(Subscription required) A federal judge in Sacramento struck down California's AB 2839, which barred distribution of deceptive media of candidates before elections, ruling it discriminates based on content and viewpoint. The decision follows Judge John A. Mendez's earlier rejection of AB 2655, which required labeling deepfakes, marking the second time the state's attempts to regulate synthetic political media have fallen on constitutional grounds.

(Subscription required) After years of avoiding dissent, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero has issued four in 2025, sharply criticizing the court's liberal bloc in major criminal rulings.

In the most-comprehensive look yet at whether people are using Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court, we found that far fewer Californians are enrolled in the mental health program than he projected.

Two new California Supreme Court rulings sided with prisoners contesting past gang-related charges, decisions that could affect ‘three strikes’ cases.