SACRAMENTO — Two trial courts will close most of their courtrooms and furlough staff today, offering California a glimpse of the once-a-month closures expected to affect courtrooms statewide later this summer.

Leaders of the Los Angeles and Mendocino superior courts decided they could no longer wait for a coordinated, statewide closure plan to emerge from the mire of legislative budget negotiations. Instead, they’ll shutter hundreds of courtrooms today, keeping a relative few open to handle emergency business.

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