(Subscription required) Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved to fill a third of the nine vacancies on California’s courts of appeals, naming three justices to three districts across the state in a Thursday night announcement.

Retired Administrative Presiding Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Daniel Kremer passed on February 17, 2026.  Presiding Justice Kremer is a 1960 graduate of Stanford University with a degree in political science and a 1963 graduate of Stanford Law School.

(Subscription required) Los Angeles County Superior Court's Mediation Volunteer Panel resolved 46% of more than 1,000 mediations in 2025, offering free three-hour sessions to help judges manage overwhelming civil caseloads.

(Subscription required) The judge in the social media addiction trial in Los Angeles struck one of the lead lawyers from the plaintiffs’ steering committee after he gave an interview on camera this week with the BBC and took a selfie from inside the courthouse.