It will be an Easter Sunday one family will never forget after firefighters helped deliver a mother's baby boy in a hospital-bound fire truck in the wee hours of the morning.

Darrin Robert Yardley Jr. was due on April 5, so his family was prepared, but they weren't expecting it to happen at 1:37 a.m. along the highway.

It all started at 12:30 a.m. Sunday when Darrin and Melanie Yardley left Cheshire at 12:30 a.m. Melanie began having contractions quickly and it was hard to sit, so she had her husband, Darrin pull over on the side of Interstate 91 south. They stopped and called 911, parked near exit 9.

North Haven firefighters responded to the call of a woman in labor on the highway at about 1:12 a.m. Melanie was in the back of the car "in significant distress" when firefighters arrived, according to a news release from the department.

An AMR ambulance arrived to rush Melanie to the hospital, but it was stuck on the other side of the highway. The Yardleys' little guy just couldn't wait, so firefighters loaded her up in their rescue truck. Three firefighters, two EMTs and a paramedic rode with mom as they rushed to Yale-New Haven Hospital. The child was still in a hurry to enter the world and they helped deliver a healthy baby boy in the back of the truck as they neared exit 2 close to the New Haven hospital.

Darrin and Melanie Yardley and their 6-year-old daughter, Marissa were happy to welcome a little Darrin to their family on Easter. Marissa is at home after meeting her baby brother Sunday morning. Darrin said she was thrilled to hold him and be a big sister.

Darrin Yardley said the firefighters' response impressed him.

"God bless them," he said. "Those guys were awesome."

Mom, dad and the baby are happy and healthy at the hospital and are expected to go home on Tuesday.

In a tradition that stretches back to 1878, the White House has opened its lawn to more than 35,000 people as part of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday.

The event was briefly interrupted by a flying, buzzing harbinger of spring.

Squeals and shrieks from a clump of agitated children interrupted President Obama's reading of his childhood favorite, Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are," at the storytime stage, one of several outdoor stations at an event that has grown into far more than colored eggs.

Obama looked up to see what the trouble was.

"Oh no, it's a bee!" he said, laughing, then quickly tried to reassure the kids. "That's OK guys, bees are good. They won't land on you. They won't sting you."

In fact, helping honeybees and other beleaguered pollinators survive is a goal of Obama's administration. Elsewhere at the event, children were given donated Burpee garden seeds to encourage them to plant bee-friendly habitats.

But the kids ducking and dodging in their hay-bale seats had no interest in being part of this bee's habitat. "Scary!" one of them shouted.

Obama — who had just led the children through imitations of the roaring, teeth-gnashing and eye-rolling of the storybook's monsters, finally got them settled down after a reminder that, "You're not supposed to be scared of bees when you're Wild Things."

Officials said more than 35,000 people took part in the 137th egg roll, an event that began when President Rutherford B. Hayes opened the White House grounds to local children for egg rolling in 1878.

Toddler boys in straw fedoras and little girls in spring dresses with bright sashes romped on the lawn. One girl, in pants, turned cartwheels while waiting her turn to roll a wooden egg.

Eleven-year-old Madison Knight, decked out in sequined rabbit ears, said she'd never heard of egg rolling before — only egg hunting — but was game to try the White House tradition.

Madison and her 9-year-old friend Kyla Newkirk, both from Durham, North Carolina, agreed that wasn't the most exciting part of the day, however. Their anticipated highlight? "Seeing the president!" Madison said, as she waited for Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and a giant Easter Bunny to emerge on the South Portico to officially start the day.

The egg roll tradition involves children lining up to use wooden spoons to push the brightly painted eggs a short distance across the grass, in a loosely defined race to the finish line. It's harder than it sounds — especially for toddlers — and strategies range from nudging, poking and sideswiping the eggs to a scooping motion that sometimes sends them flying in unexpected directions.

The Obamas stopped by to give encouragement. Michelle Obama leaned over to gently help one youngster get his egg moving again in mid-race. Obama offered high-fives, handshakes and hugs to kids and their parents. "Good job, guys," he said.

The Obamas used the event to tout the fifth anniversary of the first lady's campaign to get kids to eat well and exercise. The girl group Fifth Harmony appeared with a not-so-healthy-looking cake to sing "Happy Birthday" to the "Let's Move!" effort.

This year, the #GimmeFive theme was added, encouraging children to come up with five ways live healthier lives and to share them on social media.

Making his rounds, Obama joined kids shooting baskets with Washington Wizards players and other athletes, missing his first shot but sinking the second.

Then he took on tennis star Caroline Wozniacki in a doubles game with kids on a mini-court. Obama whooped when he scored against the Danish pro.

"Got to work on those volleys," he teased, adding, "I'm a competitor."

Then she served, and the president missed the return.

Officials have identified the person found dead last week at the scene of a brush fire in Chula Vista.

The victim was identified by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office as Julio Flores.

Flores, 79, was a transient in Chula Vista, officials said.

Police and fire officials discovered Flores when they responded to a brush fire on Sunday, March 29 at approximately 9:00 p.m. near the intersection of C Street and Broadway.

His body was found near the river bottom.

The cause of death has yet to be determined.

A driver slammed into the side of a tour bus in a Bloomington intersection on Easter Sunday, killing himself and injuring five bus passengers, officials said.

The collision took place about 7 p.m. in the intersection of Valley Boulevard and Linden Avenue, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Department.

Five people riding on the bus were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. San Bernardino County fire officials initially said nine people had been hurt.

"It's pretty catastrophic," said Officer Brian Alvarez of the California Highway Patrol.

Cristina Garcia said she heard a "boom," then rushed to try to help the driver trapped in the mangled Dodge.

"I saw the white car underneath the bus," she said. "He wasn't talking. He was breathing, he wasn't moving his hands. I couldn't even feel his pulse."

Firefighters used the Jaws of Life, a hydraulic rescue tool, to free the driver from the wreckage.

He was taken to Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana. CHP officials said the driver had died.

The bus company, Executive Lines, has a Satisfactory Safety Record, according to records with the U.S. Department of Transportation, the NBC4 I-Team found.

Executive Lines operates 12 buses and employs 34 drivers. It had no crashes in the last two years, which is how far back online records are available.

Inspectors have found no "serious violations" on recent inspections.

Executive Lines scored better than the majority of bus companies in most safety categories, according to the NBC4 I-Team's data search.

A fight involving more than a dozen people in a Rancho Bernardo park on Easter Sunday ended with one man stabbed, police said Monday.

The fight happened near the restrooms at the Rancho Bernardo Rec Center on West Bernardo Road, west of Interstate 15 just before 5 p.m.

San Diego Police said a 34-year-old man was stabbed once in the chest.

Witnesses told officers that 15 to 20 men were fighting when a bald man described as in his 20s and with a heavy build pulled out a knife.

The victim suffered a non-life threatening wound, police said.

A three-year-old El Cajon girl died Saturday when a car driven by her mother crashed into a utility pole. Now, the child's mother is in custody facing criminal charges.

Police said Brandy Teague, 31, may have fallen asleep at the wheel when her small sedan drove off Broadway between First and Second Streets. The car veered off the road, struck a curb and hit a power pole, police said.

Resident Lee Tharp heard the sound of the crash and then withnessed what happened immediately after the accident.

"I seen [the driver] freaking out ,running around the car and i knew it was bad," Tharp said. "There was a child on ground outside car."

A two-year-old boy and a 10-year-old boy were taken to Rady Children's Hospital with what were described by officials as non-life threatening injuries.

The three-year-old was later pronounced dead.

On Sunday, flowers, stuffed animals, balloons and cards appeared near the crash scene. Some of the cards wished the 3-year-old a "Happy Easter and special day in Heaven. "

Teague is in jail awaiting arraignment, arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and suspicion of felony gross vehicular manslaughter. She's being held at Las Colinas Women's Detention Facility.

A Mercedes driver’s wrong turn left her stranded on the sand, wedged between a bluff and a stone wall just a few feet from the ocean.

Encinitas lifeguards say it was around 8 a.m. when they found a woman and two cats inside the car parked at the bottom of a beach-access road used by surfers and others to get to the sand.

It appears the woman drove off South Coast Highway 101 just north of San Elijio campground, realized she had driven onto the sand and tried to turn around.

The driver, who told NBC 7 her name was Lisa, blamed her GPS for providing wrong directions.

"I was going five miles an hour in the dark and I ran out of real estate," she said.

She said she was on the way to the state campgrounds nearby when GPS led her astray.

No one was hurt -- not even the cats who stayed the night in the car with her. Lisa told NBC 7 she slept like a baby.

The Mercedes suffered minimal damage - just a few front-end bumps and some scratches on the back passenger side.

She said she was unconcerned about fixing it or the incident in general.

"You know, if you're going to go wrong.... I ended up on the beach. It was beautiful. I got out. I decided to wait for the sun to come out so I went to sleep in my car," Lisa said.

She told NBC7 she was not intoxicated or under the influence when she went the wrong way. She said she would not be going camping anymore.

Tow company drivers were able to drive the car back up the access ramp without incident. California park rangers were the only authorities present as the scene was cleared up, and it does not appear the woman will be in any legal trouble over the incident.

The asphalt path to the beach can be accessed through the San Elijo north day use parking lot.

A University of Iowa student from a Chicago suburb died after seriously injuring himself in a fall in January while studying abroad in Rome, Italy.

Andrew Mogni, 20, of west suburb Glen Ellyn, suffered “serious injuries” in the early morning fall on Jan. 14, the university said.

Mogni, of Glen Ellyn, was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Sunday at 11:25 a.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

University officials said earlier the fall “is thought to be an accident, but police are investigating.”

He was transported to Northwestern Hospital from Rome via air ambulance on March 20, according to the university.

Mogni was a third-year finance major and had arrived in Rome for a semester at John Cabot University in Trastevere.

Residents in one Carlsbad community are voicing their concerns about a seven-foot-tall fence topped with barbed wire -- a fence they say has been placed around parts of their community illegally for more than a year.

Last February, La Costa Valley residents said they woke up to find a new silver fence snaking around a 17-year-old, shorter black fence around the RV yard. The silver chain link fence had barbed wire and razor wire on top, though the razor wire was later removed.

“It’s hard to even imagine this is a reality until you actually go out and see it and you go, ‘How is this a reality?’” said homeowner Patrick Foley.

At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, residents plan to speak during the open comments portion to voice concerns over the fence, and later in the month, they will meet with Carlsbad City Planner Don Neu.

They want the city to address concerns that the homeowners association built the fence without proper permits and without contacting homeowners before construction.

In February 2014, the HOA put up the fence without any permits or approvals, said Neu, but at the time, the association told residents they had the proper approval from the city of Carlsbad, according to those who live there.

Steve Cilurzo, a resident of the neighborhood for nearly two decades, said he was never contacted about the installation of the fence, which ran by his property.

“They have willfully recklessly violated the City’s municipal code and our own Arroyo La Costa Master Plan,” said Foley.

Later that year, someone alerted the city’s code enforcement, and in response, the city issued a Final Notice of Violation to the HOA in December, formally informing them they had built the fence without permits and would need to either obtain the correct permits or take it down.

In December, the HOA removed the razor ribbon wire from the fence, but left the barbed wire and chained link in place, residents said. 

Instead of taking it down, the HOA started the formal process of trying to change their Master Plan, which would then allow them to build a fence taller than the current six-foot limit. 

The city told residents in March about then HOA's plan and allowed them to request an administrative meeting on the subject, said Neu. Several people requested that meeting.

Requests for comment from the La Costa Valley HOA have not been returned, though Cilurzo and other residents have been attending meetings since the fence went up. 

Neu said his office is working to meet with those who have filed complaints about the amendment. He said they are working to find a time that works best for everyone.

A multi-lingual Long Island high school senior who moved to New York from Nigeria when he was 8 and wrote his primary college essay about the tribulations of adjusting to American life has earned the prestigious honor of being accepted to all eight Ivy League schools, according to published reports.

Harold Ekeh, a 17-year-old aspiring neurosurgeon who plays the drums, directs a church youth choir and founded a college mentoring program at his Elmont Memorial High School, where he was the salutatorian, has a 100.5 percent grade point average and scored a 2270 on his SATs. According to CNN Money, Ekeh was a semifinalist in the national Intel Science Talent Search earlier this year for his research on how the supplement DHA can decelerate the advancement of Alzheimer's disease.

Ekeh's grandmother was diagnosed with the disease when he was 11.

"When other kids would say, 'I want to be a superhero or police officer,' I would say, 'I want to know what is on the inside of us,'" Ekeh told CNN Money. 

Ekeh credits his parents, former employees at a Target store in Queens, according to The New York Post, with cultivating his drive for success and ultimately helping him achieve it.

The teenager, who speaks Spanish and his native Nigerian language, Igbo, told CNN Money he had trouble adjusting to U.S. culture and customs when he first arrived in the country; U.S. history classes were particularly challenging. 

"We had a fairly comfortable life in Nigeria, but they told me we moved to America for the opportunities like the educational opportunities," Ekeh told the website. "I'm very humbled by this. It's not just for me, but for my school and community. We can accomplish great things here." 

Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania all sent acceptance letters to Ekeh's home. Few students even apply to all eight ultra-selective universities, college counselors say, because each school looks for different qualities in their freshman classes. Each college accepts fewer than 15 percent of applicants.

Ekeh told the Post he never expected to get into all eight of the Ivy League schools -- or the five other colleges that accepted him, including MIT, NYU, Vanderbilt University, Johns Hopkins University and Stony Brook University.  Ekeh found out he got into all of them Tuesday -- and went to Chipotle -- after Bible class -- to celebrate, the Post reported. 

He told CNN Money he is leaning toward Yale, where he competed in a Model UN event and met people offered him college application advice -- and fueled his desire to give back to others. Yale is also the school chosen by Long Island's Kwasi Enin, the former William Floyd High School student who accomplished the Ivy League sweep last year.

Rutgers University is banning all fraternity and sorority parties for the remaining three weeks of the semester.

The university said in a statement the decision came "in light of a number of alcohol-related incidents this year involving Greek organizations." 

The 86 recognized fraternities and sororities are still allowed to host formals and other events where a licensed third-party vendor is used to serve alcohol, the university said, but they won't be allowed to host parties in their houses. 

The presidents of the fraternities and sororities learned about the decision during a meeting with university officials in New Brunswick, NJ Advance Media reported.

Most of them seemed to be on board with the ban because they wanted to avoid risking further negative publicity that's surrounded Greek organizations on campus and across the country this year, the website reported. 

Sophomore Caitlyn Kovacs died of alcohol poisoning last fall after attending a fraternity house party. Last month, the Rutgers chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon was shut down because of an underage drinking incident.  

The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs "will use this time to continue and reinforce its dialogue with the leadership of the university's 86 recognized fraternities and sororities about greek life at Rutgers and their responsibilities to the campus community at large," the university said in the statement. 

Up until Sunday afternoon at around 4:30, right on the eve of the 2015 Opening Day, I was going to say the ceiling for the Padres this year is winning a Wild Card spot and, with the depth of their starting pitching, having a legitimate chance of reaching the National League Division Series.

Then Obi-Wan Preller had to go and swing a deal to bring 4-time All Star Craig Kimbrel to the San Diego bullpen and change that perception completely.

In 2014 the Padres had one of the top three bullpens in baseball, even after they traded All-Star closer Huston Street to the Angels. That ‘pen got even better this off-season and was arguably the best group in the National League. Adding the man who’s led the N.L. in saves for the last four years puts it WAY over the top.

A guy like Kimbrel, who strikes out 14.8 hitters per 9 innings, is the perfect insurance against a team that projects to have a shaky defense (we’ll get to that in a minute). Kimbrel also adds a mental aspect to the game. Opposing teams know, with that guy lurking in the bullpen, they really only have eight innings to score their runs. If they’re behind after that, just call it a loss.

That’s the kind of impact Trevor Hoffman and Mariano Rivera had. Yes, Kimbrel is just that good. And that’s why I think the Padres, now, can legitimately contend for the National League West Division championship.

Let’s go position-by-position and break this thing down, starting with the one we’ve already talked about.

BULLPEN

Like I said, easily the best in the National League and now challenging the Royals for the best in baseball. In 2014, the Padres were 33-21 in 1-run games and 10-5 in extra innings. If a game is close, the advantage goes directly to San Diego.

If most people (including myself) think the Dodgers are still the team to beat in the NL West, this is the area where the Padres will have the biggest impact. Los Angeles was 25-20 in 1-run games and 6-12 in extra innings a year ago, and they won’t have injured closer Kenley Jansen for at least a month (I know the Giants are the reigning World Series champions but with no Pablo Sandoval, Hunter Pence out for about the first month with a broken forearm, uncertain health of Matt Cain’s elbow, and the fact it’s an even-numbered year, we’ll leave them out of this discussion for now).

Advantage: Padres

STARTING PITCHING

The Padres have arguable the deepest rotation any place outside of Washington, DC. James Shields is a certified workhorse. You can pencil him in for 200 innings and 15-18 wins every year. Tyson Ross, and All-Star in 2014 who a few people have told me has the best pure stuff on the team, is blossoming in to a front-of-the-rotation starter before our eyes. Andrew Cashner was last year’s Opening Night starter and has ace kind of stuff, and he’s the number 3 guy. Ian Kennedy has his confidence back and looks a lot like the guy who won 21 games in Arizona just a few years back. Brandon Morrow has shown signs of being a top-3 starter but injuries have held him back. Now healthy, he should win a lot of games running up against the cannon fodder most teams throw out at the back end of a rotation.

However, the Dodgers have Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke and Hyun-jin Ryu (who will start the season on the DL with a shoulder issue that is not expected to linger) at the top of their rotation. Kershaw is the best starter in the universe and Greinke is not far behind. Ryu is well above-average. Los Angeles does not have the depth in its rotation that the Padres do, but with their top-2 it doesn’t matter as much as it would to other teams.

Advantage: Dodgers

INFIELD

This is the great unknown for the Padres. First baseman Yonder Alonso, second baseman Jedd Gyorko and third baseman Will Middlebrooks have shown flashes of being consistent 15-20 home run guys and slightly above-average defenders. They’ve also shown flashes of being easily injured and ineffective both offensively and defensively. Shortstop Alexi Amarista is not a natural shortstop, although he did show at the end of last year he’s not overwhelmed by the position. Amarista turns 26 years old on Opening Day, so he’s still figuring out the Big League game and could have one of those, “A-HA!” seasons where he plays well above his career average. But don’t count on it. If all these guys stay healthy and play to their potential, the Padres infield is playoff-caliber, yes even on defense, where they might not have fantastic range but they also don’t make many mistakes. If not, it’s a liability. Yangervis Solarte, Clint Barmes and Cory Spangenberg provide quality depth off the bench.

The Dodgers have a rock at first in Adrian Gonzalez. He’ll give you Gold Glove-caliber defense and drive in 100 runs every season. They traded away rising star Dee Gordon for the more established but less explosive Howie Kendrick, which is a slight downgrade on defense and takes away one of the few prototypical leadoff hitters in the game. On the left side of the infield, the Dodgers let Hanley Ramirez walk away and added shortstop Jimmy Rollins and still have Juan Uribe, a guy who always seems to swing the bat well against the Padres, is again the third baseman. Even if Rollins and Uribe finally let Father Time start to catch up to them, this is the superior group.

Advantage: Dodgers.

OUTFIELD

Justin Upton, Wil Myers and Matt Kemp are going to drive in A LOT of runs. A lot more runs than the 2014 Padres outfield did, at least. In 2014, Padres outfielders drove in 175 runs total, and that’s if we add all of Tommy Medica’s RBI (even though most of them came while he was playing 1st base). Upton, Kemp and Myers combined for 226 RBI, and Myers missed half the season with wrist injuries. A lot has been made about the group’s defensive metrics. Upton is never going to win a Gold Glove and is probably the worst of the bunch. Kemp had below-average defensive numbers last year, but that was playing in centerfield. He’s much more suited to a corner spot and should see his defense improve dramatically. Myers played a lot of center in the minors and at the age of 24 is still learning to play the position. He showed more than enough athletic ability in the Cactus League to be a solid defender. Melvin Upton and Will Venable are not consistent offensive threats but are both good defenders off the bench.

The Dodgers will run out Carl Crawford, Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig with Andre Ethier and Scott Van Slyke off the bench. Crawford only played 105 games a year ago and has been slowed by injuries. Pederson is a tremendous prospect who just tore up the Cactus League at the age of 22 but has never played a full MLB season and is a bit of an unknown at this point. Puig is insanely talented but you just know about a dozen mental lapses every year are looming. Ethier is a good bat off the bench but is not happy he’s not starting and may not be in L.A. for the entire season. Van Slyke is a solid 5th outfielder who’s not going to be a liability.

Advantage: Padres (but not by much)

COACHING STAFF

Remember those close and extra-inning game numbers from the bullpen section? A lot of that falls on the manager. Don Mattingly is not a very good in-game manager. He has not shown a great ability to handle his relievers or effectively use the double-switch. Bud Black has shown a good understanding of how to use his pieces and now that he has the kinds of players who deserve to be in the same spot in the lineup every day he won’t be tinkering, desperately looking for decent matchups for his overwhelmed offense.

Rick Honeycutt is a good pitching coach. Darren Balsley is the best pitching coach in baseball (even Greg Maddux will tell you that). Mark McGwire has had good success as a hitting coach. Mark Kotsay is in his first year in that role.

Advantage: Padres

See? When you break it down piece by piece you see the Padres could very well win this thing. Not so much because they’re going to make massive strides (which they are, but asking for 90 wins might be a little much) as because the Dodgers seem to be coming back to the pack a bit.

Again, there are an awful lot of variables in play, with health being on top of the list. But, with Ryu and Jansen on the shelf for a while and the Padres mostly healthy, it might take a while for them to hit their stride. If the Padres can avoid their typical slow start and put a little cushion between themselves and their rivals to the north, they’ll be in a position to withstand the mid-season charge the Dodgers typically put together.

And then? Well, then we’ll have ourselves a good, old-fashioned pennant race on our hands.

The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the company that may have sprayed a potentially lethal pesticide, poisoning a Delaware family of four while they vacationed in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Steve Esmond and his two teenage sons remain hospitalized in Philadelphia after suddenly falling ill March 20 in Cruz Bay, St. John. Esmond's wife, Dr. Theresa Devine, has been was released and is now recovering.

"Stephen Esmond is improving and stable," a family spokesperson said. "The minor boys remain in critical condition. They are confident in their medical professionals and are hopeful for a full recovery." 

The Esmond family had stayed in a luxury villa that was located directly above a property that was recently sprayed for bugs, according to the rental agency Sea Glass Vacations. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a March news release that the presence of the highly toxic chemical methyl bromide may have sickened the family.

Now, the Justice Department is looking into whether a branch of Terminix, the company responsible for the fumigation, used the toxin, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. 

The use of the pesticide, which can cause damage to the central nervous system and respiratory system, is illegal indoors in both the U.S. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

“No one in this day and age should be using methyl bromide indoors,” Judith Enck, EPA regional administrator, told NBC's "Today" show.

Terminix expressed its concern for the sickened family and vowed to cooperate with the government in the investigation. 

“First and foremost, the family is in our thoughts and prayers,” a Terminix spokesperson said in a statement. “We're cooperating with authorities in their investigation, and we're conducting our own thorough internal investigation.”

Final test results in the investigation are expected next week.

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the family was vacationing in St. Martin. It was in St. John.

The Chula Vista woman accused of faking cancer and pocketing thousands of dollars in donations stood outside a Southern California courthouse Monday as her attorney described his client as "very remorseful."

Meaghan Hudson stood with her head down as her attorney addressed a group of television cameras that had gathered outside her court hearing.

“This was simply not just an act of greed or anything like that,” attorney Dan Smith said. “There is a story that’s something that everybody could probably learn from.”

Hudson, 25, faces charges of theft by deception and grand theft because investigators say she claimed to have cancer and accepted thousands of dollars in donations from strangers, family and friends for more than a year.

Hudson shared details of chemo treatment and even shaved her head after announcing in the summer of 2013 that she has multiple myeloma, and chances for survival were low, according to her step-mother who lives in Texas.

Hudson's parents started an online fundraiser that garnered $5,000 in support. Her family has since repaid about half of the people who donated.

One longtime friend said she helped with fundraisers and even joined a group that got tattoos to show their support for Hudson.

“I just think it was a lie that got out of hand, “ Chula Vista Police Lieutenant Fritz Reber told NBC 7 last week.

Hudson is expected to return to court May 20.

A man tried to rob a San Diego-area bank Friday wearing a decorative motorcycle helmet and covering his face with a dark scarf, officials said.

Surveillance cameras captured images of the man who walked into the California Bank and Trust located  on Valley Center Road just west of Cole Grade Road after 5:00 p.m. on April 3.

The man ordered everyone in the bank to get on the ground, witnesses told deputies with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

He then threw a backpack on the counter and demanded money from the bank teller.

Because everyone had been ordered to the ground, deputies say the man left empty handed.

No weapon was seen. No one was hurt.

The suspect was last seen driving away in a newer, black covered vehicle with no plates, heading towards Escondido on Valley Center Road, according to a sheriff's department news release.

Anyone with information can call the Sheriff's Department at (858) 565-5200 or the Crime Stoppers tip line at (888) 580-8477. A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest.

A dead hawk in Spring Valley tested positive for the West Nile virus, marking the first time officials have found the disease in San Diego since the start of the year.

Eleven residents were diagnosed with the disease last year and two local residents died. Only three people have died in San Diego from the disease since it first arrived in San Diego in 2003.

County health officials are reminding residents to protect themselves from the disease, which is transmitted by mosquitoes.

“Everyone should remember to eliminate standing water inside and outside homes where mosquitoes could breed; wear clothing that covers arms and legs or use repellent if you’re outside dusk to dawn; and report dead birds and mosquito breeding areas,” said Elizabeth Pozzebon, director of the County

Department of Environmental Health, in a statement,
In the state, nearly 800 people were diagnosed with the virus in 2014, 29 of which were fatalities, the highest number of deaths in a decade.

West Nile Virus mostly affects birds, though the disease can be transmitted to humans, horses and other animals. Most people exposed to the virus never develop symptoms, but in some cases people may develop flu-like symptoms, become seriously ill and die.