Kamala to resign her Senate seat

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign her Senate seat on Monday, two days before she and President-elect Joe Biden are inaugurated. Aides to the California Democrat confirmed the timing and said Gov. Gavin Newsom was aware of her decision, clearing the way for him to appoint fellow Democrat Alex Padilla, now California's secretar y of state, to ser ve the final two years of Harris' term. Harris will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday. Harris chose Sotomayor for the task, according to a person familiar with the decision.