Jerry Brown
With four months left in his term, California’s governor continues to draw worldwide attention, signing a bill to require 100 percent clean energy by 2045 and hosting thousands at climate summit in San Francisco.
University of California
A federal appeals court rules against university, saying it does not have exclusive rights to patent breakthrough gene-editing technology that could be worth billions of dollars.
Junípero Serra
Citing harsh treatment of Indians, Stanford removes name of Spanish priest who founded California missions in the 1700s from two buildings and Serra Mall, but retains it on a street and other campus features.