12/20/09 Authorities arrested three men in connection with the gang-related shooting death of 21-year-old Spenser Sampson Friday night. 12/20/09 From one extreme to another. The Utah Utes arrived here Saturday morning, leaving frosty conditions in Salt Lake City for a... 12/20/09 Behind every crime is a corrupt cop. That's Public Safety Secretary Julian Leyzaola's mantra as he storms Tijuana with its most aggressive police reform to date, a mix of counterterrorism and community policing. If it works, it could be a model for other hotspots and a huge breakthrough in a drug war in Mexico that has taken more than 14,000 lives in the last three years. 12/20/09 EDITOR'S NOTE: AP reporter Elliot Spagat follows Tijuana's new public safety chief, Julian Leyzaola, for eight monthsas he launches the city's most aggressive police reform to date, in the middle of a raging drug war. 12/20/09 By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press Writer EDITOR'S NOTE - AP reporter Elliot Spagat followed Tijuana's new public safety chief, Julian Leyzaola, for eight months as he launches the city's most aggressive police... 12/20/09 EDITOR'S NOTE -- AP reporter Elliot Spagat followed Tijuana's new public safety chief, Julian Leyzaola, for eight months as he launches the city's most aggressive police reform to date, in the middle of a raging drug war. 12/20/09 "The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire That Saved America" by Timothy Egan (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 324 pages, $27) 12/20/09 An accident on the eastbound San Bernardino (10) Freeway in El Monte claimed the life of one person and left another injured Sunday, according to a California Highway Patrol officer. 12/20/09 Brittany Murphy died early this morning after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived, a popular entertainment Web site reported. She was 32. 12/20/09 RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Two men accused of shooting and killing a truck driver this week in the course of a robbery pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges Friday in West Valley Superior Court. 12/20/09 Dramatic moments, broken streaks, celebrity sightings: the '09 season had its share of memorable happenings. For the last four months, every Friday night, and sometimes Thursdays and Saturdays, I've gotten into my 2004 Prius, moved into the car-pool lane and headed to Orange County, Ventura County, Los Angeles County or wherever the best high school football game in Southern California was ... 12/20/09 (Mission Times Courier, San Diego, Ca) - The Lake Murray Playground Project hosted a fundraising kick-off event at the Lake Murray Community Park on Saturday Dec 5, 2009. The celebration included a performance by " Hullabaloo ", games, crafts, free food, and the chance to explore a City of San Diego fire truck. | 
