Judge Bunmi O. Awoniyi Selected as Sacramento County Bar Association’s 2025 “Judge of the Year”Martin.Novitski Thu, 04/10/2025 - 12:29 Fromthecourts
(Subscription required) Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, said Wednesday he hopes the California State Auditor can quickly complete an audit of the botched February bar exam. But he acknowledged that "quick" is a relative term when speaking about …
For the second time in less than 18 months, California’s Commission on Judicial Performance has publicly disciplined former San Diego Superior Court Judge Howard Shore, this time for making “in-court comments reflecting the appearance of racial bias” and …
(Subscription required) During oral arguments, Justice Goodwin Liu agreed the state labor code’s language is unclear about whether it applies to elected officials. However, these officials “have ways of telling their side of the story,” Liu said, because …
A handful of California Democratic lawmakers announced legislation Tuesday to allow drivers for rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft — who are classified as independent contractors — to join a union.
In a 7-2 ruling, the justices did not decide whether the workers were illegally fired, but agreed with the Trump administration that the organizations that filed the lawsuit — nonprofits impacted by the loss of government services in national parks, …
Over the past five years, remote proceedings have become an integral part of ensuring that courts are accessible to all Californians. Thousands of court hearings occur remotely each day, saving Californians millions of trips to courthouses each year. …
Participants go through mental health and career counseling, get help finding housing, and have access to other services via a city agency called Community Justice Service Center.
There is no shortage of praise today for former Supreme Court Justice Joseph Grodin, who died yesterday at 94. Grodin — also a Court of Appeal justice, labor lawyer, author, and law professor — was lauded by jurists and colleagues.
The report on the Pre-Arraignment Release Protocols (PARP) found that despite increasing the number of pre-arraignment releases for non-serious and non-violent crimes, there has been a 10% reduction in new criminal activity for individuals booked into …
The state’s ambitious plans face a looming threat: the proposed federal spending cuts that Congress is currently considering are seen as all but certain to impact Medicaid and could bring to a halt some of the headway the state has made in responding to …
The court’s unanimous opinion by Justice Goodwin Liu held reversal was necessary “[b]ecause of the erroneous discharge of a juror during guilt phase deliberations.” The superior court had discharged the juror for what it “perceive[d] to be a strong anti- …
In order to make informed decisions regarding the future use of the courthouse and include the input of the community, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors engaged Nelson, an architectural firm, to conduct a “highest and best use” study.
Former Supreme Court Justice Joseph Grodin died today, his family has reported. He was 94. Justice Grodin was appointed to the court by Governor Jerry Brown and served from December 1982 until January 1987.
The first year of California’s CARE Court action might be described as a deliberate, prudent, cautious foray into a fraught landscape where individual rights and societal responsibility meet, earnestly trying to avoid collision, carefully executing a …
(Subscription required) A California appeals court reversed a district court’s order to keep enough water flowing through the Kern River that fish near the City of Bakersfield would remain healthy, finding the trial judge failed to decide whether the use …
(Subscription required) In an admonishment order, the judicial watchdog agency said former San Diego County Superior Court Judge Howard Shore misled attorneys about his censure and, separately, criticized the Legislature and its enactment of the California …
Orange County Superior Court Judge Nico Dourbetas, who last year dismissed the case because the city hadn't yet implemented any ordinances for its voter ID requirement, took under submission the petitions of the state and of a Huntington Beach resident …
The California Supreme Court reversed a Los Angeles gang leader’s three murder convictions and death sentence Thursday, saying the trial judge had wrongly dismissed a holdout juror. It was the first time the court had reversed a capital murder conviction …
The following originally appeared as a post from Judge Julia Alloggiamento (Santa Clara Superior Court) on LinkedIn. More than 80 eager students in grades 8-12 filled the room to engage in intimate discussions with two dozen judges, attorneys, probation …
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