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.
Reduction to an extra sum for fire resilience drew outrage while the general fund for fire prevention continues to swell under Newsom's leadership.
Online posts, citing a January 10 Newsweek article, claim Newsom cut $101m in fire prevention funding. Is this true?
On social media, President-elect Donald Trump amplified a claim that California Gov. Gavin Newsom slashed the state's fire budget by $100 million just months before the outbreak of the recent wildfires.
Burn scars in areas of the Eaton Fire and Palisades Fire are of top concern, as the risk for mudslides, landslides, flash floods and debris flow is high in fire zones.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced a private sector effort entitled “LA Rises” to rebuild Los Angeles communities on Tuesday after days of devastation caused by wildfires. Newsom selected
As LA County school officials lead recovery efforts after the Palisades and Eaton fires, advice comes from two Northern California education leaders whose own schools were ravaged by fires. Still reeling from the Palisades and Eaton fires, students and ...
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Winds have picked up and are expected to continue through Tuesday morning, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Winds picked up on Tuesday in Southern California and at least a couple of new wildfires broke out as firefighters remained on alert in extreme fire weather two weeks after two major blazes started that are still burning in the Los Angeles area.
Two wildfires ignited early Tuesday in San Diego, California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said ... significant debris in burn scars from the fires. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday afternoon that directs $2.5 ...
The California Fire Foundation and Gov. Gavin Newsom have restarted California Rises, describing it as “a bold new phase of wildfire recovery and resilience.” The programs will provide relief and grants to communities devastated by the catastrophic fires in the Los Angeles area that destroyed tens of thousands of structures and claimed more than two