if it hadn't been for him. >> the crime started here in visalia. >> reporter: tulare county district attorney believes snelling was the first victim murdered by joseph deangelo, the suspected golden state killer. he we're filing first degree murder charges against mr. deangelo, along with an allegation that he used a firearm in the commission of that murder. >> reporter: during the 1907s and '80s deangelo committed at least 12 other murders and 50 rapes in ten california counties. dna evidence led to his arrest in april deangelo is not dectly linked to snelling's murder by dna, jason salazar said he can prove he was the ransacker. >> we have witnesses that can identify mr. deangelo as the suspect in that time. they were tied directly to the murder of snelling. >> reporter: he worked as a police officer about 12 miles away in the town of exeter. he is also suspected of 1 #00 burglaries and attempted sex assaults in visalia. >> the only crime that we can attribute to mr. deangelo that has not passed the statute of limitations is the murder of mr. snelling. >> reporter: deangelo has not

officers say the man on your screen, brandon freeman was impersonating a cop in visalia in the san joaquin valley. an off-duty sergeant was driving his personal car and that's when freeman allegedly tried to pull him over with a red light attached to his car. the sergeant then stopped his car, interviewed freeman and arrested him and a passenger in his car. they have both been booked into jail and face multiple chargers. (pam) t-s-a security screeners were very busy during the holiday season. the agency says, it screened more than 42-million passengers going through airports across the country.. a record mark for the t-s-a. security workers also screened nearly 31-million bags during the same period, which goes from december 15-th to january second. the agency also saw a record number of passengers during the thanksgiving holiday... and despite the high traffic... officials say, they still managed to keep the wait time below 20-minutes ... for 97-percent of passengers. (pam) in sports -- gary and his lovely wife alicia join us to read fan emails for the first time in 2018(steve) plus -- ra

w bush foundations, revealed that american patriotism runs deep. natlast month a softball crowd in visalia spontaneously sang the national anthem at the start of a game.the new study found six out of ten americans say living in a democracy is highly important to them.a majority also agreed that it is more important that the majority does not trample on the rights of individuals and small groups.thirty nine percent chose the alternative: it is more important that the will of the majority prevails. the report also uncovered deep concerns about how our democracy is functioning,68 percent say it;s getting weaker, 55 percent say it is weak right nowand fully half the respondents agreed that america is in real danger of losing its democratic government altogether,the big problems threatening democracy: 28 percent said it 's big money influencing elections. slightly fewer then came government paralysis and the news media's lack of reliability, (ken) the poll asked people how to reverse the trend.fully 80 percent supported stronger protections against racialbias in policing and criminal sentencing

police in the bay area say there were alerted by law enforcement in visalia...who had gone to the 58 year old's home late last month after his family reported him missing. visilia officers say his guns were missing from his home.and court records reveal they found a note... threatening to kill the doctors who had treated him...because he thought they were evil. an all points bulletin was put out... to be on the lookout for chen...abnd the chp spotted him on 101 in san jose. lt. james reifschneider, palo alto pd:"they went out to take initial missing persons case had not recognize pretty early on that just was much more than that then i think there would've been bloodshed here. those guns were loaded with high-capacity magazines one was loaded with more than 30 and then rounds the other was loaded with 16 handgun rounds so we believe having trouble three hours from his home to the bay area with those guns within hands reach." (grant)the 3 doctors who chen was allegedly gunning for work at u-c-s-f and stanforda police avidavit included this letter that chen had with him. reads why do i

the stabbing happened this afternoon near visalia. a man on the bus says the suspect stabbed a woman who was holding her child. police say the suspect was restrained by the bus driver and another passenger. there is not yet word on how severe injuries were. the suspect was arrested. (steve) now to aldon smith...and it's yet another troubling brush with the law for the once star 49ers player. (vicki) this time...smith is accused of domestic abuse...and today...the raiders cut ties with him. grant lodes has is here with the message police have for smith tonight. (grant) message is clear...turn youself in...there's a warrant out for his arrest. san francisco police says they're in talks with his attorney about how a surrender may happen. smith...once a 49ers rising star with a bright smile and bright future...was released today by his current team, the raiders. the latest allegations: smith drank two bottles of tequila, then physically abused and bit his fiance in her apartment on bush street near union square. after the fiance called 91

in visalia, joe ybarra abc30 action news. return to index (male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich with sports!. sponsored by chevy. >> gary: good evening! >> gary: the dodgers are leading. the giants are trying to get the final two outs. we will go to break the news with grant lotus who may have to heal because he's and i have a camera on him >> grant: we have some bad news. >> gary: we have to warn. -- 2 on >> grant: and one out. >> gary: i was pressing him for not being a giants fan and not concentrating on this. -- i harrasedsed pam >> gary: pam has known me for 20 years. but steve and i are really starting to hit it off. (laughter) >> gary: brett, keep us abreast on the game. >> gary: grant! keep us abreast on the game. >> gary: relay to pam and steve. (laughter) >> gary:the a's hosting the angels at the coliseum. newly adquired jharel cotton getting the start for the a's top 1st/ 0-0 >> gary:cotton gets some help from jake smolinski with a great catch to avoid kole calhoun to get on base. top 2nd/ 0-0 cotton got