Feature - December 6, 2019
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To prepare for potential emergencies, the Orange County court collaborated with Cal State Fullerton to practice using the campus’s emergency operations center as a makeshift courtroom.
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Feature - November 30, 2018
Hundreds of children awaiting adoption got their day in court and their forever families during the month of November.
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![Placer County Superior Court Judge Colleen Nichols with the Schmidt family on National Adoption Day.](/sites/default/files/newsroom/styles/max_325x325/public/news/45264276204_b768788a73_z.jpg?itok=e1Y8GW7_)
News Release - August 23, 2018
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed six appointments by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. to the Courts of Appeal.
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News Release - January 17, 2018
Lui becomes California's first Asian-American administrative presiding justice.
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![Justice Elwood Lui is sworn in by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye.](/sites/default/files/newsroom/styles/max_325x325/public/news/Lui%2520swearing%2520in_201801122308.jpg?itok=oCGvGJTb)
Feature - September 21, 2017
About 10 superior courts in the state have access to a facility dog to help children share their testimonies in court.
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Feature - August 31, 2017
More than 150 judges, court managers and IT professionals came together in Sacramento last week to find new ways to harness technologies to offer better service and access to the public.
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News Release - May 14, 2019
Self-represented litigants who seek help with appealing their case now have access to a new online resource center.
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Feature - May 18, 2016
Roughly 206 drug courts serve residents in 53 of California’s 58 counties. By helping people with substance abuse issues repair their lives, drug courts divert those who could otherwise cycle repeatedly through the criminal justice system.
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![Orange County Superior Court Judge Wendy Lindley (ret.) oversees the special treatment court just for combat veterans. Photo Credit: Megan McCloskey | Stars & Stripes (stripes.com)](/sites/default/files/newsroom/styles/max_325x325/public/news/130153834.jpg?itok=7hSJhdeV)
Feature - May 10, 2016
May 9-13 is Juror Appreciation Week, but courts are making the jury system better all year with check-in kiosks, text reminders, and web-based services.
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Feature - April 29, 2016
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye has selected Administrative Presiding Justice Judith D. McConnell for the Chief Justice's Award for Exemplary Service and Leadership for her outstanding work in civics.
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News Release - April 18, 2016
LOS ANGELES—Associate Justice Richard M. Mosk passed away after a brief illness on Sunday, April 17, 2016. Justice Mosk was the son of Supreme Court of California Associate Justice Stanley Mosk, and had just retired from the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Five in March. He was 76.
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News Release - January 6, 2022
Reports on the nominees can be found here. The webcast of these confirmation hearings will be posted to the California Courts YouTube channel shortly.
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