Podcasts by Into San Diego

Into STOLEN Episode Two: "The Scope" from 2020-08-20T09:30

Go into how the NBC7 STOLEN team uncovered never before seen evidence linking exploitation to nearly every school district in San Diego County. Also, a behind-the-scenes discussion about an...

Into STOLEN Episode Three: "The Enforcement" from 2020-08-20T09:00

“Does your child have social media? Because if they do they’re being targeted.” Those are words from an undercover sergeant with San Diego County’s Human Trafficking Task Force who joined us in-...

Into STOLEN Episode Four: "The One Who Got Away" from 2020-08-20T08:30

Learn the back-story behind how NBC7’s Monica Dean and Tom Jones found a wealthy San Diego CEO who faced no criminal charges after admitting to prosecutors he had sex with two teenage girls. Listen

Into STOLEN Episode Five: "The Vulnerable" from 2020-08-20T08:00

Since the coronavirus pandemic sent more kids online than ever before, thousands of teenagers are vulnerable to exploiters through their social media profiles. NBC7's Tom Jones and Monica D...

Into STOLEN Episode Six: "The Culture" from 2020-08-20T07:30

What role does our culture play in driving the illegal sex trade? We’re taking you behind the scenes of San Diego County’s “traffic school” for convicted sex buyers and talking with a Grammy awa...

Into STOLEN Episode Seven: "The Solutions" from 2020-08-20T07:00

What’s being done to help prevent sex trafficking, educate our youth and support survivors? Is it enough? NBC 7’s Monica Dean and Tom Jones sit down with Marjorie Saylor and Susan Johnson, two l...

Coming Soon: Into STOLEN from 2020-08-13T13:00

Our goal for Into San Diego was to create a series highlighting some of San Diego’s most under-reported stories. And in the next week, we’ll be doing just that with a new...

Into Years of Fraud: A Wounded Rabbi Admits to Wrongdoing from 2020-07-31T19:37:05

On April 27, 2019, a 19-year-old walked into the Chabad of Poway synagogue and opened fire; killing one woman and injuring others, including the synagogue’s Rabbi. Through the sorrow, Rabbi Yisr...

Into A Local Face Mask Fight That Went Viral from 2020-07-10T20:38:26

A San Diego Starbucks barista had his world turned upside down when he was at the center of a viral Facebook post that captured the nation and users online across the globe. In the post, the loc...

Into COVID Complacency: Can Ignoring The Virus Make Matters Worse? from 2020-07-07T21:45:14

As we move into the second half of 2020, it’s clear the coronavirus has exhausted us all. Despite a record number of new cases, patience with the pandemic is dwindling each day. In this week’s e...

Coming Soon: Into San Diego from 2020-07-02T22:08:53

"Insight" is focusing deep "Into San Diego." Join NBC 7 as we take you into the stories and topics making headlines in our community. Hosts Tom Jones and Dorian Hargrove take you “Into San Diego...

From Quiet to Chaotic: The Arrest That Ignited Civil Unrest in La Mesa from 2020-06-13T13:00

A La Mesa Police Officer detained a young Black man as he was waiting outside of his friend’s apartment. A physical altercation ensued and the man, Amaurie Johnson, was arrested for battery on a...

Order Up: Restaurants Scramble To Reopen Dine-In from 2020-05-30T13:00

The closing of dining areas in mid-March resulted in countless restaurants forced to shut down throughout San Diego County. Now, those that rode the viral storm are opening their doors once agai...

We Took a COVID-19 Test, Here’s What Went Wrong from 2020-05-15T22:43:49

Testing for the coronavirus has been a major talking point and benchmark for when life can start to return to normal. California recently announced more than 75 new testing locations across the ...

Idle Economy: The Fight to Open Faster from 2020-05-05T13:00

You’ve seen and heard the protests in San Diego County, and across the country over lifting closure orders. Politics aside, everyone agrees that an idle economy is helping no one. In this week's...

COVID-19’s Strain On Local Culture: A Conversation with Sam the Cooking Guy and Tim Mays of The Casbah from 2020-04-27T19:00

*This episode contains language that some may find explicit.

The county of San Diego, along with cities across the region, have reopened beaches and popular parks. The next phase ...

Class Dismissed: Parents Struggle to Make the Grade During COVID-19 from 2020-04-19T13:00

On top of navigating a household’s income and health during the coronavirus pandemic, parents have an extra hurdle to overcome: home schooling their children. In this week’s episode, Tom Jones a...

Economic Shutdown: Can San Diego’s Economy Weather The COVID-19 Storm? from 2020-04-10T21:44:28

With the announcement of nearly 17 million people filing for unemployment in the last month, can San Diego’s economy handle the major blow? What advantages, and disadvantages does our region’s m...

The Invisible Threat: What It’s Like To Battle COVID-19 from 2020-04-05T13:00

Coronavirus cases continue to climb in San Diego County, with more than 1,200 positive cases and 18 deaths as of April 4. In this episode of INSIGHT,

Dorian Hargrove and Tom Jones speak w...

The New Normal: Covering Coronavirus in San Diego from 2020-03-19T23:20:19

The Coronavirus has arrived and with it has come major changes to our lives. NBC 7 Investigates looks at the region’s new normal of self-quarantine. The team offers some insight into how San Die...

Exam Room Allegations: Dermatologist Accused of Sexual Assault from 2020-02-13T23:29:06

INSIGHT Episode 14 explores allegations from two women that a San Marcos dermatologist touched them inappropriately and that his employer, Kaiser Permanente, did nothing in response. The hospita...

Vilified to Vindicated: Judge Sides With Victims of Porn Scheme from 2020-01-30T22:55:50

INSIGHT Episode Twelve describes NBC 7’s year-long investigation into a San Diego porn company and the civil trial that ensued. Reporter Mari Payton, Producer Dorian Hargrove and Producer Paul K...

Racial Bias in the Courtroom? Prosecution Data Signals Troubling Trend from 2020-01-17T00:00

An NBC 7 Investigation finds Blacks in San Diego are nearly five times more likely to be prosecuted for minor drug offenses than Whites or Hispanics. The analysis mirrors national incarcera...

Innovation Or Invasion Of Privacy? Concerns Mount Over Smart Streetlights from 2019-12-09T14:00

INSIGHT Episode Eleven looks at the city of San Diego's use of thousands of small cameras installed on light posts. The city has touted the cameras, sensors, and the data those sensors collect a...

Government Secrets: Special Agent-Turned-Whistleblower Reveals His Identity from 2019-11-19T22:59:30

In this episode of INSIGHT, Reporter Mari Payton and Executive Producer Tom Jones hear from the government whistleblower who shared internal documents with NBC 7 detailing surveillance tactics u...

UC Campus Buildings Pose ‘Serious Risk to Life’ from 2019-10-16T23:15:01

INSIGHT episode nine chronicles how the NBC 7 Investigates team found hundreds of buildings on the University of California San Diego campus could potentially collapse during an earthquake. The ...

Porn Website On Trial: Accused Now Under Arrest from 2019-10-08T18:12:01

INSIGHT episode eight offers new details about the owners and employees of a San Diego-based porn website accused of luring young women into having sex on camera based on false promises. In a fo...

First Job Horror: Teen Workers Face Harassment, Assault At The Workplace from 2019-09-23T17:15:44

INSIGHT Episode Seven describes the team’s investigation into a woman who said she was raped when she was 16-years-old by her supervisor at a La Mesa grocery store. The woman’s attorneys say the...

Failed Pursuit of Justice: Thousands of Rapes Remain Unsolved from 2019-08-19T20:25:03

INSIGHT Episode Six centers around the challenges sexual assault survivors face in their pursuit of justice. NBC 7 Investigates found less than ten percent of rape investigations reported to San...

Innocence Lost: Uncovering Abuse At A San Diego Ranch from 2019-08-01T01:20:55

When a well-known San Diego horse rancher was convicted of having child pornography, the community was stunned. But as federal investigators looked further into the rancher’s lifestyle, they fou...

Surf, Sand, And Substance Abuse: San Diego's Fight Against Meth from 2019-07-25T21:05:43

While much of the country is focused on the opioid epidemic, San Diego County is dealing with an old, but familiar problem: methamphetamine abuse. In the fourth installment of INSIGHT, NBC 7's T...

Could Ticketing Transients End San Diego’s Homeless Crisis? from 2019-07-15T23:50:01

Solving San Diego’s crisis of homelessness if no easy task. One part of the city’s solution to the problem is to issue tickets to homeless people on San Diego’s streets. Data obtained by NBC 7 I...

The Story Behind a San Diego Porn Scheme from 2019-05-21T22:36:14

Episode 2 of INSIGHT goes behind the scenes of our investigation into a San Diego-based porn company that is accused of coercing and/or tricking women into having sex on camera. The company clai...

Inside The Story Behind A Secret Border Surveillance Program from 2019-04-02T00:43:05

Documents show the U.S. government kept a secret database of journalists, activists, and “instigators” tied to the migrant caravan. NBC San Diego Investigative journalists Tom Jones and Mari Pay...

Inside The Story Behind A Secret Border Surveillance Program from 2019-04-02T00:43:05

Documents show the U.S. government kept a secret database of journalists, activists, and “instigators” tied to the migrant caravan. NBC San Diego Investigative journalists Tom Jones and Mari Pay...

Inside The Story Behind A Secret Border Surveillance Program from 2019-04-02T00:43:05

Documents show the U.S. government kept a secret database of journalists, activists, and “instigators” tied to the migrant caravan. NBC San Diego Investigative journalists Tom Jones and Mari Pay...