(Subscription required) California Attorney General Rob Bonta has appealed a federal judge's ruling that blocked the state's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, a 2022 law requiring tech platforms to assess risks to minors. The challenge is part of a growing legal fight between lawmakers and tech companies over children's online safety -- and the First Amendment.

(Subscription required) A former hotel manager, Judge Karen Joynt brings a service-driven and empathetic approach to her Burbank courtroom - balancing the demands of a high-volume misdemeanor docket with a genuine concern for the people who come through her courtroom.

Div. Seven of this district’s Court of Appeal has held that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Curtis A. Kin erred in denying a petition for writ of mandate, filed by taxpayers challenging new trash fees imposed by the City of Azusa that they claim funnel money into the municipality’s general fund in violation of the California Constitution, based on the plaintiffs’ failure to first file a claim for a refund with the tax collector.

(Subscription required) Superior Court Judge Michael Carrozzo was accused of using court resources to help a judicial assistant who would later become his wife.