REDWOOD CITY Scott Peterson's defense is asking for a new trial, arguing that prosecutors withheld new exculpatory evidence and that the judge made a number of errors during the first trial.
A San Francisco judge struck down California's laws against same-sex marriage as unconstitutional Monday, elating gay-rights advocates even as the state and conservative groups began preparing for the inevitable appeal.
By Josh Richman, Michelle Meyers
and Shannon Burkey
STAFF WRITERS AND CORRESPONDENT
A judge's ruling that California's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional came seven days too late for a Hayward couple together for 51 years.
Kimi Nao Matsumoto, whose ready smile and independent but gentle nature endeared her to many, died at her home in Montclair on March 10 after a yearlong struggle against pancreatic cancer. She was 82.
California hospitals must comply with stricter nurse-to-patient ratios immediately, a Sacramento Superior Court judge ruled Monday, upholding a March 4 decision prohibiting the Schwarzenegger administration from suspending portions of the landmark staffing law.