(Subscription required) The lawsuit in Orange County is a "backdoor challenge" to an injunction to the countywide bail schedule issued by a judge in Los Angeles, Orange County Superior Court Judge William D. Claster wrote in his ruling issued Dec. 11.

California’s new Chief Justice, the Judicial Council, and the courts continued to identify, refine, and enhance court operations and services to improve access to the justice system.

“Even if you are qualified to be a juror, you might still have what is called an ‘undue hardship,’” the website states. “An undue hardship is a difficult situation that prevents you from being able to serve.” If you face an “undue hardship,” the courts website states you might be able to be excused from jury service or postpone the service to a later date.

(Subscription required) Navarro's appointment, and the more recent addition of four other female jurists, evenly balances the number of men and women on the court for the first time in Sonoma County's history. She's the first former public defender appointed to the court in more than a decade and, along with the recently elected Judge Oscar A. Pardo, among the few Sonoma County Hispanics to wear a robe.