California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced $50,000 rewards for information on the February shooting of a Hillsborough police officer, the 1997 killing of a Petaluma girl, and two other unsolved cases.
State law allows police agencies to request rewards from the governor for information leading to arrests and convictions when they have exhausted all investigative leads.
In the Hillsborough case, an officer was ambushed and shot in the parking lot of the city’s police station on Feb. 22 by an assailant who gained access to a restricted area and fled on foot. The officer survived the attack…