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...surprised when Gavin Newsom announced April 21 that he would run for California governor. The young mayor of San Francisco has not tried to hide his ambition for higher office, even hinting he may one day run for president. What was surprising, though, was that Newsom announced his bid via Twitter: "It's official - running for Gov of CA. Wanted you to be the first to know. Need your help...
...Newsom, whose mayoral term has seen the admission of both an affair with a friend's wife and an alcohol abuse problem, will face stiff competition in his quest for the governor's mansion. Likely opponents for the Democratic nomination include state attorney general Jerry Brown (also a former governor), former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. But Newsom has shattered expectations before, particularly those predicting he would be a centrist mayor disloyal to San Francisco's liberal tradition. (See TIME's White House Photo Blog...
...Shortly after graduating from college, Newsom opened a wine shop, with the help of investor Gordon Getty, one of the Bay Area's most wealthy scions. The Gettys had been family friends of the Newsoms for years and reportedly even bankrolled Newsom's lavish wedding to his first wife...
...Newsom's wine shop eventually sprouted 15 separate businesses and made him a millionaire. In 1996, then Mayor Willie Brown appointed Newsom to the city's parking and traffic commission and later the board of supervisors. Newsom ran for mayor in 2003, narrowly beating out a Green Party candidate in a runoff. (Newsom was re-elected in 2007 with 73% of the vote...
...redolent and distinctive but more exciting and sociable collection of songs than we have heard from Vetiver before. Bandleader and songwriter Andy Cabic plays all of the instruments on many of the tracks, and without any of the clearly discernible collaborations of previous Vetiver records—Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Hope Sandoval—“Tight Knit” comes across very much as the work of a single voice. “Tight Knit” is Vetiver’s debut recording for Sub Pop, the luminary king of indie pop record labels and home...