Former state Sen. Leland Yee, a San Francisco Democrat, was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday for trading political favors for campaign contributions.

On the surface, the story of Leland Yee looks like a precipitous fall from grace. The 67-year-old had risen steadily in the ranks of Bay Area politics since the late 80s, when he was elected to ...

The disgraced former California State Senator Leland Yee, best known for his loud stance against video games, has been sentenced to five years in prison for a variety of crimes involving illegal ...

New court filings in the sentencing of former state Sen. Leland Yee and his political consultant Keith Jackson point to a Colma tombstone carver as the man the two talked about as a potential supplier ...

Former St. Sen. Leland Yee is getting ready for his sentencing next week on federal corruption charges. This week we learned how much prison time prosecutors are asking for.

Federal prosecutors are seeking to lock up former state Sen. Leland Yee in a federal prison for eight years in his political corruption case, describing him Wednesday as “a public servant who ...

Advertisement Ex-Sen. Leland Yee pleads guilty to racketeering charge Yee, 19 others arrested during series of raids in Chinatown crime case Updated: 6:48 PM PDT Jul 1, 2015 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Disgraced former St. Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, has accepted a plea deal with federal prosecutors who indicted him on public corruption charges.

Former State Sen. Leland Yee pleads guilty, admits to gun-running, extortion, bribes by Brian Crecente Source U.S. Department of Justice Jul 1, 2015, 11:13 PM PDT ...

Former state Sen. Leland Yee faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after a deal in federal court Wednesday in which he pleaded guilty to one felony count of racketeering.