Thirty years ago, California Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his official gubernatorial portrait. The work, created by Santa Monica portrait artist Don Bachardy, was a far cry from the traditional ...

When California Gov. Jerry Brown won a third term in 2010, the blogosphere was atwitter with speculation that a new term could also mean a new official portrait. Brown’s portrait from his first ...

The official website of the California State Capitol Museum states that the practice of commissioning California’s gubernatorial portraits began in 1879 and was made official in 1931. Brown told ...

Gov. Jerry Brown listens to a reporters questions while discussing his plans to deal with an estimated $25.4 billion state budget deficit during a news conference where he released his $84.6 ...

Don Bachardy stood beside his famous portrait of Gov. Jerry Brown and scanned the Capitol wall that also held more realistic likenesses of Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his official portrait. ... Although he hasn’t been back to the Capitol since Gov. Jerry Brown’s inauguration in January 2011, Schwarzenegger said, ...

Portrait of Jerry Brown, by Richard Avedon, March 20, 1976, National Portrait Gallery. Brown was elected California Secretary of State in 1971 and governor four years later (in a poetic move, ...

IN 1972, Robert Redford played the title role in "The Candidate," a movie about a young California politician with an uneasy relationship with his father, a former governor played by Melvyn Douglas.

The last time California Attorney General Jerry Brown's name was associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger's current position, it was when he was known as "Governor Moonbeam" for his early visions of ...

2000-07-22 04:00:00 PDT OAKLAND-- Sometime this week, Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown may be a cause celebre in Havana, chomping on a cigar and rapping with Fidel Castro. That's usually what happens ...

Brown, son of the late two-term Gov. Pat Brown (1959-66), won his first stint as governor in 1974, after eight years of Ronald Reagan. He won a landslide re-election four years later.

When Jerry Brown recently held his first fundraiser as an official candidate for governor, he chose as the venue the Sacramento apartment where he lived the last time he held that office, after ...