Paul Flores listens after a jury found him guilty of murdering Cal Poly student Kristin Smart in Monterey County Superior Court on Oct. 18, 2022, in Salinas, Calif. A jury on Tuesday convicted Paul Flores in the murder of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student Kristin Smart, ending a more than two-decade mystery that both captivated and outraged the Central …
SALINAS, Calif. — The man last seen with Kristin Smart, the college freshman who vanished from a California campus 25 years ago, is on trial more than a year after he was arrested on a murder charge along with his father, who is accused of helping hide her body. “In 1995, Stan and Denise Smart sent their oldest daughter Kristin …
Gavin Newsom says he will soon announce a replacement for Xavier Becerra, who resigned to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Diana Becton has been the district attorney for Contra Costa County since 2017 and is supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus. California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu is supported for the attorney general’s post by …
