A lawsuit over the alleged harassment and intimidation of members of the women’s swimming and diving team at the University of California, Berkeley by the then-chief coach over the period from 2000-2020 is not time-barred despite a two-year statute of limitation on personal injury actions, Div. One of the First District Court of Appeal has held, declaring applicable the delayed discovery rule.

The justices, in a 9-0 ruling, upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss an illegal gun possession charge brought under the law at issue against Ali Hemani, an American-Pakistani ‌dual citizen and Texas resident who told authorities he was a regular marijuana user.

A state appeals court has overturned a San Francisco man’s murder conviction for a fatal stabbing on a BART train in Hayward, saying the trial judge failed to instruct the jury properly on the man’s belief that he had the right to defend himself.

The California Supreme Court will decide whether Sonoma State University, facing an ongoing budget deficit, can be legally challenged on its decision last year to eliminate 22 academic programs and its entire intercollegiate sports program and fire numerous faculty members.