A child was among seven people injured, four critically, in a three- car crash in Lancaster Wednesday night, firefighters said.

The crash happened at 7:09 p.m. at Challenger Way and Avenue J8.

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Residents in a quiet Reseda neighborhood are shaken after a home was broken into and a family was tied up and robbed by three men who disappeared.

The men, their faces covered with bandannas and sunglasses, were seen fleeing from the scene shortly after the 1 p.m. incident in the 19000 block of Runnymede Street, police said.

Police described the getaway vehicle as a black Lincoln town car or Ford Crown Victoria.

A family member said seven people were in the home at the time. The family owns a jewelry business and they believe that might be what the robbers were after.

No one was injured.Residents say this type of crime is unusual. Some have heard of burglaries and cars being broken into, but nothing like this.

"I'm sure my sister has anxiety right now," said Behrouz Nazeradl. "She cannot live anymore in this neighborhood."

Some personnel in the Los Angeles County Fire Department will face discipline for possessing and sharing confidential information that may have enabled relatives or others to cheat on the hiring process, and that process itself is undergoing significant reform, Chief Daryl Osby said Wednesday.

An audit last month by the LA County Auditor-Controller found 27 sworn department personnel had information from a previous admission exam in their email accounts.  Seventeen of them "disseminated these materials to others, including to non-County e-mail accounts." according to the audit.  It also identified three candidates who received copies of oral interview questions and answers before their interviews, "which compromised the integrity of the exam process and provided these candidates with an unfair advantage."  One of them, a fire captain's son, was later hired.  

Follow-up investigation cleared many, but not all of those implicated, and a number could face discipline as severe as dismissal, according to Osby. He said notification letters will be sent in two to three weeks.

"While the numbers show that cheating was far from endemic or widespread, I absolutely will not tolerate any behavior that undermines the integrity of our department," Osby said. "We can't afford the actions of a few to erode the public trust that has been hard-earned by generations of county firefighters."

Reform of the admission process has been in the works since 2012, Osby said, a year after he became chief. Early on he saw potential for abuse of the exam system, Osby said, but evidence of actual violations did not surface until late last year. It was uncovered in a Los Angeles Times investigation. 

This week, the department is conducting its first written examination to screen applicants since 2011. All who applied and supplied the required certification of physical agility were invited to take the two day exam. In years past, as few as 5 percent of applicants were permitted to continue to the exam process. Wednesday drew 4,511 applicants to rows of tables set up inside exhibit halls on the grounds of Fairplex in Pomona. The exam resumes Thursday morning.

To develop and handle the new written exam, the department hired a private company, PSI Services, LLC. The exam papers were delivered to Fairplex in an armored truck, and Sheriff's deputies maintained security.

For NBC4's full interview with Chief Osby, watch the NBC4 News at 5 and 6 p.m.

The test has fresh questions and will not be used again to prevent questions and answers from being shared with later applicants. Previous versions recycled some questions, and one exam format was used nine times over four years, according to a department statement.

Beyond the release of the confidential exam material, the audit found additional evidence the field was not level for all candidates, concluding some may have had access to test preparation assistance "that was not available to the general public.  The assistance included mock interviews and preparation guide."

In advance of the current written exam, the department website posted study materials online, a further effort to equalize access.   

Those who pass will move on to the oral exam, where the concern was greatest about the limited number of questions being supplied to relatives. The new oral exam will come in 16 variations of four questions drawn from 50 possible questions.

For the first time, the department is also in the process of developing a formal anti-nepotism policy, intended to preclude personnel from involvement in hiring, promotions, performance evaluations, or disciplinary actions involving family or significant others. It's expected the policy will be ready for issue early next month.

A deputy was hospitalized after crashing in downtown Los Angeles while responding to a suicide call.

He collided with another vehicle near Union Station at around 10:15 p.m, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman said.

The crash happened despite the cruiser having its emergency lights and siren on as it made a right turn out of Union Station onto Alameda Street

The deputy was taken to a hospital for treatment to minor injuries, while the driver of the other vehicle was treated at the scene after complaining of pain.

Parents of students at scandal-enveloped Venice High School said they expected more after a meeting with school administrators Wednesday, about a week after several students were arrested in a sex crimes investigation.

Fourteen students have been accused of sexually assaulting two minor girls since 2013. Thirteen of the 14 students accused of sexual assault, who are aged from 14 to 17, have already been taken into custody, police said Wednesday morning.

"I expected a little more facts and information," attendee Grant Francis said.

But he insisted Venice High is still a fine education establishment, despite its current problems.  

"I hate to see a negative picture being painted of Venice High School, because it's a great school," Francis said.

School officials have said they want to hire more campus aides. There are currently two full-time and another two part-time aides. There are also two campus police officers at the school, and administrators said this is an ample amount. 

One parent claimed administrators turned a blind eye to students drinking and smoking marijuana on campus. Tammy McClanahan tried to raise the issue at the meeting, but her hand-written question was never addressed during the gathering, which was held in the school's auditorium.

"Kids were smoking pot and drinking, a teacher saw it, called administration and school police and couldn't get anybody on the phone," McClanahan said afterwards. She believes the problems at the school are caused by a "break-down at the adult level."

McClanahan, whose daughter attends the school, also said parents were not given the sort of substantial information they were hoping for at the meeting, despite the school's interim principal Fonna Bishop and Los Angeles School Police Chief Steve Zipperman being in attendance. Cheryl Hildreth, who is Instructional Superintendent for LAUSD's Educational Service Center-West, was also there.

"They talked about a safety plan, but they didn't define that safety plan. I want that defined," McClanahan said, "I want to know what's going on, I want to know what they're going to do."

A San Jose woman will have to pay $3,000 for her illegal collection of stuffed wildlife.

In addition to the fine, Dora Zepeda's must serve 300 hours of community service for possessing illegal birds of prey in her apartment.

Authorities caught Zepeda after she bought a stuffed French barn owl on eBay.

That bird is a protected species.

The union representing scores of workers at the San Francisco Zoo says management is spying on employees' private conversations — but the zoo says its radio monitoring system was put in place for medical emergencies and denied the eavesdropping claims. Still, the executive director vowed to swiftly investigate the spying allegations.

The controversy traces back to 2007, when the zoo was thrust into the international spotlight after a deadly Christmas tiger mauling. That tragedy led the zoo eventually to the CommUSA radios under scrutiny, the union says.

After the Teamsters local accused the zoo of eavesdropping on worker conversations, the zoo issued a statement late Wednesday saying that the monitoring technology was disabled. California has a two-party consent law that makes it illegal to record or eavesdrop on private conversations without the consent of all parties.

Tim Jenkins, a spokesman for the Teamsters 856 in San Bruno, acknowledged in an interview with NBC Bay Area Thursday morning that his union's discovery is "really odd." His union represents about 100 workers at the zoo, including zookeepers, maintenance workers, custodians, tree trimmers and guest services workers.

"Our members are outraged," he said. "They've been thinking back about every conversation they've had with their co-workers about heath, spouses. We feel this is a huge invasion of privacy."

Jenkins laid out these allegations: Some time in the recent past, a zoo employee heard the zoo's vice president of operations Robert Icard eavesdropping on a manager and laughing about him with others in his office. "They were making fun, poking fun at him, laughing at him," Jenkins said. "And this manager was so offended he reached out to one of our union stewards and said, 'You need to know what's going on.' We were shocked and a little surprised."

Both he and the zoo's executive director have this radio technology installed on their devices turning them, essentially, into "bugs," Jenkins said. He said union members went to the zoo's management representative to confront zoo leaders about this last week.

Executive Director Tanya Peterson acknowledged the radios have these listening capabilities. But she called the union’s “eavesdropping” suggestion “false,” in a statement the zoo sent out late Wednesday.

"Zoo management has no interest in monitoring conversations of its employees,” Peterson said in her statement. “Safety is a top priority for the zoo, and this new radio system was installed to ensure zoo employees are working in the safest possible environment. Emergency monitoring on the zoo's new radio system was a vendor feature designed to assist with medical and safety emergencies. When I was made aware of the radio's capabilities, this feature was disabled."

In a followup interview with Peterson on Thursday morning, she said that with the Teamsters' "blessing and urging," the zoo bought the "best radio system it could," which has GPS tracking to locate injured employees quickly. She added she cautioned the employees that there were privacy tradeoffs. She said she disabled her remote monitoring capability in January.

She said after she was made aware of the allegations, she had the zoo's attorney begin examining the facts and interviewing people involved and taking the spying claims seriously. "I hope this is just a misunderstanding," she said. 

The union also has hired an attorney.

The radios in question were bought as a result of the highly publicized 2007 tiger attack on Christmas, where Tatiana the tiger jumped out of her grotto, injured two brothers and killed 17-year-old Carlos Eduardo Sousa Jr. of San Jose.

Not only was the zoo criticized for not having a high enough enclosure, but employees complained the panic buttons at the zoo didn't work properly.

That led to the purchase of the new radios in question, put in place in May or June of 2014, Jenkins said.

There is one thing the zoo management and employees can agree on. As Peterson put it, the "complicated relationship" is "strained at the moment."

Jenkins described the relations as "horrible," and that the union's eavesdropping claim is not likely to mend any rift between the two sides.

But he insisted the troubles aren't over money, as the union and management have just signed a 4-year contract and are not in negotiations. He said the divide is over the "culture" at the zoo.

"It's almost a paramilitary culture there," Jenkins said. "All decisions come from the top. If you question them, you're on the outs."

The city attorney’s office filed a petition Wednesday to get all the data from an SUV that crashed into a man and his baby daughter, killing the infant.

Attorneys requested a hearing on a petition to preserve evidence from the 2004 Chevrolet Suburban’s computer system. It could possibly tell them the speed at which the two were hit or if the driver used brakes before the impact.

San Diego Police investigators and city attorneys fear that if they do not get the data, it could be erased.

When asked if gathering this information in case the baby’s family files a lawsuit against the city, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office said he could not answer this.

For the time being, the Suburban will stay in the custody of the SDPD’s traffic investigations unit. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for May 1.

The SUV was taken by police after the March 3 collision in Point Loma. A couple was out for a walk, pushing their 7-month-old girl Juniper Aavang in a stroller, when they came to the intersection of Catalina Boulevard and Canon Street.

The mother made it safely across, but as the father entered the street with the stroller, the Suburban turned onto Canon. The driver did not see the duo and crashed into them.

Both the father and Juniper were taken to the hospital in critical condition. More than a day and a half later, the girl died from a traumatic brain injury.

Neighbors have urged the city council to make changes to that dangerous intersection.

The man who drove into a crowd of "zombie walkers" at Comic-Con last year believes he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Michael O. Pocci, who is deaf, is now charged with a felony count of reckless driving resulting in a serious injury. On July 26, 2014, he and his family, all inside a car, found themselves surrounded by a throng of pseudo-zombies marching in the Gaslamp District. As he surged forward, he hit a 64-year-old woman, injuring her arm.

Pocci, describing the events through an American Sign Language interpreter Wednesday, mostly blames the commotion of the crowd for the woman's injuries. He signed that charges should be brought against a man who banged on his windshield causing him to panic and drive away.

He signed that the crowd was out of control, banging on his car, screaming things at him and his family that none of them could hear or understand, and opening the car doors.

"I was so nervous that someone was going to come into my car that I tried to go through a little bit slowly, but that's when someone banged on my windshield," Pocci said. "That's when someone banged on my windshield and you know cracked the glass and after that I was so petrified that I decided to just go through."

When asked if he would have done anything differently now that he's learned more about what was happening at the time, he signed: "Would I change anything? That's a really hard question to answer."

"I could only do based on what I saw and what I thought would be the right thing for me to do," Pocci signed.

The man's attorney, Ashby Sorensen, said the case will hinge on Pocci's state of mind at the time of the incident and his intent.

"What was he thinking? And was it reasonable?" said Sorensen, who believes the collision happened because the crowd took on a mob mentality, aiming outrage at a car full of people who are handicapped and could not hear them.

Pocci is facing three years in prison if convicted on the felony charge. He has entered a not guilty plea to that charge.

Pocci signed that he's never been in an accident like that before and never hit anyone in his car. He communicated that if he could, he would tell the woman whose arm was broken how horrible he feels that she was hurt.

Pocci and the woman are both suing the city for what they maintain was poor crowd control at the event.

For one week, expect to see many V-shaped salutes and hear murmurs of “Live Long and Prosper” in Encinitas as residents rechristen the Civic Center area the “Spock Block” in honor of the late Leonard Nimoy.

The Encinitas City Council unanimously gave the green light Wednesday to the celebration of Nimoy and his most famous character: the pointy-eared Spock from Star Trek.

So from March 26 (Nimoy’s birthday) to April 1, the area between Vulcan Avenue and Cornish Drive and between D and E streets will temporarily be called Spock Block.

Organizers hope Trekkies and casual fans alike will come to the area that week to celebrate the life of Nimoy, who died on Feb. 27 at the age of 83.

Vulcan Avenue, one of the oldest streets in the beachside community, shares a name with Spock, who is half human, half Vulcan in Star Trek mythology.

“Creativity and having fun would be the main objective, something that would have appealed to the human side of Mr. Spock,” reads the council item.

Mayor Gaspar will make the Spock Block proclamation at a public ceremony on March 26.

The fired rookie LAPD officer suspected of murdering a man over an argument outside a bar was urged to turn himself in at a nighttime vigil by the victim's family.

More than 200 people attended the emotional event held Wednesday at the spot where Salome Rodriguez Jr. was shot to death in Pomona last week.

Henry Solis, 27, is believed to have gunned down Rodriguez Jr. in the area of Third and Main streets at about 3:30 a.m. last Friday. He was charged with murder in an arrest warrant issued Monday.

"God took the backbone of our family," Rodriguez Jr's mother Lidia Rodriguez told the crowd.

His eight-year-old brother JJ was in tear as he appealed for justice at the vigil.

"I would like Henry Solis to turn himself in. We just want answers," another family member said.

The family also said that although Solis was a police officer, they are sure both Pomona Police Department and the LAPD are doing what they can to find him and bring him to justice.

Solis has been fired due to his conduct, with Chief Charlie Beck saying he "disgraced the badge and the uniform of the LAPD."

Solis was off-duty at the time of the shooting. A vehicle wanted in connection with the crime was found Sunday in a Pomona alley, several blocks from where Rodriguez Jr. was gunned down after what authorities described as a fistfight.

On Monday, police said Solis might now be using a brown or tan 1992 Ford pickup with California license plate 4J79703. His arrest warrant described him as "armed and dangerous."

Two community college buildings near downtown Los Angeles were shut Thursday morning as sheriff's deputies investigate threatening messages written around campus, authorities said.

One such message was found on a bathroom wall Wednesday at Los Angeles Trade Tech College, prompting authorities to close the two school buildings out of an abundance of caution, according to Capt. Cheryl Newman-Tarwater with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Thursday classes were canceled at the two LA Trade Tech buildings, located on the south and north sides of campus. The cancelations were announced to students Wednesday night, Newman-Tarwater said.

Deputies' investigation into the threatening messages continued Thursday.

The campus bookstore was set to reopen at 3 p.m., according to a tweet from the school.

• Search for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Struck Elderly Woman

Sorry for the inconvenience today, but the bookstore will be closed until 3pm.

— LA TradeTech College (@LATTC) March 19, 2015

A Washington, D.C., police officer charged with sexual assaulting two teen girls, one of them at police headquarters and the other at his church, now faces accusations from a third victim, prosecutors said Thursday.

Officer Darrell Best, 45, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing when prosecutors revealed that a third victim had come forward and more victims are expected. 

Best is facing multiple charges in connection with the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl at police headquarters and a 16-year-old girl at the church where he serves as pastor.

No charges have been filed in connection with the third alleged victim.

During Thursday's hearing, prosecutors also revealed that Best sexually harassed a female cadet he supervised in 2007. He was demoted from sergeant to police officer for an incident of sexual misconduct while on duty in 2008, prosecutors added.

Best waived his right to a preliminary hearing, acknowledging that the prosecution has enough probable cause to go to trial. He also asked to be released, but was denied.

A 16-year-old girl told police Saturday Best sexually abused her three times at the church beginning in December. He was off-duty during the incidents, police said. According to charging documents, Best was in uniform on one occasion when he raped the girl inside the church.

The second victim, who is now 18 but was 17 at the time of the alleged incident, says she was sexually assaulted in Best's office on the fifth floor of police headquarters after he took her out to dinner Dec. 3, according to charging documents. He was wearing his badge and gun at the time.

When investigators took her to headquarters to identify the location, they initially took her to another office on another floor and she was able to tell them that wasn't where it happened. When they took her to Best's office, she cried as she entered and said that's where the assault took place, according to charging documents.

Police said they have video of Best and the victim at headquarters together. They also have access key records placing Best there.

Both girls said they pleaded with Best to stop.

Best’s attorney did not dispute any of the evidence the prosecution laid out while in court, News4's Mark Segraves reported.  

Best's police authority was revoked and his gun taken when the 16-year-old came forward Saturday.

His next court date will be April 29.

A motorcyclist who taunted officers with high-speed antics during an hourlong pursuit through two Southern California counties was arrested without a struggle.

Phillip Resendez, 22, of Rancho Cucamunga was chased for reckless driving and came into Los Angeles County about 6 p.m., said CHP Officer Patrick Kimball.

The man led police on a pursuit, reaching speeds of over 100 mph, and running several red lights. At one point, he climbed onto the seat and took his hands off in a high-speed stunt.

After Resendez, who was booked for driving on the wrong side of the road and failure to yield, was captured he complained about how police acted during the chase.

"Did he (police officer) seriously have to try and kick me off my bike?' Resendez said.

He also apologized to his baby daughters saying he was sorry he had "put them in the middle of all of this."

At one point, Resendez parked in a cul-de-sac and took his helmet to put in his ear buds.

He was cornered by an officer, but rode right past him, almost clipping the CHP car's open door. He was followed by two CHP motorcycle officers and a helicopter above.

Resendez also appeared to slow down and talk to two officers on motorcycles who were riding next to him.

He surrendered and was arrested after he pulled into a gas station at Cucamonga and San Bernardino streets in Ontario. Onlookers cheered him.

However not everyone was so complimentary.

"I thought he was crazy. I thought he was a lunatic," witness Alex Penafiel said.

"It was scary. He didn't need to be going that fast," another added.

Resendez' Honda motorcycle, a little the worse for wear, was taken away by a tow truck. He is expected to appear in court Friday.

Michael Larkin and City News Service contributed to this report.

Never too high or low, Ed Davis joined the Los Angeles Lakers as a largely unknown commodity. Hiding behind Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol in Memphis, Davis did not previously earn consistent enough playing time to show his consistency around the basket on both ends.

Not one to draw attention to himself, the 6-foot 10-inch forward has been the most consistent player on the Los Angeles Lakers in a season that has been anything but.

For starters, Davis is the only LA Laker to play in all 66 games during the 2014/15 season. Had Jeremy Lin not been benched for one game, he would be the only other Laker to claim the same. As it stands, Davis is the only player on pace to appear in all 82 games, and no, he has yet to ask the coach for a rest due to fatigue.

For the season, Davis shoots 60.7 percent from the field, which is the best on the team. If he manages to make 65 more field goals over the final 16 games of the season, Davis would rank second in the NBA in field goal percentage behind LA Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, 70.8 percent. The league minimum to qualify as a league leader for field goal percentage is 300 made shots, and Davis falls shy of that mark.

Davis, who only averages 5.9 attempts per game, is not a guy who looks for his own shot. He plays within the offense and relies on setting hard screens and rolling to the hoop to get scores. For all the hoopla over Jordan Hill's ability to command offensive rebounds, Davis averages 2.9 offensive rebounds per game and leads the Lakers in that category. League-wide, Davis ranks 15th in the NBA on the offensive glass, and so, he tends to create his own scoring opportunities via hard work under the basket.

As a note, all 14 players ahead of Davis in the offensive rebounding rankings average more minutes than the Lakers' power forward.

On the opposite end of the floor, Davis is also the Lakers' leading shot blocker. He is the only player to average over a block per game on the team, as the 25-year-old averages 1.3 blocks per outing. That average is good enough for 24th in the NBA.

.@Lakers W last night! On way in to practice- 2 constants each day: 1. Sunny in LA 2. @eddavis32 will be in to #Work pic.twitter.com/pyH87bACcq

— Tim DiFrancesco (@tdathletesedge) February 28, 2015

Davis' efficiency around the basket became apparent early in preseason, as the soft spoken power forward finished the Lakers' exhibition season making 27 of 37 shots, which calculated to 73.0 percent. Far from a fluke, Davis has not had a single month shooting under 50 percent. For March, he is shooting 69.8 percent from the field.

Whether in the starting lineup or off the bench, Davis provides consistent levels of energy and efficiency. His finishing around the rim looks simple, but Davis' hard work makes it seem so. His ability to finish around the basket is unique and should not be taken for granted. 

However, Davis is not the type to mouth off. As Nick Young screams and laughs loudly in the locker room, Davis looks over, cracks a quarter smile and puts his headphones on. Part of that air of professionalism comes from Davis' background. The son of a Terry Davis, who played 10 seasons in the NBA, and the product of the University of North Carolina, the 25-year-old displays maturity beyond his years.

Unfortunately, Davis came to LA on a two-year deal that held a player option on the second year. Davis has already made it clear, for the aforementioned reasons, that he will pick up the option and test the open market. However, he has stated numerous times that he hopes to stay in LA.

Considering his pedigree, production, professionalism and potential, the case to sign Davis is easier to make than the case against signing the power forward, but the Lakers will likely need to spend decent coin in order to do so. Whether or not Davis fits into the Lakers' long term plans remains to be seen.

In the short term, Davis will play game no. 67 against the Utah Jazz on Thursday night at Staples Center.

Notes: Reading Davis' quotes from his signing day with the Lakers, the power forward has lived up to the description he provided on day no. 1. Also, wearing Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak's college number and having attended the executive's Alma Mater certainly do not hurt Davis' chances of returning to the Lakers.

A cat was rescued from a fierce house fire in Orange early Thursday.

The roof was on fire when firefighters responded to the blaze at the 2100 block of Parkside Avenue at around 12:30 a.m, an Orange Fire Department spokesman said.

It took 25 minutes to extinguish the blaze, with damage being confined to the roof and attic. A firefighter was seen handing over the rescued black cat to its grateful owner.

The family living there has been displaced, and the Red Cross will assist with temporary housing.

Arson investigators are working to determine the cause of the blaze.

Target is poised to settle a class-action lawsuit filed following the retailer's massive data breach in 2013, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Minnesota.

Link: Target Data Breach FAQ

A $10 million dollar fund will be established for victims of the breach, and people hoping to claim must be able to prove they have experienced at least one of the following:

• Unauthorized, unreimbursed charges on their credit or debit card
• Time spent addressing those charges
• Fees to hire someone to correct their credit report
• Higher interest rates or fees on the accounts
• Credit-related costs
• Costs to replace their identification, Social Security number or phone number

Victims will also have to prove they used a credit or debit card at any U.S. Target store, excluding the Target.com website, between Nov. 27, 2013 through Dec. 18, 2013.

A package found outside a building at Chapman University was destroyed by a bomb squad who determined the item was not a pipe bomb as first suspected.

The suspicious package was discovered at about 7 a.m. outside Moulton Hall, a classroom building on the school's Orange County campus, the school said in a press release. The building was evacuated.

City of Orange police officers and firemen helped evacuate the building after campus security determined the package may be a pipe bomb, the school said.

The suspicious package was destroyed by an Orange County Sheriff's Department bomb squad, the school said, adding that the device was not a bomb.

Authorities are still investigating what the package actually was.

Moulton Hall was reopened soon after 11 a.m. and classes were allowed to resume, school officials said.

More than 13 years after the twin towers fell, medical examiners have been able to identify another one of the 2,753 people who died in the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

The city identified Matthew David Yarnell, 26, by retesting DNA reference samples of remains found during original recovery efforts at ground zero between 2001 and 2002.

Yarnell, of Jersey City, is remembered as a good friend and prankser who carried around a phony $1 million bill and asked strangers if they could “break a million,” according to a New York Times portait published on Dec. 18, 2001.

According to the Times, Yarnell grew up in Kinnelon and graduated from Kinnelon High School before going to Carnegie Mellon. He worked on the 97th floor of the south tower for Fiduciary Trust Co. and was in a training session when the building was hit by United Airlines Flight 175.

The identification brings the total number of positively identified victims in the attack to 1,640.

The medical examiner's office has been retesting human remains recovered during the original recovery at ground zero, collected before May 2002.

In 2013, authorities sifted through truckloads of debris unearthed by construction crews working on the rebuilding. Possible remains of more than 20 victims were recovered.