SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California's judicial watchdog is admonishing a Merced County judge for failing to rule on cases in a timely manner and lying on salary affidavits.

The Commission on Judicial Performance on Wednesday said Judge John Kirihara had three cases in 2010 that were delayed beyond 90 days, and that he improperly filed 11 false salary affidavits.

California's Constitution states that judges should not receive pay if cases remain pending or undetermined for 90 days after being submitted for a decision.

Judges must fill out affidavits stating that they do not have any such cases on their calendars to receive their salaries.

The commission says Kirihara lied on 11 such affidavits, saying he had no unresolved cases when in fact he had three, including one that languished for 320 days.

The Amgen Tour of California motors through Tuolumne County into Fresno County on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.  The California Highway Patrol will be managing road closures along the race course to provide safety and security to the race participants as well as to the public.  Stage #4 of the 2012 AMGEN Tour of California will begin in Sonora and pass through the communities of Mariposa and Oakhurst before finishing in downtown Clovis.

Please be prepared for closures at the following locations (times are not exact and may be modified):

Detectives are trying to find out who shot a man and left him to die on a Merced sidewalk.

Merced Police found the man around 5:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Pacific Avenue.

Police say a motive for the deadly shooting has not yet been determined.

The man has not been identified.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Merced Police Department at (209) 385-4725.