Eli Tan, who covered the San Quentin Giants last year, shares how the story inspired one effort to expand prison sports in California. Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel has introduced the Second Chance Sports Act, a proposal to formally recognize and fund organized athletics inside California prisons. Supporters hope San Quentin’s ...

Understanding the Context

Mission Local: San Quentin among 8 California prisons that could lose decades-old arts programs San Quentin among 8 California prisons that could lose decades-old arts programs It was 58 years ago, almost to the day, when the Cal baseball team accepted an invitation to visit the San Quentin prison and play a game against the inmates within those walls. I went along as the ... MEAWW News on MSN: Gavin Newsom's wife told San Quentin inmates she ran over and killed her sister with golf cart Gavin Newsom's wife told San Quentin inmates she ran over and killed her sister with golf cart AOL: Gavin Newsom’s wife empathized with San Quentin inmates by sharing shocking story of killing her sister