The judge grilled "Robert," asking the teen-ager why he had shoved his girlfriend from his car onto a residential street, then...

The state Supreme Court will hold an unusual, afternoon-long public hearing next month on whether and how it might step in to ...

WASHINGTON - In an action likely to cause widespread confusion and debate, the Supreme Court on Tuesday decided not to review ...

SAN DIEGO - The American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties announced Tuesday that it has set up a stat...

As he earlier said he would do, U.S. District Judge J. Spencer Letts Tuesday ordered nine Indian tribes to shut down their ca...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti Tuesday defended his beleaguered family support division in the wake of a h...

DENVER - Kevin Williams' fate was sealed the day his feet left the wooden swimming platform floating atop a chilly South Caro...

APPLE VALLEY - You might not think that a High Desert community with a distinctly rural atmosphere would have problems dealing...

In pushing for the enactment of a one-day, one-trial jury service system in Los Angeles County under a new state law, District...

A medical marijuana activist, AIDS patient and defendant of federal drug charges sued California Attorney General Dan Lungren...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has overturned a controversial extradition order for three escaped Irish Republican A...

In response to growing criticism from child advocates and the media, the presiding judge of the Los Angeles Juvenile Court is...

Ground Broken For Federal Court RIVERSIDE - Already home to more than half a dozen courts, Riverside will soon add a U.S. Dist...

SANTA ANA - A coalition that opposes a planned airport at the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station has sued Orange County, allegi...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a win for Oakland's trailblazing legal effort to curtail prostitution and drug sales by seizing customers'...

WASHINGTON - With time running out on the congressional session and all eyes focused on impeachment, Congress has passed seve...

In what apparently is the first high-tech consumer fraud case of its kind in the nation, prosecutors announced Thursday they ...

A sheriff's reserve lieutenant has filed suit against the Department of Motor Vehicles on religious grounds, claiming the age...

WASHINGTON - A 41-month wait ended Thursday for Boalt Hall professor William Fletcher, when the Senate voted 57-41 to confirm...

SAN BERNARDINO - The allegations seem like something out of an industrial espionage thriller, complete with stolen computer d...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a defense lawyer's preparation for a murder trial - a cursory revie...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a victory for thousands of union workers at the Albertson's grocery chain, a federal appeals court ruled T...

RIVERSIDE - Housing facilities for juvenile detainees in Riverside County - already severely overburdened - were dealt a furt...

A judge on Friday refused to throw out the bulk of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former partner of the entertainment la...

SAN JOSE - The departures of high-level officials at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reflect continuing instability at t...

MONTEREY - The group of local bar leaders who have struggled for months to design a statewide voluntary bar association to fi...

Prosecutors have filed an affidavit of prejudice against Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lance Ito, prompting his unconteste...

Late last month, eBay, a San Jose-based Internet auction company, went public. Its shares were priced at $18, but at one poin...

SANTA ANA - The votes are in, and Orange County Superior Court's presiding and assistant presiding judges have been selected....

WESTMINSTER - Deputy District Attorney Sonia Balleste was concerned. She arrived at work Tuesday morning and was going throug...