See new California Hall of Fame class walk the red carpet in Sacramento and receive honors
Sacramento Bee
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The newest class of the California Hall of Fame walked the red carpet in Sacramento on Tuesday before being honored during a ceremony inside the California Museum in downtown Sacramento.
The 17th class joined more than 150 of the state’s luminaries in science, public service, sports, entertainment and other fields in an event that originated with then-First Lady Maria Shriver in 2006.
First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom welcomed this year’s class.
“When I think about this group, I’m struck by the fact that they can all be defined as ‘the first,’” she said.
The event also included an acknowledgment of the posthumous 16th class, which was inducted last summer.
California Hall of Fame 17th Class
▪ Former California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown Jr., also the former mayor of San Francisco.
▪ Master chef and “Mother of Fusion Cuisine” Helene An.
▪ Computer scientist and “father of the Internet” Vinton Cerf.
▪ Award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay. DuVernay did not attend.
▪ Former basketball player and sports broadcaster Cheryl Miller.
▪ Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.
▪ Artistic director and choreographer Brenda Way.
Willie Brown Jr., former California Assembly Speaker and a two-term mayor of San Francisco, talks with media on the red carpet before being inducted into the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Brown was the first Black man to hold either office, and the longest serving Speaker in state history. Lezlie Sterling/lsterling@sacbee.com
Members of the all-female pop punk band the Go-Go’s talk with a student media team from Elk Grove on the red carpet as inductees of the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Sacramento. Lezlie Sterling/lsterling@sacbee.com
Celebrated artistic director and choreographer Brenda Way, center, stands with family on the red carpet at the induction ceremony for the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Lezlie Sterling/lsterling@sacbee.com
Renowned computer scientist Vinton Cerf, right, known as the Father of the internet, talks with a member of a student media team from Elk Grove on the red carpet before being inducted into the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Lezlie Sterling/lsterling@sacbee.com
Members of the iconic Chicano rock band Los Lobos stand on the red carpet on Tuesday as one of this year’s inductees into the California Hall of Fame. Lezlie Sterling/lsterling@sacbee.com
Billie Lourd, daughter of actor Carrie Fisher, walks the red carpet before the California Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the California Museum in Sacramento. Her month was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame last year. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com
Helene An, chef and ”mother of fusion cuisine,” walks on stage before she received her medal from Gov. Gavin Newsom during the California Hall of Fame induction ceremony Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Sacramento. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com
Willie L. Brown Jr., former California Assembly Speaker who also served as mayor of San Francisco, speaks after being inducted into the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the California Museum in Sacramento. Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom laugh at Brown’s comments. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com
Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go’s is overjoyed as she speaks after being inducted into the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the California Museum in Sacramento. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta speaks after being inducted into the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the California Museum in Sacramento. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com
Thelton E. Henderson, retired federal judge and civil rights leader speaks after being inducted into the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the California Museum in Sacramento. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com
First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom shares a moment with artistic director and choreographer Brenda Way as she speaks after being inducted into the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the California Museum in Sacramento. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com
Los Lobos band member Louie Pérez speaks his group was inducted into the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the California Museum in Sacramento. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com
Vinton G. Cerf, a computer scientist known as the father of the internet, speaks after being inducted into the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the California Museum in Sacramento. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com
Basketball great and sports broadcaster Cheryl Miller speaks after being inducted into the California Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, at the California Museum in Sacramento. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com
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