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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The city will pay $85,000 to settle claims that a former investigator in the district attorney's office was th...

SACRAMENTO - A Placer County judge went too far in trying to keep things moving during his arraignment calendar sessions, the ...

SACRAMENTO - Assemblyman Mark Leno unveiled a package of campaign finance reforms Tuesday that he said would be fairer to cand...

KENWOOD - The young man's father kicked him out for violating the "house rule" of no marijuana smoking. He didn't attend schoo...

SAN FRANCISCO - A local gay couple is suing an Internet adoption firm for denying them access to its paid online services. In ...

SAN FRANCISCO - For plaintiffs attorneys, just like holiday shoppers, waiting until the last minute can be risky business. A s...

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and one of its most vocal critics announced a potential breakthrough compromise T...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHITTIER - The Mediterranean Apartments, a 257-unit garden-style community, has received $14 million in pe...

LOS ANGELES - Embattled Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dan T. Oki, who was criticized for his role in releasing felony suspe...

Focus Column - Business Law - By Gregg A. Farley and Paul C. White II - On Jan. 1, a bill hailed as the toughest anti-spam law...

Forum Column - By Leslie Gielow Jacobs - This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the U.S. Constitution's free-ex...

SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge Monday recused the public defender's office from representing an accused murderer who re...

SAN FRANCISCO - Retired appellate Justice Sidney Feinberg, who served on the Court of Appeal in San Francisco and the Santa Cl...

SAN FRANCISCO - In this city, where some view graffiti artists more as exterior decorators than criminals, the district attorn...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday gave police greater latitude to arrest everyone in a car stopped for a routine traffi...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether the U.S. Transportation Department must prepare an in-dept...

LOS ANGELES - Presiding Justice Charles S. Vogel announced Monday he will retire from the state Court of Appeal after 44 years...

SACRAMENTO - Attorney General Bill Lockyer cleared the path Monday for proponents of a proposed ballot initiative that would r...

Column By Garry Abrams - How do you measure the decline of a city? One way is the toilet cleanliness index. By that standard, ...

SAN FRANCISCO - District Attorney-elect Kamala Harris raided neighborhoods won by incumbent Terence Hallinan in the November e...