Sonoma County's new Hall of Justice in Santa Rosa gets its public debut today, with a 1 PM ribbon-cutting featuring California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero and local judges. The six-story building holds 15 courtrooms, sits next to the county's decades-old Hall of Justice, and is designed to centralize criminal, traffic, and dependency proceedings for residents.

San Diego is facing a $16.5 million payout after a judge found it added late-payment penalties to parking citations without giving people proper notice of the penalties or enough time to pay the original ticket.

The Supreme Court heads into the final month of its yearly term facing decisions on birthright citizenship, gun rights, transgender athletes and President Trump’s power over independent agencies. Unlike in years past, the term’s most significant rulings were not left for the last week in June.

The Sixth District Court of Appeal has affirmed a summary judgment in favor of the City of Palo Alto in an action brought by six police officers who claim that the municipality created a hostile work environment by commissioning a mural and placing it on temporary display, with the artwork including a likeness of Assata Shakur who was convicted of the 1973 first-degree murder of a New Jersey state trooper.