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North County May 14

Ghost Guns Gaining Popularity With Gangs in North County: Sheriff

NBC 7 has been closely tracking a controversial firearm with a fast-growing footprint in our county: Ghost guns.

ghost guns Apr 30

Ghost-Gun Seizures Across San Diego County on the Rise As President Calls for Nationwide Ban
small business relief fund Apr 27

One of San Diego's Most Diverse Communities Received Much Less Aid from City's Small Business Relief Fund

San Diego Apr 23

Critics: City's New Commission to Investigate SDPD Complaints Stalled by Police Union, Lacks Adequate Funding

To this day, calls for police accountability are sweeping the nation after several high-profile police shootings and in-custody deaths, including this week’s conviction of former Minneapolis officer D...
uc san diego Apr 22

QR Codes, Vaccine Passports: Ways to Track Vaccination Status Considered But Hotly Debated

Vaccination requirements by California employers, colleges, and even sporting and concert venues are growing, intensifying calls for a universal system to track an individual’s inoculation. But some e...
nbc 7 investigates Apr 16

Another Woman Sues San Diego-Based Porn Website

A 25-year-old woman joined a long list of alleged victims who claim owners of a San Diego-based porn website used lies and coercion to persuade them to appear in a pornographic video. The woman is now...
Vaccine in San Diego Mar 4

Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy and Distrust Among San Diego's Black Community

San Diego County leaders have been trying to answer a critical question: how can they convince their Black fellow community members that a brand new vaccine backed by the U.S. government is safe after...

Covid-19 Vaccine Feb 27

San Diego County Cuts Ties With Healthcare Provider Accused of Vaccinating Ineligible People

San Diego County health officials have cut ties with a local vaccine provider after allegations it had been handing out COVID-19 shots to ineligible patients.
Vaccine in San Diego Feb 25

Vaccine Outsiders: Thousands of San Diego Vaccinations Administered To People Who Don't Live Here

NBC 7 Investigates found 23,249 people who received both vaccine doses in San Diego County live outside of the county’s jurisdiction.
Chula Vista Feb 20

Murders Tripled in Chula Vista in 2020

What happened in South Bay is worse than most other cities: In a study of 57 police agencies across the country, murder shot up 36.7% in 2020 from the year before.
San Diego Feb 18

San Diego Police Department's Response Times Increased During the Pandemic

The San Diego Police Department’s response times for its most urgent calls for service were slower in 2020 compared to the two years prior, department data shows. SDPD defines Priority 1 calls as, “Dispatch Immediately. Priority One calls involve serious crimes in progress or a threat to life. Examples include: missing children, child a...
San Diego Feb 12

Looming Wave of Evictions in San Diego County Due to Pandemic Pause

State and local lawmakers halted most evictions during the pandemic, but the moratorium in San Diego ends in July. Now, NBC has a first look at the size of the backlog, and why some say we’re on the precipice of evictions on a scale unlike any we have seen before. NBC 7 found that between March 2020 and January 2021,…
Apps Feb 7

National City Kidnapping Case Highlights Growing Role of Gaming Apps in Child Exploitation

Parents in National City say they woke up to find their 11-year-old daughter not in her bed. After a city-wide manhunt and rescue, the girl is now safe and police say the 20-year-old accused of taking her is in jail.
Mentally Disordered Offender Program Jan 22

Veteran Unlawfully Held in State Hospital for More Than Two Decades. Are There More Like Him?

The commitment of Vietnam War veteran Alan Alter, now 71, was the result of a sequence of trickle-down oversights starting at the top and trickling down to the local level.
San Diego Jan 22

GirlsDoPorn Cameraman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking

A cameraman who filmed about 120 videos for the defunct San Diego-based website GirlsDoPorn.com pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Theodore Wilfred Gyi, 42, is the second of six defendants to plead guilty in connection with the website, which prosecutors allege produced and featured pornographic vid...
Covid-19 Vaccine Jan 20

People Will Die Unnecessarily Without Clear Message About COVID Vaccines: Expert

Leading experts believe mixed messages about the vaccine are leaving Americans with the wrong impression about the lifesaving shots
Santee Jan 9

Grocery Workers Say Stores Inconsistent in COVID-19 Safety Measures

Grocery store employees across San Diego County contend that capacity and cleaning protocols are inconsistent, and now the union that represents them says hundreds of workers are testing positive for COVID-19.
coronavirus vaccine Jan 8

Healthcare Workers Have Priority for COVID-19 Vaccine, but Some Are Refusing to Take It

NBC News reports about 50% of workers in California’s Riverside County have refused to take the vaccine, along with 60% of nursing home staff in Ohio. While local healthcare systems don’t have the exact number of people that are passing on the vaccine in San Diego, most representatives say it’s about 2 to 3%. After trials involving tens...
camp pendleton Nov 23, 2020

Former Camp Pendleton Marine Imprisoned in Moscow Maintains His Innocence

Joey Reed’s son, Trevor, is 29. He could spend nearly a decade of his life in a Moscow prison, where he’s been held since August 2019. For most of 2020, Texan Joey Reed has been living in Moscow. Despite many challenges, including the pandemic, Reed remains in Russia. He is trying to keep his son’s case from falling below...
small business relief fund Nov 18, 2020

2,300 Small Businesses Got Help From the City. Now They Need More

Many San Diego small businesses say they’re facing closure and won’t survive another lockdown without more stimulus money.

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