SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom announced their final and historic 20th class for induction into the California Hall of Fame. The class, remarkable in both size and achievements, reflects values of creativity, innovation and advocacy that the Hall has represented for two decades.

The honorees will be formally enshrined during a ceremony in December at the California Museum in Sacramento. The event will recognize the lasting impact of their contributions and the ways they have shaped California and the world.

"For 20 years, the California Hall of Fame has celebrated the extraordinary people who make this state what it is," Newsom said. "This historic class reflects the very best of California and what's possible when people have the courage to think big and make a difference."

"20 classes in, the California Hall of Fame continues to showcase that California's greatest strength is its people," Siebel Newsom said. "This milestone 20th class honors both those who continue to lead and inspire us today and those we have lost, whose legacies live on through the lasting impact they made."

The 20th class includes 18 inductees spanning entertainment, sports, activism, culinary arts and public service. Among them are actor Edward Asner, who became the first actor in television history to win Emmys for playing the same role in both a comedy and a drama.

Baseball legend Barry Bonds will be inducted after a career spanning more than 22 seasons in Major League Baseball. He won a record 7 National League MVP Awards, 8 Gold Gloves and 12 Silver Slugger Awards, and holds the record of 762 career home runs.

Chef Dominique Crenn, co-owner of Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, became the first woman chef in the United States to earn 3 Michelin stars. She received the James Beard Foundation's "Best Chef: West" award and recognition as one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2024.

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro earned Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for The Shape of Water in 2017. He earned his third Oscar for his stop-motion film Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio in 2022.

Nancy Pelosi made history as the first woman elected Speaker of the House in 2007 and regained the office in 2019. Elected to Congress in 1987, she led House Democrats for 20 years, bringing back billions to upgrade the Golden Gate Bridge and pass the Affordable Care Act.

The class also honors those who have passed, including actor Robin Williams, known for his roles in Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society and Mrs. Doubtfire. He worked for decades with Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg on Comic Relief USA and performed for U.S. service members on tours around the world.

Betty Charbonnet Reid Soskin, who died in 2025, became the oldest full-time National Park Service ranger, retiring at the age of 100. She inspired generations by bringing history to life through her own experiences of segregation and resilience.

Other inductees include viticulture leader Andy Beckstoffer, street artist Shepard Fairey, author Maxine Hong Kingston, musician Huey Lewis, rock band Metallica, singer-songwriters Joni Mitchell and Bonnie Raitt, civil rights advocate Felicitas Méndez, actors Diane Ladd and Rob and Michele Reiner, and entrepreneur Susie Tompkins Buell. Launched in 2006, the California Hall of Fame recognizes trailblazing honorees who embody California's spirit of innovation and have changed the state, the nation and the world.