Current plans for reducing water use along the Colorado River should be sufficient to stave off the risk of reservoirs reaching critically low levels over the next three years, according to a new analysis by the federal government.

The current version of the bar exam won’t disappear in July 2027 after all. The National Conference of Bar Examiners, which designs the national components of the test, said on Wednesday that it will continue to offer the existing Uniform Bar Exam through February 2028 while also offering the new Next Gen Bar Exam starting in July 2026. The NCBE said in September that the test in its current form would retire after the July 2027 exam.

The California Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Disney as to whether an Anaheim wage law applies to its lowest-paid theme park workers—setting the stage for the Disneyland resort to boost wages for many of its workers.

(Subscription required) As one of only two judges in sparsely populated Inyo County, nestled between the Sierra Nevada and the state border, Judge Susanne M. Rizo is aware that her decisions will likely affect someone she runs into at the grocery store.