(Subscription required) The case challenges the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's decision to exempt the conservancy's Restoration Management Permit from California Environmental Quality Act review.

Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal yesterday upheld, in a divided opinion, the first-degree murder conviction of a man who argued that his right to a fair trial was undermined by a judge’s failure to adequately investigate the circumstances surrounding a juror’s dismissal from the panel after deliberations had begun.

(Subscription required) After nearly two decades as a public defender, Tsang is drawing on lessons about humanity, patience and consequences in her Long Beach family law courtroom.

Based on interviews conducted with 34 federal judges between October 2025 and July 2026, the report found that escalating threats, intimidation, harassment and disinformation targeting judges are straining the federal judiciary.