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San Quentin, California is located in Marin County. Zip codes in San Quentin, CA include 94964, and 94974.

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Monday | The York Daily Record

Ex-con faces fears of freedom after murder conviction at 16, 15-year term

Gary "Malachi" Scott who was released on parole from San Quentin State Prison June 6 after 15 1/2 years in prison learns to use a cell phone in Berkeley.

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Monday | The Huffington Post

Judy Farah: What's Your Day Job? Mine Was Spending Time With Serial Killers

People go to work at the office cubicle. Or man the phone banks and receptionist desk.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

Contra Costa Times

Tammerlin Drummond: San Quentin parolee faces changed world after his release

When Gary "Malachi" Scott, then 16, was sentenced to 15 years to life for second-degree murder, there was no Facebook.

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San Francisco Bay View

Rally for Yogi: It's time for Hugo 'Yogi Bear' Pinell to come home

Long distance freedom fighters Donna Wallach and Kiilu Nyasha share their wisdom at the Rally for Yogi.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Boston.com

Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies

Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer known as the "Night Stalker'' who left satanic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims' bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, died last Friday, a prison official said.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

San Francisco Bay View

Demands from the San Quentin State Prison Adjustment Center

The Black Panther newspaper of Nov. 6, 1971, featured the Adjustment Center Six, later called the San Quentin Six - Hugo "Yogi" Pinell, Willie Sundiata Tate, David Johnson, Luis "Bato" Talamantez, Fleeta Drumgo and Johnny Spain - who were accused of participating in the Black August events of Aug. 21, 1971, that left six people dead, including ... (more)

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Sun Jun 09, 2013

KIRO-TV Seattle

Survivor of 'Night Stalker' attack forever altered

At least once a week for the past nearly 28 years, an increasingly frail woman here has pressed her hands together in prayer and thanked the man who shot her son three times in the head.

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Sat Jun 08, 2013

The Washington Post

Richard Ramirez

Convicted killer Richard Ramirez as seen in this June 15, 2007 photo in San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, Calif.

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Fri Jun 07, 2013

JD Supra

CEQA School In Session: First District Reverses Judgment Invalidating ...

In a lengthy published opinion filed May 21, 2013, the First District Court of Appeal reversed a judgment granting a writ of mandate and upheld as legally adequate under CEQA the Marin Municipal Water District's EIR for development and construction of a desalination plant in Marin County.

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KLKN

Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies

An expert hired by an Orlando newspaper testified Friday that screams for help on 911 calls don't match neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman's voice.

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The Orlando Sentinel

'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez dead at San Quentin

Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker" serial killer who terrorized California with a series of break-in murders in the 1980s, has died at San Quentin State Prison, where he was on death row, according to the Associated Press.

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

SFGate

8 Washington developer asks IRS to investigate opponents

Part of the 8 Washington development would rise to 136 feet. The developer got special approval to exceed the 84-foot height limit.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013

San Francisco Bay View

July 8, 2013: United KAGE Brothers' demands

We, the United KAGE Brothers, welcome you to our communion. We aim to unite and unionize the movement from within the belly of the beast to without.

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ClayCord.com

DNA Links Convicted Attempted Rapist to 2010 Sexual Assault in Walnut Creek

A DNA test on a man who's currently locked up in San Quentin for attempted rape has linked him to another sexual assault that occurred in Walnut Creek in 2010, according to the Walnut Creek Police Department.

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Sun Jun 02, 2013

San Francisco Bay View

House of Lions of Judah celebrates first anniversary at San Quentin with ecumenical Rastafari service

San Quentin, Calif. - On the first anniversary of the House of the Lions of Judah, I delivered these remarks at our ecumenical Rastafari service: In 1914, Marcus Garvey and Amy Ashwood co-founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association .

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Sat Jun 01, 2013

Christian Science Monitor

Judge upholds moratorium on California executions

The lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison is seen in San Quentin, Calif.

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Fri May 31, 2013

Contra Costa Times

Cassidy: Kicklabs founders' Last Mile program means business at San Quentin

I know. I would have thought they were nuts, too. But then I met Heracio Harts and Tulio Cardozo, both ex-cons, but for purposes of this column, you can think of them as productive members of society.

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Contra Costa Times

editorial: Ruling shows need to ditch death penalty in California

During last fall's election, we made clear our opposition to California's death penalty by favoring Proposition 34.

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Thu May 30, 2013

Contra Costa Times

California's death penalty on hold again

Ensuring California's death penalty system remains in limbo for the foreseeable future, a state appeals court on Thursday scrapped the state's latest attempt to update its lethal injection procedures.

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Wed May 29, 2013

KALX-FM Berkeley

James Fox on Method to the Madness

On Friday, June 7 @ noon Method to the Madness host Lisa Kiefer will interview James Fox, M.A., the founder and director of the Prison Yoga Project .

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