SoCal Woman Gets $5,000 for Baby-Naming Rights
Natasha Hill couldn’t decide what to call the baby she is expecting in September. So when a baby-naming website offered $5,000 to an expectant mom who was willing to let the public vote on the best...
View Article1-Year-Old Survives Getting Hit by Car
A 1-year-old toddler was struck by the family car in Otay Mesa Wednesday, officials confirmed. The incident happened around 4:40 p.m. at Via de la Bandola and Via del Bardo. Neighbors told NBC 7 that a...
View ArticlePoll: Record Californians Support Marijuana Legalization
It appears California voters prefer marijuana legalization -- and they much prefer it over federal Justice Department meddling in the state's medical cannabis dispensaries. A new Field Poll released...
View ArticleSchool District Retirees Overpaid by $1M: Report
An audit report made public by the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has found that dozens of Cajon Valley Union School District retirees received pension overpayments totaling...
View ArticleHundreds of Acres Burn Near Calif. Cities
Light winds and cool temperatures allowed firefighters in southern California to make progress on a wildfire that caused power outages and prompted evacuations Thursday near Riverside. By 4 a.m., the...
View ArticleCop Fired for Shooting 41 Times at Suspect
A Garland, Texas, police officer who fired 41 shots at a chase suspect in August has been fired. The Garland Police Department confirmed that it fired Officer Patrick Tuter after an internal...
View ArticleConn. Firefighters Arrested for Sex Slavery: Police
A current and former firefighter from the West Haven Fire Department were arrested, accused of forcing a 12 year-old boy into sex slavery in Vermont until he was 25, according to a spokesman for the...
View ArticleFamily Sees Up Close Henrietta Lacks' Contribution to Science
Henrietta Lacks has saved a countless numbers of lives, and that was after she died from cervical cancer in 1951. More than six decades ago, cells from Lacks’ body became the first human cells to ever...
View ArticleGreat Whites Protected Off Calif. Coast
Great white sharks off the coast of California will be protected by the California Endangered Species Act beginning March 1. Three environmental groups asked the California Department of Fish and...
View ArticleAbout San Diego: Fisher Opera House
It was a court case that had all of San Diego paying attention more than a century ago. And yet few people know much about it today.
View ArticleMany Face Difficulties in Pathway to Citizenship
Of the millions of immigrants seeking a pathway to citizenship, only a fortunate few are able to become U.S. citizens. Diana Guevara reports.
View ArticleGas Clerk Robbed at Gunpoint
In Chula Vista, a gas station clerk had quite the scare last night when a man robbed him at gunpoint. NBC 7's Megan Tevrizian reports.
View ArticleHorse Meat Scandal Ensnares U.K. Taco Bell, as U.S. Mulls Horse Slaughterhouses
Europe's horse meat food labeling scandal continues to hit major food companies, while regulators in the U.S. are weighing whether to allow horses to be slaughtered stateside for human consumption....
View ArticleChicano Park Lands Historic Designation
Chicano Park in Barrio Logan has just secured a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, the California Department of Parks and Recreation’s Office of Historic Preservation announced Thursday....
View ArticleCity Orders Hotel to Crack Down on Prostitution
The City of San Diego has ordered the owner of a well-known Mission Valley hotel to crackdown on prostitution activity. As a result of a legal settlement, the Howard Johnson Hotel located at 1631 Hotel...
View ArticleAuthorities "Relieved" by Vegas Triple Slaying Arrest
The suspect in last week's triple slaying on the Las Vegas Strip has been arrested in the Los Angeles area, the Clark County District Attorney's Office said on Thursday. Ammar Harris, 26, was taken...
View ArticleObama's "Jedi Mind Meld": Gaffe or Genius?
Forget the sequester, the hottest topic in Washington is just how well does President Obama know his Star Wars mythology. During an impromptu press conference on Friday to address the sequester...
View ArticleIn Memoriam 2013
Bonnie Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress whom millions came to identify with for her role as divorced mom Ann Romano on the long-running sitcom "One Day at a Time," died at age 69. Click to see...
View ArticleArmed Men Try to Break into Golf Course
Two armed men attempted to break into a golf course in Bonita Thursday, officials from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. According to officer Melissa Aquino, deputies received reports of...
View ArticleLargest Apartment Complex in San Diego Approved
Civic San Diego approved plans this week for what will be Downtown San Diego’s largest apartment complex. The $300 million development called Blue Sky is aimed at attracting young, single tenants....
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