California Gov. Jerry Brown is applauded by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom after delivering the state of the state address on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) ...

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.

As a City Council member back then, I supported Measure X and the notion of an independent mayor. I was wrong.

Jerry Brown’s final legacy is pending. Check back in a year. george.skelton@latimes.com. Follow @LATimesSkelton on Twitter. More to Read . Newsom in fight to advance plans for $20-billion water ...

Most Californians will not remember Jerry Brown from his first two terms as governor. In those days, between 1975 and 1983, he was stunningly youthful, heir to his father’s name yet slightly at ...

Reporting from Sacramento — After running for elected office 12 times since 1970, Gov. Jerry Brown is about to exit the center stage of California politics, no longer the brash upstart but now a ...

LOS ANGELES — Jerry Brown, the former governor of California, could barely make out the mountains in the distance from his ranch in the city of Williams on Sunday.

When Jerry Brown took office for his second go-around as California’s governor, he inherited a $27 billion budget deficit. When he left office eight years later, that was erased, and the state was in ...

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, ...

News about Jerry Brown, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jerry Brown Jr. was described by the Colts as a hard-working, caring player who embraced his opportunity Indianapolis Colts senior director of communications Avis Roper ...