Supreme Court of California

The embattled comedian could face a new deposition after the California Supreme Court allowed a civil lawsuit to proceed. Cosby is accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl at the Playboy mansion more than 40 years ago. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss "relentless" attorney Gloria Allred who will conduct the deposition.

California's law enforcement, District Attorneys Association and State Sheriffs' Association are allegedly all "White supremacist organizations," a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors suggested in a livestreamed Facebook video Wednesday.

With the lesson of President Obama's difficulty in filling vacancies "imprinted on his brain," his staff say, the president sees filling judicial seats as a top priority.

Investigators are reportedly closing in on a convicted murderer of a 14-year-old girl who escaped from prison nearly 50 years ago, authorities said Saturday.

Californians 50 and older — a group that includes Newsom himself — will become eligible on April 1, with those 16 and older following on April 15.

Biden is expected to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to a federal appeals court. She's seen as a frontrunner for a Supreme Court nomination, too.

It is still unclear when indoor dining will be allowed in L.A. County despite COVID-19 gains.

A state appeals court ruled that L.A. County health officials can reimplement restaurant restrictions if COVID-19 cases spike again.

A central California woman charged with murder after delivering a stillborn baby who tested positive for methamphetamine may be released on reduced bail as her lawyers argue that the state's homicide law does not apply to pregnant women, a position backed by California's attorney general.

Few types of films are more awkward to sit through than listless and unremarkable biographical documentaries that fall short of their inspiring subjects. Touring the film festival circuit since 2019 and finally available to the general public via virtual cinemas, Freida Lee Mock's "Ruth – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words" unfortunately yields one such […]

The infamous "ignorant slut" line originated from a 1979 "Saturday Night Live" skit and was repeated in the NBC sitcom "The Office."

A look at top contenders to be California's top cop —  and chief enforcer of consumer protection, internet privacy and criminal investigations.

The lawsuit alleges Prop 22 violated the state constitution and limited the powers of legislators to provide labor protections they are authorized to grant.

As lawmakers return to Sacramento, they face a long to-do list for tackling pandemic issues, from an expiring eviction ban to unemployment.

The Inland Empire has become the hotbed of the COVID-19 spread even as officials sue the state to ease restrictions.

Beyond racial and ethnic demographics and job experiences, Joe Biden's impact on the judiciary is not likely to be as dramatic as Trump's has been.

San Bernardino County has asked California's highest court to overturn Gov. Gavin Newsom's regional stay-at-home order before the end of the month.

Scott Peterson is among multiple California inmates, including other convicted murders, who have received COVID-19 unemployment benefits in recent months, prosecutors have found.

California has paid out at least $140 million in benefits and at least 158 claims have been filed for 133 inmates on death row, according to Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert.

California's system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 35,000 prisoners...