After a nearly seven-year absence, court reporters will once again be available in certain Family Court proceedings. Court reporters were eliminated from Family Court cases beginning in 2012, and further reduced in 2017 as the Superior Court faced unprecedented budget cuts. Beginning March 2, 2020, court reporters will now be available in all Family Court proceedings at court expense, with the exception of Family Law trials.

The San Diego Superior Court is closing all its courtrooms and business offices two days in February. The Court will be closed on: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Monday, February 17, 2020 The holiday closures are in observance of the statewide holidays commemorating Lincoln’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day.

Scammers are using electronic trickery to fool callers into believing they are getting a call from a San Diego Superior Court phone. The South County Courthouse has received calls from members of the Hispanic community stating they received a call from a Court number. The caller is telling potential victims they have a pending case and they must deposit money into a bank account or there will be a warrant for their arrest. The scammers are apparently using software so their outgoing calls will display as an official Court phone number in Caller ID.

In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. statewide holiday, the San Diego Superior Court will close all courtrooms and business offices on Monday, January 20, 2020. The public is urged to visit the court’s website at sdcourt.ca.gov to handle traffic tickets or obtain court information.