Hundreds of people gathered aboard the USS Midway Thursday evening for Justice250, a first-of-its-kind event in San Diego celebrating the nation's legal foundations, democracy and the rule of law. The program featured several speakers, including Patricia Guerrero, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court.

A divided Div. Two of the First District Court of Appeal held yesterday that a trial judge rightly dismissed attempted murder and other counts in the pending state criminal case over the 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi in his home based on double jeopardy principles following his conviction of federal assault charges, saying that courts are to look at the conduct at the heart of the crime rather than the elements at stake in determining whether the bar attaches.