Gavin Newsom has shifted his image-building efforts into higher gear, bolstering assumptions that he will run for president.

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.

The costs of leaving the California Environmental Quality Act intact became too high. Newsom confronted the issue squarely, ushering reforms.

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 ...

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.

Andrew Cuomo turned to municipal politics after resigning from New York’s governorship amid a sexual harassment scandal. Former California Gov. Jerry Brown had a more prosaic reason for mounting a run ...

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.

Unlike his action-hero predecessor, Jerry Brown never warned, “I’ll be back.” And yet, remarkably, here he is, back for a third term as California governor. At his inaugural Monday, he will ...

Former Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown refused to comment on Vice President Kamala Harris after expressing confidence in President Biden as the "man of the hour," during a recent media ...

Jerry Brown in an archival image seen in “The Disrupter,” part of the “American Masters” series on PBS. (From Kurt Fishback) By Robert Lloyd Television Critic . Sept. 15, ...

Jerry Brown was sworn in as California Secretary of State, his first statewide office, in 1971 by U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren, left. Brown was joined at the ceremony by his parents, ...

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 ...