San Quentin News

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has delayed plans for issuing bonds to pay for the expansion of death row at San Quentin State Prison.

Prison authorities say a San Quentin inmate condemned to die for the early morning murder of an East Oakland couple has died of natural causes.

The auctioning off and liquidating of state assets, including the OC Fair & Event Center, is prudent, but we find it fishy that the OC fairgrounds is the only asset on the auction block.

A business is growing inside California State Prisons. While these enterprises are legal, many say its wrong.

The Hoo-Koo-E-Koo Fire Road and the Old Railroad Grade etch two distinctive lines across Mount Tam's eastern side.

It is not unusual for reporters to get mail from jail or prison inmates -- I receive a letter every few months or so -- or even telephone calls.

For impressionable young palates, Judy Shapiro has discovered that the Mill Valley Community Center is offering Little Spoons - Organic Cooking Class for Gourmet Kids.

It was a sweet assignment, to state the obvious: Taking photographs of Cadbury products.

TALK ABOUT double jeopardy. In 1991, Rick Walker, an independent auto mechanic living in East Palo Alto, was wrongfully convicted of murder, mostly on the basis of questionable testimony.

Does San Quentin need a new Death Row? Calling it the 'Cadillac Death Row', Assemblymen Jared Huffman voiced his strong opposition at a recent public forum, to plans to build a new $400 million expansion of the Death Row facility on the western grounds of San Quentin State Prison.

Paragraphs by Paul Miller A fly on the wall in a cell built for one person, but holding two inmates at San Quentin Prison, taped the following conversation and then emailed me the transcript, some which follows-- Inmate#0001: "The skinny is that those guys on Death Row, the ones who will still be alive then--and that's a lot of people, will be ...

Continuing on the topic of social justice in the prison system, in light of Christian faith... I want society to remember the prison system.

San Francisco police said the infamous serial killer known as the "Night Stalker" is a suspect in a 1984 San Francisco homicide of a nine-year old girl.

Prisoners of Conscience Committee Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. preaches "One Prisoner, One Contact" because he knows from experience how lonely life behind enemy lines can be and how a letter from a friend - a pen pal - can liberate mind and spirit.

All visitors are being shooed away from Elmwood jail after swine flu concerns prompted Santa Clara County corrections officials to close visiting hours indefinitely.

Several hitchhiking movies have been filmed that could curdle your blood. Perhaps one of the best is the 1953 classic "The Hitch-Hiker" directed by Ida Lupino.

And of the dozens of people who try to contact him each year, officials say, about 90 percent are women.

62 years ago The removal of power lines at the ends of two runways at the Susanville Municipal Airport neared completion following an agreement between the Susanville City Council and the California Pacific Utility Company.

Residents in several unincorporated areas of Marin will see their garbage collection fees rise due to a franchise fee increase approved by county supervisors Tuesday.

Mayor Gavin Newsom has been accused of embellishing his accomplishments while campaigning for governor.