Sacramento Bee: See new California Hall of Fame class walk the red carpet in Sacramento and receive honors

Sacramento Bee Staff
February 7, 2024

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.
▪ All-female pop punk band the Go-Go’s.
▪ Former federal judge and civil rights leader Thelton Henderson.
▪ Chicano rock band Los Lobos.
▪ Former basketball player and sports broadcaster Cheryl Miller.
▪ Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.
▪ Artistic director and choreographer Brenda Way.

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