San Quentin News

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.

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

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

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

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.

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)

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 .

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

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.

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

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.

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 .