(Subscription required) A new pilot gives some parents a second round of counseling -- and allows counselors to recommend parenting plans to judges -- drawing both interest and concern from family law attorneys.

This piece of the ongoing Kern River lawsuit involves a preliminary injunction issued by Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp in 2023. He ordered Bakersfield, which operates diversion weirs in the riverbed, to keep some water in the river for fish. That injunction was overturned by the 5th District Court of Appeal, which said Pulskamp should have determined how much water was needed for fish first and then balanced that need against existing water uses.

(Subscription required) Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Mary Murguia and Chief Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the Northern District of California discuss the importance of community and overcoming mistakes.

More than 400 Alameda High School students will attend oral argument of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Five on Oct. 22.