President Trump is ripping California Gov. Gavin Newsom over mismanagement of the state leading up to the devastating wildfires and handling of sanctuary cities ahead of his visit to the Golden State.
Reconstructing fire-ravaged neighborhoods in their former image could make residents sitting ducks for future blazes, experts say.
The L.A. fires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.
Cal Fire’s total base wildfire protection budget has nearly tripled over the past 10 years, from $1.1 billion in 2014‑15 to $3 billion in 2023‑24.
They either have a death wish, they’re stupid, or there’s something else going on that we don’t understand. But we want the water that they’re
Gavin Newsom, calling him Gavin “Newscum ... particularly the most destructive natural disasters. After the Woolsey Fire in 2008 that ravaged the beachfront community of Malibu, destroyed ...
One Malibu homeowner, who asked that her name not be printed to protect her family's privacy, is still in the process of rebuilding her home after the 2018 Woolsey Fire burned it to the ground. The fire destroyed an estimated 1,600 structures, and the rebuilding process is ongoing.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at helping businesses impacted by the Southern California wildfires by extending license and permit renewal deadlines and waiving fees for obtaining duplicates of license certificates destroyed in the blazes.
Did you know that the recent California wildfires have forced over 180,000 people to evacuate their homes? Or that the ongoing fires have caused an estimated $150 billion in damages across Southern California?
That is a terrible idea, full stop. Lawmakers shouldn’t use the fires as an excuse to slow down on clean energy — not when scientists say humanity must slash emissions much faster to keep the climate crisis from getting worse, and not when the climate crisis is a significant reason we’re seeing these catastrophic fires in the first place.
It’s no surprise that enforcement officials more closely aligned with Trump see legal ambiguity at the same time those in deep-blue counties, such as San Francisco, insist there is no legal conflict because the federal courts upheld California’s sanctuary law during Trump’s first term.
Jan. 22, 10:30 a.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 68% containment and the Eaton Fire at 91% containment, listing no other active fires in Los Angeles as a red flag warning is in effect for much the region until Friday evening.