South Junior High was recently selected for one of the 2026 State Civic Learning Awards of Excellence, presented by California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero during a campus visit. The honor recognizes the school’s efforts to make civic learning an integral part of the student experience.

(Subscription required) The 1st District Court of Appeal ordered an acquittal on an assault count and a new trial on the remaining charges, finding insufficient aiding-and-abetting evidence and a Section 231.7 jury-selection violation.

(Subscription required) Meta Platforms Inc. has reached a confidential settlement with an 18-year-old Mississippi plaintiff in the second social media addiction bellwether trial in Los Angeles, leaving Snap Inc. as the sole remaining defendant in the consolidated trial involving two young women.

(Subscription required) A federal judge on Wednesday refused to order California election officials to sequester any ballots cast by some 20,000 individuals the federal government says may be noncitizens. In a 26-page order, U.S. District Judge David Carter of California’s Central District said the Trump administration’s demand violates longstanding constitutional principles giving states the primary authority to conduct elections.