Just heard:
Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman is assigned the Trial.
There is now at least one newspaper reporter present.
From the San Mateo Court Website:
Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman
Education:
Harvard Law School, J.D. 1979
University of California, Berkeley, A.B. Economics 1976
Appointment Date: December 31, 2000
Assignments: General Trial (2005), Law and Motion (2004), Family Law (2001-2003)
Background & Professional Associations:
Admitted to California Bar: 1981
Admitted to Washington D.C. Bar: 1979
San Mateo County Counsel, Deputy County Counsel: 1983 to 2000
Lasky Haas, Cohler and Munter, Associate Attorney: 1981 to 1983
Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Kampelman, Associate Attorney, Washington, D.C. 1979 to 1981