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California Watch: The AG’s office has filed legal documents arguing hospitals in the state must file monthly reports on infections related to 29 types of surgeries under a 2008 state law, while the California Hospital Association says state regulators haven’t followed the process for making the rules.

Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Banner Homes has agreed to pay $54.5 million to repair homes tainted with the corrosive material.

Houston Chronicle: Jury selection is underway in the case of a woman who says she was drugged and gang raped by coworkers six years ago while working for a contractor in Iraq, after she fought her employer’s efforts to force the case to binding arbitration.

The National Law Journal: It has not yet produced any graduates, but the two-year-old UC Irvine School of Law has been granted provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association.

Contra Costa Times: The provisional approval was withdrawn after La Verne graduates posted the lowest pass rate for the California bar exam each of the past two years.

KQED Our State of Health blog: Residents of the Carousel neighborhood of Carson, Calif., met with their state Assembly representative, Warren Furutani, to discuss ongoing health problems caused by contaminated soil.

FairWarning.org: Makers of gas fireplaces have been allowed to set their own standards, which permit glass fronts to be as hit as 500 degrees.