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Walters: Will Newsom Have Another U.S. Senate Seat to Fill?

Gov. Gavin Newsom already faces the complicated chore of filling several high-profile political positions. He’ll have a U.S. Senate seat to fill after Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president. He’ll also name a new state attorney general if Xavier Becerra wins Senate confirmation as President-elect Joe Biden’s health...

Midway Through Plagued First Term, Newsom’s Career Hits Make-or-Break Point

Speaking to the camera from his home office during the final days of a family quarantine, Gov. Gavin Newsom seemed at times to be giving himself a pep talk, as much as encouraging 40 million Californians to hunker down amid a coronavirus spike threatening to overwhelm hospitals. “We will get through this,” the governor said last...

Newsom Appoints Fresno State Researcher to Powerful State Air Board

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped a veteran regulator Liane Randolph on Wednesday as the next chair of the powerful Air Resources Board, which implements the state's ambitious climate change goals. He also named Tania Pacheco-Werner to the Board. She is a member of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution...

Vaccines Getting Closer: Governor Outlines Priorities for Who’s Up First

Californians will likely see the first doses of Pfizer’s new COVID-19 vaccine arrive between Dec. 12 and 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday as he unveiled the state’s distribution plans for its initial allotment of 327,000 doses. The coveted first batch is reserved for health care workers directly caring for...

What’s in California’s New Regional Stay-at-Home Order?

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a sweeping new coronavirus order Thursday that would trigger business shutdowns and limits on people's movement based on hospital intensive care unit capacity in their regions. Here's a look: A Regional Approach Newsom's order divides the state into five regions: Northern California, the San Francisco Bay...

Dan Walters: Identity Politics vs. Melting Pot Vision

The jousting over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointment of a U.S. senator to succeed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is fast becoming the epitome — or nadir — of identity politics. It’s a mindset in which the personalities, talents, character and accomplishments of individual human beings are secondary to being defined by...

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