The Shasta County Courthouse faced significant challenges this month after flooding forced a shutdown lasting roughly a week. Court Executive Officer Cody Stenderup said that most of the cases affected by the closure have been rescheduled or are set to be …
The decision to halt the program came after Governor Gavin Newsom's May budget revision, which included language encouraging courts to cease participation in the program. The unused funds were intended to address California's deficit.
(Subscription required) The court on Wednesday, acting on its own motion, released proposed rules amendments that would empower the state bar's commitee of bar examiners to oversee California's troubled bar exam.
When two women asked a Bakersfield bakery in 2017 for a plain, unadorned cake to celebrate their wedding, they were turned down, based on the owner’s religious beliefs. California’s courts have now concluded that the refusal violated state anti- …
Castañares, a Chula Vista resident and licensed pilot, had what should have been a simple question in 2021: How is the Chula Vista Police Department using its drones?
(Subscription required) The report suggests persistent access barriers, especially in rural areas, and may bolster controversial reform efforts aimed at expanding legal services through technology and non-lawyer professionals.
(Subscription required) A restaurant and a patron agreed to settle for $475,000. Then an imposter, posing as the plaintiff's counsel, started sending emails with payment instructions.
A Yolo County man’s 76 convictions and 378-year sentence for years of sexual assaults have been overturned by a judge, who said there was strong evidence that the man’s accuser, his adopted daughter, had fabricated the charges to punish him and improve her …
The detentions come as President Donald Trump has vowed to ramp up deportations since taking office and follow recent reports about federal authorities taking people into custody at immigration courts across the country.
Presented annually by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, the Civic Learning Award recognizes schools that demonstrate measurable, schoolwide achievements in civics.
Thirty-four California schools have been named recipients of the 2025 Civic Learning Awards, honoring and recognizing measurable schoolwide achievements in civics. The award program, now in its twelfth year, is co-sponsored by State Superintendent of …
(Subscription required) Specifically, the filing asks the justices to expand and extend an existing program that allows 2020 law school graduates to temporarily practice law under the supervision of an attorney. That program, aimed at helping graduates …
John Hill in Law360 Canada had a column called, “When the judiciary and politics mix.” He said that “Justice Liu was delivering an important and timely message” in a manner with no Canadian equivalent — “In Canada, we have never had a situation like” Liu’s …
Fundamentally, our assessment and that of the administration are very similar—the state is likely to face persistent future deficits. These deficits range from $10 billion to $20 billion through 2028-29.
California Supreme Court justices addressed thousands of California's newest law school graduates this commencement season. Here's some of the advice they shared: JUSTICE GOODWIN H. LIU (watch) At UC Law San Francisco & University of San Diego …
San Bernadino Superior Court Hosts Mandatory Probate eFile Town HallKaren.Datangel Tue, 05/27/2025 - 11:26 Fromthecourts
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected arguments made by an artificial intelligence company that its chatbots are protected by the First Amendment — at least for now. The developers behind Character.AI are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company’s …
Sacramento County is creating a criminal regional task force dedicated to investigate Missing and Murdered Indigenous People cases as announced in a news conference on Wilton Rancheria tribal lands.
A Bay Area federal judge barred the Trump administration on Thursday from revoking the visas of thousands of international students at U.S. colleges, saying the government had provided no evidence that the students were breaking the law or posed any danger …
(Subscription required) Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday they've been preparing since President Donald Trump's election for an attack on the state's clean-car program.
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