The Colorado River’s massive reservoirs are now so depleted that another dry year could send them plunging to dangerously low levels, a group of prominent scholars warns in a new analysis.

A federal judge late Friday ruled that the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary employees earlier this year was illegal, a victory for the labor unions and nonprofit groups that had sued the government over the terminations.

An organization that advocates for judges pushed back this week against Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin’s assertion that a judge made an “outrageous error” in sentencing a Cabazon man to only 180 days in custody in 2023 following a child-cruelty conviction — an “error” that Hestrin said con

A bill mandating disclosure and appeals for a wide range of AI decisions was delayed until next year for the third legislative session in a row. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to consult on the measure.