James Edward Smith asked for a lump of dirt, but his request was denied. He settled for a cup of yogurt instead.

The convictions and death sentence of the one-time leader of an Atwater Village street gang, who police believed committed at ...

Infamous Atwater Village gang boss Timothy McGhee’s first-degree murder convictions were tossed out by the California Supreme ...

The high court said a juror in the multiple-homicide case should not have been removed, even though fellow panelists said he ...

Officers were called to the southbound shoulder near Highway 92 for a medical emergency, and ...

The death penalty is riddled with hypocrisy. It attempts to punish murder through another act of murder. And the state’s ...