A former Placer County volleyball coach, convicted of child sex charges, was killed Friday in a suspected homicide at a Northern California prison, according to state corrections officials.

Officials said the officers were conducting an "emergency cell extraction" when the prisoner attacked the officers with an improvised weapon.

The death of Robert Cole at Mule Creek State Prison, if determined to be a homicide, would be the latest in a spate of violent deaths at California prisons.

An inmate attacked the officers while they were conducting an "emergency cell extraction," according to officials.

The public safety department “currently has a 100% registration compliance rate of registered sex offenders,” police said.

At about 8:07 a.m. Saturday, inmate Demetrius Cole told staff at Tehachapi’s California Correctional Institution he felt “distressed.” When ...

Three correctional officers were injured in an attack by an inmate at a prison in Vacaville, authorities said.

Scott Peterson beat up by fellow inmate while playing pickleball. The inmate was set off by Peterson charging at him trying ...

An incarcerated man’s death at a Northern California prison Friday is being investigated as a homicide, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said. At about 6:30 a.m., ...

The California Academy of Sciences celebrated its 172nd anniversary on Friday by lowering the museum's $49 admission for adults to as low as $5 for the day. The Golden Gate Park icon also introduced a ...

A third registered sex offender living in Rohnert Park was being investigated for a possible probation violation.

On Wednesday, SJPD and several partner agencies arrested the eight suspects for allegedly shooting and killing 27-year-old ...