Frank

DISCUSSION

Section 527.6, subdivision (a)(1) provides, “A person who has suffered harassment as defined in subdivision (b) may seek a temporary restraining order and an order after hearing prohibiting harassment as provided in this section.” The statute defines harassment as not just unlawful violence, or a credible threat of violence, but also “a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person that seriously alarms, annoys, or harasses the person, and that serves no legitimate purpose.” (§ 527.6, subd. (b)(3).) The statute defines a “ ‘[c]ourse of conduct’ ” as “a pattern of conduct composed of

This court by separate order granted Myrick’s request for judicial notice of the video recordings introduced into evidence. In one recording, Myrick walked on Frank’s driveway and shouted at her the expletives set forth above. Frank spoke politely to Myrick during the recorded interactions. 3 a series of acts over a period of time, however short, evidencing a continuity of purpose, including following or stalking an individual, making harassing telephone calls to an individual, or sending harassing correspondence to an individual by any means.” (§ 527.6, subd.…