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.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he is deploying additional resources and personnel to several counties in and near Southern California to combat any fires that may spread due to dangerous weather. The governor said he is mobilizing and prepositioning more than 170 fire engines,

While the Border 2 Fire area is not densely populated, “There is a threat to critical communication infrastructure,” said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, also known ...

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.

Arriving in Los Angeles, he was greeted by California Governer Gavin Newsom ... in a dumpster fire. It does not deserve Oscars. Lots of fake news in that movie.” Newsom says California will ...

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 ...

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?

Gov. Gavin Newsom thanked President Donald Trump Friday for visiting Southern California to tour the devastation left by the fires this month, marking their first face-off since starting an ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom told the president that California needed his help, and President Trump said he would work to “get something completed.”

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 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