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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer speaks during the California GOP fall convention in Indian Wells, Calif. Faulconer is forming a committee to begin raising money for a potential run for governor. The Republican's announcement on Twitter comes as supporters of a possible recall election aimed at Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom continue gathering petition signatures needed to qualify for the ballot. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Former San Diego mayor signals possible run for governor

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

In this June 26, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Gov. Newsom is facing a possible recall election as the nation's most populous state struggles to emerge from the coronavirus crisis. Organizers say they have collected more than half of the nearly 1.5 million petition signatures needed to place the recall on the ballot. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

U.K. coronavirus variant case reported in California

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

California governor offers plan to reopen in-person schools

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Elliot Ibanez, left, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine given by LAFD paramedic Anthony Kong at Station 4, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

‘Surge on top of a surge’ to challenge California hospitals

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a COVID-19 testing facility in Valencia, California, Oct. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, Pool) ** FILE **

Gavin Newsom may extend California stay-at-home order

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Father David Gallardo leads Christmas Eve Mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Thursday, Dec 24, 2020, in Los Angeles. California became the first state to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone on Christmas Eve as nearly the entire state was under a strict stay-at-home order and hospitals were flooded with the largest crush of cases since the pandemic began. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

California deaths spur pleas to stay home for Christmas

By ROBERT JABLON - Associated Press

A pedestrian wears a face mask while walking past a car exiting the CityTestSF at Pier 30/32 COVID-19 testing site during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

California COVID-19: 2 million confirmed cases and counting

By JOHN ANTCZAK and DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, as the state's next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California gets Latino US senator, some Black leaders angry

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

A pedestrian wears a face mask while walking past a car exiting the CityTestSF at Pier 30/32 COVID-19 testing site during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

California sees near-record deaths, modest signs of hope

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 10, 2020, file photo, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, calls on members of the Assembly to approve a measure at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Weber, was named on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, by picked Gov. Gavin Newsom to be Caliofornia Secretary of State. She will be the first Black woman to hold the post and comes to the job with a special understanding about the right to vote. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File

Ancestor of 1st Black California elections chief never voted

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

Engineers and volunteers help build a mobile field hospital at UCI Medical Center, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Orange, Calif. California's overwhelmed hospitals are setting up makeshift extra beds for coronavirus patients, and a handful of facilities in hard-hit Los Angeles County are drawing up emergency plans in case they have to limit how many people receive life-saving care. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

California could see 100,000 hospitalizations within a month

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 16, 2010, file photo, Ann O'Leary, carrying her daughter Violet, attends a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. O'Leary, who has served as California Gov. Gavin Newsom's chief of staff since his term started in 2019, will be leaving the post in mid-January 2020. Newsom announced on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, she'll be replaced by longtime lobbyist and Capitol staffer Jim DeBoo. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Newsom announces new leadership for his office in new year

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Gov. Newsom to quarantine; staffer tests positive for virus

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds up a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles. When Gov. Newsom provided a dire view of California's out-of-control surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations this week, he referred to projection models of future death and misery were becoming &quot;alarmingly&quot; more accurate. If true, then within a month the state's hospitals could be overflowing with 75,000 patients, about five times the current level and an average of 400 people will die every day. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California could see 100,000 hospitalizations in January

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, medical personnel prone a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. When Gov. Gavin Newsom provided a dire view of California's out-of-control surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations this week, he referred to projection models of future death and misery were becoming &quot;alarmingly&quot; more accurate. If true, then within a month the state's hospitals could be overflowing with 75,000 patients, about five times the current level and an average of 400 people will die every day. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

COVID-19 models plot dire scenarios for California hospitals

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

UC Davis Medical Center nurses, from left, Analyn Corpuz, Raenne Takara and Heather Donaldson review the process of inoculating with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Hector Amezcua, Pool)

California virus surge brings body bags, makeshift morgues

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

In this June 26, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Gov. Newsom is facing a possible recall election as the nation's most populous state struggles to emerge from the coronavirus crisis. Organizers say they have collected more than half of the nearly 1.5 million petition signatures needed to place the recall on the ballot. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Gavin Newsom recall effort gains momentum

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

California governor extends small business tax deadlines

Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on, far right, as ICU nurse Helen Cordova receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)

‘Protect me,’ says nurse getting California COVID-19 vaccine

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press