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Actor Robert Downey Jr. participates in "The Judge" photo call and press conference during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 5, 2014. (Evan Agostini/Invision/Associated Press) **FILE**

Robert Downey Jr. pardoned for drug conviction

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California Gov. Jerry Brown reacts as he speaks during a press conference near the site of yesterday's mass shooting on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 in San Bernardino, Calif. A husband and wife on Wednesday, dressed for battle and carrying assault rifles and handguns, opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing at least 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault, authorities said. Hours later, the couple died in a shootout with police. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

California Gov. Brown says looser gun laws in Arizona, Nevada create opening for terrorists

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This July 24, 1976 file photo shows the inside of the van that was used as a prison for the 26 kidnapped Chowchilla school children and their bus driver in Livermore, Calif. Nearly 40 years later the final convicted kidnapper, Fredrick Woods, is awaiting a parole hearing Nov. 19, 2015. Woods accomplices, brothers James and Richard Schoenfeld have already been paroled.(AP Photo/Jim Palmer, file)

Last convict in mass school bus kidnapping seeks parole

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

California Gov. Jerry Brown addresses a conference in Sacramento, Calif., in this May 27, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Jerry Brown, California governor, had state workers research oil on ranch

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

California Gov. Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Jerry Brown signs bill banning concealed handguns on California campuses

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A right-to-die bill was signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown, making that state the fifth to allow physician-assisted suicide. (Associated Press)

Critics predict new California motor-voter law will flood voter rolls with noncitizens

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A right-to-die bill was signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown, making that state the fifth to allow physician-assisted suicide. (Associated Press)

California fifth state to allow physician-assisted suicide

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, arrives in the Synod Hall to attend a conference on Modern Slavery and Climate Change at the Vatican, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Dozens of environmentally friendly mayors from around the world are meeting at the Vatican this week to bask in the star power of eco-Pope Francis and commit to reducing global warming and helping the urban poor deal with its effects. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

APNewsBreak: Mayors at Vatican seek ‘bold climate agreement’

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., smiles as she speaks to the Associated Press in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

California Congressional Dems had urged Jerry Brown to sign 2013 anti-deportation bill

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Protesters against a measure requiring California schoolchildren to get vaccinated rally at the Capitol in Sacramento on April 8. (Associated Press)

California vaccine bill battle erupts into all-out political war

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Otto Coleman, 6, waits outside the governor's office with his brother Fenton, 4, left, and father Joshua, to deliver a stack of petitions with thousands of signatures calling on California Gov. Jerry Brown to veto a measure requiring nearly all California school children to be vaccinated Monday, June 29, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif. The state Senate approved the bill sending it to Brown. Joshua Coleman said his son has been wheelchair bound as a result of an adverse reaction to a vaccine. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California vaccine bill would prevent new outbreaks, experts say

By Julia Horowitz - Associated Press

Otto Coleman, 6, waits outside the governor's office with his brother Fenton, 4, left, and father Joshua, to deliver a stack of petitions with thousands of signatures calling on California Gov. Jerry Brown to veto a measure requiring nearly all California school children to be vaccinated Monday, June 29, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif. The state Senate approved the bill sending it to Brown. Joshua Coleman said his son has been wheelchair bound as a result of an adverse reaction to a vaccine. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Jerry Brown signs bill requiring vaccines for all but medical reasons

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Opponents of a measure requiring nearly all California school children to be vaccinated gathered on the west steps of the Capitol after lawmakers approved the bill, in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 25, 2015. The bill, SB277 co-authored by state Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento and Ben Allen D-Santa Monica was approved by the Assembly. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Legislature passes strict school vaccine bill

By JULIA HOROWITZ - Associated Press

Carl Krawitt, left, a supporter of a measure requiring nearly all of California school children to be vaccinated, answers a question during news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Krawitt's said he had worried about son Rhett, 7, center, who was unable to be vaccinated while receiving treatment for leukemia. At right is Assemblyman Marc Levine,B-San Rafeal, a supporter of the measure and whose district the Krawitts live. The state Assembly is expected to vote on the bill, Thursday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California vaccine bill clears major legislative hurdle

By Julia Horowitz - Associated Press

Calif., Gov. Jerry Brown answers a question concerning the budget agreement reached with legislative leaders at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Accompanied by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, right, and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, unseen, Brown outlined the budget plan that send billions more to public schools and universities in the fiscal year that begins July 1. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California budget to break new ground immigrant health care

By JUDY LIN - Associated Press

In this file photo from 2015, Karman Willmer (left) and Shelby Messenger protest against SB277, a measure requiring California schoolchildren to get vaccinated, at a Capitol rally Tuesday in Sacramento, California. (Associated Press) **FILE**

California to tighten vaccine law

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

California Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a question concerning his revised state budget plan during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday May 14, 2015. Brown's $115.3 billion spending plan would send billions more to public schools and freeze in-state undergraduate tuition and establish a new state tax credit of the working poor.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Jerry Brown rejects California fracking ban, risks alienating environmentalists

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Analysts have raised the possibility that the campaign against Proposition 13 in California may be aimed at achieving another public sector labor goal: persuading Gov. Jerry Brown to support an extension of the five-year tax increase under Proposition 30 by using the split-roll threat as a bargaining chip. (Associated Press)

Jerry Brown in cross-hairs as Prop 13 foes push ‘split roll’ in California

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times