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The man accused of murdering 17-year-old Chelsea King was staying at his parents' home at the time of her death. As a convicted sex offender, John Gardner is required to register his residence, but he never registered at the Rancho Bernardo home.

It's a place where dogs can play without a leash. Lately though, Nate's Point at Balboa Park is turning into a dusty field because of the city's water restrictions. News 8 got reaction from dog owners.

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There's a welcome change that's come along with Daylight Saving Time - warmer weather.

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Mexico's upswing in drug-related violence is now spilling over into popular tourist areas, as hundreds of young people head south of the border for Spring Break.

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The State Department is authorizing U.S. government employees at six U.S. consulates in northern Mexico to send their family members out of the area because of concerns about rising drug-related violence.

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Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government could not replicate the runaway speeding reported by a Prius owner who said his car's accelerator stuck as he drove on a California freeway, according to a memo drafted for a congressional panel.

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Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government could not replicate the runaway speeding reported by a Prius owner who said his car's accelerator stuck as he drove on a California freeway, according to a memo drafted for a congressional panel.

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What a lot of moviegoers might not know until they sit through a 3-D movie like "Alice in Wonderland" or "Avatar" is that they have an undiagnosed vision problem.

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Mike Speed doesn't know the King famly, but his son-in-law has a friend who does. So last Friday in just 10 minutes, Speed wrote a song that he hopes will comfort Chelsea's parents in some small way.

In City Heights, an 11-year-old girl is safe after telling police that a man tried to kidnap her.

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A massive turnout is expected Saturday at a public memorial for Chelsea King.

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She says she spent years standing by her friend John Albert Gardner III, even after he was accused of being a sexual predator.

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A former friend of John Gardner's has come forward with shocking revelations about his past.

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La Mesa police have arrested a man they say accosted a 14-year-old girl on her way to Parkway Middle School.

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The murders of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois have parents across the county on edge, but self-defense classes are empowering people.

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Today's guest is quite colorful, and unpredictable.

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This is San Diego County's MicroClimate Forecast for Friday, March 12, 2010.

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President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Asia, his first international trip of the year, to focus on the push to salvage health care legislation after a year of contentious debate.

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Two people are hurt in a fire that ripped through a South Bay home Friday morning.

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Records obtained by The Associated Press show a convicted sex offender charged with killing a 17-year-old San Diego County girl could have been sent back to prison in 2007 for violating his parole.

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News 8 followed 63 rescued dogs to the county animal shelter, where veterinarians are treating them for a variety of medical problems before they can be adopted into new homes.

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In the wake of Chelsea King's murder, more and more women are thinking about protecting themselves from a potential attacker.

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The County of San Diego owns 63 Priuses that seemed like a good idea at the time they were bought.

The FBI has seized a white pickup truck that sex offender John Gardner may have been driving at the time Amber Dubois went missing.

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The last time gas prices averaged $3 a gallon the country wasn't in a recession. But that could change by Memorial Day.

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Federal investigators are in San Diego Wednesday looking into Monday's runaway Toyota Prius incident, but it's not the first reported runaway Prius in the county.

Five people are displaced after fire ripped through a home in Del Cerro Wednesday night at a duplex along the 6000 block of Caminito Plata.