In this role, Gamboa will lead the Office of the Clerk and oversee the Fourth Appellate District court’s nonjudicial administrative operations.

(Subscription required) The attorney general's office has charged former Lassen County Superior Court executive Teresa Stalter with charging personal expenses to the court.

At least four elections workers in California have received federal criminal grand jury subpoenas over the past week, with at least one delivered on Thursday after the court’s order. In that subpoena, issued to the Orange County Registrar of Voters’s office, federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security are seeking unredacted voter records for 60 people, according to records obtained by CalMatters. 

(Subscription required) Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jay K. Kiel traded a career in finance for criminal prosecution and the bench, bringing an emphasis on preparation, fairness and independence to a demanding felony calendar.