Dave Summers

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

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Articles

Proposed Oceanside housing development draws pushback from neighbors

3 days 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

4 days 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

1 week 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 week 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

3 weeks 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

3 weeks 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.
VFW asks for transparency after veteran shot and killed by Chula Vista police

4 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

The Barrio Logan VFW Post is urging Chula Vista police to release the video of a veteran being shot and killed. Last month, retired Chief Navy Corpsman Carlos Enriquez was killed during an altercation with officers who were responding to a call about a man with a gun at his home. By all accounts, Enriquez served honorably for 24 years. To many of his friends, including those who served with him, Enriquez was a hero.
Petition calls for safety improvements at University Heights intersection

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

After years of accidents, near misses, horns and screeching brakes in the heart of University Heights, neighbors have a chance to tell local leaders just how dangerous a certain intersection can be. It's where Park Boulevard, El Cajon Boulevard and Normal Street all meet in a tangle of traffic and directional confusion.
New safe parking lot for homeless opens in Oceanside

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

Oceanside on Tuesday opened its first "Safe Parking" site for those who are living out of their vehicles, making the city the third North County community to support such a program. Like many North County communities, Oceanside streets have their share of people living on them, but it is partnering with the LGBTQ Center and Dreams for Change to enlist a strategy of prevention. "It's a good use of saving human dignity," Oceanside Deputy Mayor Eric Joyce said. "It's a good use of taxpayer funds.
Man found dead in impounded SUV in Logan Heights, police say

1 month ago | nbcsandiego.com | Dave Summers

A man was found dead in the back of his Kia SUV, which had been impounded in Logan Heights a week ago, police said Monday. The discovery happened the same day the man's family members received notice that the vehicle had been towed to the Road One lot on National Avenue. San Diego police and homicide detectives on Monday afternoon found themselves investigating yet another person found dead in a vehicle impounded at a tow yard. "Oh, wow. I did not know that," Road One customer Bryan Hernandez said.