• Lease Proviso Doesn’t Govern Service of Court Documents

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    November 18, 2025

    A summons and complaint in an action seeking past-due rent from former commercial tenants, who had vacated the premises, were properly served by leaving them not at the address specified in the lease for delivery of notices, but at one of the defendants’ remaining places of business, Div. Seven of this district’s Court of Appeal has held.

  • Telling Jury Defendant Could Have Presented Evidence, Witnesses Didn’t Shift Burden—C.A.

    Metropolitan News-Enterprise
    November 18, 2025

    A prosecutor’s comment in closing argument to a jury that the accused had the ability to subpoena witnesses and present evidence, just as she did, was not an impermissible effort to shift the burden of proof to the defendant, Div. One of the First District Court of Appeal has held in upholding a conviction on gun charges.

     

  • Judges in the classroom initiative reaches thousands of County students

    Imperial Valley Press
    November 18, 2025

    Imperial County Judges' visits through the Judges in the Classroom program has introduced students to the structure of the California court system, the constitutional role of judges, and the importance of civic participation in a democratic society

  • Orange County leads state in students earning the State Seal of Civic Engagement

    OCDE Newsroom
    November 18, 2025

    According to new state data, 5,280 students from eight Orange County school districts and OCDE’s Pacific Coast High School earned the State Seal of Civic Engagement in 2024–25, a 2.1 percent increase from the prior year.