The first of these was the decision to take the Santa Ynez Reservoir in Pacific Palisades, with its 117-million-gallon capacity, offline, due to previously scheduled maintenance. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which made this call, effectively ensured that the basin was empty in the middle of wildfire season.

Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass, and the 2028 Summer Olympics: All three, to different degrees, have been imperiled by the deadly wildfires still tearing through Los Angeles.

Fed-up residents have reignited a petition initially started nearly a year ago, which demands Gov. Gavin Newsom deploy state and county officers “to assist Vallejo with its spiraling crime problem.” “As a resident of Vallejo, CA, I am deeply concerned about the safety of my community,” wrote Paula Conley, the petition starter.

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Murmurs of recalls are swirling in California, where the state and local response to the L.A. wildfires has led to bipartisan anger at the governor and mayor.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass recently rejected an offer for assistance from the New York Fire Department, outlets reported.

The minute something goes wrong, then you have excuses and cop-outs and really no direct response,” one resident fumed.

The California Democrat has pressed moderate measures to aid victims and been a constant TV presence as he and the state battle online falsehoods.

California is one of America’s most difficult and costly places to build — a driving factor behind the state’s longstanding affordable housing shortage.

Several VERIFY readers asked us if it’s true that the Los Angeles mayor declined New York City’s offer to send firefighters ... 2025 A spokesperson for California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office told VERIFY California “has not declined mutual aid ...

Gavin Newsom. But experts say it may not change ... something that has happened after devastating floods in New York, Houston and other parts of the country. "There's a pattern here," Miller ...

Newsom is facing sharp criticism over the wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles. Newsweek writers decide if he should face a recall.