Victims will testify against Alcala (Orange County Register)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:14:05 GMT
SANTA ANA -- Jurors in the penalty phase in the Rodney Alcala trial will hear testimony this week from a surviving victim of what prosecutors called the serial killer's "sadistic, murderous intent." She is a woman who is about 50 who was savaged by...
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. Your Next American Idol (La Prensa San Diego)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:43:11 GMT
All jokes aside
..why this young Latino man needs your help
and vote! By William Gallegos It is now the 9th season of what has become the most popular and most talked about show of this century
American Idol. Gone is the hot but very annoying and sometimes drunk Paula Abdul, now replaced by the very non-music [...]
'Special circumstances' could mean death for Alcala (Orange County Register)
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:59:25 GMT
SANTA ANA Rodney James Alcala sat looking straight ahead and did not flinch Thursday as an Orange County jury found him guilty of five counts of first-degree murder, including the kidnapping and slaying of a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl who...
Alcala Found Guilty of Murder (FOX 11 News Los Angeles)
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:47:39 GMT
A 66-year-old former freelance photographer was convicted on Wednesday of killing a Huntington Beach girl and four Los Angeles County women more than 30 years ago.
As Rodney Alcala's third murder trial winds to a close, victim's brothers wait for closure, justice (Los Angeles Times)
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:25:15 GMT
A girl's murder tore her family asunder. Ensuing decades of trials and retrials gave their wounds little chance to heal. Day after day, Robert and Tim Samsoe sit together in the third row of a Santa Ana courtroom, united in grief, reliving a nightmare.
March 9 high school roundup (The Bakersfield Californian)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:39:49 GMT
Boys basketball Southern California Regional Playoffs
Organizer Accused of Molestation (FOX 11 News Los Angeles)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:36 GMT
Los Angeles police on Tuesday released a photo of a 47-year-old man convicted of a crime involving a child, saying the self-described community organizer may have violated other children.
Bay Area local scoreboard for March 4 (Contra Costa Times)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:18:29 GMT
baseball-prepNonleague Albany 12, Sir Francis Drake 2Albany 100 032 6 12 9 3Drake 110 000 0 2
Groups offer help for teens dealing with dating violence (Orange County Register)
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:17:25 GMT
Q. Teen dating violence is a silent epidemic in our community one in three teens experience some form of abuse and two thirds of those who do, never report it. Nearly 80 percent of girls who have been physically abused in their intimate...
Killer apologizes to victim in court (Whittier Daily News)
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:42:56 GMT
SANTA ANA - Convicted California serial killer Rodney Alcala apologized Tuesday to a woman who was 8 years old when he beat and molested her, then left her for dead more than 50 years ago.