but with this filing, we have officially linked the visalia ransacker to be the same individual that is known as the east area rapist, and tragica y tragically, the golden state killer. >> on september 11th, 1975, claude snell wizard shot by an intruder trying to his teenaged daughter. he saved his daughter and became a local hero. he hopes this break in the case is the first step towards justice and closure for snelling's family and the entire visalia county. in tulare county, brian johnson, abc 7 news. >> now, as we showed you earlier, when news breaks on a big story like, this we will send out an alert, and you can get the alerts by downloading the abc 7 news app. it's free. we have versions for both apple and android devices. >>> the future of independent contractors in california is the focus of intense lobbying in sacramento. the state supreme court ruled in april that many of them might need to be reclassified as company employees. however, opponents are trying to get the state legislature to put the court decision on hold. abc 7 news reporter david louie looks at the divisive