The newsmagazine series for court professionals.

Tuesday | September 12, 2006
9:00–9:30 a.m.
9:30–10:00 a.m.
12:15–12:45 p.m.
12:45–1:15 p.m.

Highlights in this edition:

• Los Angeles copes with a crisis when an electrical fire shut down the entire downtown Central Civil West Courthouse for more than two weeks.
  
  
• Merced on the road to recovery two months after their disastrous fire with teamwork, perseverance and creativity.
  
  
• The latest from the Legislature on new judgeships, courthouse transfers, and probate conservatorships.
  
  
• Teens work together in Santa Cruz to form a statewide peer court network to discourage drunk driving.
  
  
• The CCN TravelCam is in Mendocino at Drug Court’s 10^th Anniversary Celebration
  
  
• A new recruitment campaign for interpreters all over the state.
  
  
• And newsmakers in Kern, Placer, Sacramento, San Francisco, Ventura, and more.
  
  
  

TravelCam Note:

We want to send the CCN TravelCam to YOUR court, if you have a story to tell. It's easy, it's fun, and it brings deserved attention to your court. Just call Leanne Kozak at (916) 263–2838, or email her at Leanne.Kozak@jud.ca.gov.

For more information:

• For a complete update on legislative action: The Capitol Connection http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courtadmin/aoc/capconn.htm
  
  
  
• Ventura Self Help Mobile:
  Carmen.Ramirez@ventura.courts.ca.gov
  
  
  
• Youth Court:
  www.youthcourt.net
  
  Santa Cruz TV news stories:
  
  KSBW:  http://www.theksbwchannel.com/video/9651402/index.html
  
  KCBA: http://www.kcba.com/mediacenter/#top 
  
  KION 46 Ch 46:
  http://www.kion46.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=A8124630-3B92-4E3A-9228-34A1653DE139
  
  
  
• Personal stories of judicial officers, court personnel, and AOC staff who are former foster youth will be shared with foster children to let them know that there are people working in the courts who've been there and have succeeded. Stories from foster parents or individuals who have adopted juveniles in the dependency system are also welcome. To share your personal stories on adoption and foster care:
  Stacey Mangni, AOC Center for Families, Children & the Courts,
  415-865-7659
  stacey.mangni@jud.ca.gov
  
  
  
• Sacramento County Grand Jury Recruitment Video: http://www.sacgrandjury.org/




• Justice Served award winning web sites in Los Angeles and Napa:
  http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/
  http://www.napa.courts.ca.gov/
  
  
  

• California Courts Review Magazine
  On line: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/reference/ccr.htm
  To request a hard copy:
  PubInfo hotline: (800) 900–5980 or pubinfo@jud.ca.gov
  
  
  
• Court News Update: http://serranus.courtinfo.ca.gov/cnu/
  
  
  
• CCN story suggestions/comments: Leanne.Kozak@jud.ca.gov

CCN, winner of the 2005 Communicator Award of Distinction and the State Information Officers Council Gold Award for Excellence in Government Communications, is the half-hour newsmagazine for California court professionals. CCN is produced by the Administrative Office of the Courts and is distributed via satellite to nearly 200 downlink sites on the second Tuesday of each month.

CCN: September 12, 2006