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The same day the girl died, law enforcement officials say her father took his life.

The Dental Board of California, which was seeking license revocation, says it is considering settlement; possible discipline unclear, reports NBC 7 Investigates’ Alexis Rivas

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.

Hundreds of officers have left SDPD during the past year for a variety of reasons.

NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas found officers are fleeing the city’s police force in numbers not seen in at least a decade.

Neighbors called 911 begging for help nearly two hours before police arrived at Connie Dadkhah’s Rancho Penasquitos home.

A newly released city audit details staffing woes and case mismanagement, reports NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas.

NBC 7 Investigates discovered overtime costs are higher than ever. In 2021, the city doled out $113,365,425 in overtime pay.

Staff hiring and retention problems blamed for increasing workload on city employees, reports NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas.

A plane that ran off the runway at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa last year was piloted by two men who were not qualified to fly the aircraft, according to a complaint filed by an aviation insurance company.

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.

The Medical Board of California is accusing the doctor of signing waivers for two children without examining them.

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.

The number of people living on the streets in East Village is ballooning, according to the latest data, and there are no easy or quick solutions. NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas has more.

You can’t talk about the East Village without talking about homelessness. For many San Diegans, the neighborhood encompasses the heart of the county’s homeless problem. Tents dot sidewalks throughout the area. Imperial Avenue intersects entire encampments, with trash on the ground, bio waste, drug paraphernalia and more. It can be shocking to see for people who only visit the area...

“That’s definitely not fair. If anything it should be the other way around,” driver Salena Thai told NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas.

Drivers with the same vehicle and driving record may pay different rates based on their job title and education level.

As police chase down a serial arsonist in Mira Mesa, NBC 7 Investigates’ Alexis Rivas looked into how many arson attacks occur across all of San Diego each year.

A new mask mandate for the state of California took effect on Wednesday, but an NBC 7 Investigation discovered there has been questionable enforcement of those policies. Through public records requests, NBC 7 learned that not a single fine was collected by San Diego County officials.

NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas examines how COVID-19-related mandates have been enforced throughout the pandemic.