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Investigators hunting for the so-called Golden State Killer turned to searching genetic websites in 2017 but misidentified an Oregon man as a potential suspect. A year later, after using a similar technique, they are confident they've caught the serial rapist and killer who eluded capture for four decades. -
The San Diego City Council on Monday approved spending $12.8 million so the San Diego Humane Society can take over the city's animal service needs starting July 1. -
KPBS Midday EditionSeven buildings were destroyed by the fire last December and 46 horses died. For the last four months, the facility has been being rebuilt, and now more than 400 horses are back on the property. -
Investigators who used a genealogical website to find the ex-policeman they believe is a shadowy serial killer and rapist who terrified California decades ago call the technique groundbreaking. -
A Los Angeles Police Department officer has been charged with attempting to transport two people in the country illegally through an immigration checkpoint in Southern California. -
KPBS Midday EditionAuthorities announced Wednesday the arrest of a suspect in the case of the Golden State Killer, also known as the East Area Rapist, connected to at least 12 murders and 45 rapes in the 1970s and 1980s, more than half of which occured in the Sacramento region. -
A former U.S. Border Patrol agent was sentenced Wednesday in San Diego to 70 months in federal prison for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine and cocaine while on duty in exchange for cash. -
A DNA match led to the arrest of a 72-year-old former police officer in one of the most baffling and sadistic crime sprees of the 1970s and '80s — a string of at least 12 slayings and 45 rapes in California by an attacker dubbed the Golden State Killer, police said Wednesday. -
A San Diego Humane Society official Wednesday praised the Carlsbad City Council's decision to contract with the nonprofit for the city's animal services. -
The decision comes after the board heard people voice support for and against gun shows Tuesday, which have been coming to the Del Mar Fairgrounds for over 25 years.
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