CaribPress is looking back at the most significant developments in 2010 – From Haiti’s earthquake to the World Cup in South Africa.

Kamala Harris is the daughter of a Jamaican, Donald Harris, a Stanford University Professor (Emeritus).

Kamala Harris, 46, replaces Democrat Jerry Brown, who gave up the office in his successful bid for governor.

Democrat Kamala Harris retained a 30,000-vote lead Tuesday over Republican Steve Cooley in the race for state attorney general. That’s a lead of four-tenths of a percentage point, with nine million votes counted.

San Francisco D.A. is first African-American woman to run for statewide office in more than 30 years.