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Teenage girl dead, three hurt, including firefighter, in Independence fire
Independence firefighters are at the scene of a deadly fire Friday morning in the area of N. Lake City Valley Road and E.
Newsom uses political stunts to garner attention. As Jerry Brown learned, it can backfire
Gavin Newsom has shifted his image-building efforts into higher gear, bolstering assumptions that he will run for president.
Opinion
California lawmakers finally achieve ‘holy grail’ reform of state’s key environmental law
The costs of leaving the California Environmental Quality Act intact became too high. Newsom confronted the issue squarely, ushering reforms.
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An experienced Jerry Brown vows to build on what he’s already done
Reporting from Oakland — Making a case for reelection, Gov. Jerry Brown said in an interview that he would hold the line on state spending despite “pent-up” demand for more, further boost ...
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Must Reads: As Gov. Jerry Brown leaves office, he seems unlikely to retire from the only profession he’s ever known - Los Angeles Times
Must Reads: As Gov. Jerry Brown leaves office, he seems unlikely to retire from the only profession he’s ever known. Gov. Jerry Brown at his ranch near Williams, Calif., in 2017.
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Column: Gov. Jerry Brown’s parting gift to his successor: ship-shape state finances - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Jerry Brown is massaging the final state budget of his long career, and his No. 1 priority is simple: Don’t leave his successor the same mess he did the last time.
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On crime and punishment, Gov. Jerry Brown leaves behind revised rules and a new focus on redemption
Gov. Jerry Brown, center, responds to a question concerning a compromise plan reached on reducing the state’s prison population, during a Capitol news conference in September 2013.
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With one final signature, Gov. Jerry Brown closes the chapter on his quest to reshape California’s budget - Los Angeles Times
Gov. Jerry Brown with, from left, Assemblyman Phil Ting, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Sen. Holly Mitchell as he signs the California budget Wednesday.
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Could Gov. Jerry Brown be the new face of an anti-nukes campaign? He’s thinking about it - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Washington — For Gov. Jerry Brown, the question isn’t why he spent so much time in Washington this week talking about the growing threat of nuclear annihilation — it’s why ...
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The greatest moments of the Jerry Brown vs. the Clintons feud
It's extremely unlikely that Gov. Jerry Brown of California will run for president in 2016, despite his tease to The Post's Philip Rucker in a story published Wednesday. But, oh, if he did. Such a ...
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Gov. Jerry Brown plants the seeds of his next chapter on a ranch in rural Northern California
Gov. Jerry Brown offers a glimpse of his Northern California ranch, a place where he contemplates not only the past but also his own future after a final year in office.
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Jerry Brown's Political Reboot - The Atlantic
“Jerry to me is still the most interesting American politician,” Nathan Gardels, the editor of New Perspectives Quarterly, in Los Angeles, and a longtime friend of Brown’s, told me.“He is ...