Memphis Police Officer Shot, Charges Filed:  Charges were filed Monday in the Sunday shooting death of an off-duty Memphis police officer.  Fox News reports that officer Terrence Olridge was fatally shot by his neighbor, 36-year-old Lorenzo Clark, after encountering him outside his home while he was on his way to work.  His four-month pregnant wife was inside when the two men exchanged gun fire and a reported 15 gunshots rang out.  Olridge started as a basic recruit with the Memphis Police Department in September 2014 and is the fourth Memphis police officer to be fatally shot in slightly more than four years.  Clark has so far been charged with felony possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting.  The nature of the encounter is unclear, though a woman in the neighborhood told police that she witnessed Clark in a previous hostile encounter with a different neighbor. 

Violent Crime Rises in Sacramento:  Violent crime in California's capital has increased 24 percent through August and property crime has risen eight percent, hitting the city's high-poverty areas the hardest.  Phillip Reese of the Sac Bee reports that through August, Sacramento police had responded to 2,511 violent crimes, eight of which were homicides, the most experienced in the city since 2010.  The numbers are even higher in certain low-income neighborhoods, where violent crime has soared 35 percent and property crime rose 24 percent.  Thus far in 2015, there have been 35 homicides, amounting to the most recorded by early October since 2008.  Police say that it's too early to determine the cause of the increase (though Proposition 47 is suspected) but city officials remain vigilant, reaching out to community leaders, putting more police on the street and tracking hot spots. 

Two Killed in CA with Stolen Gun:  Three young drifters with no known addresses used a handgun stolen from an unlocked car in San Francisco to rob and kill two people in separate incidents before fleeing to Oregon.  The AP reports that 23-year-old Morrison Haze Lampley, 24-year-old Sean Michael Angold and 18-year-old Lila Scott Alligood were arrested at an Oregon soup kitchen when regular diners, who are low-income or homeless, told an administrator that the three suspects were attempting to sell a Volkswagen Jetta station wagon, which belonged to one of the victims.  The handgun was reported stolen on October 1.  The body of 23-year-old Canadian tourist Audrey Carey was discovered October 3 in Golden Gate Park with a gunshot to her head, and 67-year-old yoga instructor Steve Carter was gunned down on a Marin County hiking trail on October 5.  Police believe the stolen gun was used in both crimes.  The three suspects are being held without bail in Oregon and will be returned to California to face charges. 

Gov. Brown Signs Bill that Could Let Illegal Aliens Vote:  California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Saturday which will automatically register people to vote through the DMV, resulting in illegal aliens being allowed to vote if the Secretary of State's office fails to properly verify eligibility.  William Bigelow of Breitbart reports that Assembly Bill 1461, or the New Motor Vehicle Act, has been criticized as "a path to state sanctioned voter fraud," while Secretary of State Alex Padilla argues that the increase in voters will "make our democracy stronger."  A survey by the Public Policy Institute earlier this year found that among unregistered adults in the state, 49 percent lean Democratic and 22 percent lean Republican, highlighting Gov. Brown's strategy to cement the Democratic Party in the state.  Stephen Frank of the California Political Review warns that the bill will likely reduce voter turnout because "honest people will stop voting since illegal aliens will out vote them."