(Subscription required) A new legislative report shows retail theft has increased modestly in recent years, especially in large urban counties--though rates remain far below their 1990s peak.

(Subscription required) Former Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, convicted of fatally shooting his wife, will wait until September to be sentenced after his attorneys requested more time to file motions, including a bid for a new trial.

(Subscription required) The case could settle a longstanding conflict among appellate courts over how Penal Code Section 1381 applies when a defendant has not yet been physically transferred to a state prison.

A California judicial panel has upheld a recommendation that attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump.