A veteran Los Angeles-area fire chief ripped into Mayor Karen Bass her “failure of leadership” by taking a trip to Africa just days before the deadly fires erupted. Redondo Beach Fire Chief Patrick Butler took direct aim at mayor Bass and California officials under Governor Gavin Newsom,

Gov. Newsom Blasts Trump on Fire Rebuild Order, Urges Aid Release

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Jan. 7 a day of remembrance for the Los Angeles fires.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom could be playing with fire in a politically fraught visit to Los Angeles on the anniversary of the Southern California blazes that killed at least 31 and destroyed some 18,000 homes and structures. Newsom will visit the city on ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, an all-but-certain candidate for president in 2028, jumped at the chance to address a forum of business executives and other A-list figures last week and burnish his credentials as President Donald Trump’s most vocal critic.

Jimmy Kimmel, Gavin Newsom and Adam Carolla each represent a distinctly California way of seeing the world. But two events this year, the Los Angeles Wildfires in January and Kirk’s assassination in Utah in September, pushed those perspectives into ...

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