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 ...

According to the nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), homes in California are about twice as expensive as the typical U.S. home. The LAO found that “[p]ayments for a mid-tier ...

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 ...