Div. Three of the Fourth District Court of Appeal has taken the unusual action of reversing a judgment without determining whether it was correct or erroneous, telling the trial court, on remand, to dismiss the election-related petition as moot.

(Subscription required) Known for handling murder, gang and postconviction cases, Norwalk Superior Court Judge Roger T. Ito now spends one day a week presiding over complex civil personal injury trials. Attorneys say the veteran criminal judge applies the same preparation, even temperament and respect for jurors that have defined his felony courtroom for decades. 

(Subscription required) A Sonoma County jury on Wednesday awarded $31 million to a woman injured in a head-on collision with a driver who admitted to taking multiple medications and smoking marijuana before getting behind the wheel.

Charles "Andy" Williams' controversial resentencing spotlights California’s bet on youth and rehabilitation. California’s youth-sentencing laws start from a basic assumption: that teenagers think differently than adults and should thus be treated differently by the justice system.