Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of George F. Bird, Frank J. Menetrez, Michael C. Small and Kevin P. Stennis to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Hugo J. Loza to a judgeship in the Tulare County Superior Court.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Ross C. Moody, Joseph M. Quinn and Sharon M. Reardon to judgeships in the San Francisco County Superior Court.

San Francisco, California - A jury convicted Ebrahim Shabudin yesterday of seven felony counts of conspiracy, securities fraud and other corporate fraud offenses stemming from the failure of United Commercial Bank (UCB), announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California, Acting Inspector General Fred W. Gibson Jr. of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Office of the Inspector General, Special Inspector General Christy Romero of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Inspector General Mark Bialek of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of the Inspector General and Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson of the FBI’s San Francisco Division.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of James P. Cramer and Andrew A. Steckler to judgeships in the Alameda County Superior Court.

San Francisco, California - The world’s most comprehensive tasting of American-produced Tempranillo celebrates its 8th year in 2015, when the Tempranillo Advocates, Producers and Amigos Society (TAPAS) conducts its annual Grand Wine Tasting at the Golden Gate Club at the Presidio in San Francisco on Sunday, April 26, 2015. Join nearly thirty TAPAS member vintners as they showcase their top Tempranillo bottlings as well as other Iberian varietal wines.