Dave Summers

Investigative Reporter at KNSD-TV (San Diego, CA)

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Articles

Group of San Diego eighth graders describe harrowing evacuation from Israel

1 week ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

Eighteen San Diego Hebrew Day School students were on an annual trip to Jerusalem when the conflict between Israel and Iran broke out. They spent half the trip in a bomb shelter and then managed a narrow escape, returning home on Wednesday afternoon. It was all hugs and happiness at the sight of the small band of eighth graders. "A tremendous sense of relief," parent Malka Weiser said. Weiser's daughter Nava Weiser could not wait to be reunited. "Attached at the hip, me and my mother," Nava said.
Protesters rally against ICE in National City

2 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

Around 150 people demonstrated for several hours on National City's Highland Avenue on Wednesday to express their anger over deportation tactics of federal agents. "I feel like this is really good. This is good to be out here and at least have something to say for it," demonstrator Israel Rico told NBC 7. Rico demonstrated for Black Lives Matter in the wake of George Floyd's death. He is part of the National City community and considers it his duty to stand up for his beliefs.
Family demands justice 14 years after college student murdered in Lincoln Park

2 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

Fourteen years after a Grossmont College student was stabbed to death in Lincoln Park, the suspect has finally been arrested. Sonny Carrillo, 20, was killed after dropping off a friend at an apartment complex on 47th Street near Castana Street. "He was like a perfect little kid and even though he was 20, he looked younger," Connie Meza, Carrillo's mother, told NBC 7 on Monday.
San Diego County grant may fund city of San Diego's beach fire pits

3 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

A San Diego County Supervisor is stepping up to save the city's beach fire pits from the budget axe. Acting Chair Terra Lawson-Remer is offering $135,000 to keep the program going for a year. A cozy fire by the beach was about to be doused by San Diego's budget shortfall. "We shouldn't be able to let go of something so special that brings families together," beach visitor Claudia Cazares said. Getting a few hours around a La Jolla Shores fire is worth the wait for Cazares.
Proposed Oceanside housing development draws pushback from neighbors

3 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

A housing development in Oceanside got the green light from the planning commission, but many people living near the project want it stopped. The developer wants to put 35 single-family homes on a 4 1/2-acre piece of land, near where Interstate 5 meets state Route 78. The proposed site for the Pacific Lagoon project, which overlooks Buena Vista Lagoon, is nestled in an established neighborhood of mostly single-family homes with sizable yards.
South Park ICE raid search warrants reveal 2020 tip about alleged undocumented workers

3 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

Federal search warrants obtained by NBC 7 on Monday revealed new information about a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at a popular Italian restaurant in South Park last Friday. The investigation stemmed from a tip five years ago, alleging 19 undocumented workers at Buona Forchetta and Enoteca Buona Forchetta on Beech Street had fraudulent green cards, according to the search warrants.
Family of man who died after removal from downtown bar sues city, officers

4 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

The family of a man who died shortly after he was removed from a downtown San Diego bar and was restrained by responding San Diego police officers filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city and the officers involved, among others. Gabriel Jesus Garza, 40, was removed by bar security from Star Bar on Jan. 25 for what sheriff's officials described as a "disturbance" in which Garza allegedly bit a security guard.
Military nonprofit helping families rebuild after Murphy Canyon plane crash

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

When a private jet crashed into a Murphy Canyon military community last Thursday, the first responders weren't just police and fire but other neighbors. After the smoke cleared, the victims' needs were of a different kind. That's when groups like the Support the Enlisted Project, or STEP, mobilized to help. The fire, smoke and jet fuel contaminated the homes of some 42 military families in Murphy Canyon. It's the kind of contamination that destroys everything. "How do we get them through the day?
CBP's San Diego Sector experiences shift in immigration enforcement mission

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's San Diego Sector is experiencing a dramatic shift in its mission due to far fewer asylum seekers and undocumented migrant crossings. CBP is spreading the message that you could be risking your life crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. "Catch and release is now over," CBP Agent Justin Castrejon said. "You will receive serious consequences if you cross the border illegally."Castejon says the San Diego Sector was averaging 1,500 to 2,000 arrests per day.
Man shot by SDPD near PB library ID'd, as is officer who shot him

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Eric S. Page |Dave Summers

On Wednesday, the San Diego Sheriff's Department identified a police officer and the man he shot following a disturbance at a library in San Diego. On May 8 around 4:20 p.m., officers responded after a witness reported a man vandalizing property and wielding a hatchet inside the Pacific Beach/Taylor Library, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Office.