Stanford, California - A judge in California took an unusual step in trying to untangle who is to blame for increasingly frequent droughts, floods and other climate change-related extreme weather. The case in San Francisco is weighing the question of whether climate change damages connected to the burning of oil are specifically the fault of the companies that extract and sell it.

Los Angeles, California - A $2 million gift left by actor Milton Stark will support students in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The contribution expands the existing Judith and Milton R. Stark Scholarship, increasing annual distributions up to 10 times the amount it awarded previously.

Sacramento, California - Monica Merlin Morales, 26, of Point Arena, pleaded guilty Wednesday to sex trafficking of a minor, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has granted 56 pardons and 14 commutations.

Los Angeles, California - A Pasadena man was sentenced Monday for the commission of a series of bank robberies culminating in an armed robbery at a Pasadena bank where he brandished a shotgun and placed it to the side of a bank employee’s head while demanding money.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring tomorrow, March 31, 2018, as “César Chávez Day” in the State of California.