Thirty-four California schools have been named recipients of the 2025 Civic Learning Awards, honoring and recognizing measurable schoolwide achievements in civics. The award program, now in its twelfth year, is co-sponsored by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero.

(Subscription required) Attorneys for the AI giant say the erroneous reference was an “honest citation mistake,” but plaintiffs argue the declaration from data scientist Olivia Chen should be stricken in full.

Oakland police can be sued for engaging in a high-speed chase, with no sirens or warning lights, that ended in a crash killing one bystander and seriously injuring others, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

Div. Two of the First District Court of Appeal has held that a prevailing defendant in a representative action filed under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 for alleged violations of the Labor Code may not recover its costs against the state agency on behalf of which the plaintiff filed the claims where the organization did not participate in the litigation.