Three California foster parents pleaded guilty on Thursday to multiple child abuse charges involving nine children, including ...

We need restorative justice initiatives that focus on family reunification in rehabilitation programs, investment in reentry ...

David Leonardo, 39, was originally sentenced to 15 years to life for killing Priscilla Rose Hernandez in 2011.

The Menendez Brothers murders made Erik and Lyle Menendez household names — and also led them to their respective wives, ...

Californians will decide the fate of Proposition 36, a measure that seeks to increase punishments for some theft and drug ...

Proposition 36 won't end homelessness or crime waves. It will only refill prisons, push more people to the streets and erase ...

The death of Jose Cruz was not related to Wednesday’s stabbing deaths of two other inmates at the High Desert State Prison in ...

The true crime genre, which mines real-life horrors for entertainment, has looked to the North Bay many times over the years.

California prison officials are investigating the killing of a Livermore man serving time in Kern Valley State Prison. Guards ...

Serial "Pillowcase Rapist" expected to be released into a rural community despite admission to rape of over 100 women.

A South Bay plastic surgeon and nurse charged in the death of a 36-year-old patient at their Bonita clinic were sentenced ...

A man who intentionally drove a pickup truck off Sunset Cliffs into the ocean with his twin toddlers inside was sentenced ...