Hertzberg, a Democrat from the Los Angeles area, has earned nicknames such as "Hugsberg" and "Huggy Bear" for greeting men and women alike with giant hugs. The Senate Rules Committee formally ...

Sen. Bob Hertzberg's penchant for hugging is so well known he has nicknames such as "Hugsberg" and "Huggy Bear." As an Assemblyman, he once handed out pins reading "I was hugged by Assemblyman Bob ...

Hertzberg, a Democrat from Los Angeles, has earned nicknames such as "Hugsberg" and "Huggy Bear" for greeting men and women alike with giant hugs. The Senate Rules Committee formally reprimanded ...

Sen. Bob Hertzberg's penchant for hugging is so well known he has nicknames such as "Hugsberg" and "Huggy Bear." As an Assemblyman, he once handed out pins reading "I was hugged by Assemblyman Bob ...

Hertzberg, nicknamed "Huggy Bear" by his colleagues, was reprimanded by the committee but spared harsher punishment because his "motivation is not sexual in nature." The Legislature has seen multiple ...