SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday appointed five justices to the courts of appeal — three to the First District alone — ending a 13-month drought in which no one had been named to the appellate bench.

Appointed to the First District were Kathleen Banke, 56, of Alameda County Superior Court; Robert Dondero, 63, of San Francisco Superior Court; and Terence Bruiniers, also 63, of Contra Costa County Superior Court.