WCCUSD high school seniors can now earn a state seal of civic engagement through a new district initiative that recognizes their efforts to improve their community. The seal, a formal recognition awarded to California public school students, highlights achievement in civics education and community involvement. It appears on transcripts and diplomas and can strengthen college and scholarship applications. This spring, WCCUSD will award seals to its first cohort.

Tyler Robinson’s attorneys want cameras banned from a Utah courtroom, pointing to sometimes sensationalist media coverage they fear will foster widespread bias against their client as he faces prosecution in last September’s shooting death of the conservative activist on a college campus.

(Subscription required) Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday moved to fill two vacancies on the Fourth District Court of Appeal, choosing two trial court judges for seats in San Diego and Santa Ana.

The Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse, a 470,000-square-foot building in downtown Sacramento, is up for sale for $13.6 million, raising questions about its future use.