After being convicted of murdering professional surfer Emery Kauanui, "Bird Rock Bandits" gang member Seth Cravens will be re-sentenced as per a judge's ruling today.

In the suit, Emery Kauanui Sr. accuses the men of battery and wrongful death, stemming from the May 2007 death of his 24-year-old son, Emery Jr. The father also points a finger at the La Jolla Brew House...

The sad and senseless story of Emery Kauanui and his untimely demise come to an end with the sentencing of the man who killed him with a punch to the head—Seth Cravens.

The good, the bad, and the ugly from an amazing year of surfing in a way that only TransWorld SURF can do it...Including the 2008 antic's of Wardo, Kelly, Pipeline, Peter Drouyn, Koby, Stephanie Gilmore, Bruce Irons and many more!

After the verdict was read, Cravens, who was shaking his head, muttered "I'm not ready to go" but was nonetheless handcuffed by bailiffs and led back to jail where he will await sentencing scheduled for January 12, 2009.

San Diego: A judge ordered jurors into further deliberations Monday after they were unable to reach a verdict on a charge of second-degree murder against a man accused of throwing a fatal punch at a professional surfer.

A fourth day of jury deliberations is planned today in the trial of a La Jolla man charged with second-degree murder for throwing a punch that resulted in the death of a professional surfer last year.

SAN DIEGO COURTS – Seth Cravens was described by a prosecutor yesterday as a bully who crashed parties, started fistfights and seriously injured those who crossed him.

A witness testified Monday that one of the so-called Bird Rock Bandits attacked him at a popular beach the year before a professional surfer was fatally struck outside his La Jolla home in May 2007.

SAN DIEGO – A longtime friend and neighbor of a La Jolla surfer who was fatally injured during a fistfight last year testified Tuesday that he heard screaming and stomping outside his home the morning of the incident.

Some pretty heavy shit was found by the police searching Seth Cravens's (the accused killer of Emery Kauanui) house in La Jolla.

SAN DIEGO COURTS – After plea agreements and sentencings for co-defendants in the so-called Bird Rock Bandit murder case, the trial for Seth Cravens began yesterday with a graphic description of the fistfight that killed a La Jolla professional surfer.

Onlookers sat silently in court yesterday as images of La Jolla surfer Emery Kauanui Jr. flashed across a screen. Only the sobs of his mother and brothers could be heard over the strains of music.

A judge refused yesterday to dismiss charges against a man accused of fatally injuring a professional surfer during a fight in La Jolla last year.

The mother of a professional surfer who was fatally beaten in La Jolla last year filed a lawsuit yesterday against five young men involved in the fight, their parents, and the bar where some members of the group had been drinking.