Governor Gavin Newsom has nominated three new justices to the California Court of Appeal and appointed twelve new judges to Superior Courts across the state, with a focus on elevating individuals with public service experience and diverse legal backgrounds.

The case argues that Trump lacks authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose the tariffs he announced on April 2 on nearly all U.S. trading partners.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life. They’re now eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26. The state parole board must still decide whether to release them from prison.

Merrill Balassone, a spokeswoman for the California Judicial Council, said jurors who continue to receive their regular pay from private employers during jury duty are encouraged — but not legally required — to decline the state’s $15 daily wage.

Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Tuesday cited a decision by a Department of Insurance administrative law judge that blessed a 17% interim rate hike for homeowners in the wake of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. That was down from the insurance company’s initial request of a 22% rate increase.

A California judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt much of its massive downsizing of the federal workforce.

The state insurance commission is allowing the insurer to raise rates due to financial distress caused by $7 billion in claims from Los Angeles County fires. Rates will rise an average of 17 percent for homeowners.

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the Trump administration to halt much of its massive downsizing of the federal workforce.

Thanks to the fallout from the Epic Games v. Apple ruling on April 30, Kindle users on iPhones and iPads can once again purchase books directly through the app. A California judge, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers,