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A tree flares up as firefighters continue to battle the Caldor Fire near South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. A huge firefighting force gathered Tuesday to defend Lake Tahoe from the raging wildfire that forced the evacuation of California communities on the south end of the alpine resort and put others across the state line in Nevada on notice to be ready to flee. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

California wildfires fan recall flames as Newsom accused of mismanaging forests

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2016, file photo, detainees wait in a cell for an appearance in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif. In November 2020, California voters will consider rolling back a host of criminal justice changes in what amounts to a referendum on whether the famously progressive state has become too lenient. Proposition 20 would amend criminal sentencing and supervision laws enacted during the administration of Gov. Jerry Brown that critics say are too favorable to criminals, while Proposition 25 could overturn a 2018 law that eliminates cash bail. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California voters to review criminal justice, bail reforms

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 10, 1960, file photo, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts gestures during his meeting with California Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown in Los Angeles. Former California Gov. Jerry Brown wants to know who is trying to sell his father's memorabilia related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Private letters and other items that had belonged to Edmund G. &quot;Pat&quot; Brown when he was California governor are being offered by the auction house Sotheby's, which estimates the value at $20,000 to $30,000. (AP Photo, File)

JFK docs tied to ex-California governor sold at auction

By CUNEYT DIL - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 10, 1960, file photo, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts gestures during his meeting with California Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown in Los Angeles. Former California Gov. Jerry Brown wants to know who is trying to sell his father's memorabilia related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Private letters and other items that had belonged to Edmund G. &quot;Pat&quot; Brown when he was California governor are being offered by the auction house Sotheby's, which estimates the value at $20,000 to $30,000. (AP Photo, File)

Seller auctioning JFK docs from ex-California governor

By CUNEYT DIL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2014, file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown, front right, and China's National Development and Reform Commission Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua, front left, sign an agreement to boost bilateral cooperation on climate change during a news conference at the Bay Area Council, in San Francisco. As tensions between China and the United States ratchet up, former California Gov. Jerry Brown sees a way to bring together the world's largest carbon emitter and a U.S. state that's leading the way in energy standards: climate change. (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach,file)

California, China to team up on climate research institute

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Man arrested on murder charges in woman’s hacking death

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Trump, death penalty, immigration mark Newsom’s 1st 100 days

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

This Sept. 22, 2010 file photo shows bottles of the abortion-inducing drug RU-486 in Des Moines, Iowa. A new study published Tuesday, May 16, 2017, shows medical abortions done at home with online help and pills sent by mail appear to be just as safe as those done at a clinic. The research tracked 1,000 women in Ireland and Northern Ireland, who used a website to get abortion pills by mail and get around strict abortion laws. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

California Democrats push for abortion pill in campus clinics

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

The Latest: California high court upholds pension rollback

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California Governor Gavin Newsom holds his son, Dutch, while speaking during his inauguration Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California governor brings personal touch, fresh focus

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Governor-elect, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, center, watch last their children, daughter Montana, second from left, and sons, Dutch, foreground and Hunter, foreground fourth from left, operate robot games during an Inaugural Family Event at the California Railroad Museum, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019,,Sacramento, Calif. Newsom will be sworn-in as California's 40th governor, Monday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Jennifer Siebel Newsom

The Latest: 2 ‘firsts’ take oath as California officeholders

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Governor-elect, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, autographs a copy of his book, Citizenville for a well-wisher while attending a pre-inaugural Family Event held at the California Railroad Museum, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom will be sworn-in as California's 40th governor, Monday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California’s Newsom to rebuke White House in inaugural

By Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press

FILE- In this March 21, 2018 file photo, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, second from right, watches as State Sen. Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, right, is sworn in as the new President Pro Tempore of the Senate by California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, second from right, at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom,will be sworn-in to office Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, and will work with a Legislature firmly gripped by Democrats. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

10 things to know about California’s new Democratic governor

Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 13, 2018 file photo California Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, right, and Gov. Jerry Brown talk with reporters after their meeting at the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom will be sworn in to office Jan. 7, 2019, concluding the 80-year-old Brown's four terms. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

From Brown to Newsom, California to see new style, substance

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 9, 2018 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown walks past photos of murder victims displayed at the Capitol as he goes to address a victims' rights rally in Sacramento, Calif. The Democratic governor has spent much of his second two terms reducing criminal penalties and shuffling less-serious offenders to county jails instead of state lockups. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Jerry Brown transformed California’s justice system - twice

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

In this Dec. 19, 2018, photo, Earlonne Woods shows recording equipment similar to what he used in San Quentin State Prison to produce his podcasts, during an interview in Oakland, Calif. Woods, 47, was recently released from San Quentin prison after California Gov. Jerry Brown commuted his 31-years-to-life sentence for attempted armed robbery. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

California inmate takes unlikely path to freedom: Podcasting

By Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2018 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown steps down Jan. 7 after signing more than 1,000 bills into law during his last year in office, most of which take effect with the Jan. 1 start of the new year. They continue positioning California as a bastion of liberal activism and goad to Republican President Donald Trump on topics including climate change, criminal justice and gender discrimination. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

New laws are putting California further at odds with Trump

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 10, 2012, file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown and his wife, Anne Gust Brown, turn in boxes of petitions for his tax-hike initiative at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif. In his second stint as governor, Brown warned that if voters did not pass the tax hikes there would be deeper cuts to schools, higher education and social services. Brown, who successfully convinced the legislature and voters to raise taxes on themselves, leaves office Jan. 7, 2019, after a record four terms in office, from 1975-1983 and again since 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

50 years of public life: A look at Gov. Jerry Brown’s career

Associated Press

$FILE - In this May 19, 2014, file photo, Richard Gray joins others in a demonstration calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to end hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas, before Brown's appearance before the University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics conference in Sacramento, Calif. While Brown has made significant strides on climate change programs, critics fault him for failing to stop new oil drilling. Brown leaves office Jan. 7, 2019, after a record four terms in office, from 1975-1983 and again since 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)$

California’s Jerry Brown caps 5 decades on political scene

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press