A landmark civil trial that will ask jurors to decide whether social media companies can be held liable for pushing a product that they allegedly knew was harmful to children began Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, with attorneys sparring for more than four hours in combative opening arguments.

On Friday, February 6, nine students from Pasadena High School’s Law and Public Service (LPS) Pathway had the unique opportunity to attend a special event at Occidental College. The event featured an intimate and interactive discussion with three of the nation’s most distinguished Latina jurists. 

Two websites that distribute instructions for how to manufacture ghost guns are facing a new lawsuit from the state of California alleging that they provide access to illegal and untraceable firearms.

Daniel Kremer, a former presiding justice of the state appellate court’s San Diego branch and former member of the state Judicial Council, has died. He was 88. Among his accolades: The state Judicial Council in 2002 tapped him as Jurist of the Year, the highest honor that body bestows.