(Subscription required) The son of Filipino immigrants and a former gang member, Judge Bryan F. Clavecilla says his background gives him a unique perspective on prosecutorial discretion, bail decisions and helping people who feel marginalized.

A divided federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ban covering four Los Angeles-area ​counties on the manufacture, sale and installation of various appliances that ‌emit nitrous oxides, rejecting claims by appliance makers and trade groups that the pollution control measure conflicted with federal law. 

(Subscription required) A look at how judicial independence has enabled courts to protect -- and, at times, fail to protect -- constitutional equality, from Yick Wo and Brown to Korematsu and Dred Scott.

(Subscription required) Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Tiana J. Murillo rejected a petition filed by Consumer Watchdog last year, leaving intact two bulletins Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued before and after the January 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires. The FAIR Plan, created in 1968, is California's insurer of last resort, providing property insurance to homeowners and businesses that cannot obtain coverage in the private insurance market, often because their homes are in wildfire-prone areas.