One person was saved from a sinking vessel off the coast of Ocean Beach, officials said.
The incident happened at approximately 3 p.m. Sunday when the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and San Diego Lifeguards responded to the boat off the coast, said SDFD spokesman Lee Swanson.
The boat is being towed to shore. The rescued individual was uninjured.
Police are looking for two men they said walked in to a South Bay grocery store looking for money and took off with trash bags filled with cartons of cigarettes.
The owner of Hilltop Market on Hilltop Drive in Chula Vista showed security camera video to NBC 7 of the incident.
"We have the gentleman coming across the parking lot and now he has something in his hand, he's walking towards the door and he throws something at the door very hard, he comes into the front here, another guy runs from the corner and now they're in," said store owner Rebecca Naemi.
Police said two men broke into the store by breaking the glass and ransacking the store.
She said two men ran into the store and tried to pull money from the cash. When they realized the cash register was empty, they filled a trash can and trash bag with approximately $2,500 worth of cigarettes and then ran off.
Police said no arrests have been made in the case. The suspects are described as two people in hooded sweaters.
A hot air balloon briefly landed in Black Mountain Ranch, police said.
The incident happened at approximately 4:40 p.m. on the 14900 block of Encendido, San Diego Police said.
The hot air balloon landed and then went back up again. There were no injuries.
A brother and sister were killed and a driver was charged with DUI after a pickup truck and a minivan collided Saturday night in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Thomas Muir, 25, of Media, Pennsylvania was arrested after his truck slammed into a minivan, killing two teenagers and injuring four other people, according to investigators.
Muir was driving a 2014 GMC Sierra pickup truck northbound on Route 100 in Uwchlan Township Saturday around 6:55 p.m.
At the same time, Paul Hannagan of Downingtown, Pennsylvania was traveling on North Ship Road and turning right onto Route 100. Hannagan's wife, two children, identified as Miles and Charlotte Hannagan, and two other adult family members were inside the van at the time.
As Hannagan turned right, the pickup truck slammed into the van, according to investigators.
The force of the collision tore the minivan open. Miles and Charlotte were ejected from the van even though they were wearing seatbelts. They were both found on the shoulder of the roadway and pronounced dead at the scene.
Paul Hannagan and his wife were seriously hurt in the crash and taken to the Paoli Hospital Intensive Care Unit. The other two family members were treated and released at Paoli Hospital.
Several witnesses told police they spotted Muir driving erratically and at a high rate of speed swerving and making unsafe passing movements moments before the crash. They also said his truck struck the minivan from the rear at a high speed, causing the accident.
Muir was not injured in the crash. Police observed he smelled like alcohol, according to officials. Muir allegedly failed field sobriety tests and was taken to Chester County Hospital where his blood alcohol level was checked.
Muir was arrested and charged with two counts of Homicide by Vehicle While Driving Under the Influence, two counts of Homicide by Vehicle, two counts of Aggravated Assault, six counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person and Driving Under the Influence.
Muir was arraigned with his bail set at $75,000 cash. He was remanded to the Chester County Prison pending a preliminary hearing.
Charlotte Hannagan was an 11th grade student at Downingtown High School West while Miles Hannagan was a graduate of the school.
"Words cannot express the sadness that our school community is feeling at this time," a Downingtown High spokesperson wrote. "Our sincere condolences, thoughts and prayers go out to the Hannagan friends and family who are dealing with this horrific tragedy. DHS West will have grief counselors and support available for any student needing assistance in the days ahead."
Funeral information has not yet been released.
More than 20 vehicles were reportedly involved in a crash that closed a section of Interstate 95 southbound in Waltham, Massachusetts, Sunday afternoon, according to State Police.
The serious crash occurred prior to Exit 27 at Winter Street around 2:45 p.m., causing the temporary closure of that section of the highway. State Police say inital reports indicate that injuries are minor in nature.
A blinding snow squall off of the Cambridge Reservoir is believed to be the cause of the chain-reaction crash that included a tractor-trailer.
State Police warned motorists to avoid the area while traffic was initially being diverted off the highway at the Trapelo Road exit. The left lane was later re-opened, followed by the opening of all lanes. MassDOT assisted with traffic signage at the scene.
The Waltham and Lexington fire departments and EMS crews responded to the scene, in addition to dozens of tow trucks. The scene was cleared by 6 p.m.
A second multi-car crash was reported a short time later on Route 128 southbound in Peabody near the North Shore Mall. Massachusetts State Police say they responded to the scene.
Earlier in the day, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker had warned citizens to stay off the roads if possible.
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A man is in custody after he allegedly stabbed another in the chest outside Yum Yum Donuts in Linda Vista, police said.
At approximately 7:43 p.m. Saturday, police said a group of about eight to 10 people were fighting outside the donut store. At one point, they all jumped the 28-year-old victim and stabbed him in the chest.
The victim was dropped off at the hospital. He suffered stab wounds to his upper chest, police said, and is expected to survive.
San Diego Gang Detectives are investigating.
Lifeguards rescued two people from an incident that happened at Sunset Cliffs.
The incident happened at approximately 1:40 p.m. on the 1200 block of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard.
Two people were transported from the scene, officials said, and lifeguards said they were rescuing a surfer that fell on the rocks at Sunset Cliffs. There were injuries in the water, they said.
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and the San Diego Lifeguards responded.
No other information was immediately available.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
One audience member got a lot more than he expected at a Valentine's Day performance of Avenue Q in Coronado.
At the 8 p.m. performance of the show at the Coronado Playhouse, David Miller, a Vista resident, popped the question to his longtime boyfriend Dave Abad.
The two met through an online dating site more than two years ago. For Valentine's Day weekend, Abad flew home to San Diego to attend the performance of his favorite musical with his boyfriend.
During the show's curtain call, the couple was invited on stage under the rouse that they had won something. Miller was helped by the show's puppets as he got down on one knee and asked his boyfriend to marry him. His boyfriend said yes.
Miller works as a biotech project manager in Vista. Abad, however, works as an attorney in the San Francisco Bay area. The couple is in a long distance relationship.
"Saturday Night Live" celebrates four decades of laughs with a special presentation Sunday at 8 p.m. on NBC. An all-star cast of past and present performers and some of the biggest names in music will gather together to fete the iconic sketch series.
Please refresh this page for live updates during the presentation:
8:52 pm: McCartney back as musical guest
Paul McCartney delivers the second full musical performance of the evening: "Baby I'm Amazed."
8:45 pm: "SNL" = New York City
Former host Robert De Niro describes what the series has meant to NYC, and vice versa. "'SNL' and NYC – that’s the way I like my Saturday nights, that’s the way I like my city," De Niro said. "Anybody got a problem with that?"
As past sketches showcasing the Big Apple rolled, Alica Keys took to the grand piano to perform a soulful rendition of "Empire State of Mind."
8:30 "Jeopardy!" returns
Will Ferrell donned mustache and stern gaze to embody Alex Trebek and host "Jeopardy!," with a star-studded impersonated cast featuring Tony Bennett (Alec Baldwin), Justin Timberlake (Kate McKinnon), word-mangling Sean Connery (Darryl Hammon), Burt Reynolds (Norm MacDonald), Christoph Waltz (Taran Killem), Matthew McConaughey (Jim Carrey, complete with pre-recorded voice-over), and a cocktail-making Bill Cosby (Kenan Thompson).
Trebek: "The answer is 'This is the color of snow."
Connery: "What is yellow."
8:24 pm Dan Aykroyd delivers first new sketch by revisiting an old one
Revisiting a April 1976 skit, Dan Aykroyd delivered the first new sketch of the night playing a TV ad sales man showcasing the Bass-O-Matic – basically a blender you put fish in in order to make "mmm ... delicious bass milkshakes." Lucky for viewers, the Bass-O-Matic stalled when stuffed with fresh fish.
8:08 pm: Steve Martin delivers opening monologue
"How do you cover all the people who have been on 'SNL' over the years?" 15-time host Steve Martin asked during his opening monologue. "Leave 'em out," Martin said.
Other multiple hosts Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin, Melissa McCarthy, Chris Rock, Peyton Manning, Miley Cyrus and Billy Crystal took the stage with Martin, along with former musical guests and hosts Paul McCartney and Paul Simon. "SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels said Simon had flown 19 hours just to be in attendance Sunday night.
Martin said to Rock: "I forgot you were once a cast member." Rock: "So did the writers!"
8:00 pm: Fallon, Timberlake kick-off the big show
Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake opened the prcoeedings with a rap and musical number referencing some of the most well-loved sketches and characters from the last 40 years, including the Wild and Crazy Guys, Ambiguously Gay Due, the Californians, the Blues Brothers and more cowbell! Rachel Dratch's Debbie Downer and Molly Shannon's Mary Katherine Gallagher joined in.
7:50 pm: Would Betty White host again?
The "Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Golden Girls" star hosted in 2010. When asked if she would step up again White replied, "Well, I got an Emmy for it. Sure!"
7:41 pm: Martin Short most asked "SNL" question
Cast member Martin Short (1984-1985) was asked what he gets asked most often about his time on the show. "Someone asked me do you still do the classic characters from 'SNL' in the '80s," Short told Lauer. Then added with a laugh, "Sadly, yes!"
7:26 pm: Is Amy Poehler worried about performing tonight?
Alum Amy Poehler said she wasn't too fazed by the prospect of performing in front of the comedy royalty assembled Sunday night. "They understand bombing," Poehler said.
7:15 pm: Jim Belushi talks brother Jim's "SNL" legacy
"John was on the cover of Rolling Stone this year," Jim Belushi said of his brother Jim, who was a founding member of the "SNL" troop in 1975. Belushi walked the red carpet with alum Dan Aykroyd, who famously brought to life the Blues Brothers - both on the series and on the big screen - alongside John, who passed away in 1982. "He’s still the #1 'Saturday Night Live' man," Belushi continued. "He created the legacy for me to follow. We keep Jake and the blues alive. We’ll bring the spirit tonight on the stage."
7:05 pm: Eddie Murphy returns after 32 years
In his four years on "SNL," Eddie Murphy brought us Mr. Robinson, Buckwheat, Gumby and Velvet Jones. But since hosting in December 1984, he hasn’t been back. Until tonight.
"It’s a lot like going back to your old high school, and everything seems really tiny,” Murphy said during the Red Carpet pre-show. "I haven’t been back here in 32 years." Murphy talked what makes performing live special. "There’s nothing like that connection, that feeling, of a live audience,” Murphy said. "Once you’ve done that, you never, ever stop liking it."
7:02 pm: Sarah Palin calls "SNL" appearance "most fun" moment of her 2008 campaign
Former Vice President hopeful Sarah Palin walked the red carpet and stopped to chat with Matt Lauer, alongside 16-time "SNL" host Alec Baldwin. When asked about her famous appearance on "SNL" in 2008 during the Presidential campaign (in which she was impressively impersonated by Tina Fey), Palin said it was the "most fun moment" of the campaign for her.
Baldwin, who has hosted the show more than any other performer, was asked why he keeps returning to Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center. "As Seinfeld said to me, you’re only the record holder because you have so much time on your hands," Baldwin quipped in reply.
7:00 pm: Red Carpet Kick-Off and Bill Murray is in the House
And the stars start arriving. Former "SNL" cast member Bill Murray (1977-1980) rushed through without stopping to pose for photographers. Also in the house early: Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake, Seth Meyers, Billy Crystal, Bobby Moynihan, Rachel Dratch, James Franco and Amy Poehler.
More than two dozen children received their own brand new bikes on Valentine’s Day.
Those bikes, however, were different from what a mother might find in a store.
Fourteen children received custom-made bikes Saturday from the group Variety the Children’s Charity of Southern California.
Ten San Diego children and four from the Los Angeles area gathered at the Regal Plaza Camino Real in Carlsbad to receive the gifts and try out the bikes.
"When you see a child that might be restricted to a wheelchair, when they get on a bike and they ride a bike for the first time, I mean, the disabilities just seem to fade away,” said Elizabeth O’Neil with the charity.
The organization believes no child with a disability should miss out on having a bike because it’s too expensive or not covered by the family’s insurance.
The charity has been around since 1941. It pays for the bikes by taking donations from the public. To donate, click here.
A boy battling skin cancer is flying to Ohio for much-needed treatment, all thanks to generous donors.
Reef Carneson, 6, stepped onto a private plane Sunday morning to fly to a specialist in Cincinnati. Already a leukemia survivor, Baby Reef's cancer treatment, for his scalp and face, have left his immune system too compromised to take a commercial flight, where germs would put him at risk for infection.
After a seeing a report on NBC4 about the Carneson's family's struggle to stay in America -- they're South African natives here so Reef could be treated -- the family received several offers for help. The outpouring of love and support has been uplifting for the family.
"So many angels have come out since they saw the news," Lydia Carneson said. "We've been so blessed."
The Carneson's ultimately accepted an offer from the Sky Hope Network to fly them to Cincinnati and back. The Network learned of Baby Reef's plight from his Facebook page.
Reef was excited to be able to see the specialist, but he was looking forward to something else, too -- he's never seen snow before.
Reef has skin cancer on his head, along with several other complications stemming from the treatment he has endured. He was diagnosed with lymphoma when he was 5 months old, then developed a graft-versus-host disease after undergoing a bone marrow transplant. Medicine made his skin sensitive to the sun, causing him to developed skin cancer. He also has other issues that complicate his development.
Cincinnati doctors will try to figure out why Reef's health is not improving.
NBC4 reporter Angie Crouch contributed to this report.
An earlier version of this report incorrectly stated from whom Sky Hope Network learned about Reef.
A high speed chase through Downtown San Diego ended after police took the driver into custody.
The pursuit started at approximately 1:52 a.m. when officers responded to a call for a stolen car, San Diego Police said.
The driver led officers all over downtown streets.
The chase ended when the driver lost control of the car and crashed on Broadway, just before Interstate 94.
Police took the male driver into custody.
Sheriff's officials are searching for the driver of an SUV that hit a fire hydrant and took off Sunday night.
The incident happened at 1215 Grand Ave. in San Marcos near the Sonic Fast Food restaurant Sunday night just after 9:30 p.m.
A Lieutenant with the San Diego Sheriff’s Office said a black Toyota 4-Runner sheared a fire hydrant, sending water shooting nearly 100 feet in the air.
Witnesses who have not yet talked to Sheriff’s Officials are asked to call the department with any details.
Residents rallied for the completion of an off-leash dog park and community garden in Normal Heights Sunday.
According to the city’s website, the 24,000 square foot off-leash dog park, which also includes a community garden, was approved nearly a decade ago.
The park is slated to be near to Interstate 15 off of Adams Avenue in Normal Heights' Ward Canyon, according to the website.
Councilmember Todd Gloria, who attended the event, thanked Mid-City residents for attending a rally earlier in the day.
On the social media site Instagram, Gloria said, “So proud of @normalheights (Normal Heights) for today’s huge turn out in support of expanding Ward Canyon Park to include a dog park for the neighborhood! This rally sends a strong signal to City Hall that we need the funding necessary to construct this amenity in the next few years, not the next few decades.”
A woman spent 20 minutes trapped after driving off a freeway overpass and crashing on power lines below, police said.
The woman, in her mid-twenties, was driving north on the 125 freeway when, for an unknown reason, she drove off the side of the freeway, crashed into a telephone pole, and then landed on power lines below.
The driver was trapped inside her SUV on Sweetwater Road near Shannonbrook Court in Lemon Grove for about 20 minutes.
Captain Matt Pepin with Heartland Fire says emergency crews used multiple resources including spreaders and a cutter to rescue the driver.
Pepin said she was conscious during the extrication. She was taken to a hospital for treatment.
A 17-year-old boy fatally shot himself in the head Monday after family members pleaded with him to put down a gun during what investigators said was a game of Russian roulette in the bedroom of a Torrance apartment.
"They were pleading with him not to play with the gun, not to play Russian roulette," said Sgt. Scott Hoglund, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. "The victim did not listen and proceeded to put the gun to his head and pull the trigger."
Deputies responded to the building in the 900 block of West Carson Street at about 4 a.m. after a report of gunfire. The gunshot victim was transported to a hospital, where he died, according to the sheriff's department.
A security guard told NBC4 he called 911 after investigating reports of an argument, which authorities said might have been the boy's three cousins pleading with him to drop the gun, a .38 Special revolver. Several neighbors said they heard what sounded like screaming for about one minute and a single gunshot.
Donald Gordon, the security guard, said he found the victim bleeding on the floor after responding to the disturbance reports.
"He was on the ground, gasping for air, saying he really needs some help," said Gordon.
The victim suffered a single gunshot wound to the head, according to investigators with the sheriff's department. The gun used in the fatal game of chance was recovered at the scene.
Russian roulette involves loading a single chamber of a revolver, spinning the cylinder and squeezing the trigger after putting the gun to one's head.
Family members and friends were in the apartment at the time, but family members, who declined to speak on camera with NBC4, said they were not aware the boy had a gun, authorities said. Others who were inside the apartment are being questioned, authorities said.
"Additional information about the weapon is still under investigation," the sheriff's department said in a statement.
No one was arrested in connection with the shooting. At midday, sheriff's officials said they were attempting to determine to whom the gun was registered and how the teen obtained the weapon.
