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In a region where wildfires have ravaged entire neighborhoods, one couple's proactive approach to home hardening is setting an example for others, with defensible space inspections provided by Cal Fire.
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KPBS Midday EditionA veteran prosecutor serving as interim District Attorney is running against a deputy public defender seeking change. -
Several minor earthquakes well offshore have lightly shaken some Southern California coastal communities. -
The brother of a terrorist who killed 14 people in a 2015 California attack can remain free while he awaits sentencing in an immigration fraud case. -
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.
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