Charles Manson

A California panel has recommended parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who has spent nearly five decades in prison.

A state appeals court panel Wednesday rejected a bid to release former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten or her own recognizance or bail after an inmate in her prison housing unit tested positive for coronavirus.

A man who says he’s the grandson of Charles Manson and wants to be the permanent administrator of the infamous criminal’s estate has appealed a judge’s order that he undergo DNA testing to prove his kinship. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Clifford Klein signed an order Nov. 22 directing that 44-year-old Jason Freeman provide a DNA sample. Then, on...

Fifty years ago, a series of gruesome murders shocked Los Angeles, terrified a nation and beamed the face of evil into televisions around the world.

The Manson Family murders captivated Los Angeles and the country. Tonight, 50 years later, the infamous murder spree continues to have a cult like following. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019.

From January to early August last year, more than 3,660 wildfires that burned an astounding 615,000 acres were reported in California. During that same period this year, about 2,900 wildfires have burned only 22,900 acres, according to CALFIRE statistics. So what’s behind the numbers?

Stephen Kay was a fresh-faced prosecutor just 27 years old and three years out of law school when circumstances handed him the Manson “family” murder case.

A former Charles Manson pen pal wants a Los Angeles judge to order DNA testing of a 43-year-old Florida man who contends he is Manson’s grandson, saying the weight of evidence disputes the claim of the cult leader’s alleged kin.

A 43-year-old Florida man who claims to be Charles Manson’s grandson is resisting a voluntary DNA test to confirm that he is related to the cult leader.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom overruled a parole board’s decision to free Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten on Monday, marking the third time a governor has stopped the release of the youngest member of Manson’s murderous cult. Van Houten, 69, is still a threat, Newsom said, though she has spent nearly half a century behind bars and received reports of...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom overruled a parole board’s decision to free Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten on Monday, marking the third time a governor has stopped the release of the youngest member of Manson’s murderous cult. Van Houten, 69, is still a threat, Newsom said, though she has spent nearly half a century behind bars and received reports of...

Doris Day, whose wholesome screen presence stood for a time of innocence in ’60s films, has died, her foundation says. She was 97.

Quentin Tarantino is going back to Cannes, after all. The director’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” was announced as a late addition to the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. It will premiere in competition at the upcoming French festival, adding one of the summer’s starriest, most anticipated films to the Cannes’ red carpet. When Cannes’ artistic director Thierry Fremaux...

A California appeals court on Wednesday questioned whether it has jurisdiction to decide on parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten or whether the issue becomes moot after the governor weighs in.

Sony Pictures Entertainment dropped its first trailer for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” on Wednesday.

A California panel on Wednesday recommended that Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten be paroled after serving more than four decades in prison. After a hearing at the women’s prison in Corona, California, commissioners of the Board of Parole Hearings found for the third time that the 69-year-old Van Houten was suitable for release.

Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday reversed an August decision by the California Parole Board to grant parole to Jesus Cecena, the man convicted of shooting and killing an SDPD officer in 1978.