SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-The Treasurer of the California Republican Party and his partner are enjoying Washington D.C. this week. Greg Gandrud went to the

In one of his last official acts, former President Joe Biden early Monday pardoned members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack — including Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino — in an attempt to shield them from becoming targets during Trump’s second presidential administration.

The freshly inaugurated Trump administration is requiring thousands of federal workers across Southern California to stop working from home and return to their offices, but just how much space they’ll have to work with by the end of the year is a lingering question.

Southern California reservoirs are near full, and hydrant problems are unrelated to the Delta and fish, they note

Dozens are feared dead after a midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter. Washington D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen joins Ana Cabrera to share more on the emergency response.

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Southern California reservoirs are near full, and hydrant problems are unrelated to the Delta and fish, they note

Climate change caused by human activity increases the risk of devastating fires, like the ones in Los Angeles, California,according to the World Weather Attribution (WWA) network .

In Nevada, the deadliest plane crash was in 1964. A four-engine Constellation operated by California’s Paradise Airlines traveling from Oakland crashed in a mountain near Lake Tahoe after two failed attempts to land at the nearby airport. Here's a look at notable plane crashes in Nevada history:

“Nationwide, the rate of kindergartners with complete records for the measles vaccine declined from around 95 percent before the pandemic to under 93 percent last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” The New York Times reported this month.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly railed against California's governor as "Newscum," spread misinformation about the causes of the Los Angeles fires and suggested that California will not receive the typical federal aid for recovery unless it changes its water policy. Or its forestry policy. Or its immigration sanctuary policy.

The demand further politicized a fragile situation that has left Gov. Gavin Newsom scrambling to respond to the whims of the president — or even to speak with him at all — to secure billions of dollars from the federal government to help Los Angeles fight an ongoing firestorm and rebuild.