Jerry Brown
Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 12:16 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 15 The Guardian on U.S. President Joe Biden,...

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 01:26 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 8 The Montreal Gazette on anti-Muslim hatred in...

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2017, file photo, Service Employees International Union members gather for a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles. The president of California's largest state employees union has been ousted from the post she held for 13 years and replaced by a candidate who promises to end the organization's political involvement while bolstering its membership, according to results from a low-turnout election posted by the union. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
New head of largest state worker union won't back Newsom

By Don Thompson May. 25, 2021 03:59 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2009 file photo, several hundred inmates crowd the gymnasium at San Quentin prison in San Quentin, Calif. A decade after prison crowding forced California to realign its criminal justice system, the population has shrunk to the point that officials on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, announced they will close one of the state's two inmate firefighter training centers along with portions of two other prisons, the second such announcement in months. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
California to shut 2nd prison as inmate population dwindles

By Don Thompson Apr. 13, 2021 09:09 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Wednesday, April 7, the 97th day of 2021. There are 268 days left in the year. Today’s...

California Assemblyman Rob Bonta speaks during a news conference shortly after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his nomination for state's attorney general, Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California governor chooses progressive lawmaker as top cop

By Kathleen Ronayne And Olga R. Rodriguez Mar. 24, 2021 09:22 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 17, 2020, file photo, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gives an update on the coronavirus in South Dakota, at the Sanford Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. Some of the nation's governors' offices routinely block access to public records to keep the public in the dark about key decisions involving the coronavirus pandemic. Noem's outspoken business-as-usual approach throughout the coronavirus pandemic has made her a darling of national conservatives and allowed her to hopscotch across the country as a fundraising force. (Abigail Dollins/The Argus Leader via AP, File)/The Argus Leader via AP)
Governors evade sunshine laws to keep records from public

By Stephen Groves Mar. 14, 2021 04:00 AM EDT

Xavier Becerra listens during a confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Health and Human Services before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
HHS pick says pandemic is top job, but agenda is broader

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Feb. 23, 2021 12:12 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, to announce his health care team. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden calls for action on virus as he introduces health team

By Jonathan Lemire And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Dec. 08, 2020 12:28 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra talks to reporters after a news conference at UCLA. President-elect Joe Biden has picked Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration’s coronavirus response. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Becerra's big challenge: Vaccinating Americans against virus

By Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Kathleen Ronayne Dec. 07, 2020 07:35 PM EST

FILE — In this Thursday June 25, 2020 file photo State Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove, of Bakersfield, talks with Sen. John Moorlach, R-Costa Mesa before at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. When the Legislature reconvenes Monday for the first time since last month's election, Grove will have two less members in her caucus. Both Moorlach and Sen. Ling Ling Chang, of Diamond Bar, lost their reelection bids leaving the Senate just 9 Republican Senators as compared to the 31 Democrats. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Coronavirus, depleted GOP shape new California Legislature

By Don Thompson Dec. 06, 2020 11:39 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Nov. 18, 2020 04:32 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 17 The Minneapolis Star...

In this image from video, former President Bill Clinton speaks during the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)
After years of big moments, Bill Clinton's DNC role shrinks

By Will Weissert Aug. 18, 2020 08:01 PM EDT

Cal Fire personnel set a backfire during the Hennessey fire in Napa County, Monday, August 17, 2020. (Kent Porter//The Press Democrat via AP)
Power operators eye thermostat, Newsom declares emergency

By Janie Har Aug. 18, 2020 01:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2017, file photo, is Leslie Van Houten at her parole hearing at the California Institution for Women in Corona, Calif. A California panel has recommended parole for Charles Manson follower Van Houten, who has spent nearly five decades in prison. The recommendation was made Thursday, July 23, 2020, although Gov. Gavin Newsom could decide to deny it. (Stan Lim/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)
Parole recommended for Manson follower Leslie Van Houten

By Christopher Weber Jul. 23, 2020 06:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 14, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-2021 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. The California Senate's plan to cover a projected budget deficit rejects Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed cuts to public education and health care programs. Newsom's plan would cut funding for public schools by about $8 billion. The Senate's plan would restore $2.7 billion of those cuts, the rest being deferred to future years. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)
California Senate plan would reject most of governor's cuts

By Adam Beam May. 28, 2020 11:12 AM EDT

California governor: Shrink prisons to help cut budget

By Don Thompson May. 16, 2020 11:23 AM EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to significantly shrink the footprint of California's prison system, partly because of massive budget...

FILE — In the April 14, 2020 file, Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses an outline for what it will take to lift coronavirus restrictions during a news conference at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Newsom announced an 80-member Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery on Friday, April 17, 2020, to help revive California's economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Business, labor, politics have role in California task force

By Kathleen Ronayne Apr. 17, 2020 07:40 PM EDT