Since its creation in 2012, the Shriver Civil Counsel Act program has provided legal assistance in more than 53,000 civil cases, benefiting nearly 150,000 household members across California.
(Subscription required) California lawmakers on Wednesday passed a 2026 lawyer licensing bill that will not raise fees but will require the state bar to use a national bar exam, and not a multiple-choice test written by a private vendor, at least until …
Unsworn out-of-court allegations by a man’s teenage step-children were properly admitted at a probation-revocation/resentencing hearing, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded yesterday, rebuffing the contention that the right to confront …
The report's central finding: K-12 civics teachers across the country feel underprepared, unsupported, and increasingly afraid to teach vital material. These findings underscore a troubling dynamic: in today's political climate, civics teachers are …
California was admitted as the 31st state of the Union 175 years ago today on September 9, 1850. The matter was fraught with tensions of the day, with debates raging here and in Congress over the state’s boundaries, whether it should be one state or two, …
California’s requirement of obtaining a license to carry a concealed firearm does not violate the 2022 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court invalidating a New York statute conditioning gun-toting on possession of such a permit because that state’s law …
Petitions for habeas relief, filed by two men convicted of a turf-war shooting who assert that their constitutional rights were violated because one of the jurors purposefully left out that she worked for a gang unit within the Los Angeles Police …
Div. Four of this district’s Court of Appeal has held that judgment was properly entered against four general law cities in Los Angeles County challenging Senate Bill 9 which greenlights splitting lots zoned for single-family homes into two-unit properties …
According to the Superior Court of California, a 265-foot crane will be erected at the site of the future courthouse on East Perkins Street this week. The new crane will be visible throughout the city, altering Ukiah’s skyline. The crane will be an …
Ms. Reed has been a resident of Lassen County for thirty-two years attending local schools and is a Lassen High School graduate. She has been employed with the Lassen Superior Court for eighteen years starting out as a file clerk and advancing through the …
(Subscription required) In California, veterans facing criminal charges may receive treatment rather than incarceration through either collaborative courts -- where judges and court teams closely supervise rehabilitation -- or diversion programs, which …
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The California Supreme Court yesterday overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of a 2003 killing based on the fact that the only special circumstance alleged was that the defendant committed the murder in furtherance of gang activities, finding …
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held yesterday that a journalist is likely to succeed on his claim asserting that an Alameda County ordinance criminalizing being a spectator at “sideshows”—defined as street races or reckless driving exhibitions …
(Subscription required) The ruling is the first significant interpretation of California's Free to Read Act, which bars library book restrictions based solely on age or sexual content unless the material is obscene.
The California Supreme Court on August 28 reversed the death sentence of Jason Alejandro Aguirre, ruling that changes in state law governing gang enhancements invalidated the basis for his capital punishment. The unanimous decision among the concurring …
Alameda County is violating a reporter’s constitutional rights by prohibiting him and other spectators from standing within 200 feet of the automobile street stunts known as sideshows, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
(Subscription required) The justices cited tightened proof standards for gang allegations. The unanimous ruling marks the third time in 10 days the high court has invoked the statute to undo gang-related sentences.
A judge, after a police officer referred in testimony to the defendant’s “moniker,” properly admonished the witness, outside the presence of the jury, to use, instead, the word “nickname,” Div. Eight of the Court of Appeal for this district said yesterday …
At the heart of the legal battle is a fundamental question about who controlled the public money that flowed into the city’s biggest project. The decision could have statewide implications.
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