Div. Eight of this district’s Court of Appeal has affirmed the conviction of a man who was accused of committing a carjacking that occurred just after he crashed his own vehicle into a freeway barrier ...

California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero on Thursday issued the following statement on Governor Gavin Newsom's revised budget proposal for the judicial branch: As the state faces significant budget ...

(Subscription required) Legal observers say Meta's agreement with state attorneys general will not bind individual plaintiffs, but the company's commitment to new safeguards could reshape arguments in ...

SAN FRANCISCO—The Judicial Council at its April 25 business meeting approved an update to its model for measuring court workload and assessing trial court staffing needs based on findings from a 2024 ...

(Subscription required) Judge Jerrold A. Abeles denied two deputy unions' bids to intervene in a subpoena fight while sharply questioning County Counsel's representation of entities on opposing sides.

The California Supreme Court made various State Bar-related appointments on Wednesday. The court reappointed Attorney Sarah Good to the State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees, the State Bar's ...

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Six districts, 19 divisions, 9 court locations Number of authorized justices: 106 Number of filings: 19,222 in fiscal year 2024-25 More data points in the Court Statistics Report The California Courts ...

More than 500 laws were passed in 2025 impacting the courts. Many of these laws will support the judicial branch to meet the needs of court users with diverse backgrounds and interests. California law ...

Public documents are available here. Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed three appointments to California's ...

VIA WEB CONFERENCE—Judicial Council members approved a new rule at their April 24 business meeting that requires courts to report civil arrests—such as those related to federal immigration enforcement ...

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced today that the commission confirmed four appointments to California’s Courts of Appeal in Sacramento, San ...