(Subscription required) The Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday unveiled Court Commons, a traveling exhibition designed to connect county residents with court resources and educate the public about the ins and outs of the legal system.

Div. Four of the First District Court of Appeal has held that a Penal Code section, which allows veterans to seek resentencing relief if a service-induced traumatic injury or substance abuse problem was not taken into account as a mitigating factor during the original sentencing hearing, does not apply if the defendant’s crime is a so-called “super-strike” offense.

California lawmakers say they’re not deterred by a new executive order that would threaten state’s abilities to regulate artificial intelligence.

Congressional Democrats are objecting to a Trump administration plan to pump more water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. They argue it will weaken environmental protections for the Delta’s fish, and disrupt longstanding cooperation among state and federal agencies.