San Diego Lifeguards and San Diego Fire-Rescue (SDFD) officials are rescuing an injured hiker on the trail at Blacks Beach in heavy weather and lightning, they said.
There is no word yet on the extent of her injuries or the progress of the rescue.
At approximately 2:10 p.m., lifeguards and SDFD officials said they were rescuing a second person from a cliff near Blacks Beach, noting that rain made the trails slippery. There is no word on that person's status.
All throughout the day Saturday there have been accidents along the freeways.
Northbound lanes of Interstate 15 South near Friars Road were blocked due to a multi-car collision at approximately 3:15 p.m., Caltrans said. All lanes were reopened at 4 p.m., Caltrans said.
Three lanes heading northbound on Interstate 5 were blocked after a multi-car collision for a period of time.
The lanes reopened to traffic shortly before 1 p.m.
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The family of a man who allegedly fatally shot four Marines and a Navy sailor in an attack on military facilities in Chattanooga this week expressed their condolences on Saturday to the victims and said their son suffered from depression, NBC News reported.
"There are no words to describe our shock, horror, and grief. The person who committed this horrible crime was not the son we knew and loved," the family of Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez said in a statement Saturday.
Authorities have not yet determined the motive behind Thursday's deadly attack, in which the 24-year-old allegedly sprayed a Marine recruiting office with gunfire before driving to a reserve center, fatally shooting the Marines and wounding the Navy sailor before he was killed in a shootout with police.
As thunder, heavy rain and lightning blankets San Diego County, several streets and parts of the freeway are flooded.
The Interstate 805 northbound off ramp to Imperial Avenue closed due to a mudslide, Caltrans said.
The off ramp on Interstate 5 north at Genesee is completely flooded, the California Highway Patrol said.
The HOV lane on Interstate 5 north near Mira Mesa is completely flooded, the CHP said.
A viewer called in to NBC7, reporting a sinkhole in Ocean Beach along the sidewalk.
A viewer sent in a photo of a street in Mission Hills, where a Car 2 Go was stuck in flooding.
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A San Diego-based retired Marine is sharing memories of his friend and fellow service member, Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, one of the five service members gunned down in Chattanooga, Tenn., Thursday in what law enforcement authorities are investigating as an act of domestic terrorism.
Marine Staff Sergeant (ret.) Clayton Treska served with Sullivan between 1998 and 2002. They were in the same battalion in Camp Lejeune and then the same unit at Marine Corps Base Quantico. Treska knew Sullivan as “Sully.”
“Sully was always very mild mannered and good natured. Always friendly. Always the type of person who was willing to help you,” he shared exclusively with NBC 7’s Candice Nguyen Friday evening. “Honestly, that’s a rarity in the dynamic of the personalities that comprise of the Marines.”
“As general, mild-mannered as he was, he wasn’t soft at all. He was a Marine,” Treska said. “It’s great to have that genuine nature in somebody, but it never took away from his ability to fight a good fight and be the Marine, the warriors we knew him to be.”
Treska said Sullivan was a two-time recipient of the Purple Heart.
Authorities have not released a possible motive for the shooting, only that it’s being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism.
Treska says, in light of this, the dynamic of the battlefield for this generation of service members has changed.
“This generation and this particular war on terror unfortunately, [terror] can also penetrate our native soil as well,” he said. “Now with all the terrorist attacks at home and targeting service members in uniform…it means that now that you’re home and it’s time to acclimate to real life, you’re not afforded that opportunity anymore.”
Treska finds visiting places like Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery helps with processing these thoughts. He says remembering our fallen heroes grounds him, and reminds him to focus his attention on their service and sacrifice.
“I’m honored and proud to have served this country. I’m honored and proud to have served with Sully,” he said.
Police are looking for a driver they say lost control and crashed through a South Bay market.
The incident happened around 1:32 a.m. Sunday morning when the suspect crashed into Jeremy’s Market and Produce on the 900 block of Outer Road in Chula Vista.
The driver fled the scene and is still outstanding.
Police said they are unsure of how much damage the driver caused.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press” that he would order a review of security and safety at all state military facilities — such as the storefront recruitment center in Chattanooga that was one of two military buildings targeted by a gunman last week, NBC News reported.
Haslam, a Republican in his second term, said he would need the help of the federal government to make some changes to how federal facilities were protected.
"We don't want to put our adjudicant generals in a difficult position of giving them an order that they can't carry out because it's on a federal facility. So we're doing a complete review to see what we can," the governor said.
In general, personnel at recruiting centers only carry weapons if they are in an official security role.
Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, sprayed a military recruiting center in Chattanooga with bullets on Thursday, then drove seven miles to a Navy and Marines reserve training center, where he shot the four Marines to death. Abdulazeez was killed after a shootout with police.
For the first time in its 62-year history, the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club has postponed the Over-the- Line Games.
“We’ve got a lot of spectators around,” said Sonny Petersen, the spokesman for Old Mission Beach Athletic Club. “We don’t want anyone to get hurt out here.”
The OTL tournament, held each July, was postponed pending better weather due to the thunderstorms and record-breaking rain Saturday. Petersen said the heavy rain, thunder and lightning were not “favorable” conditions.
OMBAC said they hoped to reschedule to games for the immediate future.
The annual tournament, which was supposed to start Saturday morning and continue into Sunday, often gathers over 1200 teams from around the world.
Over-the-Line is a bat and ball sport similar to baseball. It was first played in Mission Beach in the 1950s.
Starting at 8 a.m., organizers will behind tearing down the event setup. They say the tear down will happen rain or shine.
Participants said they were sad they would not get a chance to participate.
“Now that we don’t get to play tomorrow, we’re a little sad,” said participant Amber Longest.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the world "would face Iran with a nuclear weapon" had world powers not reached the historic nuclear deal, NBC News reported.
"I think it is so much better than the alternative. I think that if there wasn't a deal, I think we would face Iran with a nuclear weapon," Cameron said. "That would've given a terrible choice to the West of either enabling that — allowing that to happen — or a very difficult decision to take military action."
The United Kingdom was part of the group known as the P5+1 — the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany — that reached the landmark accord with Iran.
"We shouldn't be naïve or starry eyed in any way about the regime that we're dealing with. I'm certainly not," Cameron also cautioned.
A 59-year-old man died after he was hit by a car on State Route 76, near Harrah’s Casino.
The fatal collision happened at approximately 4:48 a.m. Sunday when a 23-year-old Fallbrook driver was driving along SR-76 near Bodie Boulevard, California Highway Patrol officers in Oceanside said.
As she was driving her Honda CRV eastbound, she saw a man standing in the middle of the road up ahead but could not evade him before hitting him, officers said.
The driver went to Harrah’s after the collision and called 911.
The Los Angeles man was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of the crash.
Several witnesses reported seeing him jumping in and out of traffic prior to the collision, CHP officers said.
Officers said they did not know whether drugs or alcohol played a factor in the crash. It was unclear why the man was in the area.
The crash remains under investigation.
The National Weather Service extended their flash flood warning for San Diego County as heavy rain and thunder flooded many parts of San Diego.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Central San Diego County around 2 p.m. Sunday and extended it to 8 p.m. Sunday. Areas affected included Poway, Ramona, Alpine, Valley Center, Tierrasanta, Escondido, San Marcos, Santee, San Diego Country Estates, Descanso, Palomar Mountain, Lakeside and surrounding areas.
A flood advisory for urban and small streams was also in effect until 3:45 p.m. for south central parts of the county, including El Cajon, Poway, Ramona, Alpine, Mount Laguna, Julian, Escondido and other parts of inland and desert regions. To read a full forecast with complete warnings and watches, click here.
When the rain came pummeling into San Diego Sunday afternoon, the heavy storm left many roads and cars underwater with reported sinkholes and mudslides around the county.
Parts of State Route 79 near Sunshine Summit in El Cajon flooded, the California Highway Patrol said. State Route 78 north of Ramona reportedly flooded.
In Spring Valley, rain shut down Quarry Road Drip between Highway 125 and Lakeview Road.
On Interstate 5 southbound near Genesee, cars hydroplaned, the CHP said. The San Diego Fire-Rescue department worked to control traffic during the rain.
The offramp near Interstate 8 east near East Fletcher Parkway is completely flooded, the CHP said.
Multiple vehicles were submerged in flood water on the 7600 block of Alvarado Road in El Cajon, according to reports the CHP received.
Following similar unprecedented rainfall Saturday, San Diego marked a new record. The city saw more rainfall than it ever had seen in the month of July.
San Diego continued a second day of record-breaking rainfall across the county. As of 4 p.m., Ramona had received 2.96 inches of rain, far outnumbering the runner-up, Dulzura Summit, which received 0.87 inches of rainfall.
Within city boundaries, Kearny Mesa topped the list with 0.81 inches of rainfall by 4 p.m. Along the coast, Lindbergh Field saw 0.28 inches and Oceanside saw 0.08 inches of rainfall. Solana Beach received the least rainfall of the measured cities with 0.01 inches of measured rainfall by 4 pm.
The Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Reguse and Border Field State Park have both been closed due to sewage-contaminated flow from the Tijuana River. The coastline closed goes from Seacoast Drive to the International Border.
A beach hazards statement at county beaches is in effect through Monday for potential lightning, strong rip currents and high surf with sets hitting five to seven feet.
Power outages were reported due to weather-related issues.
Heavy rain and flooding has resulted in some accidents along San Diego freeways.
Northbound I-15 near University Avenue was briefly closed around 1 p.m. due to a traffic collision. All lanes reopened an hour later, Caltrans said.
On Interstate 5 southbound near Genesee, cars are hydroplaning, the CHP said. The San Diego Fire-Rescue department is heading there to try to control traffic better.
Multiple vehicles are submerged in flood water on the 7600 block of Alvarado Road in El Cajon, according to reports the CHP is receiving.
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The decomposing bodies of four people were found inside a home on the South Side of Chicago Saturday evening, but the cause of their deaths remains a mystery.
Police made the discovery at about 8:25 p.m. in a home in the 8300 block of South Drexel in the Chatham neighborhood.
Neighbors say a young mother and three children lived at the residence, but police have not released any information about the identities or ages of the victims.
Leon Ervin, the grandfather of the three children, identified them as 11-year-old Andrew Simms, 9-year-old Cameron Jackson and 5-year-old Kentrell. The mother was identified as 27-year-old Latoya Jackson. The children attended Caldwell Elementary School, according to their grandfather.
"I wake up this morning before I go to church, and I got here and heard the news. Shock, unbelievable," Ervin said.
Early Sunday morning, investigators entered the home in full Hazmat gear. Tom Ahern, with ATF, also said certified fire investigators were on the scene in the hopes of determining the cause and origin of a small fire that broke out in the house.
Donald Martin, a neighbor who lives on the same block, told NBC Chicago he called police Saturday because there was a terrible smell coming from the home.
"As the weather got hotter, the smell got stronger, the odor," Martin said.
He also said he noticed the three boys had not been playing in the yard all week, which was unusual.
Another neighbor said he noticed a potent smell on the block for the last four or five days. It is unknown how long the victims have been dead.
"I've known Latoya ever since she was a little girl," one neighbor told NBC Chicago. "She's a very caring mother, she loves her kids dearly, and it hurts my heart to hear that something tragic like this had to happen to her."
Area South detectives are conducting a death investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.
A woman fell asleep at the wheel on Sunday morning while driving on a Southern California road, hitting two joggers, San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputies in Poway reported.
The woman was driving down Pomerado Road in Poway at approximately 5:42 a.m. when she dozes off and drove into the bike lane, hitting two joggers, deputies said.
The victims sustained head injuries and were taken to the Palomar Hospital.
The woman stayed at the scene until police arrived and was released after questioning. Deputies diverted traffic to Via Monte Claro for about an hour after the incident.
Deputies in Poway do not believe drugs or alcohol was a factor in the crash.
The investigation is ongoing.
On Sunday evening Donald Trump wrote an op-ed for USA Today where he touts his record on veterans' issues and claims Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain has "made America less safe."
The piece comes amid a firestorm of public shaming as Republicans and Democrats alike criticize Trump for slamming McCain's military service during the Vietnam War while speaking at a campaign event Saturday.
"He's not a war hero," Trump said of McCain at the Iowa Family Leadership Summit. "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured."
In his op-ed, Trump writes that he "always made supporting veterans a top priority" and if he were to be elected as president he "will build the finest and most modern veterans hospitals in the world. The current medical assistance to our veterans is a disaster."
The business mogul takes a heavy handed swipe at nearly the entire GOP 2016 field, saying: "A number of my competitors for the Republican nomination have no business running for president. I do not need to be lectured by any of them. Many are failed politicians or people who would be unable to succeed in the private sector. Some, however, I have great respect for."
An elevated section of Interstate 10 collapsed Sunday amid heavy rains in a remote desert area of California, cutting off traffic between the state and Arizona and leaving a driver injured.
The Tex Wash bridge in Desert Center, which carries the eastbound interstate about 15 feet above a normally dry wash west of the Arizona state line, snapped and washed away in flooding water below, the California Highway Patrol said.
One driver had to be rescued from a pickup truck that crashed in the collapse and was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries, the Riverside County Fire Department said. A passenger from the truck was able to get out without help and wasn't hurt.
"Bystanders quickly used straps from their trucks to secure vehicle to guardrail to prevent it from washing away," the Riverside County Fire Department officials said in a statement.
California transportation officials say the westbound side of the 10 Freeway has also been badly compromised by flooding in the same area where the eastbound side collapsed.
Caltrans spokeswoman Terri Kasinga said Sunday night that it means the interstate that serves as a main route between California and Arizona will stay shut down "completely and indefinitely."
Kasinga says engineers won't even be able to properly assess the damage to the two sides until Monday morning, and offered no timeframe for their opening again.
In Moreno Valley, six homes were flooded with water and mud during the thunderstorm, requiring a water rescue by firefighters, officials said.
Firefighters reported to the scene at 4:01 p.m. in the 9900 block of Whitewater Road in Moreno Valley, said Jennifer Fuhrman of the Riverside County Fire Department.
The water and mud came down from the mountains above the homes, Fuhrman said.
A thunderstorm with estimated 60 mph winds dropped one inch of rain per hour to Riverside County on Sunday, causing flooding and mudslides on roads.
Aerial footage captured by NewsChopper4 showed people trying to push stranded vehicles out of heavily flooded streets in Moreno Valley.
In the city of Orange, several cars in a parking lot at Hart Park were nearly washed away by flash flooding. One person had to be rescued from a car, but fire officials said there were no reports of injuries.
Due to the inclement weather, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-Boston Red Sox game at Anaheim Stadium was postponed.
The wet weather was expected to continue through the Monday morning commute.
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Tropical Storm Dolores has lessened to a remnant low, but is still expected to bring in storms in the late afternoon, when temperatures are expected to be in the 80s and 90s.
The Inland Empire is the only area of SoCal that isn't expected to experience some rain Monday morning, NBC4 meteorologist Shanna Mendiola said.
Flash floods could occur across SoCal, except for along the coast and in the LA basin.
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A girls’ soccer team on their way from Las Vegas to Carlsbad found themselves caught in a raging wildfire that had blown across the freeway Friday, torching 18 cars and two semi-trucks.
The blaze closed I-15 near San Bernardino for several hours Friday afternoon, and created a difficult and dangerous situation for trapped motorists.
Cedrick Crear, a soccer dad following the bus, said the fire was only two cars away from his.
“It was completely enraged at the top of the mountain. There was a big power station there that blew up and everyone's running out of their cars getting to the top of the mountain." Crear said. The top of the mountain was the only way out.
Talia Sclafani was on the bus with her teammates when they encountered the fire.
“I almost cried. My teammates, I've never seen the look on some of their faces like that at all. Mostly they are just happy all the time so it was just scary,"she said. “[I was] Worried because I didn't know what was going to happen or where I was going to end up."
The team was even able to help a pregnant woman and some children get to safety.
“We just wanted to make sure that we stayed together. That was a big point. We all stayed together, we worked as a team. We were just blessed that it could've been a lot worse,” Crear said.
The team made it to Carlsbad late Friday night only to find out their game had been canncelled due to the thunderstorms Saturday, but they plan to play Sunday.
That section of 1-15 is now reopened and fire crews have the blaze 60 percent contained.
Two toddlers nearly drowned after a boat flipped on Ski Beach at Fiesta Island Sunday, officials said.
The incident happened at approximately 1:52 p.m. Sunday when the toddlers, ages two and five, were attached to the boat, San Diego Fire-Rescue officials and San Diego Lifeguards said.
The two year old was underwater for more than a minute, officials first said, but it was later revealed the child was trapped inside the boat. An officials on scene said the child is okay.
There was no further information immediately available from lifeguards of fire officials.
