Kathleen Ronayne, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens during the vice presidential debate at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Harris made history Saturday, Nov. 7, as the first Black woman elected as vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men — almost all of them white — entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries. (Justin Sullivan/Pool via AP, File)

Harris makes history as first Black woman, South Asian elected VP

by Kathleen Ronayne Associated PressNovember 7, 2020

Kamala Harris made history Saturday as the first Black woman elected as vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men — almost all of them white — entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two…

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., kisses his wife Jane O'Meara Sanders, as he speaks to supporters at a primary night election rally in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Sanders wins close contest over Buttigieg; Klobuchar surprises in 3rd place

by Steve Peoples Associated Press, Kathleen Ronayne Associated Press, and Hunter Woodall Associated PressFebruary 12, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., gestures during a campaign stop at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H., Monday Feb. 10, 2020. Voters in New Hampshire will vote Tuesday Feb. 11th in the nation's first presidential primary. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Hopefuls make push for NH win

by Will Weissert Associated Press, Kathleen Ronayne Associated Press, and Bill Barrow Associated PressFebruary 10, 2020

In this aerial photo, emergency personnel, right, walk among vendor booths at Christmas Hill Park, Monday, July 29, 2019, in Gilroy, Calif., the site of a shooting the day before at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Authorities on Monday were searching for answers to why a 19-year-old opened fire on a popular food festival less than a mile from his parents' home in California, killing two children and another man, but believe many more people would have died if officers patrolling the event had not stopped the gunman so quickly. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Festival shooting kills three

by Kathleen Ronayne Associated Press, and Julie Watson Associated PressJuly 29, 2019

Shana Bonner, left, styles the hair of Pho Gibson at Exquisite U hair salon in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, July 3, 2019. California is the first state to ban job and school discrimination against people for wearing natural hair styles such as braids. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)

California becomes 1st state to ban hairstyle discrimination

by Kathleen Ronayne Associated PressJuly 3, 2019

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2018 file photo shows state Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Investigators say Mendoza likely engaged in unwanted "flirtatious or sexually suggestive" behavior with six women. He resigned in February 2018 and is a Democrat. The California Legislature says it racked up more than $1.8 million in legal costs from sexual harassment investigations during 2018 and the first month of 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater, File)

Misconduct inquiries cost Calif. millions

by Kathleen Ronayne Associated PressMarch 8, 2019

Residences were leveled by the wildfire in Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Thursday the wildfire that destroyed the town of Paradise is now 40 percent contained, up from 30 percent Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Fire Evacuation Plan Questioned

by Paul Elias Associated Press, and Kathleen Ronayne Associated PressNovember 15, 2018

Dani Merrill, left, who survived both the Las Vegas concert shooting and the Thousand Oaks bar shooting conducts an interview during a vigil to remember victims of a mass shooting Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Terrified patrons hurled barstools through windows to escape or threw their bodies protectively on top of friends as a Marine combat veteran killed multiple people at a country music bar in an attack that added Thousand Oaks to the tragic roster of American cities traumatized by mass shootings. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Some Vegas Survivors At Calif. Bar

by Kathleen Ronayne Associated Press, and Amanda Lee Myers Associated PressNovember 9, 2018

People gather outside the home, Wednesday March 21, 2018, where Stephon Alonzo Clark, 22, was shot and killed by a pair of Sacramento Police officers in Sacramento, Calif. The police said the two officers were responding to a call of a man breaking at least three vehicle windows Sunday night. Clark, who was unarmed, was shot in the backyard of his grandmother's home, where he was staying. Video footage released Wednesday shows the officers yelling that Clark had a gun before firing. No gun was found at the scene. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

BLM Organizes Protest After Shooting

by Don Thompson Associated Press, and Kathleen Ronayne Associated PressMarch 23, 2018

FILE - In this June 22, 2016 file photo, Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, D- Bell Gardens, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Garcia, the head of California's legislative women's caucus and a leading figure in the anti-sexual harassment movement is herself the subject of a sexual misconduct claim, Politico reported Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Calif. Assemblywoman Takes Leave Amid Sex Misconduct Probe

by Kathleen Ronayne Associated PressFebruary 9, 2018