Jerry Brown, intrigued by his fellow St. Ignatius High School alum’s interest in environmental law, appointed William Newsom to the Placer County Superior Court in 1975.

Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, right, smiles as Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a reporter’s question after meeting at the Capitol on Nov. 13, 2018, in Sacramento.

Gov. Jerry Brown appointed the elder Newsom to the Superior Court bench in Placer County in 1975 and he was later appointed to California’s Court of Appeal, where he served until retiring in 1995.

Newsom’s father, William Newsom III, once dated one of Pat Brown’s daughters, and Jerry Brown appointed him to two judgeships. The two remained friends until the elder Newsom’s death in last ...

Newsom's father, William Newsom III, once dated one of Pat Brown's daughters, and Jerry Brown appointed him to two judgeships. The two remained friends until the elder Newsom's death in last month.

William Newsom, a retired state appellate court justice and father of Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, died Wednesday morning at his home in San Francisco. He was 84. Gov. Jerry Brown appointed the elder ...

Brown, who turns 77 on Tuesday, said that William Newsom, the father of Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, ... In 2013, Jerry Brown declared his sister’s birthday that year to be “Cynthia Kelly Day.” ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - When Gov. Jerry Brown cedes power to Gavin Newsom, it will be the first time since 1887 that California has had consecutive Democratic governors. But California isn’t ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS SF / AP) — When Gov. Jerry Brown cedes power to former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, it will be the first time since 1887 that California has had consecutive Democratic ...

When Gov. Jerry Brown cedes power to Gavin Newsom, it will be the first time since 1887 that California has had consecutive Democratic governors. But California isn't getting a carbon copy in ...

When Gov. Jerry Brown cedes power to Gavin Newsom, it will be the first time since 1887 that California has had consecutive Democratic governors. But California isn’t getting a carbon copy in ...