Word of exactly what the L.A. authorities had on the stalker quickly passed up the chain of command in San Francisco to Mayor Dianne Feinstein (Now Senator Feinstein). She ordered a news conference at City Hall, boldly took the podium, and, tight-lipped and stern-faced, told the press about the evidence they had linking the night stalker to San Francisco, focusing on the Avia sneakers and ballistics. ….
Salerno and Carrillo saw Feinstein’s press conference on a television in a ground floor office and became livid. ….
The stalker had also seen Feinstein’s news conference. He hadn’t realized he’d been leaving distinct shoeprints or that his .25 had been so quickly connected to the L.A. murders.
At 8P.M. … the Stalker walked onto the Golden Gate Bridge and casually made his way to its middle. ….. At the middle of the bridge, he dropped the size 11 ½ Avia sneakers into the water. The currents were swift and strong, he knew, and the sneakers were soon carried to obscurity. --- Philip Carlo "The Night Stalker" 1995 p.113-4