Gov. Gavin Newsom, a California senator and others reacted this week to reports that U.S. Supreme Court Justice and San Francisco native Stephen Breyer is planning to retire from the bench.

The retirement of Breyer, who has served on the Supreme Court since 1994, would open a seat on the nine-judge bench for appointment by President Joe Biden.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.