An early morning fire in Independence left one person dead and two others badly injured, according to the Independence Fire ...

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...