Still, he noted, large parts of California did support Mr. Trump — mostly rural areas in the Central Valley and northern counties.  Mindy Romero, the director of the California Civic Engagement Project at the University of California, Davis, said some state leaders err in seeing California as wholly blue.  “We’re not,” she said, “and people do feel left out or marginalized.”  She added, “There will be areas of the state that are very glad to see Donald Trump win and I think we should recognize that.”  When California makes choices as a whole, however, as it did on 17 ballot propositions, the results tend to reflect the more populous liberal side.  On Tuesday, voters did away with prohibitions against marijuana, raised taxes on cigarettes, extended an income tax on the wealthy, toughened gun control laws, loosened parole rules and overturned a law that restricted bilingual education in schools.  Californians also sent the first black woman to the United States Senate since Carol Moseley Braun in 1999. Attorney General Kamala Harris easily defeated Representative Loretta Sanchez in the state’s first Democrat-only race, the result of the top-two primary system.  “I intend to fight for a state that has the largest number of immigrants, documented and undocumented,” Ms. Harris told a crowd of supporters. “Our ideals are at stake right now — and we need to fight for our ideals.”  California will join four other states and the District of Columbia where recreational marijuana is allowed, and the decision could open the door to federal legalization.  The passage of the measure will allow residents older than 21 to grow up to six cannabis plants at home and an ounce of marijuana. It also allows the state, county and city government to regulate and tax the growth and sale of marijuana.  Voters also passed a measure supported by Gov. Jerry Brown that would increase the number of nonviolent inmates eligible for parole and allow the inmates to earn credit for good behavior. The measure was aimed at reducing the state’s prison population and rolling back some of the tough-on-crime measures Governor Brown once championed.  Showing just how much the state’s attitude toward immigrants has changed over the last two decades, voters approved Proposition 58, repealing a measure that passed in 1998 and expanding bilingual education for the state’s 1.4 million English language learners.  Buyers of gun ammunition will now have to undergo criminal background checks, and large-capacity magazines are illegal, after the passage of Proposition 63, a gun-control measure brought by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. The measure will also create new requirements for lost or stolen firearms and ammunition.  Voters approved a $2 tax increase per pack of cigarettes, an initiative that prevailed despite more than $70 million spent by tobacco companies to defeat it.  High-income earners — individuals earning more than $250,000 a year — will continue to pay more in taxes, as voters approved a measure that extends the tax increase passed in 2012 by an additional 12 years, till 2030. The revenue will primarily be used to fund public schools.  Initiatives that would abolish the death penalty and impose price controls on pharmaceutical drugs were both behind in early vote counts. A plastic bag ban was ahead.  In closely contested House races, Republican incumbents appeared to be holding on. In the Central Valley, the Republican David Valadao kept his seat, which was thought to be so endangered that House Speaker Paul D. Ryan came to the district to campaign for him.  The Republicans Darrell Issa, Steve Knight and Jeff Denham were all leading in early vote counts.  Dr. Cain, the Stanford professor, suggested that after the shock felt by many Californians over Mr. Trump’s ascendance subsides, the state would enter familiar territory.  “California will be in mourning tomorrow,” he said.  But, he added, “We will go back into the mode that we were in during the Bush administration, which is we were the kind of the rebel state.”  Want to make sure your vote was counted? You can look it up. And check official election results.  See comprehensive maps and charts with projections and results, including county-by-county breakdowns of the presidential and Senate races.  Also, results from contests for the House of Representatives and the State Legislature, the statewide ballot propositions and other races across the state.  • California and Massachusetts legalized recreational marijuana use, reflecting a national shift in attitudes toward the drug. [The New York Times]  • What you can and can’t do now that marijuana is legal. [Orange County Register]  • Three San Francisco Bay Area cities approved a tax on sodas and other sugary drinks to fight diabetes and obesity. [SFGate.com]  • “Not my president”: Mr. Trump’s victory set off protests across California. [Los Angeles Times]  • Disbelief, hope and a plan for California’s secession: How the tech industry is reacting to Trump’s win. [Los Angeles Times]  • A fatal shooting in the San Gabriel Valley temporarily closed two polling places. The suspect was later found dead. [The New York Times]  • Two ballot measures that could have brought a Chargers stadium to downtown San Diego were soundly defeated. [San Diego Union-Tribune]  • Who will Jerry Brown appoint to replace Kamala Harris as California attorney general? [Sacramento Bee]  • If Tesla’s bid for SolarCity wasn’t a Silicon Valley deal, it would have been dead on arrival, says Steven Davidoff Solomon. [The New York Times]  • Elisabeth Prueitt, the pastry queen of San Francisco’s Tartine Bakery, explores the sweet world beyond wheat. [The New York Times]  With the election behind us, how about a palate cleanser?  Research has shown that the company of animals can do wonders for people in ill health.  With that in mind, the San Diego Zoo has been partnering with children’s hospitals across the country to show programming of its animals on televisions in patients’ rooms.  The television channel, known as San Diego Zoo Kids, features footage from the zoo’s live cameras as well as hosts who tell stories about the animals.  Since the initiative’s debut in 2013 at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, it has spread to nearly 80 children’s hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses, a charity for sick children, across 26 states and three countries.  On Tuesday, the zoo announced its latest partnership with a children’s hospital in Phoenix.  Erin Rice, the director of U.C.L.A’s People-Animal Connection program, said scientists have found evidence that animal therapy can help lower blood pressure and raise oxytocin levels in patients.  The San Diego Zoo program was a “wonderful idea,” she said.  “Just bringing the outdoors into a very sterile environment is helpful.”  California Today goes live at 6 a.m. Pacific time weekdays. Tell us what you want to see: CAtoday@nytimes.com.  The California Today columnist, Mike McPhate, is a third-generation Californian — born outside Sacramento and raised in San Juan Capistrano. He lives in Davis. Follow him on Twitter.  California Today is edited by Julie Bloom, who grew up in Los Angeles and attended U.C. Berkeley.
Wednesday: Disbelief over the election of Donald J. Trump, Kamala Harris is sent to the U.S. Senate, and voters choose to legalize recreational pot.