The family of a Merced inmate fatally stabbed nearly 180 times at a state prison is suing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for “deliberate indifference” after horrifying ...

A federal judge also required an external monitor be appointed to ensure compliance, including through review of medical ...

A developer plans to build a five-story affordable apartment complex on a vacant lot in south Sacramento.

Syrian government forces stand guard outside Al-Aqtan prison on the outskirts of Raqqa, northeastern Syria, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, as negotiations are underway between the Syrian government and the ...

Has California housing become a buyer’s market with sellers losing control of pricing? My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a relatively new homebuying metric from Redfin that attempts to quantify the ...

Two years after a state law went into effect allowing churches and other faith-based institutions, along with independent institutions of higher education, to build affordable housing units on their ...

In the latest fallout from Orange County’s “snitch scandal,” a state prisoner once sentenced to life without parole for the torture-murder of a Sunset Beach man will be released in about five years ...

The 2026–27 California Budget was released earlier this month, outlining a significant overhaul of California's correctional system, driven by decreasing prison populations, notable cost savings from ...

A twice-deported Mexican national who was let off easy for killing two California teenagers in a drunken crash — sparking widespread outrage — has been sentenced to prison for being in the country ...

RAQQA, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces took control Friday of a prison housing members of the Islamic State group in the north of the country, after hundreds of Kurdish fighters who were ...