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Here’s what your lawmakers did in Sacramento last year.
News

Here’s what your lawmakers did in Sacramento last year.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 5, 2017

“Dumpster fire” had an outside chance of becoming Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year in 2016. It was the year beloved celebrities including …

With the death penalty on the ballot, officials vet a local case.
News

With the death penalty on the ballot, officials vet a local case.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Jul 28, 2016

Come November, California voters will have a say on whether to abolish the death penalty or speed up the process of the 37-year-old state law.

Accused Salinas child murderers' trial set for next year.
Monterey

Accused Salinas child murderers' trial set for next year.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Apr 21, 2016

A date has been set for Tami Huntsman’s and Gonzalo Curiel’s trial, where a jury will decide if the couple murdered two children and tortured …

Accused child murderer turns 18, is placed in isolation at Monterey County Jail.
Salinas

Accused child murderer turns 18, is placed in isolation at Monterey County Jail.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Updated Feb 29, 2016

A lot has changed for Gonzalo Curiel since his 18th birthday last week.

Report details final months of kids killed in East Salinas home.
Local Spin | Opinion

Report details final months of kids killed in East Salinas home.

  • Mary Duan
  • Feb 25, 2016

In their short and pain-filled lives, Shaun and Delylah Tara made it onto the radar screens of the child welfare system multiple times, in multiple counties.

State report details history of murdered children's home life.
News

State report details history of murdered children's home life.

  • Ana Ceballos, Mary Duan, Sara Rubin
  • Feb 23, 2016

At the time Delylah and Shaun Tara were allegedly tortured and abused to death in the East Salinas home of Tami Huntsman, the Monterey County …

Accused Salinas child murderer reportedly pregnant.
Salinas

Accused Salinas child murderer reportedly pregnant.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Feb 22, 2016

Tami Huntsman, the jailed woman accused in the murder of two children and the torture of a girl late last year, is reportedly pregnant.

Arraignment continued in deadly child abuse case.
Salinas

Arraignment continued in deadly child abuse case.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Updated Jan 20, 2016

Once again, the shackled defendants charged in the murder of two children and the torture of a girl made a court appearance in a room dotted w…

Murder charges filed in Salinas-based child abuse case.
Salinas

Murder charges filed in Salinas-based child abuse case.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Dec 21, 2015

Murder and torture charges have been filed against a former Salinas couple accused of killing two children, ages 3 and 6, and the ongoing abus…

Salinas couple arrested in child abuse murder could face death penalty.
Monterey County

Salinas couple arrested in child abuse murder could face death penalty.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Dec 17, 2015

A Salinas-area couple could face the death penalty if convicted for the slaying of two children whose bodies were found inside a plastic conta…

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