Kevin Rector is a legal affairs reporter for the Los Angeles Times covering the California Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and other legal trends and issues. He started with The Times in 2020 and previously covered the Los Angeles Police Department for the paper. Before that, Rector worked at the Baltimore Sun for eight years, where he was a police and investigative reporter and part of a team that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in local reporting. He is from Maryland.
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Customers cannot sue PG&E for losses from power shutoffs designed to protect the public from wildfires, the California Supreme Court ruled.
Nov. 20, 2023
Biden sought to smooth over tensions with China’s Xi, who said conflict with the U.S. has ‘unbearable consequences’ for both countries.
Nov. 15, 2023
A federal appellate court paused a lower court decision overturning California’s ban on assault weapons.
Oct. 30, 2023
A federal judge Thursday overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, finding it has no equivalent in early American history and is therefore unconstitutional.
Oct. 19, 2023
Conservatives and right-wing agitators are waging a well-coordinated, anti-LGBTQ+ culture war in local school districts across California.
Oct. 15, 2023
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals stops a lower court decision overturning California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines from taking effect.
Oct. 11, 2023
Speakers scheduled to honor Feinstein included Vice President Kamala Harris and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Oct. 5, 2023
Nowhere was Dianne Feinstein’s death felt as strongly as in her hometown of San Francisco.
Oct. 1, 2023
A debate over whether homeless people should be allowed to sleep in public has created strange bedfellows in California.
Sept. 28, 2023
A federal judge for the second time overturned California’s ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets, ruling that it lacked a historical basis and is therefore unconstitutional.
Sept. 22, 2023