Newsom Talks Trump, 2028 — and Where He Draws the Line on Israel

It was one of those days in San Francisco: Sun shining, temperature just right, the city at peak charm. This was weather that makes you forget about the gloomier days, those that evoke the old chestnut attributed to Mark Twain: "The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco."

So it was understandable that when Gov. Gavin Newsom arrived at Sam's Grill for our conversation, he lingered, jacket off, outside the 159-year-old restaurant for a few minutes. Newsom was catching up with his original political patron, Sam's regular and San Francisco mayor-for-life Willie Brown.

I didn't want to disrupt the reconvening of two mayors, but Dungeness crab awaited.