(Subscription required) Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Jennifer K. Rockwell draws on decades of government experience to navigate fast-moving election disputes and complex civil litigation. But she finds some of her most rewarding work helping defendants rebuild their lives through collaborative courts.

The Superior Court of California, San Mateo County invites students in kindergarten through eighth grade to submit original artwork on the theme “A Day in My Community.” Selected pieces will hang in the court’s jury assembly rooms, where they will greet jurors, court staff, judicial officers and members of the public.

(Subscription required) The Commission on Judicial Appointments on Friday confirmed three more appellate justices, moving quickly to confirm some of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s final picks for California’s courts of appeal.

For Katherine Lucero, becoming a Yolo Superior Court judge means coming full circle. “This is a great honor, to be here in Yolo County where I was born, and to come back to serve you,” Lucero, officially sworn in Friday afternoon, told a courtroom filled with her family, court employees and fellow members of the bench.