The Supreme Court ruled on 145 matters at yesterday’s conference, but none of those rulings was a straight grant.

(Subscription required) In a late-night filing with the state's high court on Tuesday, the California bar did not explain why its test-writing vendor did not submit all 200 questions on the February bar exam or why it turned to AI to develop others.

When the court granted review in Whitehead in May 2024, the only issue was expected to be whether a liability release agreement between a bicyclist and the organizer of a recreational bicycle ride extends to the alleged negligent maintenance of a public road by a municipality named in the agreement but not a party to it.

California’s State Water Project will deliver 50% of full water allotments this year, up from 40% last month. Runoff from this year’s ample snowpack is boosting reservoirs. Lake Oroville is now 95% full and could reach full capacity this spring.