The latest order by Newsom also mobilizes debris removal and cleanup with an eye toward recovery, and permits federal hazmat crews to start cleaning up properties as a key step in getting people back to their properties safely and to mitigate the risk of mudslides and flooding by hastening efforts to remove debris.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expanded the focus of a special session he called to pass legislation safeguarding the state's progressive policies ahead of Republican President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

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

President Trump landed in Los Angeles Friday afternoon to tour damage from the devastating Palisades Fire, one of two deadly wildfires fires this month, greeting Gov. Gavin Newsom who was waiting at the bottom of the steps to Air Force One.

Gavin Newsom stepped up his intervention on the California Coastal Commission on ... and the city of Malibu. Hudson explained that Los Angeles County and Malibu jurisdictions have local coastal ...

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?

"Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated Starlinks," a Jan. 15 Instagram post said over the video of a narrator echoing the same claim. Both the text and narrator referred to the Starlink satellite internet terminals Musk dispatched to help with the wildfire response .

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.

The post-wildfire public-private partnership includes at least $100M of private capital and will shape "what L.A. is going to be like for the next 50 or 100 years."

The governor recently issued executive orders waiving environmental review and permitting requirements that he said would have resulted in rebuilding delays.

More than an inch of rain fell in parts of Los Angeles Monday afternoon, triggering flash flood watches and warnings in areas scorched by this month's wildfires.

Gavin Bade is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Washington focused on trade, economics and industrial policy. He previously covered trade and energy at Politico and worked at business ...