Governor Brown Upbeat About New Year's Prospects
You might think no one is more ready to put 2011 behind him than Governor Jerry Brown. But Brown says he remains energized and hopeful, even though his quest for bipartisan compromise in Sacramento failed. The governor spoke to political reporters on Tuesday, and afterward he sat down with The California Report's Sacramento Bureau Chief John Myers for a one-on-one conversation about his first year in office and what lies ahead.
Founder of Surf Forecasting Dies
Sean Collins, who was named by Surfer magazine one of the 25 most influential surfers of the 20th century, died of a heart attack in Newport Beach on Monday. Collins created Surfline, the world's first major wave forecasting service.