San Bernardino Court unveils mobile courtroom, Elizabeth Ulsh swears in as San Bernardino judge, two join Riverside bench, Audio recording from arrest of “would-be Trump assassin” released in defamation case
A renovated recreation vehicle will serve as a mobile courtroom in San Bernardino County.
The RV will provide in-person services in remote areas, to ensure litigants without adequate transportation to the county’s courthouses can still appear at hearings.
“It reflects a philosophy: justice must be accessible to every corner of San Bernardino County," said Presiding Judge Lisa Rogan.
From left: Elizabeth Ulsh freshly sworn-in to San Bernardino Superior Court, new Riverside Superior Judges Sylwia Luttrell and Amy Nett.
San Bernardino's newest judge took her oath of office Oct. 9.
Former Deputy Public Defender Elizabeth Ulsh gave brief remarks thanking the roughly 50 people in the courtroom for their support.
"I couldn't have done this without the support of everyone here," Ulsh said.
In Riverside Superior Court, Newsom appointed Sylwia Luttrell and Amy Nett to the bench.
An audio recording of the arrest of a man labeled a “would-be Trump assassin” by Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco has been released.
Riverside Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Vem Miller on Oct. 12, 2024, after he attempted to attend President Donald Trump’s Coachella rally with a loaded handgun and a shotgun in the trunk of his vehicle. The next day, Bianco publicized the arrest, texting Epoch News that Miller said he was going to kill Trump, and hosting a news conference in which he said, “I probably did have deputies that prevented the third assassination attempt.”
Among other things, the law requires schools to train teachers, coaches and other school staff on how to prevent and report sexual misconduct; broadens the number of staff who are required to report abuse allegations; and requires schools to write comprehensive policies on appropriate behavior.
But the database is perhaps the most significant change. Administered by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the database is intended to stop teachers facing credible accusations of abuse from quitting and getting rehired at another school, potentially abusing more children. The database will be available to schools as part of their employee screening process, and would be updated if allegations against a teacher prove to be unfounded.
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Last year, tribes persuaded the California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow them to sue gambling halls called card rooms over the tribes’ claim that they have exclusive rights to offer Las Vegas-style gambling in the state.
Since the tribes are sovereign governments, they had lacked standing to sue the private businesses until Newsom signed Senate Bill 549, which gave the tribes one shot this year to resolve their dispute in Sacramento County Superior Court.
Superior Court Judge Lauri Damrell today dismissed the tribes’ case, saying federal gambling law superseded the measure Newsom signed.
One of Gov. Gavin Newsom's marquee mental health programs may broaden its reach despite persistent questions about the number of people it’s helping and whether it’s achieving the goals he set out for it when it launched.
Newsom signed a law Oct. 10 that expands eligibility for CARE Court to include people who experience psychotic symptoms as a result of bipolar disorder. Under the law’s previous constraints, only people with schizophrenia and other limited psychotic disorders were eligible.
Hours after California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed suit against the Trump administration Oct. 5 seeking to prevent the president from sending 300 California National guard troops to Portland, Ore., a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking federalized deployment from any state to Oregon.
I hoped to still be the person I had always been. A husband, a father, a diligent reader. But still just a fallible person. For all my years on the bench — and it gives me pride to say that my service as a justice on the Court was the fifteenth longest in U.S. history — I took the responsibility seriously, as did each of my colleagues, no matter how much and how often we agreed or disagreed. In doing my best to interpret and apply the Constitution and the law to the cases that came before us, my hope was that my life in the West would help give me the perspective needed to be honest and fair.
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s memoir, to be published Tuesday, starts with his childhood in Sacramento, and ends into an take on the current Supreme Court. Read the prologue from CBS News, his retrospective on the Obergefell ruling from CNN, an excerpt about his judicial philosophy from the New York Times, or his interview with the Associated Press about his views on partisanship in the court. The book is published by Simon & Schuster.
Few can doubt the courage María Corina Machado has shown in fighting for a return to democracy in Venezuela.
The 58-year-old politician and activist is the undisputed leader of the opposition to Nicolás Maduro – a man widely seen as a dictator who has taken Venezuela down the path of repression, human rights violations and increasing poverty since becoming president in 2013.
Maduro is widely believed to have lost the 2024 presidential election to rival Edmundo González, a candidate substituting Machado, yet still claimed victory.
Machado has been in hiding since the fraudulent vote. And her courage in having participated in an unfair contest and in exposing Maduro’s fraud by publishing the true vote tallies on the internet, surely made Machado stand out to the Nobel committee.
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With the indictment on Oct. 9, 2025, of New York Attorney General – and longtime Donald Trump adversary – Letitia James on two criminal counts related to loans for a home purchase, mortgage fraud is back in the news.
Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, is also being investigated by the Department of Justice for allegedly making false statements when applying for a mortgage. Members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet are accused of similar wrongdoings.
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