A trial judge evinced insufficient regard for the religious convictions of a father who, as a practicing Sikh, wanted his children’s hair uncut, Div. One of the Fourth District Court of Appeal declared yesterday, holding that it was an abuse of discretion to leave the choice to the children, a girl, 7, and a boy, 5.

(Subscription required) As Congress stalls on artificial intelligence regulation, California's sweeping AI legislation is setting a national benchmark. States from New York to Texas are borrowing key principles -- and testing their own limits -- as they craft new rules for the fast-moving technology.

The Trump administration is defending a federal gun control law dating to 1968 and challenging the rulings of two conservative appeals courts that struck down the ban on gun possession by any “unlawful user” of illegal drugs, including marijuana.

In the three-judge panel decision, the court said the city violated California’s Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, because it did not adequately inform the public about the environmental impacts of removing the height limit. The city, the opinion states, abused its power in putting the matter before voters without the proper analysis.