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San Diego residents will unite Saturday for a fundraiser to help a mother who lost her two sons — ages 11 and 12 — in a horrific crash as they made their way home from a family party where they had celebrated the youngest boy’s birthday.

A San Diego mother woke up in the hospital following a horrific car accident to learn her two young sons did not survive. She and her family are now hoping the generosity of strangers can help give the boys a proper burial.

NBC 7’s Jackie Crea spoke to the aunt of the two young boys about the family’s next steps.

A woman suspected of running down a Rancho Penasquitos woman while driving under the influence appeared in court Wednesday.

A construction worker was killed and four others were injured Thursday when a 35-foot piece of rebar collapsed at the site of a future high-rise building on the UC San Diego campus, a spokesperson for Cal/OSHA said.

One worker was killed and four others were injured at a construction site at UC San Diego campus. NBC 7’s Allison Ash has more.

A North County woman who punched a great white shark in the eye following a nearly-deadly attack spoke exclusively with NBC 7 about her road to recovery.

An 85-year-old San Diego veteran and former city councilmember has lost his battle with Leukemia, according to his obituary.

A woman was rescued from a beach near La Jolla and Pacific Beach after she was discovered unconscious, floating face down out from shore Wednesday morning.

Witnesses found a woman near Tourmaline and La Jolla Blvd. face down in the surf, not breathing. Lifeguards administered CPR until the ambulance arrived. NBC 7’s Liberty Zabala reports.

Officials have identified the driver suspected of fatally hitting a woman in Jamul and then stopping to look at what he had struck before taking off.

A 65-year-old woman was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Jamul on Friday evening, the California Highway Patrol said.

The driver hit the woman, got out of the car then fled. NBC 7’s Erika Cervantes has the details.

The windows of a 7-Eleven were shattered when at least one person opened fire into the convenience store in Encinitas late Monday.

A woman killed while trying to cross Interstate 5 in San Diego County has not been identified.

A teenage girl was killed trying to cross Interstate 5 south of the San Clemente checkpoint, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A United State Coast Guard helicopter crew made a daring rescue Tuesday afternoon off the coast of Point Loma.

A MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued a man on board a sport fishing boat Tuesday (Video courtesy of the United States Coast Guard).

After a jogger injured by a boulder that fell from the cliffs above Torrey Pines State Beach had to be rescued Monday, a geologist and a woman paralyzed by a similar anomaly want to warn beachgoers of the dangers hidden in rock faces’ natural beauty.

Lifeguards and firefighters rescued a jogger on Torrey Pines State Beach after a boulder fell from the cliffs above and injured her.