Copyright 2013 http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/top-stories en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 21:42:04 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:42:04 -0700 NBC Owned Television Stations Wed, 22 May 2013 14:48:01 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/yoga-poses-lawsuit.jpg
Lawsuit poses the question: yoga is exercise and relaxation but is it also religion?]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 20:57:19 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/MooreDonations_0522.jpg
A Miramar-based marine is pitching in to help tornado victims in Moore, Okla.

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A fire burning near the U.S.-Mexico border fence scorched multiple acres Wednesday, Cal Fire officials said.

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You can run but you can’t hide from La Mesa police, even if you climb onto the roof.

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A bear wandered through a neighborhood north of Los Angeles for more than an hour Wednesday morning with squad cars and a helicopter on its tail as it scaled fences and surprised several horses in...]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:39 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/ZooKoalas.jpg
There’s nothing like moving into a nice, new home, and the koalas at the San Diego Zoo are doing just that.

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San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to reports of shots fire in a Vista neighborhood Wednesday night.

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Our homage to the fabulously fried food we'll enjoy at this year's fair.

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Plans for a downtown "Arts and Entertainment District" north of Broadway drew fire at City Hall during a council committee hearing Wednesday.

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A driver accused of hitting a motorcyclist on purpose while driving on the Coronado Bridge made his first court appearance on Wednesday.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 12:56:53 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/red_light_generic.jpg
Drivers in Poway will be monitored by new devices designed to catch red-light runners.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 04:29:05 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/vlcsnap-2013-05-21-21h10m59s245.png
NBC 7's Greg Bledsoe reports from Moore, Okla. on cleanup efforts after Monday's devastating tornado.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 20:36:50 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/AP319594796174.jpg
The Chicago School Board voted Wednesday to shutter 49 elementary schools and one high school in the nation's third-largest school system despite demonstrations and community outrage over the

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A canyon fire prompted the evacuation of a high school in City Heights Wednesday.

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One of the county's best school districts, San Marcos Unified, is building more schools to make room for thousands of new students. But parents in one neighborhood aren't happy with the district's...]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:35 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/vlcsnap-2013-05-16-21h01m32s199.png
An 18-year-old man whose car fatally crashed into another driver last week on state Route 56 had been arrested on the day of the collision, California Highway Patrol investigators said Tuesday.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 09:30:16 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/gallery+thumb.jpg
The carnage wrought by Sandy—up to eight feet of water inundated downtown—has prompted what might best be described as an existential crisis, with residents, business owners and public...

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Realtors on Long Beach Island, a popular vacation spot on the New Jersey Shore, are finding that some repeat visitors are refusing to book summer rentals over fears of damage from the storm.

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More than six months after Sandy, many repeat summer renters have not yet booked homes on Long Beach Island, N.J. over fears of damage from the storm. Realtors and homeowners, who typically have the bulk...]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 14:39:09 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/regina+thumb_article.jpg
It’s hard to relax in Highlands, a small but proud middle-class town at the northern tip of the Jersey Shore. The borough of 28,000, at the junction of the Shrewsbury River and Sandy Hook Bay, is undergoing...

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Former Bear calls it quits in a post on WhoSay.com.

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A Temecula woman is asking for the public’s help to find her stolen pet cockatoo.

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Oklahoma searchers are using high-tech tools used right here in San Diego every day. NBC 7's Jason Austell reports.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 07:21:30 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/Sean-Sala-blogger.jpg
The devastation in Oklahoma hit close to home for a San Diego blogger whose sister and niece lost their home.]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 14:02:59 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/Luke-Acuna-settlement3.jpg
A boy who lost his leg after colliding with a city trash truck has reached a tentative multi-million dollar settlement with the City of San Diego.]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:53 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/edt-AP352597553323_3.jpg
San Diego Fire-Rescue teams spent the morning Tuesday packing, ready to jump into action if needed by Oklahoma tornado victims.

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The family of a 32-year-old woman shot and killed by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Chula Vista has filed a wrongful death suit.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 05:16:37 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/Body+parts+washing+ashore+April+1985.jpg
The decades-old mystery of female body parts that washed up on South Florida's beaches has been solved. Nilsa Padilla was murdered, her body dismembered and then tossed into the waters off Key Biscayne...

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Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated City Controller Wendy Greuel in a mayoral election that set spending records and saw both candidates rack up high-profile endorsements on the way to...

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The race to become the next mayor of Los Angeles was tight Tuesday night with City Councilman Eric Garcetti leading by a slim but swelling margin, NBC 4 Los Angeles reported. With 44 percent of the...

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Anthony Weiner announced his candidacy for New York City mayor with a campaign video posted to YouTube. "I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down. But I've also learned some tough lessons,...

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A gay couple was attacked early Tuesday in the SoHo neighborhood in New York City and a man was beaten in the East Village, hours after thousands marched to protest the killing of a gay man and several other bia...]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 20:20:44 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/Kris-Gungon-USBP_4.jpg
An El Centro-based U.S. Border Patrol agent drowned at a well-known waterfall on Hawaii.

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NBC 7 weather anchor Dagmar Midcap explains what happens during an extremely strong tornado.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 09:19:23 -0700 http://media.nbcsandiego.com/images/213*120/Ok11.jpg
A massive tornado touched down just south of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping through neighborhoods and striking two elementary schools.

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One of the most expensive homes to hit the market in the United States is now on sale—in Connecticut. The $190 million Greenwich estate includes two islands in the Long Island Sound, nearly a mile of...

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After two years of campaigning bolstered by record contributions, the mayoral race between City Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel comes to a close Tuesday as voters take to the...

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About 13,000 union workers at five University of California medical centers, including the one in San Diego, began a two-day strike Tuesday.]]>