San Diego sex offender gets life in prison for killing teenage girls

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San Diego sex offender gets life in prison for killing teenage girls

SAN DIEGO — Convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of two North County teenage girls, a San

Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara drivers face strict DUI enforcement

In the ongoing effort to prevent the consequences of combining alcohol with driving on public streets, Santa Barbara Police Department’s DUI unit has arrested and booked 25 drivers over the

San Diego

La Costa man guilty of murdering ex-lover

CARLSBAD — A San Diego jury on Monday convicted a 41-year-old medical supplies salesman of the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend in her Carlsbad home last summer. Jonathan Scott French

Riverside

Tip leads to arrest of female bank robbery suspect

JURUPA — Two months after the Norco bank was robbed, Riverside County sheriff’s officials arrested a female suspect. Melanie Conway-Pierce, 36, who had been tentatively identified as the suspect in

Santa Barbara

Suspect in fatal beach stabbing gets high-powered defense

SANTA BARBARA — With an arraignment appearance on first-degree homicide charges scheduled in Santa Barbara Superior Court today, Adrian Robles finds himself in the middle of some apparent judicial confusion

Fresno Madera

Mother with mental health issues confesses to stabbing son, but pleads not guilty in court

FRESNO — A local mother pleaded not guilty to felony charges of attempted murder and corporal injury to a child in Fresno Superior Court Monday morning.

Yolo

Evading suspect snuffed by K9

WOODLAND — A Merced man faces criminal charges and a few days of pain after allegedly leading Woodland police on a high-speed vehicle pursuit that ended Saturday with his apprehension by a

Santa Barbara

Distraught over estrangement, man believed to have stabbed ex

SANTA BARBARA — An eight-hour saga of love gone awry Thursday began weeks ago when the girlfriend of Jose Miguel Ortega, 28, removed herself and their child from his residence

Fresno

Valley gang sweep results in 45 arrests

SELMA — Police agencies from around the Valley concluded a four-month gang investigation last week when they arrested 45 adults and one juvenile through the use of search warrants and

Fresno

Babysitter pleads not guilty to homicide charge

FRESNO — More than a year after an infant girl died of blunt force trauma to the head, her former babysitter told a Fresno superior court judge she wasn’t guilty