The goal of the rally was to bring visibility to SB 731, which allowed for those with certain criminal records to petition for expungement, according to Ingrid Archie, Organizing Director for TimeDone. Through the services being offered, the organizations hope to remove some of the barriers to work, housing and personal well-being that having a criminal record introduces.

In a stinging rebuke of one of California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta’s most politically fraught prosecutions, a state appeals court moved Thursday to dismiss the remaining criminal charges against a top advisor to ex-Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón.

At its conference yesterday, the Supreme Court straight granted two cases — one civil and one criminal — involving minors, one child a victim and one a perpetrator.

Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ordered that a Glendale area attorney be reported to the State Bar for potential disciplinary action over “numerous uncivil and disrespectful attacks on the court” during proceedings in which she acted on behalf of a plaintiff’s lawyer, who was purportedly too sick to appear for trial.