Four homes in just five days.

That’s what volunteers with Habitat for Humanity and the Jimmie Johnson Foundation helped build this week in El Cajon.

NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and his wife, Chandra, visited the site of the new homes on Tuesday that were constructed thanks to $100,000 in donations from the Jimmie Johnson Foundation and Lowe’s.

The new homes are across the street from four houses built six years ago by the racer’s foundation and Lowe’s.

Johnson on Tuesday tweeted that it was an "amazing" morning with Habitat for Humanity.

Johnson’s foundation also tweeted a video of the NASCAR champion drilling in numbers for one of the home’s street address.

The area is especially important for Johnson because he grew up in El Cajon and has long put resources into building sustainable homes there.

"Jimmie and his wife Chani... are proud to provide affordable homes to those in need and a safe place where children can begin to chase their dreams, much like the atmosphere Los Coches (Mobile Estates) provided that molded Jimmie into who he is today," read a blog on the foundation's website.

It's the fourth weekend of the San Diego County Fair and the calendar is jam-packed with fun. Plan your visit to the fullest using this events list as your guide.

Saturday, June 27

11th Annual Gospel Festival
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., multiple locations
This all-day event will feature gospel artists across five stages, ending with the Grandstand Stage performance (see below) in the evening. The shows are free with paid fair admission. For the full musical lineup, click here.

Distilled: San Diego Spirit & Cocktail Festival
1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Paddock Green
New to the fair this year, this festival features samplings of personally crafted distilled spirits and cocktails, as well as bartender competitions and entertainment. A $39 general admission ticket gets you a 10-tab wristband good for quarter-ounce pours of spirits and 1-ounce pours of cocktails, plus admission into the fair. A VIP ticket is $125 and includes unlimited pours of cocktails, food stations, access to a lounge area and admission into the fair.

Donald Lawrence & Co. and Tamela Mann
7 p.m., Heineken Grandstand Stage
This gospel music event includes uplifting performances from Donald Lawrence & Co. and Tamela Mann. Unreserved seats (3rd and 5th levels and standing room in front of the stage) are free with paid fair admission. Reserved seats (2nd and 4th levels and Terrace) range in price from $24 to $36 for children, seniors and adults.

DSB: An American Journey
9 p.m., Coors Light Rock-On Stage
This Journey tribute band will bring the house down performing all the hits you know and love. This 21+ show is free with paid admission into the fair. There’s no reserved seating, so get there early to secure a prime spot.

Sunday, June 28

My Big Fair Wedding Day
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., various locations
Love is in the air! This is the perfect event for brides-to-be: a wedding-centric set-up featuring floral demonstrations, wedding trends, gourmet catering samples, photographers, décor and more. The fun happens throughout the day at the Paul Ecke Jr. Flower Show. During the event, six couples will get married or renew their vows. Swoon.

Espinoza Paz
7:30 p.m., Heineken Grandstand Stage
Latin Grammy nominee Espinoza Paz will entertain at the Grandstand Stage on Sunday with his forte: Mexican regional tunes. Unreserved seats (3rd and 5th levels) are free with paid admission into the fair, while reserved seats (2nd and 4th levels, Terrace and standing room on the floor) range between $24 and $36 for children, seniors and adults.

Trüe 2 Crüe
9 p.m., Coors Light Rock-On Stage
This tribute band was once dubbed "The Worlds’ Greatest Tribute to Mötley Crüe” by AXS TV Katie Daryl, Mark Cuban and Ryan Seacrest, and even had a one-hour national TV special. The band will hit the stage with the look, sound and attitude of the real deal performing iconic hits like "Dr. Feelgood," "Girls Girls Girls," and many more. This 21+ show is free with pair fair admission. There’s no reserved seating, so get there early and be prepared to rock.
 

A town hall billed as the first chance for Carson residents to hear from the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders about building a joint-use complex in their city didn't go as planned.

Even though it was slated as a meeting to update residents about a new stadium, no new information was delivered. No presentation was made by either team to the crowd of fans wearing Rams, Raiders and Chargers jerseys. In fact, the Oakland Raiders did not send a representative to the meeting.

Chargers special counsel Mark Fabiani, who was there to meet residents and community leaders, told city leaders there was no update to offer.

Carson's Mayor Albert Robles said out of respect for the Raiders, it would be unfair to ask the Chargers to present the plan.

Emcee and NBCLA sportscaster Fred Roggin appeared surprised and asked the crowd, “Did anyone want to see the NFL presentation?"

The room responded with an overwhelming "Yeah."

Fabiani told NBC 7 the plan was to have the city make the presentation.

"We were invited to attend and we did. It gave us s chance to meet personally with many of the labor and community leaders who have been so supportive," he wrote.

The $1.7 billion stadium proposed for Carson would house both teams -- if their current home cities can't woo them back by upgrading their current facilities or offering new state-of-the-art stadiums.

The 72,000-seat stadium is one of two in the LA area being seriously considered for an NFL stadium, along with a $2 billion stadium and entertainment-residence complex in Inglewood that's backed by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke.

Meanwhile, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer spoke to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell Monday on efforts for a new stadium in San Diego.

The chief negotiator for the city and county will meet with the NFL in New York.

Two people and a baby were found inside a stolen car, tracked through OnStar, officials said Tuesday.

The incident began after the owner of white Chevy Traverse called police at around 1:30 am.

He was able to use his OnStar tracking app and located the car on southbound Interstate 15 near Rancho Bernardo Road.

Officers caught up with the suspect just a half mile away from Mira Mesa Boulevard.

Inside, officers found a man and a woman with a two-month-old baby.

The man was identified as the driver and was taken into custody. The woman was briefly detained but then released with the baby, officials said.
 

Firefighters and lifeguards rushed to Blacks Beach Tuesday to rescue a man who had fallen off the cliffs.

The accident happened just before 3:30 p.m. at the cliffs in the 9600 block of La Jolla Farms Road. San Diego Lifeguards confirmed a helicopter had been requested to help hoist an injured man to safety from the cliffs.

It is unclear, at this point, how the man fell or what type of injuries he sustained.

He was transported to Scripps La Jolla via helicopter and by 4 p.m., officials were clearing the scene.
 

A man admitted Tuesday to dumping porta-potty waste into a ravine on Camp Pendleton instead of disposing of it correctly, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Victor Amezcua, 44, pleaded guilty of unlawful sewage disposal on at least four occasions between 2013 and 2014.

Amezcua, a Winchester resident, worked for a firm that got rid of porta-potty sewage from Camp Pendleton facilities.

As a vacuum truck driver, he was supposed to collect the waste and put it in large holding tanks on the base. The waste would then be pumped into Camp Pendleton’s sewage treatment plants.

Instead, Amezcua admitted to pumping the sewage into a ravine in the base’s Area 53 without testing it or notifying others, according to his plea agreement.

The defendant faces three years in prison at his Sept. 28 sentencing.
 

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors released their contract with a high-profile attorney involved with the Chargers stadium negotiations Tuesday.

The release followed a closed session meeting with county lawyers and comes after NBC 7 Investigates asked the county and city of San Diego for information about any contractors or attorneys working on the current new stadium negotiations with the Chargers. The city released details of its contracts earlier this month, but at the time the county refused.

According to the county contract, attorney Michael Zischke is set to receive $565 an hour in taxpayer dollars for his service.

Zischke is an expert in environmental law. He co-wrote a two-volume legal handbook on California’s Environmental Quality Act and according to his biography, has represented clients in land-use and environmental cases at all levels of California courts. Zischke is a partner in the Cox Castle Nicholson law firm in San Francisco.

Environmental issues – and possible legal challenges to any stadium proposal based on those issues – have become a huge factor in both the negotiations and the approval and construction of a stadium, if the Chargers, the city and the county do eventually strike a deal.

The county contract also details that two associate attorneys will be paid at a rate of $410 an hour. According to the contract, their travel expenses, including flights and hotel accommodations will be reimbursed but meals and drinks will not be.

County spokesman Michael Workman told NBC 7 Investigates, so far, the county has not been billed by the firm.

After the closed session meeting, County Supervisor Dianne Jacob spoke to NBC 7 Investigates.

“All of the costs will be within the agreement with the City of San Diego, it is a shared cost,” she said. “When we are spending taxpayer money, particularly on an issue like this, the public has a right to know. There was a legality in terms of releasing these documents and that’s why we had to wait until today to release the documents. But it was the right thing to do.”

The hourly rate for Zischke is higher than what is outlined in the City’s contract for negotiation fees.

The city’s 47-page agreement with Nixon Peabody reveals taxpayers will initially pay the firm up to $150,000 for legal advice and out-of-pocket expenses.

The firm’s partners and managing director will be paid $500 an hour for their legal advice, according to the agreement. Associate attorneys are paid $400 per hour, and paralegals get $195 an hour.

That agreement specifies the law firm will be reimbursed for “actual, necessary and reasonable out-of-pocket expense” including air travel at economy or coach class fare and hotel accommodations in San Diego “not to exceed the rate established by the U.S. Government General Services Administration for San Diego.”

The lawyers will not be paid for meals or drinks while working in San Diego, and Nixon Peabody cannot charge taxpayers for computer-assisted legal research, clerical or secretarial salaries, word processing fees or office supplies.

“Attorneys are expensive,” Jacob said. “This individual (Zischke) is the best in the business. If you are going to go up against other attorneys and experts in the field, on behalf of the public, on behalf of taxpayers, we want to have the best that money can buy and we have the best.”

A 64-year-old tried to stop a man from driving away in his car by hanging out the window as the man backed up, deputies said.

The carjacking happened around 7:40 a.m. when the man parked at a walk-up ATM at the Chase Bank on 105 N. El Camino Real in Encinitas, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department said.

The victim had left his keys in his 2009 Toyota Corolla and saw an unidentified male suspect, later described as a 24-year-old male from Costa Mesa, walking toward his car.

The suspect got into the car, started the engine, putting it in reverse and began backing out of the lot when the victim somehow tried the stop the suspect from driving away. He ended up hanging out of the window as the car backed up, but was later knocked to the ground and was not hurt.

The suspect drove off, heading northbound on N. El Camino Real, and the victim went to report the carjacking from a nearby location.

Carlsbad Police officers spotted the car on the 300 block of Ocean Street and when they tried to pull it over, the driver stopped and tried to run away on foot. He forced his way into a home, police said, and stole clothes to try and change his appearance before leaving again.

When he came out of the house, police took him into custody and turned him over to deputies.

The suspect appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance at the time and had to be taken to the hospital, deputies said. He would not identify himself to officials.

Once he is identified, officials will book him into the Vista Detention Facility on carjacking charges. Carlsbad Police also have charged pending.

Anyone with information about this case can call the Sheriff's Department non-emergency line at (858)565-5200.

A former KemperSports Golf Course employee has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of misusing public funds at a city-owned golf course, Carlsbad police confirmed Tuesday. 

Dawn Snow, 52, of Murrieta, was charged with multiple counts of burglary, grand theft and embezzlement amounting to more than $595,000 for actions she took while working as KemperSports' controller at the city-owned golf course The Crossings. 

“We take any possible misuse of public funds by a city contractor very seriously,” said Interim City Manager Kathy Dodson. “The Police Department has conducted a thorough investigation, and now the case has been turned over to the district attorney’s office for prosecution, which we will fully support.”

During her employment, Snow handled all golf course operations and management through a competitively bid contract with the city, going back to the course’s opening. She left KemperSports in August.

Two months after Snow left her position, managers at KemperSports found evidence of a possible misuse of public funds involving a former controller’s credit card and opened an investigation. When they told the City of Carlsbad, they began their own investigation. The results of the investigation have been given to the District Attorney’s office.

KemperSports will reimburse the city for the money it lost.

Snow has been booked into Vista Detention Facility and will be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Vista Courthouse.
 

Three men identified by police as gang members and a woman were arrested in the shooting death of a 19-year-old developmentally disabled man gunned down outside a Southern California carwash after he was confronted about the color of his shoes.

Tavin Terrell Price was shot from behind multiple times May 29 outside Simms Car Wash in the 3300 block of West Florence Avenue. He had just walked into a nearby smoke shop when a man asked him about his gang affiliation and commented on Price's red shoes, police said.

Price's mother Jennifer Rivers, who was with him when he was shot, said she has visited daily the cemetery where her son is buried.

"You viciously murdered my child in my face," she said at Tuesday's news conference about the arrests.

Price did not respond to the man who approached him and completed his purchase before returning to his car. A second individual "walked up behind Price" and opened fire, police said.

Price's mother, who could be a key witness, said she wants to face her son's alleged killers.

"Every day they're in court, I'm going to be there," she said. "I won't miss a day."

Price, who would have turned 20 this month, died at a hospital. He was not involved in gang activity, family members said.

At a June 5 memorial for Price, mourners wore red in memory of the victim.

"I appreciate that, because that's what he got killed over -- some red shoes," said Rivers.

Antheyste Jarrett, 27, was arrested soon after the crime on suspicion of witness intimidation and being an accessory after the fact, police said. On June 17, detectives executed a search warrant at the home of Dwight Smith, 30, who was arrested on suspicion of murder, police said. A day later, Kevin Johnson, 25, also was arrested on suspicion of murder.

The suspected gunman, identified by police as 27-year-old Kanasho Jones, was arrested Tuesday morning outside Houston, Texas, police said.

The three men were identified as gang members.

"We have tragedy often in our community, but there are seldom times where we see senseless tragedies... where a young man is killed simply because of the color of his shoes," said William Scott, LAPD deputy chief of operations for South Bureau. "We thought those days were past us."

A $50,000 reward for information was approved by the City Council.

Call 323-786-5113 with information about the crime.
 

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend and disposing her body behind a dumpster, covered in plastic and trash has been sentenced. 

Kirk Stapleton, 53, was convicted of first-degree murder in October for murdering his girlfriend, Juanita Kawash, 47. 

On Tuesday, he was sentenced to 26 years to life. A Vista Court judge denied a request from Stapleton's attorney asking to reduce the conviction to voluntary manslaughter. 

On Aug. 19, at around 3:45 p.m., deputies from the Vista Sheriff’s Station responded to a call of a suspicious package left near 1461 N. Santa Fe Avenue in Vista.

When deputies checked the area, they found Kawash’s deceased body on the ground behind a dumpster at the rear of a few businesses, including a laundromat. She was wrapped in plastic and covered in trash and debris.

Kawash was later identified by officials who say her last known address was in Vista. The medical examiner determined she was killed as a result of blunt force trauma.

Stapleton was then arrested in connection to her murder. Investigators say Stapleton and Kawash were in a romantic relationship at the time of her killing.

A new community playground popped up in El Cajon over the weekend – built in less than six hours by volunteers.

About 200 volunteers came together Saturday to create the new “KaBOOM” playground at Bill Beck Park located at 543 N. Pierce St. Construction began at 8:30 a.m., and by 2:15 p.m., a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the new play space.

City officials said the existing playground at the park was in need of replacement, so volunteers – including off-duty Heartland Fire & Rescue firefighters, El Cajon police officers and City staffers – rolled up their sleeves and got to work building the bright, custom playground designed by the City of El Cajon, Foresters, Stoney’s Kid’s, the Kiwanis Club of El Cajon Valley and KaBOOM, a non-profit organization that has built more than 3,000 playgrounds.

City officials said playground was inspired by personal drawings and input from local community members collected during a special design day on April 20. Ideas for the play area came from residents of all ages – from kids to senior citizens.

Adults will enjoy the space too, as the City also installed a new outdoor fitness area right next to the playground featuring some exercise equipment.

The new playground will be officially ready for use this Friday.
 

Four former flight attendants based in California are suing Boeing, claiming that they were injured after inhaling toxic fumes on a Boston-to-San Diego flight two years ago.

Darlene Ramirez of San Diego and Karen Neben of Lemon Grove filed the lawsuit with fellow plaintiffs Vanessa Woods of Newport Beach and Faye Oskardottir of Rancho Santa Margarita. The four women were hospitalized after a July 12, 2013, flight aboard a Boeing 737-890.

The lawsuit seeks a jury trial on allegations of defective design, lack of proper warnings, negligence and fraud, claiming the plane was filled with toxic fumes as a result of a failed ozone converter.

The Alaska Airlines flight attendants say they noticed a “burnt oil” or “dirty sock” smell when they boarded the airplane.

"I got on that flight, I was healthy and I got off the flight and I have never been the same since,” Woods told NBC News.

After takeoff, Oskardottir was the first to become ill. She fainted and vomited, the suit claims.

Ramirez gave her colleague oxygen and soon had to do the same for Neben and Woods, according to the suit.

"The next thing I knew was on the galley floor, and the other flight attendant was on the PA system just mumbling incoherently," Woods said.

Neben told NBC 7 that the captain had her check the bins to see if there was something making them sick inside. However, her search came up with nothing.

"The vent on the ceiling was facing right in my face and really burnt oily smell came right in my face," Neben described. Not long after, she too passed out.

Several passengers helped treat the flight attendants while the captain diverted the plane to Chicago.

Emergency personnel boarded the plane and told the crew their symptoms may be due to poor air quality in the cabin, the lawsuit claims.

Complaints of headaches, dizziness and difficulty speaking are symptoms of “hydrocarbon exposure,” the lawsuit alleges, which can result in long-term effects ranging from blurred vision and decreased motor skills to trouble concentrating and memory loss.

Three of the four flight attendants claim to have suffered injuries that prevent them from returning to work, NBC News reported. 

Their injuries vary from tremors and shortness of breath to a metallic taste in their mouths and problems sleeping, according to the court documents.

Boeing, the world’s largest aircraft builder, has been sued before and settled, NBC News reported.

The company declined to comment on the lawsuit but in the past has studied the issue and found: "Cabin air is safe to breathe. Research has consistently shown that cabin air meets health and safety standards and that contaminant levels are generally low."

Contaminated “bleed air” as it’s known in the airline industry was recently identified as the cause for 15 passengers who were sickened on a January 2010 flight that landed in Charlotte, North Carolina.

"The bleed air system is -- it's like Russian roulette," Neben told NBC 7. "You know, the chances are you're not going to get a fume event to you, to happen to you. But you just never know. And if it does happen, your life can change dramatically."

Those treated complained of smelling a foul, “dirty sock” type of smell.

Plaintiffs' attorneys list more than two dozen reports or studies of fumes or sickness by flight attendants including several that suggest the construction of cabin pressurization systems can allow jet oil to leak into the cabin air.

The plaintiffs cite a 2008 paper that claims to have documented “470 reports of air supply contamination over an 18-month period,” which the researchers estimated was one every day in the U.S.

However, the FAA's data on contaminated air incidents is lacking.

The Association of Flight Attendants, the largest flight attendant union, estimates hundreds, perhaps thousands, of crew members and passengers have been affected over the years.

“They may not realize that they’re sick or that it was caused from this contaminated air,” Sarah Nelson told NBC News.

In 2012, Congress voted the FAA should research aircraft engine/APU bleed air cleaning and monitoring technology.

A year later, the FAA issued a report suggesting there was technology being tested that could help monitor the quality of cabin air while stating “the occurrence of oil or hydraulic based contamination of bleed air is extremely low.”

San Diego Police have arrested two men and one juvenile they say are linked to ten armed robberies county-wide and at least three burglaries.

18-year-old Anthony Brewer, 24-year-old Natunza Reed and a 17-year-old juvenile were arrested Thursday after investigators served a search warrant at a house in El Cajon.

The arrests are part of an investigation by SDPD’s Mid City division into a series of violent armed street robberies over the past month.

Police say they were tipped off after a citizen called police, reporting a suspicious car driving around the neighborhood. The car's plate matched the partial plates a witness had reported early after a robbery. 

"If it hadn't been for this person who said, 'Hey, this just doesn't look right,' they wouldn't have gotten the lead that helped them ultimately identify these suspects and get them into custody," said Lt. Carole Beason with SDPD's Mid City Division.  

Investigators working on the case linked several cases in North Park and Adams North and found similar cases occurring in Fashion Valley, the City of La Mesa and Rancho San Diego.

When officials served the warrant, they found a handgun they believed the men used in the attacks. Property belonging to the victims was also seized. It was there they found information on a third suspect and later searched his residence, arrested the juvenile and found a loaded handgun they seized.

Brewer and Reed were charged with multiple counts of robbery, burglary and firearm related charges.
Police are linked the suspects to ten armed robberies and at least three burglaries in Del Cerro, Tierra Santa and Paradise Hills. Police called the suspects brazen, grabbing cell phones and wallets from people walking down the street. 

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Lt. Carole Beason at (619) 516 3040.

A Marine was “abnormally intoxicated” and in no condition to drive before allegedly crashing into another car on the wrong side of the freeway, killing two medical students, his best friend testified Tuesday.

During his preliminary hearing, active duty Marine Jason Riley King, 21, sat in a halo brace as he listened to his friend and fellow Marine Hannah Talbott emotionally recount the events leading up to the deadly May 16 crash. The  judge ordered he stand trial on two counts of murder.

Prosecutors say early that morning, King had a blood alcohol content of 0.14 when he drove the wrong way onto State Route 163 and collided head-on with a Toyota Prius, killing UC San Diego medical students Anne Li Baldock, 24, and Madison Elizabeth Cornwell, 23. King, an Oklahoma resident stationed at MCAS Miramar, has pleaded not guilty to charges against him.

Talbott said the night of May 15, the two had driven separately to In Cahoots, a country bar in Mission Valley. As soon as they walked in, they headed for the shot bar, where Talbott said she bought a shot of whiskey for each of them. They then ordered another strong drink and went upstairs to play pool.

Talbott said as the night progressed, she noticed King was stumbling and couldn't hold on to his pool stick well. "I know him well enough to know that meant he had drank too much and that we needed to leave,” she testified.

Telling him to meet her downstairs, she walked into the restroom. However, she received a voicemail from King while inside, saying he had been kicked out.

Talbott confronted him in the parking lot. “I told him that we should just go back to my apartment. He was in no condition to drive,” she said, calling him “abnormally intoxicated.”

King argued with her and said “he got himself there and he was capable of getting himself home,” Talbott told the court.

Standing in the parking lot, the two briefly argued before Talbott said she backed away, yelled something at him and drove off in her own car.

During cross-examination, Talbott told the defense she could not recall the number of drinks the two had through the night. When asked if she was drunk as well, Talbott admitted, “I was.”

Prosecutors have previously alleged that King was drinking with friends at the Mission Valley Hotel before meeting up with Talbott.

Gary Martin, a manager at In Cahoots, took the stand next at King’s preliminary hearing. He said a security guard first alerted him to King that night, and Martin approached him on the bar’s second floor.

"He was hunched over the backside of the bar area… and he was kind of leaning up against the railing and then holding his head,” said Martin.

The manager introduced himself to King and asked him to come outside for a talk. When the two started down the stairs, Martin said he noticed King was limping, so he was not sure if the Marine was injured or intoxicated.

Outside, Martin said he watched as King made a phone call and stood up without wobbling. When he heard King start up his truck, Martin approached him and said, "Why don't you let us get you a ride home?" King refused the officer, according to Martin.

"To me, it felt like he was more determined to leave than to listen," he testified.

As the defense questioned him, Martin said he did think King was drunk when he drove away. 

"Where you concerned enough to call police?" the defense attorney asked. Martin responded with, "At that point, no." No one from the bar called 911 that night, the defense pointed out.

At preliminary hearings, the defense is not required to lay out its case, so the attorneys did not address why they say their client is innocent.

Who would hitch their wagon to the City of San Diego's process for getting new land projects approved? Not the San Diego Chargers, apparently.

As San Diego representatives met with NFL officials in New York Tuesday, the San Diego Chargers and the mayor’s Citizens Stadium Advisory Group sparred in the media.

NFL officials reviewed San Diego's progress on a new stadium proposed for Mission Valley and discussed the project's work plan and schedule moving forward.

Fast tracking an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is key to the project moving forward.

During today's meeting, city leaders say they can get a report approved in time for a January 2016 vote.

Chargers special counsel Mark Fabiani said that’s not possible.

He said there was nothing city leaders could do to create “a legally defensible EIR in less than two months.”

“No responsible private business – including the Chargers – would ever hitch its wagon to the City’s misbegotten EIR strategy,” Fabiani told NBC 7.

Tony Manolatos, spokesperson for CSAG, said Fabiani’s reaction is proof the team is more interested in moving than staying in San Diego

“Does Fabiani think building a stadium on a former landfill of toxic site will not be challenged environmentally that there won’t be lawsuits,” he asked. “Come on.”

A planning meeting is slated for July 15 at Qualcomm Stadium to go over a draft EIR for the Mission Valley site recommended by CSAG.

The New York meeting lasted about an hour and included NFL executive vice president Eric Grubman and other NFL senior officials.

NFL officials are scheduled to travel to San Diego to meet with the City-County negotiating team in late July, according to Matt Awbrey, Deputy Chief of Staff & Chief of Communications to Mayor Kevin Faulconer.

Fabiani attended a town hall in Carson where the team has said it's in negotiations with the Oakland Raiders to build a joint-use stadium.

Meanwhile, the developer involved in negotiations for a new NFL stadium in Oakland tells ESPN he met a deadline to submit plans for approval by city leaders.

Developer Floyd Kephart told ESPN a deal is possible. "It's not nearly as complicated as what's going on in San Diego," he said.

A California woman killed her 73-year-old mother at her Carmel Valley home by bludgeoning her with a meat tenderizer and stabbing her in the chest, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Deputy District Attorney Scott Pirrello detailed the brutal allegations against 51-year-old Lara Epstein in asking the judge to set bail at $3 million.

Pirrello asked for the high bail due to the "severe brutal nature of the case."

Epstein's public defender, on the other hand, requested lower bail, saying her client is a longtime San Diego resident with no criminal history. The judge granted the prosecutor's bail request.

The defendant's mother, Svetlana Gurinova, was found dead the night of June 16 inside her Carmel Valley home on Carmel View Road.

When responding officers and paramedics opened the door, they found Epstein standing in the living room.

Epstein then directed officers to the lifeless body of her mother inside the house. Pirrello said authorities found plastic bags covering the woman's head and feet; there had been an effort to clean up the scene.

A large kitchen knife and metal meat tenderizer mallet were found in a trash bag next to Gurinova's body, the deputy district attorney said.

Homicide investigators said the victim had suffered massive blunt force trauma to her body, including some lacerations. She had apparently been hit over the head with the meat tenderizer and stabbed several times in the neck and chest, Pirrello said.

There were no witnesses in the homicide and investigators said it appeared no one heard any suspicious noise coming from the home either.

The motive of the killing was not immediately clear, though the prosecutor said family members reported a strained relationship between the mother and daughter. They also reported that Epstein had a history of mental health issues.

Police said Epstein was calm and rambling on when police encountered her at the residence. She made some statements that led police to take her into custody, he said.

If convicted of murder, Epstein faces a maximum punishment of 26 years to life in prison. She will be in court next on July 1.

Warriors MVP Stephen Curry will be featured on the regional cover of Sports Illustrated, the magazine announced on Tuesday.

The Warriors have now been featured on a Sports Illustrated cover five times this season and seven times since 2013.

Curry has now been featured on the cover five times, including three during the Warriors championship season. He was featured on back-to-back regional covers during the playoffs, once after the Western Conference Semifinals against the Grizzlies and then before the NBA Finals against the Cavaliers.

Subscribers and newsstands in Oregon, California, Hawaii, Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Arizona will receive the Curry cover, which is available starting Tuesday.

The other regional cover features fellow Under Armor rep Jordan Spieth, who won the US Open on Sunday.

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COVER (2 of 2): "This feels like the start of something" -@stephencurry30 http://t.co/jMRxcSaMPb pic.twitter.com/uBlgviYvSl

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) June 23, 2015

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COVER (1 of 2): @JordanSpieth's Bucket List Masters ✔️ U.S. Open ✔️ British Open ◻️ PGA ◻️ http://t.co/wQ8UDC9GrQ pic.twitter.com/C8yImQH4U9

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) June 23, 2015

Should we call it the luck of the newlyweds?

A Cape Cod woman, who was just married on May 1, claimed the first $15 million grand prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery's new $30 "Supreme Millions" instant game.

Stacy Foster of Orleans purchased the ticket at Tedeschi Food Shops on Route 6 in Eastham on Saturday. She originally asked the store clerk for a "Supreme Millions" ticket from the dispenser that was behind a different register, which was not open at the time. The clerk said she would have to select a ticket from the dispenser behind the active register. That simple twist of fate changed her life. 

Foster was joined by her husband David as she claimed the winnings at the Lottery's Braintree headquarters. She selected the cash option, receiving a one-time payment of $9,750,000, minus taxes.

The couple plans to use the winnings to buy a house, pay off student loans and buy a new truck.

The store will receive a $50,000 retailer bonus for its sale.

There are three additional $15 million prizes and sixty-one $1 million prizes remaining in the "Supreme Millions" instant game, which went on sale April 28.

A North Texas man filed a lawsuit against MillerCoors and 7-Eleven Monday, saying he drank a beer that had "a dead rat marinating in it" two years ago.

According to the lawsuit, in August 2013 Marco Antonio Navarro bought a 24-ounce can of Steel Reserve beer from a 7-Eleven store along Highway 356 in Irving.

When he got home, Navarro said he cracked open one of the cans and began drinking the beer. He reported he soon felt a "tingle on his lips and noticed the liquid was not flowing out properly," according to the lawsuit.

Navarro's sister said she used her camera phone to take a picture inside the can and realized there was a "dead rat marinating in it."

The lawsuit filed on Navarro's behalf said he "immediately vomited, then continued to suffer from abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, allergies, and back pain, amongst other pain and injuries."

Navarro received medical treatment totaling more than $49,000, according to the lawsuit, and sought the counsel of a therapist after reporting having trouble eating, drinking and maintaining personal relationships.

Now, nearly two years later, he is suing to recover the cost of his medical treatment and for damages due to past and future pain, mental anguish and loss of earning capacity up to but not more than $300,000.

In a statement to NBC 5 Wednesday, MillerCoors addressed the lawsuit and said the following:

"Our brands are produced under incredibly strict standards, and there is nothing more important than the quality of our products and safety of our legal drinking-age consumers.  While we take all customer claims seriously, we do not believe there is any merit to the lawsuit."

NBC 5 as also reached out to 7-Eleven for comment, but as of this writing there has been no response.

Navarro is represented by Garcia, Dubove & Trujillo.

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