A San Diego dentist accused of performing substandard and unneeded dental work on children has apparently closed his practice.
After a nearly six-hour-long preliminary hearing on Friday, San Diego County Superior Court Judge David Rubin ruled that a man will stand trial in the murder of a Rancho Penasquitos woman.
Antiquated software and multiple law enforcement databases create an information breakdown, which often keeps police officers in the dark.
Two couples claim that a San Diego-based surrogacy company took their money and promised a baby – but didn’t deliver. The company is now being investigated by the FBI.
Hundreds of officers have left SDPD during the past year for a variety of reasons.
Neighbors called 911 begging for help nearly two hours before police arrived at Connie Dadkhah’s Rancho Penasquitos home.
A growing number of 911 calls don’t need a paramedic escort to an emergency room. When non-emergency calls come in, they can take a heavy toll on the system.
Exposed live wires, leaking sewage, and dangerously unstable structures. These are the kinds of serious complaints that San Diego’s Code Enforcement Division is called upon to investigate. But a recent audit of the division shows the city responded late to nearly half of those Priority 1 complaints, and some just got lost.
NBC 7 Investigates discovered the trip from the parking lot into the emergency room can take hours. In some extreme cases, it’s taking more than two hours to transfer the care of a patient. Despite a wide awareness of the problem, lawmakers, ambulance providers and hospitals can’t seem to agree on a solution.
It’s been nearly 10 years since 20 children and six teachers were murdered inside their classrooms in Newtown, Connecticut, and for longer than that, gun reform has been a topic of heated debate in California and across the country.
NBC 7 Investigates discovered overtime costs are higher than ever. In 2021, the city doled out $113,365,425 in overtime pay.
The illegal devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns go by many names: switches, auto-sears, bump stocks, and more. The effect is the same; a weapon that only fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled can now unload all the bullets in its clip by holding down the trigger.
A San Diego doctor’s medical license could be revoked or suspended following a state accusation that he signed vaccine exemption forms for two children at the request of their father. The Medical Board of California says Dr. Brian First admitted to signing those waivers in May of 2021, despite never examining either child.
A city audit of San Diego’s Parks & Recreation Department revealed a funding disparity, which benefited recreation centers and parks in wealthier communities. Those locations also offered double the number of programs for families.
When NBC 7 reporter Alexis Rivas was covering the killing of Lisa Thorburg, a hiker stabbed to death on a trail in Carlsbad, police had yet to name a suspect. She spoke to a 17-year-old in a park and learned later that day he was the one police had been looking for.
