Padilla on his encounter with Kristi Noem

Jim Newton

Jim Newton is a veteran author, teacher and journalist who spent 25 years as a reporter, editor, bureau chief, editorial page editor and columnist at the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of five critically acclaimed books of biography and history, including "Man of Tomorrow: The Relentless Life of Jerry Brown" and his most recent, "Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead and an American Awakening." He teaches in Communication Studies and Public Policy at UCLA.