Gov. Jerry Brown speaks Thursday at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco as former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and California Air Resources Board chairwoman Mary Nichols look on.

In summary

Boalt Hall, lessons from the Global Climate Action Summit, Newsom and Cox on climate, Denti-Cal, Toni Atkins’ UC regent confirmations, and CALmatters wins an Online News Association award.

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Dan Morain joined CalMatters in March 2018. He is the former editorial page editor of The Sacramento Bee. Morain also spent 27 years at The Los Angeles Times, and has covered the Capitol since 1992.