Jose Bueno was also convicted of assault by a life prisoner. He had previously been convicted of four strikes, including for murder. Jose Bueno faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, without the ...

He is now facing 75 years to life in prison. The case was investigated by the Investigative Services Unit of Salinas Valley State Prison and Monterey County District Attorney Investigator Erik Morris.

Two Salinas Valley State Prison inmates have been convicted of first-degree murder after fatally stabbing a fellow inmate, the office of Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni ...

A woman who has taught poetry in Salinas Valley State Prison and Santa Cruz County jails and racked up dozens of prestigious ...

On Saturday at about 10:19 a.m., first responders from the San Francisco Fire Department, the U.S. Coast Guard and police were sent to Piers 28 and 32 on a report of two people in the water. One adult ...

Nancy Miller Gomez is the county’s new poet laureate for 2025-26, having officially been announced to the position at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors’ Jan. 28 meeting.

Carroll was housed in the Chowchilla prison because of identifying as a transgender woman-- a state law that allows it. The 52-year-old has since been moved to Salinas Valley State Prison for men ...

Bueno, who has a prior murder conviction and four “strikes” under California’s Three Strikes Law, faces life in prison without parole. Cortez, also with four “strikes,” faces up to 75 ...

SOLEDAD — Salinas Valley State Prison inmates Roberto Carlos Cortez and Juan Jose Bueno were each convicted by a jury of first-degree murder and possession of a weapon, announced Monterey County ...

SOLEDAD — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Nov. 18 that Michael Ellison, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) in Soledad, was convicted by a jury of murder, attempted ...