The measure aims to make prison labor voluntary, following the lead of states across the country that have banned slavery in ...

Prosecutors here have struck a plea deal with a man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend’s friend in 2021, allegedly over ...

California voters decided this week to roll back criminal ... meaning the accused would have to complete court-supervised ...

“California is wasting enormous amounts of public money,” said Robert Bacon, an Oakland-based attorney specializing in death ...

A former San Quentin prison guard has been indicted for "finding" drugs, cell phones, tobacco and weapons that he had ...

Proposition 36, which will essentially erase California’s landmark 2014 sentencing reform bill, received support from 70% of ...

Roger Alan Giese, a former coach with the All-American Boys Chorus, accepted a plea deal in which he admitted to molesting ...

With the measure headed for victory. Southern California prosecutors say their goal is to protect residents and not to fill ...

California voters look set to keep involuntary prison labor, despite little vocal public support for the practice. (Getty Images) And yet, drill down a bit deeper, and there were some signs state ...

By Nigel Duara and Joe Garcia From their phones and their television screens and sometimes out their windows, Californians saw their state change quickly in the pandemic. Homelessness grew then and ...

The unseating of progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón in a closely watched election has added an ...

The way the California electorate came down Tuesday on the 10 measures ... Proposition 36, “Felonies for theft and drug ...