(Subscription required) A Sonoma County jury on Wednesday awarded $31 million to a woman injured in a head-on collision with a driver who admitted to taking multiple medications and smoking marijuana before getting behind the wheel.

Charles "Andy" Williams' controversial resentencing spotlights California’s bet on youth and rehabilitation. California’s youth-sentencing laws start from a basic assumption: that teenagers think differently than adults and should thus be treated differently by the justice system.

Thousands of Californians get traffic tickets every year. To contest the ticket, drivers traditionally appear before a judicial officer or submit their case in writing by mail. A new online tool expanding around the state offers a more convenient alternative, saving drivers both time and expense.

(Subscription required) Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig Griffin began hearing arguments last week in a voting rights trial that could overturn Huntington Beach's at-large election system, making the city a test case for the California Voting Rights Act.