The California Supreme Court Monday upheld the death sentence of one of three men convicted of the rape and murder of a woman whose nude body was found on a freeway embankment in Long Beach more than two decades ago. The state’s highest court unanimously rejected an appeal filed on behalf of Kevin Darnell Pearson, finding that there was “significant evidence of his active participation, including his own admissions.”

The nation’s 250th anniversary will come with a civics lesson for some San Mateo County students. San Mateo County Superior Court is inviting local educators to schedule visits that will bring judges, attorneys, and other law enforcement leaders into classrooms across the county as part of a statewide civic education initiative.

California lawmakers want safeguards against fraudulent deepfakes, but it remains unclear whether a federal proposal would cover Steve Hilton’s disclosed campaign video.

Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has imposed a $5,000 sanction on a lawyer who sought a writ aimed at postponing a trial based on a supposed conflict with the starting date of another proceeding without telling the justices that problem had been remedied.