More than a month after being accused of sexual misconduct, embattled San Diego Unified School District board member Kevin Beiser attended his first board meeting.

He had missed the last four board meetings, only one of which was excused.

A former political consultant filed a lawsuit accusing Beiser of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. When asked if he had anything to say about his situation, Beiser answered “not yet.”

In a written statement released after the lawsuit was filed, Beiser said there is no truth to the allegations and said they were politically motivated.

The board unanimously called for Beiser’s resignation two weeks ago, and at Tuesday’s board meeting board Vice President John Lee Evans said the call for Beiser’s resignation stands.

District police escorted Beiser to his car following the meeting.

According to another trustee, Beiser's seat would have to be vacant for three months for it to be vacated.

NBC 7 has learned through court documents that a process server needed several tries to serve Beiser and his husband with legal papers, a task that finally was completed last week at Beiser’s Serra Mesa home.

Rocks were hurled at Border Patrol agents Friday near the U.S.-Mexico border as they arrested seven people who were in the country illegally, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

The agency tweeted a photo of one its patrol SUV's that was damaged in the incident. One of its rear windows was shattered by a rock.

CBP said no agents were injured.

According to the agency, there have been approximately 125 assaults on agents in the San Diego area since October of 2018.

No other information was available.

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On San Diego’s busiest streets, parking control officers routinely chalk your tires and return an hour or two later.

If your car or truck is still there, they’ll leave you a ticket for exceeding the maximum time at the meter.

But a federal appeals court now says a Michigan police department violated a motorist’s constitutional protection against search and seizure when they chalked her tires.

In a unanimous decision, three justices of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said the city of Saginaw, Michigan violated Alison Taylor’s “right against unreasonable searches by placing chalk marks on her tires without her consent or a valid search warrant.”

The justices reasoned that because a vehicle is legally parked when it’s chalked, authorities cannot assume you’ve done anything wrong, and thus cannot trespass on your property.

San Diego attorney and legal analyst Dan Eaton said the appeals court’s decision is based in part of its conclusion that parking meter tickets in Saginaw are written only to generate income for government, not to protect or safeguard the public in its authority as a “community caretaker.”

Eaton predicts vehicle owners in San Diego and across the country will now mount similar legal challenges to their parking meter tickets.

The 6th District Court’s ruling applies to just four states in that district. Eaton told NBC 7 it’s possible other district courts will reach a different conclusion.

So this dispute over the Fourth Amendment’s protections against illegal search and seizure could eventually be decided by the nation’s highest court.

“That’s the kind of thing that gets the United States Supreme Court’s attention,” Eaton said of the possible divergence of district court rulings. “Because the law of the Fourth Amendment should not mean one thing in Saginaw, Michigan and another thing in San Diego, California.”

Eight pedestrians, including a 13-year-old, are hospitalized after a suspected speeding driver drove into them in Sunnyvale, California, police said.

The crash was reported at 6:40 p.m. at the intersection of El Camino Real and Saratoga Sunnyvale Road.

Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety Capt. Jim Choi said the driver, an adult male, is in police custody. Police are investigating the incident as an intentional act due to initial statements made at the scene.

"We have preliminary evidence from witnesses that he was accelerating, doesn't look like he tried to brake at all," Choi said.

Victims' belongings and bicylces lined the path the car took before the driver crashed into a tree.

All victims were transported to local hospitals for treatment and their conditions were not immediately known. 

No other information was immediately available.

After terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka that killed hundreds of people on Easter, San Diego travelers are nervous about their plans to travel to the country in Asia due to safety concerns. 

"My husband has family in Sri Lanka," said Gina Peiris of Carmel Valley. "He's from Sri Lanka and lived there for seven years." 

The couple has had plans for months to travel to Sri Lanka in May to see family there. 

But tragedy struck on Sunday. The Easter bombings killed 321 people and left more than 500 injured. Intelligence agencies say a radical Muslim group is to blame for the bloodshed. 

"It's heartbreaking," said Peiris. "We called his family. They said they were fine. But we were concerned that we wouldn't be able to go on the trip because it's unsafe." 

The suicide bombings struck three churches and three luxury hotels Sunday in the island nation's deadliest violence in a decade.

The U.S. State Department confirmed that at least four Americans were among the dead and several others were seriously wounded. 

Peiris said she and her husband will still fly to Sri Lanka next month, but they are taking extra precautions. 

"We've been doing our own research on the travel website that the government has," added Peiris. "They have travel tips there." 

International intelligence agencies had warned that the little-known group, National Thowfeek Jamaath, was planning attacks, but word apparently didn't reach the Sri Lankan prime minister's office until after the massacre.

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen earlier this year that any conversations about Russian meddling in the upcoming midterm elections shouldn't be elevated to President Donald Trump because he still tied the subject to questions about the legitimacy of his own election, The New York Times reported. 

Nielsen became increasingly worried about Russia's sustained efforts in the U.S., but Mulvaney made clear that conversation shouldn't reach Trump, saying it "wasn’t a great subject and should be kept below his level,” a senior administration official told the Times. 

"I don't recall anything along those lines happening in a meeting," Mulvaney said in a statement. He added that the administration "will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections, and we’ve already taken many steps to prevent it in the future," NBC News reported. 

Special counsel Robert Mueller detailed in his report released last week that multiple advisers said that Trump was concerned that stories about Russian interference cast doubt over the legitimacy of his 2016 win, NBC News reported. Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner on Tuesday also downplayed Russian interference.

A U.S. Navy petty officer convicted in February of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated faces less prison time after a judge's ruling Tuesday. 

Richard Anthony Sepolio drove his pickup truck off the Coronado Bay Bridge on Oct. 15, 2016 and crashed into Chicano Park, killing four people and injuring several others.

Jurors found Sepolio guilty of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence causing injury. At the time, prosecutors said the defendant faced a maximum of 18 years behind bars. 

On Tuesday, Judge Charles Rogers considered whether the defendant could be convicted of both a greater crime and its lesser offense. 

After hearing from both sides, Rogers decided Sepolio could be sentenced on both the DUI causing injury charge and the ordinary negligence manslaughter while intoxicated charge because there were victims in the crash who were not killed.

Rogers dismissed great bodily injury allegations that the jury found true which lowered the maximum prison term to 9 years, 8 months.

Also, Sepolio will earn half of credit for time served because the vehicular manslaughter with intoxication is not considered a violent felony, according to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. 

Cruz Elias Contreras, 52; AnnaMarie Contreras, 50; Andre Christopher Banks, 49 and Francine Denise Jimenez, 46 died as a result of the collision. 

An expert testified the pickup's brakes were activated one second before the pickup collided with a barricade on the bridge.

Sepolio who suffered serious injuries to his back, ribs, and hands in the crash, testified that he was not drunk or on his phone when he was speeding while trying to pass another vehicle right before the crash.

Sepolio's injuries prevented officials from performing an accurate breathalyzer test and that blood drawn later provided a more accurate measurement.

An hour after the initial tests, a blood sample was drawn and Sepolio's BAC was measured at .08.

Sepolio's defense attorney Paul Pfingst told jurors during the trial that several tests administered by law enforcement officials put Sepolio below the .08 blood alcohol level limit. 

Sepolio is scheduled to be sentenced on May 29.

Police are searching for a driver that may have intentionally slammed into a U.S. defense contractor building in Kearny Mesa early Wednesday, fire investigators said. 

The sedan, a reported-stolen Prius with mismatched plates, slammed into the Raytheon Integrated Defense building on Balboa Avenue near Kearny Villa Road and burst into flames at about 2:30 a.m.

A security guard called 911 and firefighters with San Diego Fire-Rescue quickly knocked down the fire before flames could spread to the building. 

When law enforcement arrived, the driver was nowhere to be found, San Diego Fire-Rescue Batt. Chief Mike McBride said.

At about 6:30 a.m., an ambulance arrived on scene with flashing lights but it was not clear if anyone was believed to be injured. 

According to the company's website, Raytheon is a defense contractor that specializes in civil government and cybersecurity solutions, including missile defense and electronic warfare.

While investigators are still working to determine the motive, it appears that the driver may have intentionally crashed into the building, McBride said.

"We don’t know exactly the motive behind what's going on here but it seems as though they made an attempt to gain access to the building or smashing into the building causing damage," McBride said. 

Investigators are looking through video surveillance of the scene.

Due to the nature of the company's business, investigators were likely going to call the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Federal Bureau of Investigations to assist. 

Just before 6 a.m., San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit arrived to the scene. 

The investigation was expected to stretch well into the day but McBride said it should not affect commuters in the area. Raytheon employees will be able to work during the investigation. 

No other information was available.

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A 35-year-old woman died when she fell into an industrial-size meat grinder at a processing plant in Northern Pennsylvania.

Jill Greninger apparently fell or was pulled into the machine around 11:30 a.m. Monday, Lycoming County Coroner Charles Kiessling said. A coworker at the Economy Locker Storage Company in Muncy - about 170 miles from Philadelphia - heard strange noises coming from the meat grinder and found her mangled body.

It took firefighters and emergency medical personnel more than two hours to take apart the machine and pull out Greninger's body, Kiessling said.

Authorities say the woman may have been standing on a set of wheeled stairs prior to the fatal accident.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is currently investigating the case, an OSHA spokesperson said.

An employee who answered the phone at the Economy Locker Storage Company told NBC News she wasn't authorized to comment on the incident and that her bosses were unavailable.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

An 84-year-old man said he was attacked by a bear while he was sleeping in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles, California.

The man said the attack happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday as he slept in the hills off Santa Anita Avenue above Sierra Madre. He told police that he tried to fight off the bear, estimated at 200 too 300 pounds, but as he walked away the animal followed him into a neighborhood, where he sought help. 

"He came to a house on (Arno Drive), got behind a gate and waited for the bear to go in another direction," said Officer Grant Cadzow, of the Sierra Madre Police Department.

The man, who said he has been living in the mountains since 2002, suffered injuries to his face and arms. He was treated at the scene.

A bear with a tracking tag on its ear was caught on camera in the neighborhood early Wednesday. It was not immediately clear whether it was the bear involved in the attack.

Not surprisingly, several trash bins in the area had been tipped over. 

State Fish and Wildlife agents were called to the location, where bear sightings are not unusual. Bears like to feed on plants, insects, nuts, berries and whatever else they think of as edible -- such as the contents of trash bins. If food is scarce in their natural habitat, bears are likely to forage elsewhere, bringing them into Southern California foothill neighborhoods.

It's extremely rare for bears to attack humans in California, but it's best to follow these safety tips if you encounter a bear on a camping trip or in your neighborhood -- especially if it's a protective mother with her cubs.

Black bears, recognized by their small, narrow heads and small ears, have coats that range in color from tan or brown to black. Females grow up to about 200 pounds and males can be a hefty 350 pounds with some giants weighing in at more than 600 pounds.

California's black bear population has been on the rise over the last two decades, growing from an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 in the early 1980s to between 25,000 and 30,000 -- and that's a conservative estimate, according to the state department of fish and wildlife. They're good climbers who can easily scale a tree if they can't outrun a predator or just need some alone time.

The state has two subspecies of black bear -- the California black bear and the northwestern black bear. About half of the state's bear population can be found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and areas to the north and west. Only an estimated 10 percent of the black bear population inhabits central western and southwestern California.

Like many animals, bears use a combination of sounds and body language to communicate. A head held low below the shoulders is likely an indication of aggressive behavior or agitation, as do snarling, an open-and-closing mouth and bared teeth.

Although it's on the state flag, the fearsome grizzly bear no longer can be found in the California wild. The last grizzly bear observed in California was shot in the early 1920s.

Who's busy making summer plans -- and wants to save some money while they're at it? To celebrate its fifth annual "National Concert Week," ticketing behemoth Live Nation is discounting individual tickets to 2,000-plus shows across the country to $20 each.

Beginning Wednesday, May 1, at 9 a.m. PST and running through Tuesday, May 7, at 11:59 p.m., hopeful concertgoers will be able to purchase $20 all-in tickets -- which means no additional fees -- for dozens of big local shows while supplies last. Go here for more information as its announced.

That means that some of the most in-demand stops at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, SDSU’s Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, Viejas Arena and Pechanga Arena will have their individual ticket prices slashed to just one Andrew Jackson-adorned bill.

T-Mobile is also getting in on the action by giving its customers front-of-the-line, one-day-only access during its "T-Mobile Tuesdays" presale beginning Tuesday, April 30 at 2 a.m. PST until Wednesday, May 1, at 1:59 a.m. PST. If you're a T-Mobile patron, visit their website for details.

With shows running the gamut from rock, pop and metal to hip-hop, Latin, country and more, it looks like there'll be something for everyone. Not a bad way to kick off those summer plans. Visit LiveNation.com for more information, a full lineup of shows, and tickets when they're available.

San Diego shows featured in Live Nation's $20 all-in ticket offer

• May 23: New Kids on the Block at Viejas Arena
• May 24: Wisin y Yandel at Viejas Arena
• May 31: KIDZ BOP at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
• June 1: Brad Paisley at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• June 8: Enanitos Verdes & Hombre G at Viejas Arena
• June 10: Jennifer Lopez at Pechanga Arena
• June 14: Goo Goo Dolls, Train at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• June 21: Hootie & the Blowfish at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• June 23: Santana at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• June 26: Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon at Park at the Park
• July 10: Jon Bellion at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
• July 20: Beck, Cage the Elephant at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• July 26: Disrupt Festival ft. the Used, Thrice, Circa Survive at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Aug. 1: Third Eye Blind, Jimmy Eat World at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Aug. 2: Rascal Flatts at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Aug. 8: Prettymuch at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
• Aug. 9: Chris Young at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Aug. 10: Wiz Khalifa at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Aug. 11: Dirty Heads, 311 at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Aug. 27: Heart at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Aug. 28: Smashing Pumpkins, Noel Gallagher at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Sept. 2: Korn, Alice in Chains at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Sept. 19: Zac Brown Band at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Sept. 20: Florida Georgia Line at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
• Oct. 2: Peter Frampton at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
• Oct. 3: Vampire Weekend at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
• Oct. 29: Sara Bareilles at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
• Nov. 10: Gloria Trevi at Viejas Arena
• Nov. 17: The Black Keys at Pechanga Arena
• Nov. 24: The Chainsmokers at Viejas Arena

The parents of Andrew "AJ" Freund, the 5-year-old boy missing from Crystal Lake, Illinois were charged with murder Wednesday after police said they recovered what they believed to be the young boy's body. 

Joann Cunningham and Andrew Freund Sr. were both charged with the death and disappearance of AJ, authorities announced Wednesday, one week after the child was last seen and six days after he was reported missing.

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Cunningham was charged with five counts of first-degree murder, four counts of aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated domestic battery and one count of failure to report a missing or child death.

Freund Sr. was charged with five counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated domestic battery, two counts of concealment of homicidal death and one count of failure to report a missing or child death.

Authorities said a body wrapped in plastic was uncovered from a remote location in the northwestern suburb of Woodstock, just miles from the Crystal Lake home where the boy was reported missing. 

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Police said both parents were questioned overnight and into Wednesday morning after information was obtained during a "forensic analysis of cell phone data." 

"Once presented with the evidence obtained by investigators, both Joann and Andrew Sr. provided information that ultimately led to the recovery, what we believe is the recovery of deceased subject AJ," Crystal Lake Police Chief James Black. 

The cause of death was not immediately known and police said it would be determined "at a later date." 

"To AJ’s family, it is our hope that you may have some solace in knowing that AJ is no longer suffering and his killers have been brought to justice," Black said. "We would also like to thank the community for their support and assistance during this difficult time. To AJ, we know you are at peace playing in heaven’s playground and are happy you no longer have to suffer." 

Wednesday marked one week since AJ's parents said they last saw the child, putting him to bed at their home in northwest suburban Crystal Lake.

The following morning, Freund Sr. called police to report that his son was not in the house and that they had canvassed the neighborhood, went to a local park, checked an area gas station and called his school - but AJ was nowhere to be found, according to the 911 call released Tuesday. 

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Law enforcement and first responders descended on a large wooded area in Woodstock Wednesday morning. At the same time, police were seen searching the family's home on Dole Avenue in Crystal Lake. 

Moments later, evidence technicians brought items from an evidence van into the Crystal Lake police station. Those items included a mattress, a large bin, two large brown bags, and an item that appeared to be a shovel with a long wooden handle.

Police scoured the area surrounding the family's home for days after the boy's disappearance, searching hundreds of acres of land and water before centering their investigation on the house, saying they found no evidence of an abduction. 

The boy's parents initially told authorities that they put him to bed at their home around 9:30 p.m. on April 17. 

"We have a missing child," the father told dispatchers at the beginning of the 911 call the next morning, later saying they had checked "closets, the basement, the garage, everywhere" in the house to no avail.

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On Tuesday, McHenry County State's Attorney Patrick Kenneally urged anyone who may know something to come forward. Kenneally said the worst thing someone could do in the case would be to conceal the truth.

“We will literally be working on this case every day until we find AJ or get justice for him," he said.

Police also asked the public for any video surveillance from the area in the days leading up the time the boy went missing, specifically for video taken between 7 a.m. on April 15 and 9 a.m. on April 18.

"This would include video from home surveillance devices like the Ring Home Security System," police said in a statement Tuesday, asking the public to email jmattson@crystallake.org.

The missing boy's father continued to stay at the family’s home throughout the search, meeting with investigators over the weekend.

"I have no control over what people think," Freund Sr. said over the weekend. "I just want my son to come home, OK?"

Cunningham retained an attorney early in the investigation and was not cooperating with police based on advice from her lawyer, who said she was being treated as a suspect and alleged authorities had stopped searching for the boy - a claim Crystal Lake police denied.

Both parents appeared Tuesday in McHenry County Circuit Court for a custody hearing related to their other son, who was taken into custody by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services the day AJ was reported missing.

The hearing was continued, with the next hearing set for Monday at 9 a.m. CST.

A North County man has been charged with arson in a fire that destroyed eight vehicles at a Carlsbad car lot last month, according to the dealership and a court document obtained by NBC 7. 

Surveillance video, released Wednesday by Bob Baker Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM, shows the night of March 26 when a fire broke out just before 10 p.m. at the new and used car dealership on Car Country Drive, near the Carlsbad Premium Outlets. 

A Charger, a Jeep Wrangler, a Ram Truck, a Dodge Caravan and a Grand Cherokee were damaged in the fire. 

A person can be seen in the video walking around the car lot wearing a dark hoodie and what appear to be jeans. 

Then, the video shows the person near a Jeep Wrangler and another vehicle when flames appear. 

The damaged cars were privately-owned and were at the dealership for repairs, fire officials said on the night of the fire. 

No damage was done to buildings and no injuries were reported.

The suspect was identified by Bob Baker GM Kurt Anderson as Charleston Octavius McGhee, a customer who did not have warranty or insurance coverage for the cost of repairs on his vehicle. 

"He is suspected of torching his car along with a few others in an attempt to have the dealership's insurance cover the damages," Anderson said in a written release. 

Carlsbad police confirmed an arrest was made in the fire but did not identify the suspect. 

NBC 7 has obtained a formal complaint from the San Diego County District Attorney's Office accusing Charleston O. McGhee, 29, of ten felonies including arson, filing a false insurance claim and making a false statement in support of an insurance claim. 

Check back for updates on this developing story. 

Alexander Arrow was planning on making a life for him and his son, Kieran Shafritz de Zoysa, at his new home in Lakeside. But on Easter Sunday, a series of attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka took the life of his 11-year-old boy and hundreds of others.  

Zoysa was spending a year in Sri Lanka, on leave from a private school in Washington, D.C., where he lived with his mother. He was at a luxury hotel at the time nine nearly simultaneous bombings went off throughout the country. Both his mother and maternal grandmother survived the blast. 

Arrow said in an interview with NBC's Today Show that he called Zoysa on Easter morning, less than an hour before a suicide bomber set off an explosive in the Cinnamon Grand Hotel's buffet line.

Arrow told NBC 7 he moved to Lakeside more than a year ago and wanted to make it home for he and his son, who wanted to be a neurosurgeon specializing in Alzheimer's disease.

"He would inspire everyone around him to be their best," he said during the interview. 

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Zoysa visited his father for spring break just weeks before the deadly attacks; the boy left San Diego for Sri Lanka on April 14, the UT reported. 

The attacks at three hotels, three churches and three other locations killed more than 350 people and injured 500 others. Sri Lankan authorities blamed seven suicide bombers of a domestic militant group for coordinated Easter bombings.

The coordinated attacks were considered Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago.

A boy, whose father lives in Lakeside, was killed in the Sri Lanka attacks. NBC 7's Melissa Adan spoke with the father to learn more about his son gone too soon.

A woman accused of threatening to shoot congregants and blow up a Clairemont church during an Easter Sunday service pleaded not guilty to nine charges against her Wednesday.

Anna Conkey, 31, was formally charged with eight felonies; possession of a firearm in a school zone, three counts of making a criminal threats, attempting to make a criminal threat, child abuse, resisting an executive officer, and making a false report of a bomb threat to an agency or business.

She also pleaded not guilty to one misdemeanor count of disturbing a religious meeting.

Prosecutors said Conkey walked into the auditorium of the Mount Everest Academy Sunday afternoon, where the non-denominational Tsidkenu Church was having Easter service, and began making threats.

They said she was holding a handgun and told the congregation, "everyone is going to die." There were about 100 people in the church.

The judge issued a protective order saying Conkey could not interact with her two children, the pastor of the church where the event allegedly happened, and that she could not come near Mount Everest Academy.

Conkey is currently being held at the Las Colinas Detention Facility on $1 million bail.

Prosecutors said the gun, which was registered to Conkey under her maiden name, was not loaded but ammunition was discovered by police at her home in Bonita.

Conkey is facing more than 23 years in prison.

Conkey is a former intern and freelance digital producer for NBC 7. She is also an SDSU graduate and was in the U.S Navy.

Minutes before the incident, an email was sent to NBC 7 from an account with the name "Anna Conkey." The email was sent as a news tip.

"There’s a woman claiming to be the messiah, saying she was sent to blow up the foundation of the Church—she’s got a gun and a child is involved. Address is 4350 Mount Everest Blvd San Diego, CA 92117. There’s about 70 people in the auditorium of the school where the church service is held," the message said.

Prosecutors said in court Wednesday that Conkey also called 9-1-1 before the incident to report a threat.

Witness David Michael Miller, one of several who disarmed and subdued Conkey until police arrived, said Conkey pointed the gun at the congregation, at herself and at her baby as he and others approached her.

"She was being very apprehensive, pointing the gun at them, pointing the gun at her baby, saying 'Don't come closer, don't come any closer,'" Miller, a member of the U.S Army, said.

No shots were fired, and Conkey or her 10-month-old child were not injured. Prosecutors said the children are now with family.

SDPD said officers arrived at the auditorium within two minutes of the initial emergency call and took Conkey into custody. Police confirmed the gun she had was not loaded. During their investigation, police used bomb-sniffing dogs to search the school.

Conkey's baby was taken into protective custody after the incident, as was her along 5-year-old who was at another location at the time of the incident.

Tsidkenu Church head pastor Benjamin Wisan said Conkey was speaking random words which were confusing to him. Another witness described her comments as "delusional."

According to Wisan, Conkey had to be removed from a service a week earlier.

Linda Grace, one of Conkey's neighbors, told NBC 7 the incident was unexpected and out of character.

"I don't know why. I saw her this morning. Why didn't she give me the baby or ask me for help or ask me to go with her or something. She just said she was going to church," Grace said.

Grace also called Conkey a wonderful mother and said she loves her baby.

A cousin of Conkey's told NBC 7 that some of her recent postings on YouTube and social media were a cause for concern.

"I've been experiencing the rapture since January 12th," Conkey said in video posted on the YouTube channel "Heavenly Frequency" just hours before the incident. "If you think just following a holy text is going to save you, you're wrong. Because prophecy is gonna be fulfilled."

Conkey is scheduled to be back in court on May 3.

In an emotional testimony, a witness inside a North County courtroom Wednesday described a one-sided altercation and single punch to the head that prosecutors say killed her fiancé.

George Sloss died last May, six days after a long-time acquaintance allegedly punched him, causing Sloss to fall, hit his head on a table and suffer a fatal brain injury.

“It was like bone crunching with flesh,” said Mendy Cox. “That’s the only way I can describe it.”

The District Attorney's Office initially declined to file charges against L. Byron Culver III following Sloss’ death.

But Mendy Cox refused to accept that decision and filed a civil lawsuit against Culver. She also used social media to promote her version of the alleged crime on social media.

Cox’s effort -- and an NBC 7 Investigates story -- prompted the District Attorney's Office to review the facts last December and charge Culver with involuntary manslaughter, battery causing serious bodily injury and battery.

In her testimony at Culver’s preliminary hearing, Cox said Culver was angry with her fiancé about a debt. Evidence in the case connects that debt to a $62,000 loan Culver made to Sloss for a marijuana cultivation venture.

Culver is a descendent of a wealthy family that farmed much of what is now Irvine, California, and is the namesake of Culver Drive.

At Wednesday’s hearing, Cox said Culver was red-faced and angry when he came to the couple's condo to collect on the debt. “Culver stated, ‘I want to hit you in the f****ing face,’ to my fiancé, George Sloss,” Cox said. “I heard it.”

She said Sloss responded, “Brother, that’s not going to do either of us any good.”

Cox said Sloss hit his head on a table and was knocked unconscious after Culver hit him.

She testified that Culver kicked Sloss more than once in the groin, then grabbed her by her wrists and slammed her at least twice against a door frame.

But under cross examination by defense attorney Richard Layon, Cox admitted she suffered a stroke 19 years ago that impaired her memory and may have diminished her recall of that violent encounter.

"I do have a concept of time, but I don't have very good concept,” Cox acknowledged. “It flies by. I think my kids are only five years older, and really, ten years have gone by."

Layon pointed out other apparent inconsistencies between Cox’s initial interview with law enforcement and her testimony at Wednesday’s preliminary hearing.

Testimony is expected to finish Thursday, at which time Judge Brad Weinreb will decide if there’s sufficient evidence for Culver to stand trial.

Culver is out of custody on $100,000 bail. More than a dozen supporters attended the hearing to support him.

Sloss’s family members were also present at Wednesday’s hearing.

Chief Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL facing Court Martial in the death of a young wounded ISIS fighter, is also under investigation for the shooting death of a civilian in Afghanistan in 2010, according to a 439-page document leaked to the New York Times.

NBC 7 has not confirmed the information in the document leaked to the New York Times, but sources say the U.S. Navy was aware of the incident in Afghanistan.

“The leak that is just unfair to Eddie, it's unfair to the defense, we're innocent until proven guilty and I think they attempted to taint the waters,” Ed Hiner, a retired Navy SEAL and supporter of Chief Gallagher said.

Chief Gallagher’s military trial is scheduled to begin at the end of May. He is charged with killing the ISIS fighter.

As noted in previous reports, NBC 7 learned during the Article 32 in military court that the Navy will present evidence at trial including cell phone photos they say shows Gallagher holding the deceased fighter during a reenlistment ceremony.

Fellow SEALs also testified that Gallagher shot at and struck Iraqi civilians on two occasions.

Chief Gallagher has denied all of the allegations.

In the recently-leaked document are allegations that SEAL team leadership discouraged team members from coming forward to report the alleged incidents.

But Hiner says SEALs were required to document incidents while deployed.

“To come back this many years later and start making allegations, I think it's just ridiculous... nonsense,” he said.

The decorated Navy SEAL is no longer represented by San Diego Attorney Phil Stackhouse. He has hired a new lead defense attorney from New York, Timothy Parlatore.

Chief Gallagher is awaiting trial at Naval Medical Center San Diego after President Trump ordered he be moved from the Navy Brig at MCAS Miramar.

His Court Martial is scheduled to begin at the end of May. If convicted the SEAL veteran of 20 years faces life in prison.

The Gulls defeated the San Jose Barracuda 5-2 in Game 4 to clinch the First Round series, 3-1, and advance to the Pacific Division Finals. The Gulls will face either the Bakersfield Condors or Colorado Eagles in a best-of-seven series beginning next week.

San Jose took a 1-0 lead just 50 seconds into the game. The Barracuda led 1-0 in all four games of the series. 

This time around Dallas Eakins' team took control, and never looked back.

Sam Carrick tied it up before the end of the opening period. Andy Welinski found the net on with a slap shot from the point on a power play to give his team its first lead. Sam Steel took advantage of a Barracuda turnover in their own zone to cap a 3-0 run.

San Jose did make it a 3-2 game, but two Gulls scores in the final period put this one away.

San Diego advances to the Pacific Division Finals for the third time in four seasons, and is the only team in the division to advance beyond the First Round on multiple occasions. With their third series win all-time, the Gulls also matched Texas (three in 2018) as the only Pacific Division clubs to win three series’ since the division’s inception in 2015.

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— x- San Diego Gulls (@SDGullsAHL) April 25, 2019

The Gulls join Toronto (4) as the only AHL clubs to advance to the Division Finals on three or more occasions (Grand Rapids, Hershey and Syracuse have done so twice each and are currently still in the midst of their respective First Round series’).

The Gulls Pacific Division Finals schedule will be released by the AHL at a future date with San Diego hosting a minimum of two games.

Padres rookie Chris Paddack wasn't feeling well and walked Mariners leadoff batter Mitch Haniger on four straight fastballs, none of which was faster than 91 mph.

"Uh-oh," manager Andy Green thought. "It didn't look good."

Five batters later, Paddack was onto something special. He got out of a bases-loaded jam and went on to retire his final 19 batters, shutting down baseball's highest-scoring offense and outdueling Felix Hernandez in a brilliant performance for his first major league win, 1-0 on Wednesday.

"Long time coming," said the 23-year-old Paddack, who missed all off 2017 after having Tommy John surgery. "It was a very exciting moment out there."

He held Seattle to one hit in seven innings while striking out nine and walking only one, combining with relievers Trey Wingenter and Kirby Yates on a two-hitter.

Ian Kinsler homered off Hernandez (1-2) and the Padres swept the two-game series. They've beaten the Mariners six straight times and won three straight overall following a six-game losing streak. The Mariners have lost three straight overall.

The Padres held MLB's highest-scoring offense to three runs in two games and kept the Mariners from adding to their big league total of 56 home runs.

Paddack (1-1) said he got only two hours sleep Wednesday night, getting home at 11 p.m. and then having to arrive early for the 12:40 p.m. matinee game. His body was aching and although he felt like he had a fever, he said he was checked out and didn't have one.

He said his first four pitches "kind of scattered around a little bit. After that first out of the inning, I got dialed in with (catcher Francisco) Mejia. From there on, nothing but good things.

"I think it helped me focus a little more just because I knew my body wasn't 100 percent," he said.

Making his fifth start, Paddack lowered his ERA from 2.25 to 1.67.

After walking Haniger, he got Daniel Vogelbach to pop out to Mejia. Domingo Santana singled, Omar Navarez hit a comebacker for the second out and Paddack hit Tim Beckham with a pitch.

After that it was lights out for Paddack, who struck out Dee Gordon to end the threat and start his run of retiring 19 straight, nine by strikeout.

Paddack made the big league roster after an outstanding spring. In his return from the surgery, he pitched only 90 innings between Class A and AA last year.

Green said there was "never a point in time after the first four pitches" that he worried about Paddack. "He was taken care of. He was in good shape, good enough to do what he did."

Green mentioned that Paddack has the word "relentless" stitched on his glove.

"He goes after them. He doesn't yield. I don't think it's ever enough for him," Green said. "I think some guys start thinking, about, 'It's going really well right now.' There's none of that with him. He wants to crush the opposition when he's out there. Today was just sensational for him."

Hernandez was impressed.

"He did a pretty good job, man," the Mariners veteran and 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner said. "He was impressive. He's got good stuff."

Yates pitched the ninth for his 12th save in as many chances. He allowed a single to Daniel Vogelbach, who was erased in a game-ending double play.

Kinsler homered off the balcony on the second level of the Western Metal Supply Co. Building in the left field corner with two outs in the second, his second of the season.

Fernando Tatis Jr. extended his hitting streak to 12 games when his double fell in among three converging defenders in shallow left field in the third.

Hernandez pitched well other than allowing Kinsler's homer. He held San Diego to one run and three hits in seven innings, struck out eight and walked one.

Scott Servais said it was the best he'd seen Hernandez pitch in his four years of managing the Mariners.

"The only hiccup was the first-pitch home run that Kinsler hit," Servais said. "Kinsler has seen him a ton, probably 70, 75 career at-bats against him. Felix did an awesome job. I feel bad we couldn't extend the game or get him the win today, but we'll take plenty of outings like that."

Said Hernandez: "It feels really good. Last time was a long time ago, probably last year at the beginning when I faced Boston I think, Tampa. I give credit to Narvaez, he called a really good game.

"It was fun to pitch like that, when you've got good movement on your fastball and you're painting the corners."

TRAINER'S ROOM

Padres: Utility man Jose Pirela was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained muscle in his left side, and San Diego recalled INF Ty France from Triple-A El Paso. France, who played at San Diego State, was named Pacific Coast League Player of the Week after piling up 16 hits, including seven home runs, 13 runs, 42 total bases and 17 RBIs in seven games.

UP NEXT

Mariners: LHP Marco Gonzales (4-0, 3.32 ERA) is scheduled to start Thursday night's opener of a four-game home series against Texas.

Padres: LHP Matt Strahm (0-2, 3.05) looks for his first win in his fifth start in the opener of a three-game road series Friday night at Washington.