Here's a look at the stories that are keeping our reporters busy Monday: * Trial gets underway today for a man accused of shooting his girlfriend to death in May 2012. See what we have on the story so far. * An alleged shoplifter scampered off into the high weeds, but officers sniffed him out. * A local woman connected with a pen pal in 1939, and they're still writing. * He fell, and he couldn't get up -- because he had a .30 blood-alcohol level, police say. * An alleged meth-maker whose probation officers took him by surprise comes to court today. Look for these stories and more in tomorrow's edition of the Press Enterprise.