This is an example of the journalistic tradition known as the “yearender”. Aired on December 29, 1957 and January 1, 1958, it is a KCBS Radio broadcast anchored by Don Mozley. He sums up the year’s developments in California politics—including the announcement by state Attorney General Pat Brown that he would seek the governor’s office in the 1958 election. When he won that race, Brown launched the dynasty that saw he or his son Jerry hold the governor’s office for 24 of the next 60 years. The 1958 campaign season was notable because an announced challenge to incumbent Republican Governor Goodwin Knight by Senator William Knowland  resulted in Knight declining to seek re-election. Instead, he ran for Knowland’s Senate seat, and both lost.