(Subscription required) From interpreter to judge, Sally Espinoza's focus is understanding in the courtroom.

(Subscription required) The court without comment let stand a First District Court of Appeal ruling last year that rejected claims by alumni and descendants of namesake Serranus Hastings that the Legislature and the school’s board of directors had no authority to remove Hastings’ name. The unanimous appellate panel also found that the state was not bound by an 1878 law requiring the school to provide a seat on the board to the Hastings family in perpetuity.

The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to allow a city to require voters to show photo identification at the polls, striking down a law that had taken effect after the city’s voters approved it nearly two years ago. But the issue may soon be before voters statewide.

(Subscription required) "[U]nder the Copyright Act, only a human being can be the 'author' of a copyrightable work," U.S. Solicitor General D.