William Alfred Newsom III, retired judge and father of Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, dies at 84
(LA Times Auto Racing)

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 Newsom to the Superior Court bench in Placer County in 1975 and he was later appointed to California´s...