January 12, 2025 Newsom defends fire response with fact-check site linking to Dem Party fundraising platform Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is combating "misinformation" surrounding his handling of the fires with a website that asks for donations through ActBlue.
January 12, 2025 California relying on prisoners, Mexico to provide firefighters to battle Los Angeles wildfires California has deployed firefighters from Mexico as well as nearly 1,000 prison inmates to help combat deadly wildfires that have exploded across Los Angeles since last week.
January 12, 2025 Private drones are interfering with aerial firefighting efforts as death toll rises in LA wildfires: officials Private drones flown near the wildfires consuming Los Angeles County continued to interfere with aerial firefighting efforts, officials said Saturday evening.
January 12, 2025 Californians 'angry' amid devastating wildfires, asking where high tax dollars went: local researcher A Los Angeles County resident and research fellow says locals are wondering what their tax dollars are going toward as officials struggle to contain devastating wildfires.
January 12, 2025 California wildfires: Navy veteran and mother shares heart-wrenching evacuation from her home and community California wildfires burn down the home and community of a veteran, ER doctor and single mother of four, Sara Trepanier, in the Pacific Palisades. She and her daughter tell their evacuation story.
January 11, 2025 Everything you need to know about the water drops in California during wildfires Firefighters in California are battling the fires from the sky using a variety of specialized aircraft that dump water and fire retardant onto the terrain below.
January 11, 2025 Rep. Chu leads tour of Eaton Fire destruction: 'We as Californians have each other’s backs' Rep. Chu and her peers on Saturday toured destruction caused by the deadly Eaton Fire in Altadena and northern Pasadena.
January 11, 2025 Dem senator warns 'LA fires are preview of coming atrocities,' claims Trump bought off by 'Big Oil' Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., claims President-elect Trump was bought off by "Big Oil" and that "the LA fires are preview of coming atrocities."
January 11, 2025 Newsom invites Trump to California, urges against politicizing 'human tragedy,' disseminating 'disinformation' As fires rage, California Gov. Gavin Newsom invited President-elect Trump to visit the state, urging against politicization of the catastrophe.
January 11, 2025 Horse racing, college basketball games postponed due to devastating wildfires across Los Angeles region A flareup of one of the four active wildfires in the Los Angeles area brought a new round of evacuations, and Santa Anita canceled this weekend's horse racing.