(Subscription required) Superior Court Judge Rupa S. Goswami has learned that in her felony preliminary hearing courtroom, where grief, anger and the law collide, one of the hardest parts of the job is acknowledging pain without allowing it to dictate justice.

San Diego County reports that its local implementation of CARE Court has brokered 182 CARE agreements, which specify treatment and other resources, even housing, that participants will receive. San Diego County reports that those who have participated have seen a 66% reduction in use of crisis services. San Diego says its 32 graduates of the CARE program are the most in the state. 

A then-San Diego Superior Court commissioner, who has since been appointed to a judgeship, and the attorney for the petitioner in a dissolution of domestic partnership matter failed to notice that cases cited by the lawyer for the respondent were fabrications, prompting Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal to declare them neglectful.

Opinion says decision by Riverside District Attorney's Office to hold man wrongly accused of murder for years after deputy was allegedly instructed to withhold other suspect's confession is protected conduct.