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The state's California Hall of Fame got its first 13 members Monday. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and first lady Maria Shriver jointly unveiled names of the honorees, who formally will be inducted Dec. 6. Honorees are: Ronald Reagan, the former California governor and U.S. president. Cesar Chavez, former leader of the United Farm Workers. Walt Disney... Amelia Earhart... Clint Eastwood... Frank O. Gehry... Dr. David Ho, a trailblazer in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Billie Jean King... John Muir, a conservationist and environmentalist whose image appears on the California state quarter. Sally K. Ride... Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Three members of the California State History Museum have resigned, saying they disagree with a quiet push from California's first lady Maria Shriver to refocus the museum's attention on the accomplishments of women. Opened in 1998 as the Golden State Museum, the center's current mission is to depict a broad experience of California life. But, according to reports in the Los Angeles Times and the Sacramento Bee, Shriver has successfully lobbied a majority of the museum board to rename the facility as the California Women's History Museum and devote the 25,000 square feet of exhibit space to...

First lady Maria Shriver has backed off her earlier proposal to create a women's history museum in Sacramento and instead is proposing a more inclusive California State History Center. Trustees of the California State History Museum at 10th and O streets that would be transformed under Shriver's plan intend to hold a private teleconference board meeting at 10 a.m. today to consider her new idea.