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California recall threat puts pressure on Newsom speech

by Kathleen Ronayne
| March 9, 2021 2:03 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to give perhaps the most important speech of his political life Tuesday, and he’s spent weeks laying the groundwork for an upbeat address aimed at nearly 40 million people exhausted by a year of coronavirus restrictions.

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