SAN FRANCISCO - A new study by a veteran capital defense litigator contends that California's capital punishment system suffe...

SAN FRANCISCO - The point of "The Exonerated," a nonfiction play finishing its run in the city, is to show the world that Ame...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury Thursday gave $200,000 to an Indian immigrant whose employer reported him to the INS after he ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A deeply divided California Public Utilities Commission approved a deal Thursday that promises to resolve the...

SAN FRANCISCO - A judge has concluded that a Los Angeles prosecutor deliberately presented different theories to separate jur...

SAN JOSE - Santa Clara County's trial judges find themselves on unfamiliar political turf fighting against an attempt by coun...

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles on Thursday touted its $771 million agreement settling the Credit Lyon...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court swung open the courthouse doors Thursday to allow 660 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cu...

WASHINGTON - In a pair of split decisions Thursday, federal appellate courts on both coasts delivered stunning blows to the le...

LOS ANGELES - Soon after Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Denise de Bellefeuille, a former prosecutor, took the bench in 199...

SAN DIEGO - Beginning what prosecutors say is the final legal step toward executing a condemned inmate, a Superior Court judge...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin C. Brazile, who once argued a case before the nation's highest court, tak...

SAN FRANCISCO - Superior Court Judge Gail Dekreon says she ran for a seat on the bench last November because she wanted to ser...

KERN COUNTY RIDGECREST - Brad Freeman of NAI Capital Commercial brokered the $3.9 million sale of the 36,719-square-foot Heri...

Focus Column - Insurance Law - By Kirk A. Pasich - The state Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal rendered a number of important...

Forum Column - By Julia Alanen and Ana M. Storey - Take a walk near MacArthur Park or along Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles's...

RIVERSIDE - Federal authorities have agreed to investigate allegations that the University of California, Riverside, violated ...

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court ruling protecting some medical-marijuana users could spell good news for sick people thr...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles-based Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has strengthened its New York presence by acquiring Gotham bouti...

SAN DIEGO - An appellate court ruled Wednesday that the San Diego Padres baseball team had the right to bring a malicious-pros...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeal court offered no hope Wednesday to a San Francisco plaintiffs attorney who is challenging $8.5 ...

Column By Garry Abrams - Somewhere along Interstate 5 in the wee hours, Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca and Los Angeles Police Ch...

SAN FRANCISCO - Leaders of the bench and bar must adopt strategies traditionally used by advocacy groups, such as lobbying leg...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Purple Berets, a spirited Sonoma County women's advocacy outfit, are known for their theatrical flair and ...

LOS ANGELES - A lay chaplain who says the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department barred him from ministering to youth at the Men's C...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY CASTAIC - National developer Regency Centers purchased the Hasley Canyon Village Shopping Center at the in...

SANTA MARIA - Michael Jackson does not impress the citizens of this northern Santa Barbara County farming town, where prosecut...

Forum Column - By Chris Micheli - As Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has suggested, the Legislature should limit awards of "front p...

Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Paul N. Singarella and Jennifer B. Wieland - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger campaigned as t...

SAN FRANCISCO - City Attorney Dennis Herrera has sued a local landlord, accusing him of bilking a confused 73-year-old tenant ...