Kern River combatants are headed back to court where a local advocacy group hopes to force the City of Bakersfield to goose up flows, which were cut to a trickle leaving piles of dead fish west of Bakersfield.

(Subscription required) Lawyers for the family of a man who suffocated to death in the custody of Fresno law enforcement want a full panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal to rehear a decision that deputy sheriffs and a paramedic are shielded from liability by qualified immunity.

(Subscription required) The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of an octogenarian law school student's claims that the State Bar of California violated his 14th Amendment protected rights when it refused to excuse his delay in taking a first-year exam, saying the California Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over admission matters.

(Subscription required) California lawmakers advanced two more bills on Tuesday that would extend the civil statute of limitations in old sexual assault cases. Both passed, despite objections from insurers and others that it is nearly impossible to defend against decades-old claims.