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City officials and residents against a prison or any other type of security detention center at the closed Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility may be surprised to know it was once a beacon of prosperity ...

Although hardly anyone's noticed, billionaire financier George Soros and some other very deep pockets are back on the California ballot with a drug and criminal sentencing reform measure that makes their prior ...

The last time Ray Salazar had his picture in the newspaper, he was on the front page, and he was under arrest.

Aug 26, 2008 1:44 pm US/Pacific Environment & The Green Beat LARKSPUR Sewage from two Golden Gate ferries leaked through a broken pipe into the water near the Larkspur Ferry Terminal Monday morning, according ...

Nurses employed by the county of Marin are seeking a raise, asserting that the county may be unable to fill nursing positions unless wages rise.

Some men going for the package deal Edward Guthmann, Chronicle Staff Writer Paul, a retired school administrator from Indiana, was tired of his wife's complaints.

When Kaye Porter, now 70, and her husband , Gary, 74, met in 1960, things seemed clear.

Federal courts have ruled that prisoners, like this inmate at San Quentin, must have access to basic medical care.

Marin County authorities on Sunday afternoon responded to a sewage spill that flowed into Richardson Bay in downtown Sausalito, according to a preliminary report.

A Redwood City gang member convicted in June of second-degree murder for driving a teenager to a house where he fatally shot a rival gang member in 2005 was sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday.

STATE Sen. Gloria Romero says that estimates that put the cost of building a new death row at San Quentin State Prison at $395.5 million is another example of the "giant black hole" California's prison system ...

The city's first elected mayor, Leon Garcia, will attempt to keep his seat in November in a race against Pastor Morris Curry.

A DNA match helps authorities put KC Man in prison for June 2000 rape. Ray Slaughter was sentenced to 15 years in prison sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman at her home.

OAKLAND MAKES a shocking cameo appearance in a new national study by the Schott Foundation for Public Education.

A proposed quarter-cent sales tax failed to receive the support of Marin County supervisors earlier this week.

A visit to Angel Island, only a 10-minute ferry ride from Tiburon, is like riding a slow merry-go-round that provides ever-changing views of San Francisco Bay and its waterfront towns.

Click Here to listen to the report. A new Death Row compound is now looking to cost close to 400 million dollars after the state auditor reports cost overruns of 40 million dollars.

Although the cost of building a new death row complex at San Quentin is higher than expected, building it elsewhere could cost taxpayers an extra $486 million, state auditors reported Tuesday.

Although the cost of building a new death row complex at San Quentin is higher than expected, building it elsewhere could cost taxpayers an extra $486 million, state auditors reported Tuesday.

Although the cost of building a new death row complex at San Quentin is higher than expected, building it elsewhere could cost taxpayers an extra $486 million, state auditors reported Tuesday.