Joaquin Ciria, who was freed from prison with the support of then-District Attorney Chesa Boudin, has won a federal appeals court's approval to sue San Francisco police after spending 32 years incarcerated for a murder he didn’t commit.

Presiding Justice Teri L. Jackson authored yesterday’s unpublished opinion, joined in by Justices Gordon B. Burns and Danny Y. Chou, saying: “A driver, such as defendant, wearing strong cologne and having red, glossy eyes after completing a day’s work at a construction site, is unremarkable given the multitude of plausible explanations having nothing to do with alcohol impairment.”

(Subscription required) California's state bar previously charged DTLA founder Salar Hendizadeh with professional misconduct for marketing and offering legal services without a license in states as far away as Florida.

A man accused of carrying out a series of racially motivated attacks in Santa Monica, including an attempted murder, will face trial after the California Supreme Court declined to review a ruling overturning a judge’s decision to grant him mental health diversion, officials announced Thursday.