Clarissa Cervantes has top billing in Cervantes et al. v. Bianco, one of two California Supreme Court cases challenging the legality of Bianco’s Prop 50 investigation. As the Trump administration challenges states’ authority to run their own elections, the Cervantes-Bianco rivalry has eclipsed the borders of the purple county that elected all three and become a broader fight over California’s political future. 

Div. Seven of the Court of Appeal for this district has rejected the contention of a lessor that although a tenant missed a rent payment for January 2023 and paid less than half of the amount due the following month, a three-day notice to quit or pay rent served on Feb. 12, 2025 was not invalidated by the one-year requirement in light of a lease provision that any payment that was made would be applied to the earliest ligation.

Shalini Thakur, 38, was shot and killed at about 3 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of a Panera Bread store on Howe Avenue, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Thakur had reported being stalked by Rohit Rohit, 22, since January and had taken out a restraining order against him in May, authorities said. On July 29, she contacted deputies to report Rohit had violated the order after he dropped off groceries at her door.

Div. Two of this district’s Court of Appeal has upheld an order granting a special motion to strike a complaint filed by the 25-time Grammy-Award winning rapper Shawn Carter—who performs under the name “Jay-Z”—that accuses a Texas law firm of attempting to extort the artist.