(Subscription required) Senior U.S. District Judge M. James Lorenz has upheld the state's restriction on semiautomatic rifle sales to 18- to 20-year-olds, citing Founding Era norms and rejecting a Second Amendment challenge revived after the U.S. Supreme Court's Bruen decision. The ruling is likely headed for further appeal amid a growing circuit split.

(Subscription required) An Alameda County judge's ruling allows a lawsuit against Tesla over a teen's death in an autopilot crash to proceed, with attorney Brett Schreiber seeking massive damages for the family's loss.

(Subscription required) LA DA Nathan Hochman's decision to allow death penalty pursuits in rare cases splits California's legal world, with prosecutors backing the move as following the law and defenders warning of bias and delays.

The Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the Biden administration’s clampdown on “ghost guns,” the self-built, largely untraceable firearms used in an increasing number of deadly shootings,  is likely to be undone by President Donald Trump. But California has its own law banning possession and sale of ghost gun kits and parts, though state laws are harder to enforce than nationwide restrictions.