Here are the 10 most read stories on Follow Our Courts in 2024.
- Measure L would increase San Bernardino DA, sheriff pay by $100K each
Basing pay on other counties’ total instead of base pay will boost in electeds’ salaries, which the DA points out has fallen $80,000 in value since 2011 due to inflation. Voters approved this measure in November. - A look at who is running for judge in March 2024
Riverside County had a three-way race for one open seat among two prosecutors and one court commissioner, while San Bernardino had a prosecutor and an administrative law judge running for an open seat. - VIDEO: Riverside County judicial candidate forum
Prosecutor Gerald Pfohl and Commissioner Elizabeth Tucker ran for the open judge seat in Riverside County. They participated in the Follow Our Courts candidate forum to discuss their backgrounds and strengths. - Completed Menifee courthouse to handle civil cases come July
The three-story, 85,000-square foot Menifee Justice Center opened on July 8 with nine courtrooms to handle family and civil law. - Bumble dating app gender discrimination case settled
A Riverside class-action lawsuit alleging the dating app Bumble discriminates against men was settled Jan. 28, 2022, with a $3.26 million payout and a new reactions feature. This story was published in 2022 but continues to be among the most read on our site. - San Bernardino Superior Court has new access portal
San Bernardino Superior Court’s tech team introduced the court’s new access portal April 26, 2022. The old court access portal is still live, and people can choose between either. This story was published in 2022. - DNA testing confirms Kevin Cooper’s guilt in hatchet killings
Kevin Cooper, convicted on four counts of murder in Chino Hills in 1985, was indeed guilty, a special state investigation ordered by Gov. Gavin Newsom found. This story was published in 2023. - Jail decedent’s family awarded $6.5M from San Bernardino County
A jury found a sheriff’s deputy 60% responsible for an inmate’s death by alcohol withdrawal. - One attorney, one year, 1,825 ADA cases
2,215 Americans With Disabilities Act lawsuits were filed in the federal court in Riverside last year; 82% were filed by Jason Kim—an average of seven cases per weekday. - Ask the attorney: Is it illegal to give someone a marijuana brownie without alerting them?
Is it felony assault to give someone a brownie with marijuana in it without telling them? A McCune Law Group attorney weighs in.
