June Dudas has helped her aunt and cousin to seek help through the CARE Courts. She joins us from El Cajon in southern California to discuss her family’s experience in the process.

A California Supreme Court ruling set a sharper boundary around what can be considered an “open container” of cannabis in a vehicle. The court ruled that the cannabis product must be rolled or otherwise ready to consume in order to meet a similar standard that is applied to alcohol during traffic stops.
 

(Subscription required) A coalition of major music publishers led by Concord Music Group and Universal Music Group is suing Anthropic for copyright infringement, armed with evidence from a parallel case they say reveals the AI company illegally downloaded more than 20,000 songs, lyrics, musical compositions and sheet music.

(Subscription required) The ruling addresses 19 felony charges and highlights research showing pretrial incarceration causes harm without improving public safety.