Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has held, in a case of first impression, that the failure to strictly comply with a regulation setting forth the steps that a private party must take before filing legal action under Proposition 65, a statute that was adopted to protect the public from unwilling exposure to toxic chemicals and which gives prosecutorial agencies a first-right-of-refusal regarding enforcement, is not fatal to the litigation.

[Justice Goodwin Liu,] an associate justice of the California Supreme Court, a humanitarian promoting international peace, justice and human rights, and a scholar and author of bestselling books on democracy and state-building will address more than 400 graduates and their guests at the Pomona College Commencement on May 17. These speakers, selected by the Board of Trustees’ honorary degree committee, will also receive honorary doctorates in recognition of their extraordinary achievements and commitment to public service.

(Subscription required) Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved to fill a third of the nine vacancies on California’s courts of appeals, naming three justices to three districts across the state in a Thursday night announcement.

Retired Administrative Presiding Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Daniel Kremer passed on February 17, 2026.  Presiding Justice Kremer is a 1960 graduate of Stanford University with a degree in political science and a 1963 graduate of Stanford Law School.