Newsom’s past actions have made it clear he deplores capital punishment as deeply as many civil rights advocates,” writes ...

California has not executed anyone since 2006 and advocates are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to grant clemency to all those ...

I truly believed I was leaving my son and his girlfriend to enjoy a beautiful day, a special Valentine’s Day, until my world ...

On Jan. 17, 2006, California carried out what would turn out to be the last execution in the Golden State in the next two ...

When two-time Sac State grad James L'Etoile retired after decades working in law enforcement, he launched a whole new career ...

A former Calgary teacher who helped capture America’s most wanted serial killer, Charles Ng, more than 40 years ago in ...

At just 19, Gray's violent streak escalated when he savagely murdered his 16-year-old girlfriend, Elda Louise Prince, in ...

A former Death Row affiliate has alleged that he once got into an altercation with Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA at Suge Knight's Club 662. Roger "Neckbone" Williams, a former member of Death Row’s security team ...

The woman found dead in the San Francisco Fairmont Hotel has been identified as Victoria Jones, daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones, the San Francisco Medical Examiner confirmed ...

On this day (January 1) in 1958, Johnny Cash played a free concert behind the walls of San Quentin Prison in California. It would be the first of many concerts Cash played for groups of incarcerated ...

Jose Fabian is a web producer for CBS Bay Area where he reports on local crime, politics and breaking news. He studied political science and journalism at Sacramento State and was born and raised in ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office released the cause of death of a man who died while in Sheriff’s custody after just one day of being in jail. Steven Curren, 35, ...