Alexis Rivas

1 month 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.

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

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

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.