A man sentenced to death for the 1980 rape and murder of a Seal Beach woman died in prison on Monday, Dec. 22 at the age of ...

December 25, 2025 – CRESCENT CITY, CA – Benjamin W. Watta, who was serving a condemned sentence, died on December 22, 2025, ...

Prosecutors have said Gonzalez was hired by Menlo Park jewelry store owner Ricardo Zambrano to abduct a woman who had repeatedly turned down Zambrano's advances. The victim worked at a jewelry stand ...

Program participant John Puruggan, who studied theater at Pelican Bay as part of the D-yard ensemble, said, “The primary ...

Dell’Arte International will premiere “We’re All We Need: Theatre at Pelican Bay,” a new documentary created in partnership with Malcolm DeSoto showcasing students of Dell’Arte’s long-running Prison ...

SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court on Wednesday ordered California's Pelican Bay State Prison to halt race-based punishment except during riots and other dire emergencies. The California Court of Appeal ...

The first-of-its kind bachelor program at one of the nation's most notorious prisons is being offered — to those inmates who qualify — through Cal Poly Humboldt. Pelican Bay State Prison Warden ...