World & Nation
Army Spc. Luis Ayala, 21, South Gate; killed in an explosion while on patrol
Feb. 18, 2007
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Dec. 3, 2009
Growing up poor in South Gate, Luis Ayala was one of three sons raised by a single mother, an immigrant from the Mexican state of Michoacan.
Dec. 16, 2009
California
Body of Cal Poly SLO student found on beach at UC Santa Barbara
April 8, 2013
Ventura County sheriff’s detectives this week made eight arrests and seized cocaine, firearms and money during a bust that followed a five-month investigation into a drug trafficking operation.
Dec. 23, 2023
A 25-year-old man pleaded innocent Wednesday to killing his brother at a construction site.
Aug. 11, 1988
A San Diego County jury has decided that Hector Ayala should be put to death for his part in the murders of three men in a Logan Heights garage.
Sept. 1, 1989
A jury Monday recommended the death penalty for a 38-year-old San Diego man convicted of three execution-style slayings in 1985.
Dec. 13, 1988
A judge Wednesday ordered two brothers to stand trial for three execution-style killings committed in April in a Southeast San Diego garage.
Jan. 9, 1986