Div. Five of this district’s Court of Appeal held Friday that the enhanced civil liability scheme established by California’s Elder Abuse Act for caretakers who neglect or abuse senior citizens does not apply to physicians accused of providing substandard medical care to residents of skilled nursing homes absent some evidence that the doctors took on a managerial or other custodial role.

Current UC policy dictates that undocumented students cannot hold any campus job, including teaching assistant and research positions. The university is being directed to “reconsider its policy based on proper criteria,” according to the court’s decision.

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California’s lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating federal law by sending the state’s National Guard on a crime-fighting mission in Los Angeles went to trial Monday, hours after Trump took control of the police department in Washington, D.C., and sent 800 National Guard troops to assist them.