(Subscription required) A state Senate committee is to hear Thursday a bill that would allow electronic recording and change court reporters' requirements.

It is the latest development in a case that was filed against the South Bay city in 2021. Arturo Castanares, a Chula Vista resident and the owner and publisher of the bilingual news organization La Prensa San Diego, sued after the city refused to provide footage recorded by the Police Department's drones.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s new mental health program Care Court has rolled out in counties across the state. The program aims to provide more resources and treatment to homeless people suffering with mental illness. All eyes are on L.A. County, where an estimated 75,000 people are experiencing homelessness, to see how the program will fare.

(Subscription required) When Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed him to the bench in October 2022, Roxas - who had been president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the Philippine American Bar Association - said he requested a family law assignment. "Despite having been a prosecutor for almost 14 years or so, I think family law is a place where I will want to stay."