Subject: Camp Pendleton

• The end of the line for AWOL Marine Lance Hering

  Two looks at Lance Hering. The strange story of Marine Lance Corporal Lance Hering -- whose story was chronicled in the April 2007 feature article "An Uphill Battle" -- just got a little stranger. Hering first came to the public's attention when his best friend, Steve Powers, emerged from Eldorado Canyon in August 2006 and informed authorities that Hering, a Marine on leave from Camp Pendleton in California, had fallen while rock-climbing and hit his head. What ultimately turned out to be

  November 17, 2008

• The Lance Hering story continues

  Lance Hering, the marine who faked his own death in Eldorado Canyon and disappeared nearly two years ago, days before he was to report back to active duty, will face a summary court-martial Friday at Camp Pendleton, where he is currently being held. Hering will be charged with one count of Article 85 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. If he's convicted, he could face up to a year in military prison and a discharge for bad conduct. Interestingly enough, Hering will not be charged with Ar

  December 18, 2008

• The Good Soldier

  March 20, 2008

• An Uphill Battle

  Lance Hering asked his best friend to help him disappear. What happened next is a real cliff-hanger.

  April 5, 2007

• Catch-16

  Slipping through the safety net for juveniles.

  December 8, 2005

• The Last Refugees

  This family's roots are in Vietnam, but the next generation is branching out.

  September 15, 2005

• Past Due

  Former landlords are raising the roof over the Manchegos, the tenants from hell.

  July 4, 2002

• COP-A-DOODLE-DOO!

  NAME-CALLING, INNUENDO AND A FLAP OVER A STUFFED CHICKEN: IT'S POLITICS AS USUAL IN THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF'S RACE.

  September 28, 1994