Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis Archives

Calif. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis Calls Clarence Thomas a ‘Saudi Arabian father’

June 24, 2022 3:13 pmJune 24, 2022 3:53 pm

California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis has developed a reputation for speaking out of school. Her remarks in November blaming President Joe Biden for putting Vice President Kamala Harris in the corner earned her a spanking from the White House. And...

EXCLUSIVE: Newsom Bolting for Costa Rica

March 30, 2022 2:55 pmApril 2, 2022 7:36 am

Well-traveled Governor Gavin Newsom, who made national headlines with a posh getaway to a Cabo San Lucas Villa in November, is heading south once again. As the Globe can exclusively report, the governor and his family will be heading to...

McClatchy Bankruptcy Backstories

February 19, 2020 2:34 amFebruary 20, 2020 2:17 pm

Last week the McClatchy newspaper chain filed for bankruptcy, ending family control of the nation’s second-largest news company. Writers for the chain’s flagship Sacramento Bee cited the $4.4 billion acquisition of the Knight-Ridder chain in 2006, and the woes of...

Gov. Newsom Names Lt. Governor Kounalakis as Representative on International Affairs and Trade

March 1, 2019 8:51 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday naming Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis as the Governor’s representative for International Affairs and Trade Development interagency committee. Kounalakis is the former ambassador to Hungary under former President Barack Obama. “I am honored to work...