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KSFO's Arbitron ratings rose from 2.2 in spring to 2.8 and 11th in the San Francisco market in summer 1996. [68] Even with 1996 being an election year, KSFO's ratings declined to 2.4 in fall 1996 and 2.2 in the winter. [69] However, KSFO broke into the top 10 of the San Francisco Arbitron ratings by summer 1997 with a 3.2. [70]
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The San Quentin News was founded in 1940 by Clinton Duffy, the then warden of San Quentin State Prison, as an inmate-edited newspaper. [2] The newspaper had a spotty publication record until completely closing in the 1990s. [2] It was reestablished in 2008 by warden Robert Ayers, Jr. and, as of 2014, had a print circulation of 11,500. [3]
Three defendants— Fleeta Drumgo, Luis Talamantez and Willie Tate— were acquitted of all charges and, having served out their original sentences at San Quentin for other crimes, paroled afterward. Johnny Spain, already serving a life sentence for a 1967 murder, was convicted of the 1971 murder, but his conviction would be overturned on ...
An advisory council hand-picked by California Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended Friday that the governor slash by at least a third the cost of a $360 million project to remake the San Quentin State ...
Black August was initiated by the Black Guerilla Family in San Quentin State Prison in 1979 when a group of incarcerated people came together to commemorate the deaths of brothers Jonathan P. Jackson (d. August 7, 1970) and George Jackson (d. August 21, 1971) at San Quentin State Prison. [2] [3]
It marked the deadliest day of Israeli strikes in Lebanon since the 2006 war and hit multiple parts of the country, mainly in the southern and eastern parts of the country near Lebanon’s border ...
In less than five minutes, the four CHP officers were killed and another man was pistol-whipped in what was at the time the deadliest day in the history of California law enforcement. [ 1 ] At about 11:54 p.m. on April 5, CHP officers Walt Frago and Roger Gore conducted a traffic stop of Bobby Davis and Jack Twinning in conjunction with an ...