Redwood City killer's execution date set for Jan. 19 A federal appeals court late Wednesday upheld the death sentence of Donald Beardslee for murdering two young women in San Mateo County in 1981, moving him one step closer to execution on Jan. 19. A day after hearing arguments on a last-ditch appeal by Beardslee's attorneys, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that errors in his penalty trial did not affect the jury's verdict. Beardslee can still ask the full appeals court for a rehearing and appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has previously refused...