SAN FRANCISCO – A former state correctional officer pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of wire fraud in connection with a ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom this week will announce plans to remake San Quentin, one of the state’s most storied prisons, using a Scandinavian prison model that emphasizes rehabilitation. March 16 ...

How to Survive shares six survival tricks learned inside San Quentin prison and how they apply to extreme situations. They offer practical advice on staying safe in confined, high-risk environments.

SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for shooting and killing his wife at their northwest-side ...

A group of men formerly incarcerated at San Quentin returned to go head to head on the baseball field with men who are currently incarcerated. Newsom slammed for ignoring voters and leaving out ...

In a unique alliance, prisoners at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and California district attorneys are championing legislation to reform California's prison ... heads to the State Senate ...

Gavin Newsom wants to make the standard across the state. Read more:Chabria: California to transform infamous San Quentin prison with Scandinavian ideas, rehab focus He's dubbed it the California ...

The state's execution chamber at San Quentin State Prison was shut down and the death row population was transferred to other maximum-security prisons around the state. Wagstaffe said that he was ...

Firefighters are battling a 5-acre vegetation fire in San Jacinto on Saturday. The fire was reported near noon on State Street and Idyllwild Drive. Firefighters will stay at the scene for about ...

STATE CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF AN INMATE AT MULE CREEK STATE PRISON IN IONE ON MAY 21ST. LORENZO JONES WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS CELL. DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE HIM.

REDWOOD CITY — San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe will seek the death penalty against the man accused of gunning down seven Half Moon Bay mushroom farm workers in the county’s ...

According to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe's office, a judge on Monday sentenced 58-year-old Ian Edard Kroe of Oakland to 394 years to life in state prison. Kroe was convicted ...