We got up there, we got him and we got him down successfully,” Burke said.

Officials managed to lower the man safely into a tower ladder basket, according to authorities.

He was taken to Highland Park Hospital for treatment following the incident, Burke said. His condition was not immediately known.

The Northfield Police Department is investigating. It is not clear if charges will be filed.

 An elderly woman trapped by an Escondido house fire has died after suffering from smoke inhalation and burns, the San Diego County Medical Examiner reported. 

The unnamed 76-year-old woman was inside her two-story home Tuesday morning as flames sparked in her kitchen and grew to about 20 feet high, neighbors said. 

By the time firefighters arrived at the scene, the house was already well-involved in fire. 

Rescuers were able to pull the woman out and rush her to Palomar Medical Center, and she was soon transferred to UC San Diego Burn Center for treatment. 

However, her condition deteriorated, and she died from her injuries Friday around 7 p.m., according to the medical examiner. 

Her identity will be released after her family is notified. 

A hit-and-run that left a San Diego man fatally injured in the driveway of his own home remains unsolved and two months later, despite their pain, the victim’s family has vowed to pay it forward.

On April 24, Jack Jackson, 52, was found unconscious, lying in the driveway of his home in the 8000 block of Beaver Lake Drive in San Carlos. His family believes Jackson had gone out for a late-night walk, was hit by a car and tried to crawl home on his hands and knees.

A passerby spotted him in the driveway early that morning and called police. Jackson was taken to the hospital where he later died from brain trauma.

To date, the suspected hit-and-run remains unsolved and there have been no arrests made in the case. Investigators aren’t sure of the location where Jackson was hit. He suffered a broken pelvis and scrapes on his elbows and knees, which indicated he likely tried to crawl home after being fatally injured, police said.

On Saturday Jackson’s family held a benefit bike show at the El Cajon Harley Davidson location in honor of their loved one, who was an avid biker and motorcycle enthusiast.

The outdoor benefit included the sale of Jackson-inspired T-shirts and hats, raffle drawings, a BBQ and bikini bike car wash. The family hoped to donate all proceeds from the event to the California Victim Compensation Program to help other victims of violent crimes and their families.

“We’re trying to make something negative into a positive. We’re just trying to do something that can help others and do something positive in the community,” said Jarred Jackson, son of the hit-and-run victim.

Jarred said his family wanted to also raise awareness of hit-and-runs, especially since there have been so many in San Diego County.

Celeste Jackson, the victim’s wife, said the family is choosing to pay it forward because the community supported their family immensely after her husband died.

“If we didn’t receive the help from our community for the memorial costs, then we wouldn’t have had a way to send him off in a very loving way,” she told NBC 7. “We want to be able to be there for other families that have and unexpected death and help them.”

Family friend Dan Litwin attended the benefit and said the Jackson family’s desire to help others in the face of such a tragedy is inspiring.

“It’s courageous to be standing up and doing something for other people when the pain is so personal,” Litwin told NBC 7. “It’s nice to see people become inspired instead of depressed.”

Jarred described his father as a “big, hairy biker” with tattoos who rode a Harley and who loved old, British bikes. He said his dad would’ve enjoyed Saturday’s event.

Despite the pain of losing his father so suddenly, Jarred said helping others will help his family continue to heal.

“It’s either that or just sit around and mope and be sorry for ourselves. At least we can turn a horrible event into something that can help others,” he added.

Celeste said her husband will forever be remembered as a caring family man.

“He was just a really easy-going guy. He loved to cook so most of the people that knew him were blessed with his cooking. He loved to ride. He loved, most of all, his sons and his family,” she said, holding back tears.

After more than two months with little information on her husband’s case, Celeste said the hardest part for the family is still not knowing what happened that day Jackson was found in their driveway.

“Not knowing who – or how he died, how he made it to our front driveway. Not knowing if it was a hit-and-run. We don’t know what happened,” she added.

The investigation into Jackson’s death has proved challenging for police due to a lack of witnesses. Neighbors also said they did not hear a crash or brakes squealing.

Jackson’s family said he regularly took early morning walks around his neighborhood and knew the area well.
 

Two government contractors who paid tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for pricey contracts to a Camp Pendleton official who called himself the “Godfather” will each spend time behind bars for their role in the scheme.

Chula Vista resident Hugo Hernandez Alonso, 50 – president of Hugo Alonso, Inc. (HAI) – was sentenced to a year in prison and a fine of almost $127,000 at a federal hearing in San Diego Friday. His company was sentenced to five years of probation.

San Diego resident Bayani Yabut Abueg, Jr., 51 – president of MBR Associates, Inc. (MBRA) – was sentenced to six months in prison, $105,025 in restitution to the IRS and a fine of $366,140. His company was also sentenced to five years of probation.

A judge ordered both men, who are free on bond, to self-surrender by Jan. 2, 2015.

Both Alonso and Abueg pleaded guilty in January in connection with the bribery case involving U.S. Department of Defense employee Natividad “Nate” Cervantes, also known as the “Godfather of Camp Pendleton.”

According to investigators, Cervantes – who also pleaded guilty in January – used his position at the base to extort bribes from companies seeking to do business with Camp Pendleton.

The FBI said Cervantes began accepting bribes as early as September 2008. In exchange for major contracts, the so-called “Godfather” received thousands of dollars in cash payments from companies and even arranged to have extensive remodeling and construction work done on his personal condominium for free.

According to Alonso’s plea agreement, his bribes resulted in the awarding of least six government construction and service contracts from 2008 to 2011. He paid Cervantes a total of $119,000 in bribes during this time.

In his plea agreement, Cervantes admitted that in 2008 he agreed to accept a $25,000 bribe to assist Alonso and his company in obtaining a $3.5 million government contract to install flooring at Camp Pendleton. Cervantes used the code “the 25 package” to refer to the bribe and a third party delivered the money.

Meanwhile, Alonso, Abueg and their respective companies also admitted to soliciting and accepting kickbacks from subcontractors in relation with those government contracts awarded to their companies. Some of those subcontractors were directly steered to them by Cervantes.

To cover the tracks, the kickbacks were typically given in cash to Abueg’s son or in checks issued to his son or daughter. Other kickbacks included subcontractors performing discounted work at the personal residences of Abueg’s wife, relatives and associates.

Abueg filed a fake federal income tax return for 2010 that failed to report more than $268,000 in illegal kickbacks, investigators said. In 2011 Abueg exchanged a bribe with Cervantes in exchange for a $3 million contract for his company to do work at Camp Pendleton.

For his part, Cervantes was arrested on Mar. 28, 2013, after allegedly accepting $10,000 in cash from a witness who was cooperating with the FBI in the investigation.

Cervantes had hatched a plan to accept a $40,000 in exchange for assistance in obtaining a new $4 million contract at Camp Pendleton but his plan was foiled by his arrest that day at a local business on Miramar Road.

The “Godfather” is scheduled to be sentenced in San Diego on July 24.

Talk about a wild way to wake up: the San Diego Zoo Safari Park is now offering visitors a chance to have breakfast with tigers – real tigers, not that cartoon from the cereal ads.

Safari Park officials said “Breakfast With Tigers” will be held on Saturdays from June 28 through Aug. 16 in the Tull Family Tiger Trail’s Sambutan Longhouse between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., before the park opens to the public.

The Longhouse is located right in the center of the park’s new Tiger Trail area.

The morning event includes an open breakfast buffet and an opportunity to view the Safari Park’s Sumatran tigers in their yards. A tiger keeper will also demonstrate a training session with one of the trail’s big cats during the breakfast and share stories about the tigers.

After breakfast, guests can explore Tiger Trail and the rest of the park. Tickets are $45 per person for breakfast and admission to Safari Park is sold separately.

Tiger Trail – a 5.2-acre forested habitat – opened last month. It boasts three separate tiger yards with rocks for climbing and lounging, ponds for swimming, long grasses for catnaps and trees to use as scratching posts.

The trail is part of the facility’s conservation efforts for the species.

Safari Park is home to six Sumatran tigers, four of which are under four years old. There are fewer than 350 Sumatran tigers in the wild and, without protection and preservation efforts, scientists predict the species could be extinct in its native Sumatra by 2020.
 

 A drone crash that damaged USS Chancellorsville and injured two sailors was caused by a malfunctioning control system and human error, according to a U.S. Navy report unclassified this week.

A 13-foot, BQM-74 series unmanned drone struck the guided missile cruiser’s hull off the coast of Point Mugu as the ship was conducting training exercises on Nov. 16, causing a fire inside and minor burns to two people on board.

The redacted Navy report says equipment malfunctions were the main cause of the crash. Leading up to the strike, a target control team at Point Mugu launched the drone directly at the vessel to test its ability to defend its crew against enemy missiles.

The team then ordered the drone to turn away from the ship – a command the system ignored.

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As the drone continued on its course toward USS Chancellorsville, personnel on board failed to issue a “rogue drone” alert and ignored a recommendation by the ship’s weapons system to fire on the approaching aircraft.

Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. wrote in his report that virtually everyone involved in the exercise believed the chances of a drone hitting the ship were extremely remote, so they focused on targeting and data instead of the safety concerns.

“This false confidence in the system adversely affected the time it took to both recognize and act on the problem,” Harris wrote.

He said both the Point Mugu target control team and the Chancellorsville leadership had chances to prevent the mishap and failed to do so.

Those on land knew the drone control system had failed or had performed incorrectly several times that day, yet they decided to forge ahead with the launch and did not let those on the Chancellorsville know about the problems, according to Harris’ report.

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“I question this control team’s ability to continue to adequately service Pacific Fleet ships,” wrote Harris.

The admiral also decided to take administrative actions against the ship’s commanding officer, tactical action officer, anti-air warfare coordinator and combat system coordinator.

Harris rebuked the commanding officer for failing to “do everything he could and should have done; he failed to use the full range of tools available to him to protect his ship.”

Nevertheless, Harris commended the crew for their response to the fire that grew after the drone punched a 3-foot hole into the cruiser’s hull.

After the strike, USS Chancellorsville was docked at Naval Base San Diego to undergo repairs, which took about six months and $30 million, according to a Navy Times report.

 A Scripps Ranch woman woke up to a terrifying sight early Saturday morning: a stranger standing over her bed, San Diego Police say.

The man walked into the woman’s home nearly Sweet Willow Way and Stonebridge Parkway through an unlocked door, investigators believe.

He then went into a bedroom where the victim was sleeping.

Around 2:10 a.m., she woke up to see the suspect standing next to her bed, but he fled as soon as her eyes opened and did not touch her, police say.

The suspect is described as an adult man between 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-5 with a chubby, broad build. He may have been wearing dark basketball-style shorts.

Neighbor Erin Gray, a single mom, told NBC 7 hearing about this incident is unsettling. 

"So to have something like that so close, across the street or even just in this whole area is kind of scary," she said.

Others in the area said they will be taking precautions and locking their doors to make sure a situation like this does not happen again. 

Police are investigating this as an attempted sexual assault.

If you have any information about the suspect or this incident, call Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477 or the SDPD Sex Crimes Unit at 619-531-2289.

For some Los Angeles residents, the 4th of July weekend will be a chance to stock up on marijuana.

Patients eligible to use medical marijuana will be able to buy the drug directly from growers at a pot-centric farmers market. The California Heritage Market, which will feature 50 vendors, is open to any card-carrying medical marijuana patient in California.

“It will provide patients access to growers face to face,” said executive director Paizley Bradbury.

The market will be held in an enclosed outdoor area at West Coast Collective, a medical marijuana dispensary in Boyle Heights. Bradbury said organizers will check ID to verify that shoppers can buy marijuana before allowing them to enter.

The vendors have also been screened to ensure the market doesn’t “just let anybody come off the street.”

“A lot of people have been contacting me and saying, how are you doing this?” Bradbury said. “This is the legal way. This is what the laws are allowing us to do.”

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Bradbury said the West Coast Collective decided to host the market out of frustration that the medical marijuana industry, especially in Los Angeles, has strayed from its original purpose of providing medicine to patients.

“Dispensary owners purchase medicine from growers and have created this market where their patients have no idea where their medicine is coming from,” she said.

She added that the city needs to do more to regulate growers and dispensaries, which she said often raise prices and give false information to patients. The farmers market, she said, will bring medical marijuana “back to its roots.”

A website for the event says the market "virtually guarantees that fresh medicine will be abundant and affordable."affordable.

The market, which also features food and games, will be held on July 4, 5 and 6 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the West Coast Collective.