(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.

As part of the 2026 Judicial Workload Study, the updated parameters adjust the judicial work year, the judicial workday value, and caseweights - the amount of judicial time certain types of cases require. The parameters are periodically updated to accurately reflect judicial workload.