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The conservative activist had visited both San Diego State University and UC San Diego in recent years.
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KPBS Midday EditionA Psychiatric Emergency Response Team was unable to aid Alfred Olango last week because, according to the El Cajon police chief, the team was responding to another call and could not make it to the scene in time. -
KPBS Midday EditionWith the ongoing debate over policing in America, the new database “URSUS” will record all police shootings and use of force incidents in the state. -
Seventeen people were arrested during Saturday night's protests in El Cajon, according to the city's police department. -
Alfred Olango was in distress, acting erratically. When the police arrived, he pointed an object at them and was shot and killed. These are the bare bones of a familiar and sad story which begs for clarification and analysis. -
Californians will begin getting warnings of impending earthquakes through their cellphones, radios and other devices within the next year or two as the state ramps up a lifesaving early warning system. -
The soaring homeless street population has reached a crisis level, so Bob McElroy of the Alpha Project is proposing a plan to take as many as 800 people off the streets. -
U.S. authorities twice tried to deport a black man who was fatally shot by police in a San Diego suburb this week but his native Uganda refused to take him. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe details emerged Wednesday in the shooting of Alfred Olango, who was having an emotional breakdown over the recent death of his best friend, an attorney said. -
A brush fire burning on the grounds of Camp Pendleton was 30 percent contained Thursday. -
Mayor Bill Wells identified Richard Gonsalves as the police officer who shot and killed Alfred Olango on Tuesday. Gonsalves was demoted last year amid sexual harassment allegations.
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