A man who used a samurai sword to virtually decapitate the mother of their child outside her San Carlos home in front of horrified onlookers was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison Tuesday.

Landaeta, 33, of Hayward, killed Karina Castro, 27, in front of her San Carlos apartment with a samurai sword in the street with witnesses walking by. Judge Lisa Novak said that the sentence feels ...