In a jam-packed school gymnasium, Norwalk High School was honored with the 2026 California Civic Learning Award of Excellence on Tuesday, Sept. 15, courtesy of the state’s chief justice. The award recognizes the school’s commitment to student engagement and civic learning, and is one of the state’s highest honors for civic education, officials said.

The self-described “prediction market” Kalshi, which allows users to put money on the outcome of events ranging from ballgames to elections, is actually a gambling enterprise that appears to be violating the rights of Indian tribes in California to regulate gaming on their lands, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

A Los Angeles judge ruled federal immigration agents likely violated the Constitution by not assessing flight risk when making warrantless arrests.

The Court of Appeal for this district has reinstated an action against a rabbi who allegedly tore up signs a woman planned to use in protesting the conducting of “Kapparot,” an Orthodox Jewish ritual that includes the slaughtering of a chicken. Justice John L. Segal of Div. Seven authored the unpublished opinion, filed Friday.