san quentin state prison. unfortunately, it's a place aaron "showtime" taylor knows too well. >> it's a long time. 23 months to the day. >> reporter: taylor was locked up for 26 years. >> that's my folks, >> that's my folks, man. where y folks at? >> reporter: he saw plenty of familiar faces when he returned. faces when he returned. >> i'm all right, brother. >> how you been. >> reporter: what is it like seg him again? >> it is amazing. >> reporter: this time, taylor was just a visitor but part of the warriors guest list for their annual game against the san quentin warrior. the san quentin warriors. >> i call basketball. >> reporter: he reclaims his roe he reclaims his role that firstt that first caught their attention. >> when you step on the court, it's time to work. fee that ball ball in the big rig. that ball was taken! oh! it hit the three! the three-pointer! oh! get patra here! get that trash outta here! i am going through happiness, , going through happiness, joy, this is the first time i have bn time

san quentin state p. unfortunately, it's a place aaron taylor knows too well. >> it's been a long time. 23 months to the day. >> reporter: he was locked up for 26 years. the last 10 comin. last 10 coming here. >> where my folks at? >> reporter: he saw plenty of familiar faces when they return. faces when they returned. >> what is it like seeing them again? >> it is amazing. >> reporter: this time, taylor was just a visitor. part of the' part of the warriors' guest list list for their annual game agait their annual game against the san quentin warriors. >> every prison offense. rod mackey reclaims his role that first got golden state's attention. >> when you step on the court, s go. get the trash out of here. get the trash out of here! this is the first time i have been bk i have been back the way it just just came in through the front door. >> reporter: he was released in. was released in 2020. the warriors invited him to be the announcer for one of the games. >> you do have a prime time performance. you

suspected road rage incident turns deadly in san lorenzo for guilty pleas today in a case involving a san quentinrison guard and 3 others smuggling cell phones to inmates on death row. and the bay area may be past the worst of the weekend storm, but it's not over yet. the possibility of more rain and even thunderstorms continues. good evening. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm ken wayne. i'm pam moore. a tragic end to what is believed to have been a road rage incident in the east bay. a man recently married was shot and killed over the weekend. kron four's theresa has more on what happened as well as a warning from police. >> prior to the shooting, we believe there is some type of interaction between our victim and the suspect vehicle. >> lieutenant ray kelly with alameda county sheriff's department says that the man killed in what they believe was a road rage incident and sound the renzo sunday afternoon is 30 year-old rinehart asuncion, asuncion worked at tesla and had recently gotten married to the woman of his dreams. his facebook page full of loving pictures of their honeymoon and hopes for

. >> reporter: san quentin. unfortunately, it is a praise tt praise that showtime knows all too well. >> it has been a long time. 23 . 23 months. >> reporter: taylor was locked p for 26 years. the last 10 were . were here. so he saw plenty of familiar faces when he returns. >> reporter: what is it like seeing him again? >> it is amazing. >> reporter: this time, taylor was just a visitor, part of the guest list in the annual game against the san quentin warrior. quentin warriors. reclaim his role that first caught golden state's attention. whstt's go! the ball was tipped. oh! and it hit the three-pointer. get that trash out of here! >> i am going through happiness, happiness, joy, sadness, anxiety. this is the first time i have been back the way i camen through the front door. >> reporter: >> reporter: he was released in. in 2020. the warriors announced he is to announce the game. >> when you heat up the building, we have got to pull you down, do you know what i am saying? >> reporter: after all he has been throu

i think this is san quentin prison. >> this is. this is california s with sister helen. we went there there to look at the facility and the different aspects. >> the next set i believe is cae light vigil. this is for crime survivors. >> we did a prayer service at n. this is a vigil. that's a photos shown there where people in they are invited to come, family members. regardless of what happened. >> you are gathered at a churchn the next photo. >> this one was in sacramento ie cathedral there. we had a large, large, large group of people come. we did a prayer service t. >> the next service, it shows ag man's funeral, memorial. this is is picture of a victim of a cri. >> i did. this was east palo alto. it was killed in a drive by shooting. we did this in east east palo alto a few years ago. >> this next one shows young mey in detention of some kind. >> we have detention facilitiesr youth. i have seen as young as d young people incarcerated specifically in san francisco. s is a sample of what the facility the facility may look like. bece they're under age, we are not able t

a former prison guard at san quentin and 3 others have pleaded guilty to bribery and smuggling contraband into death row. >> the department of justice says keith christopher of pittsburgh, isaiah wells of trey sleet, an isa smith signs of las vegas and dustin albini of pittsburgh were all charged in the case accused of conspiring to smuggle numerous cell phones into san quentin state prison. was employed as a corrections officer worked on death row at the time he admitted to exchanging over $11,000 in exchange for smuggling. 25 cell phones into the prison starting in 2017 and ending in 2019, the others involved arranged for the shipping of phones for las vegas to pittsburgh. each defendant faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. >> if you're late paying that leafy for a traffic fine, you might be in luck. san francisco superior court eliminated 50 million dollars in outstanding fees, canceling 180,000 civil assessments. it will also reduce the fee from $300 to 100 bucks for late payments. fees assessed before july. first of this year will be eliminated. well, th

well in the north bay, a former prison guard at san quentin and 3 others have pleaded guilty to bribery and smuggling contraband into death row. the department of justice says they were all charged in the case accused of smuggling a number of cell phones into the state prison. well, one of them was employed as a corrections officer and worked on death row. he admitted to exchanging more than $11,000 for smuggling. 25 cell phones into the prison. the others involved organize the shipments of the phone from las vegas to pittsburgh. each defendant faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. well, sherri papini is set to spend 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016. pleaded guilty earlier this year to 2 counts of mail fraud and making false statement. baby's family and volunteers searched for her. well, she faked her abduction and then hid with her ex-boyfriend. she returned. 22 days later on thanksgiving claiming 2 hispanic woman beat her cut her branded her and held her captive in a closet. all of her injuries were self-inflicted. well, the pain i

this is adam chon, he was formerly incarcerated in san quentin. he makes this point and then react immediately off the back of it. incarceration not only fails to address the root causes of violence, but in fact, reproduces and concentrates the conditions that create violence. and so it's futile to think that we can somehow incarcerate people humanely when incarceration is inherently a violent intro. magic practice. prisoners were originally created as a humane alternative to corporal punishment and torture. but since then, progressive projects have only serve to expand the prison system. the quest for a humane prison makes no sense. absolutely, a humane prison makes no sense. the thing is we have to stop the bleeding. we have to stop. we have to stop. what's happening right now. prisons are military installations. they're basically war zones. and if the incarcerated people are treated as the enemy and the officer, so we, we have to also think about the officers. the life expectancy of an officer is 59 years old. what's happening to their lives, t

direction, about an eight minute drive westbound from the toll plaza up and over the span and past san quentinaltamont pass which is typically slow already but now adding to that with an accident on the right shoulder and blocking lane number three. that will slow your drive westbound. it is a 40 minute drive from tracy up into livermore and the dublin pleasanton interchange. ba another busy day? of course - you're a cio in 2022. but you're ready. because you've got the next generation in global secure networking from comcast business. with fully integrated security solutions all in one place. so you're covered. on-premise and in the cloud. you can run things the way you want - your team, ours or a mix of both. with the nation's largest ip converged network. from the most innovative company. bring on today with comcast business. powering possibilities. reggie: today, president biden will meet with the families of brittney griner and paul wheeling. there will be the -- paul welland. they have been trying to secure the release of the americans. in july the white house proposed a prisoner swap bu

. >> he was released from san quentin prison in may after more than a decade behind bars for armed robberyhe was raised in foster care and says he first joined a gang at age 12, looking for some semblance of the family. he has been locked up on and off for most of his life. >> i have more memories in prison then on the outside. >> he was handed gate money. he and all returning citizens got $200. >> good luck, buddy. don't come back. with that paid for was a meal at jack-in-the-box for me and my partner and $80 worth of gas. and at the end of that, i got about $70 left to try to figure out my life for the first time ever. >> he was fortunate because his sister let him move in with her and her wife and she helped him get his ids and he used are. >> even with the support i have, i struggled. you see me in this house but i am moving tomorrow. i have to check into a transitional house because i can't afford rent. imagine all the people that don't even have that support. >> you are one of the lucky ones. >> i'm extremely lucky and i'm still struggling. you can be lucky and struggling or you can

speak with the lights flicker it's not because they are executing someone at san quentin.cause the power is going out in california which we have become all too accustomed to. this is a guy who has ruled in a one-party state where democrats control everything and they just don't think things through. from their point of view, if you have enough votes to get rid of that nuclear power facilities, go ahead and do it, you've got the votes, who cares. if you've got the votes to get rid of gas powered cars, get rid of it. if you don't have the electricity to power the cars and people are stuck, we'll worry about that when that comes. let's not forget, one of his contributors, pga knee, responsible for burning the entire town of paradise down in the fire. we have fires here in california, we have to evacuate. we have to evacuate quickly. it's not like a hurricane where you have two or three days. if suddenly they say you can't power your electric cars because we are out of electricity. there's a fire and have a evacuation, you're stuck in bad things are going to happen. this is g

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in the north bay, a former prison guard at san quentin and 3 others have pleaded guilty to bribery and smuggling contraband into death row. >> the department of justice says that they were all charged in the case, accused of smuggling a number of cell phones into the state prison. one of them was employed as a corrections officer and works on death row. he admitted to exchanging more than $11,000 for smuggling. 25 cell phones into the prison. the others involved the range for the shipment of those phones from las vegas to pittsburgh. each defendant faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. >> sherri papini was set to spend 18 or is set to spend 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016. the pd pleaded guilty earlier this year to 2 counts of mail fraud and making false statements. the peonies family and volunteers searched for her while she faked her kidnapping and then hid was an ex-boyfriend. she returned. 22 days later on thanksgiving claiming that 2 hispanic women beat her cut her hair, branded her and held her captive in a closet. all of her

a former san quentin prison guard is among four people who have been who have pleaded guilty to charges of bribery and smuggling contraband into death row, federal investigators say the guard keith christopher orchestrated a conspiracy to receive more than $10,000 in bribe money. in exchange she smuggled dozens of cell phones into death row. prisoners are prohibited from possessing cellphones. in his plea agreement, christopher admitted to delivering the phones to an inmate who then sold them to other inmates. three civilians also pleaded guilty in the case . six the city of san jose is expanding its use of license plate reading cameras to help solve crimes tomorrow. the city council also expected to tighten its data protection policies to make sure that information is only used for legitimate purposes. interview south bay reporter marc serre takes a look at the changes. moderate and curtner is one of the city's most dangerous intersections for pedestrians with three hit and run fatalities here last year. that's why it was selected for the first of the city's fixed license plate. readin

it's 6.37, and the north bay, a former prison guard at san quentin and 3 others pleaded guilty to bribery smuggling cellphones into death row. they were accused of smuggling a number of cell phones into the state prison. one of them was employed as a corrections officer and worked on death row and that guard tdmitted to getting paid more than $11,000 for smuggling in 25 cell phones and the others were in the organizing of the shipment of the phones from las vegas and pits. but to pittsburgh, each defendant now faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. >> well, the arraignment for a danville middle school teacher who is charged with 2 counts of committing lewd acts on minors has been moved to next tuesday. 33 year-old nicholas, most people he's accused of sending pornographic videos to minors. the county's district attorney office says that he used social media to send the videos to 2 different victims in august. and earlier this month at the time, most be was a biology teacher at the apple vista, middle school and also worked as a cheerleading coach at north cal e

considering a plan to build affordable housing for teachers right near san quentin state.le filling teacher openings because of the high cost of housing in marin county. the project would create 250 units of housing, including 135 units for teachers and some county employees. the housing would be built on the side of a firing range right across from the prison project could be approved by the end of the year. california's attorney general, is suing amazon, accusing the tech giant blocking competition and inflating prices. ktvu is brooks jarocz tells us the lawsuit claims vendors were penalized if their products were offered for a lower price on other sites. every click every basket. every box comes at a cost. california attorney general rob bonta says amazon is intentionally pushing prices higher. amazon's practices prevent basic price competition and cost consumers more by preventing different online stores from competing to outdo each other with lower and lower prices. so his office is suing, alleging amazon requires merchants to sign contracts. it penalized them or not

. >> it's a 40 and a north bay, a former prison guard at san quentin and 3 others pleaded guilty to briberyng cellphones into death row. they were accused and have now pleaded to smuggling a number of cell phones into the state prison. one was employed as a corrections officer and worked on death row and then the others were involved as well and getting the phones. now, the guard admitted to getting paid $11,000 for smuggling in 25 phones and then the others. they organized the shipment of the phones from las vegas to pittsburgh. each defendant faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. >> in the east bay, the oakland unified school district wants to find the person who took down the flags of several latin american countries at a middle school. they say the woman apparently took these flags down at haven ct middle school in east oakland. those flags were put up in celebration of hispanic heritage month. the district says the school's principal notice that they had been pulled down saturday afternoon and they've gone ahead and put them back up. >> we'll take a break h

. >> in the north bay, a former prison guard at san quentin and 3 others pleaded guilty to bribery andt of justice says that they were all accused of smuggling a number of cell phones into the state prison. and one of those people employed as a corrections officer worked on death row. the guard admitted to getting paid more than $11,000 to smuggle 25 cell phones into the prison. the others involved organize shipment of the phones from las vegas to pittsburgh. each defendant now faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. sherri papini is set to spend 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016. she pleaded guilty earlier this year. 2 counts of mail fraud and making false statements. papini's family and volunteers searched for her. well, she faked her abduction and then hit with her ex-boyfriend. she returned. 22 days later on thanksgiving claiming the 2 hispanic women be are up cutter hair branded her and help her held her captive in a closet. oliver injuries turns out were self-inflicted. she's also re%uired to pay more than $300,000. restitution a

. >> 4 people including a former prison guard at san quentin, have pleaded guilty to bribery and smugglinglphones in to death row. the departments of justice say the guard admitted to organizing the smuggling ring, getting paid more than $11,000 in exchange for smuggling. 25 cell phones into the prison. the others involved organized the shipment of the phones from las vegas to pittsburgh. each defendant. facing a maximum of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. this afternoon, health experts are warning people about the emergence of too dangerous and highly potent illegal drugs. one is a class of synthetic opioids called night racine. that can be up to 10 times stronger than fentanyl. health officials also finding traces of xylem zein a non opioid animal tranquilizer in samples of fentanyl. xylazine is used to sedate horses, dogs and other animals before surgery. police say both drugs are putting people at risk for deadly overdoses. to our wildfire coverage. now, most of the mosquito fire evacuees now back home safe. it's been almost 3 weeks since the fire started while rain on t

anyone with information should contact alejo police for 24 sentencing for former san quentin prison guardr is one of four people who pleaded guilty to charges of bribery and smuggling contraband into death row. three civilians, including a pittsburgh man also pleaded guilty in this case, and some of the charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of a quarter million dollars. northern california woman has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after she falsified her own kidnapping reporter brittany johnson explains why the judge gave a harsher sentence than what prosecutors requested. did you suzanne, arriving to the federal courthouse in this black suv surrounded by family and her defense attorney, sherri papini remained tight lipped and did not answer questions from reporters ahead of courtroom, pe attorney asked the judge for pau see here today. he also dressed the court while reading a prepared statement. the mother of two broke down into tears, apologizing and admitting guilt. federal prosecutors requested papini served eight months in prison. the defense asked

but ren county supervisor is now debating a plan to build affordable housing for teachers near san quentinte. prison supervisors say the county's having problems filling teacher job openings because of the high cost of housing in moran, the oak hill project would create 250 units of housing, including 135 units for teachers and some county employees. housing would be built on the side of a firing range right across from the prison. the project could be approved by the end of this year. right now. keeping up with the rising cost of living is a problem for the majority of those in the u. s 55% of working americans surveyed by bankrate .com say their income has not kept up with inflation. 48% of those people say they actually received raises in the past year , census bureau data shows americans have experienced two years in a row of declining or flat household income. it also says the income share of the lowest 80% shrink last year while it increased for the top 20% inflation here in the bay from june to august, according to the bureau of labor statistics. the lower price of gasoline was the