(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.

Sophia Park, who made history as the youngest person to pass the California Bar Exam, was sworn in as Tulare County's newest Deputy District Attorney on Thursday. Park, who passed the exam at the age of 17 years and eight months last year, has been working as a law clerk for the Tulare County District Attorney's office since then.