California’s top judge is not waiting on the sidelines as immigration arrests creep closer to the courthouse steps. On Thursday, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said she has ordered a more systematic effort to track federal immigration enforcement at state courthouses after a string of recent arrests, arguing that the activity is scaring off witnesses, litigants, and victims who need to feel safe walking into court.

A bill passed on Thursday by the California Senate would require lawyers in the state to verify the accuracy of all materials produced using artificial intelligence, including case citations and other information in court filings. The measure, which appears to be one of the first pending in a state legislature on the use of AI by lawyers, has gone to the State Assembly for consideration.

June Dudas has helped her aunt and cousin to seek help through the CARE Courts. She joins us from El Cajon in southern California to discuss her family’s experience in the process.

A California Supreme Court ruling set a sharper boundary around what can be considered an “open container” of cannabis in a vehicle. The court ruled that the cannabis product must be rolled or otherwise ready to consume in order to meet a similar standard that is applied to alcohol during traffic stops.