BAKERSFIELD - A man imprisoned for 15 years was released this week after a Kern County judge ruled that prosecutors failed to...

SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of thousands of refugees from wartorn El Salvador and Guatemala - at least half of whom are thought ...

RIVERSIDE - A Riverside building contractor donated $5 million Wednesday toward the construction of a law school at Universit...

In a stunningly quick verdict for a homicide case, a Los Angeles jury which deliberated a mere two hours Thursday convicted a...

WASHINGTON - George Soros, the Hungarian-born billionaire who made his fortune as an international investor and money manager...

SAN FRANCISCO - A revolutionary legal trend that could change the face of the American family - or at least the California fa...

Angry that City Attorney James K. Hahn used an apparent loophole to settle a police shooting lawsuit without taking it to the...

In the sequel to the nasty clash of the media moguls that promises to be just as closely watched in Hollywood as its predeces...

PACIFIC GROVE - Three juvenile court judges from three very different communities agreed last week that their current jobs ec...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appears poised to re-examine limitations it placed on U.S. Border Patrol stops of Hispa...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a significant defeat for the state Commission on Judicial Performance, a state appeal court ruled Wednesda...

Had the Los Angeles Police Department not computerized its fingerprint files earlier this decade, Karl Franklin Stewart likel...

SAN FRANCISCO - Prominent entertainment attorney Barry B. Langberg has joined the Los Angeles office of New York-based Stroock...

If there was ever a dispute that was suitable for mediation, it would seem to be the simmering controversy between Lauren Bur...

SAN FRANCISCO - The story of a sick dog and its homeless owner has come to a cheery, if unexpected, conclusion thanks to a ki...

RIVERSIDE - In a sense, Patrick F. Dutton is Exhibit A in his discrimination case against his former bosses in the Riverside ...

The Los Angeles Superior Court judges' committee on unification produced a biased report to entice colleagues to vote against...

SAN FRANCISCO - Continuing his effort to open up the judicial branch to public scrutiny, Chief Justice Ronald M. George announ...

The county of Los Angeles and two attorneys and their firms, including Bryan Cave, have been sued by the Regents of the Unive...

SAN FRANCISCO - The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to duck a lingering Central Valley environmental battle means part of ...

A package sent via Federal Express to a recipient who lives in a mostly minority neighborhood was rerouted to a narcotics off...

San Diego Judge David J. Danielsen says he wants to better define the California Judges Association's role in what he called ...

Medical records in a case settled Tuesday by Los Angeles County for nearly $1.3 million were altered by medical personnel, ac...

SAN FRANCISCO - The horrific scenario is familiar: A child obtains a handgun and blasts away. But how should the law deal wit...

Nearly a year after a recommendation from the state auditor, Los Angeles County is planning to conduct a needs assessment for...

SAN DIEGO - While pro bono efforts to help the less fortunate appear to be on the rise across the country, in San Diego the n...

SACRAMENTO - It would be understandable if California's plaintiffs' bar was imbued with a giddy optimism, given its early leg...

SACRAMENTO - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would make it easier for people force...

RIVERSIDE - Lawyers for the family of Tyisha Miller filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Riverside and fi...

On average, one child a week is killed by a care-giver in Los Angeles County. And District Attorney Gil Garcetti, the chairma...