Alexis Rivas

San Diego

Reporter at KNSD-TV (San Diego, CA)

Investigative Reporter @nbcsandiego and @telemundo20

Articles

Cars keep tumbling down a hill into a restaurant's parking lot. Why hasn't a guardrail been added?

1 day ago | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman

In Blake Hertel's mind, there's an easy solution to keep cars from flying off the road and crashing into his parking lot. Just add a guardrail. It's been frustrating for him to watch video after video of vehicles going down the embankment. "That would have prevented every single one of the accidents we've observed," Hertel said.
Have you received a surprise 'facility fee' charge after a medical appointment?

3 days ago | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman

By Alexis Rivas,Mike Dorfman Have you been hit with any surprise hospital "facility fees" after going to a medical appointment outside of a hospital? These fees are sometimes added to bills from outpatient doctor's offices that are owned by hospitals or health systems. If you went to a doctor's office or had a telehealth appointment and then were charged a facility fee despite not going to a hospital, we're interested in hearing from you.
CAL FIRE station in Dulzura back open after three-month closure

1 week ago | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman

The newly installed water system at Cal Fire Station 30 is now up and running. Flowing faucets and flushing toilets made it possible for the return of firefighters and their engines last Thursday. The station was closed for a total of 93 days. Several members of the community told NBC 7 Investigates they weren't aware of the closure for most of that stretch, and not until one of their neighbors' homes burned down.
Nearly 1,000 veterans wrongly declared dead each year

2 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman

Each year, more than 150,000 American veterans pass away. When they do, the Department of Veterans Affairs stops sending them the benefits they earned during their service. The problem is that a sizable number of these veterans are still alive. NBC 7 Investigates met one of them in March. Sky Lowe had been unsuccessfully trying to get the VA to reinstate his benefits so he wouldn't be evicted from his San Diego apartment.
Red tape and contracting problems delayed Dulzura fire station repairs for almost a year

3 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman
Contracting problems delayed Dulzura fire station repairs

3 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman

Families in Dulzura have now been waiting 87 days for Cal Fire Station 30 to reopen. It shut down in February without warning, outside of a flyer posted to its fence and front door. It's unclear how much longer that closure will last after a new problem emerged during repairs to its water system. In the meantime, those families are afraid that help won't arrive fast enough when the next emergency strikes.
San Diego isn't considering salary cuts

4 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman

San Diegans are already feeling the pain of the city's $258 million budget shortfall, and the deepest impacts from Mayor Todd Gloria's budget proposal are still about two months away. On the chopping block are cuts to police and homelessness services, libraries, parks, rec centers, the arts and more. In the meantime, the city doubled the price of parking meters. The angry voices have been out in force at city council meetings as well as inside NBC 7's viewer-tip inbox.
Family that escaped Dulzura house fire upset over station's unannounced closure

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman

Gary Lane's three dogs jumped up and down excitedly as he walked through his son's backyard Monday. It was the first time they'd seen him since he rescued them from his burning home. "You guys OK?" Lane said. "They'd like to go home, but there is no home."The fire that ripped through Lane's Dulzura home early Sunday morning on April 27 took almost everything from the family.
Cal Fire station closure delayed the response to Dulzura house fire

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman
Cal Fire station closure delayed the response to Dulzura house fire

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Alexis Rivas |Mike Dorfman

Several members of a Dulzara family are still in the hospital nearly a week after escaping a fire that destroyed their home and killed two pets. The family's recovery is expected to take even longer, with the prospect of lifelong injuries. Now the Lane family is left wondering what could have been saved if firefighters had gotten there a little bit faster, especially after NBC 7 Investigates learned the fire station less than three miles away from their home was closed for months.