Archives for July 2011

S.Q. Warriors Fall In Overtime Battle

July 29, 2011 by GARY SCOTT

Despite a valiant effort, the San Quentin Warriors basketball fell 98-97 in overtime to the outside team Imago Dei. The Warriors nearly pulled off … [Read more...]

S.Q. RUNNERS CORNER

July 29, 2011 by Frank Ruona

It was a great day for running and 14 members of the San Quentin Thousand-Mile Club ran 15 laps around the baseball field for a fast three miles and … [Read more...]

1000-Mile Club Run

July 29, 2011 by San Quentin News Staff

On a cool and overcast spring day, 12 members of the San Quentin Thousand Mile Club ran 24 one quarter mile laps around the lower yard in an effort to … [Read more...]

4th of July Softball Tournament Champs

July 29, 2011 by Fernando A. Lemus

After six years of defeats, the Insider team came through with a victory over the Outsider team in this year’s Independence Day Softball Tournament at … [Read more...]

Gov. Brown’s Realignment is Approved By the Legislature

July 29, 2011 by Juan Haines

On the same week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California prisons are unconstitutionally overcrowded, San Quentin and New Folsom prisons broke out … [Read more...]

Artists Beautify H-Unit

July 29, 2011 by Aly Tamboura

In the San Quentin Prison complex of drab gray concrete, unforgiving steel bars, and razor wire-toped fences, one building has a distinction: H-Unit’s … [Read more...]

Ramadan Fast Begins With the New Moon in August

July 29, 2011 by Kevin Yarber

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the holy month of fasting, began August 1st at the sighting of the new moon. Fasting during … [Read more...]

3 Strikes Opponents Take Aim at Ballot

July 29, 2011 by Juan Haines

A coalition led by a group of Stanford University attorneys wants to put an initiative on the November 2012 ballot to reform California’s Three … [Read more...]

Ex- S.Q. Prisoner Wins Immigration Case

July 29, 2011 by Stephen Liebb

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that Xiao Fei “Eddy” Zheng’s value to the community through his work with at-risk youth must … [Read more...]

Making a Difference

July 29, 2011 by Michael Cooke

I recently visited the North Block Health Clinic, to seek medical service for a chronic health problem that has plagued me for years. I sat in the … [Read more...]