“California courts do not send text messages demanding payment or directing individuals to pay fines through links or QR codes,” the office said in its alert.

In Riverside County, Judge Magdalena Cohen uses her experience as part of the first cohort of CARE court judges to create a welcoming courtroom and maintain full-service partnerships.

(Subscription required) A federal appeals court overturned a California man's insider trading conviction, ruling the trial judge failed to adequately investigate a juror who expressed doubts about his ability to remain impartial.

The 45-mile underground tunnel - known as the Delta Conveyance Project by its advocates - would divert water from the Sacramento River near Clarksburg to facilitate the export of more water to Southern San Joaquin Valley agribusiness and Southern California water agencies. Tunnel opponents say the project would hasten the extinction of Sacramento River winter and spring-run Chinook salmon, Delta and longfin smelt, green sturgeon and other fish species, as well as imperil Delta, Tribal and environmental justice communities.