(Subscription required) California's Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that a lower court gave too much deference to the state's utility regulator in affirming its decision to slash customer credits for rooftop-generated solar power.

(Subscription required) Gov. Gavin Newsom has chosen two trial court judges and a California Supreme Court chambers attorney to fill vacancies on three courts of appeal, his office announced Thursday. Newsom on Thursday also appointed 18 trial court judges to serve in 10 counties.

U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong issued the temporary restraining order last month in the Central District of California, citing “a mountain of evidence” that the government’s aggressive enforcement tactics likely violated people’s Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. 

To build a multiracial electorate that reflects our immigrant communities, we must pass language access reforms that provide the ballot in more languages. This has been repeatedly shown to increase voter turnout. Bills to this end were vetoed in 2024 and died in the Legislature in 2025, but Berkeley IGS poll data shows that 70% of California’s registered voters support the move.