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A small airplane carrying three passengers landed safely Sunday after circling Montgomery Field because of landing gear problems.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday directed the state Sex Offender Management Board to review the John Albert Gardner III case to determine whether systemic changes or improvements can be made to better protect the public.

A man was robbed and stabbed in an argument at a liquor store in City Heights, a San Diego police officer said Sunday.

The recent deaths of two North County teenagers have put San Diegans on high alert and people are searching for ways to protect themselves and their families.

The California Coastal Commission agreed to alter the terms of San Diego’s sewage treatment permit, allowing the city to continue to pump 50 billion gallons of partly treated sewage deep into the Pacific Ocean each year.

Newly unsealed court documents paint a disturbing picture of John Gardner as a young adult. A 2000 probation report includes new details about Gardner's attack on a 13-year-old girl and a chilling warning by a court psychiatrist.

The News 8 CrimeFighters are helping authorities in a countywide manhunt for a violent gang member who's on the run.

Sadly, Chelsea King and Amber Dubois are not the only victims of child abductions in San Diego.

Jennifer Brandt and John Gardner weren't close in high school, but became friends after. The got so close then, according to Brandt, that at one point he felt the need to tell her a dark secret.

A former Navy man pleaded guilty Friday to committing a series of rapes in Ocean Beach, Mission Beach and the College area attributed to the “A.M. Rapist.” Stephen Darien Richardson, 34, pleaded guilty to five counts of forcible rape and admitted a multiple-victim allegation.