Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has held that a defendant was properly convicted of attempted premeditated murder relating to an unprovoked attack on an unidentified woman riding in the back of a public bus, rejecting the accused’s assertion that the random, short nature of the incident undermined the jury’s finding that he acted with an intent to kill.

(Subscription required) Republican voters, candidates and the state GOP sued to block Proposition 50, alleging California's new congressional map unconstitutionally favors Hispanic voters through race-based redistricting violating the 14th and 15th Amendments.

From Sept. 15 through 25, judges, commissioners and temporary judges made personal visits to local schools as part of a coordinated effort with the Monterey County Office of Education and the Monterey County Local Bar.

Nursing home employees who deliberately and repeatedly refer to transgender patients with a name or pronoun different from the one they prefer can be charged with a crime under state law, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday, overturning a lower-court ruling that had declared the law unconstitutional.