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Weeks after fire ravaged LA's Pacific Palisades, residents return to dig for mementos
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scores of Los Angeles residents returned Tuesday to wildfire-ravaged Pacific Palisades after officials began letting people drive back into the scorched community, the first opportunity most have had to carefully scour the sites of their former homes. Sifting...
California water regulators deny Trump's claim that US military 'turned on the water' in the state
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California water officials said this week there's no truth to President Donald Trump's assertion that the U.S. military has entered California and “turned on the water.” Trump's comments, made Monday on his social media platform Truth Social, are the...
Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while touring disaster areas
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation's central...
The Latest: Hegseth confirmed as defense secretary in victory for Trump
President Donald Trump is in the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power. The president also took his first trip of his second administration on Friday, touring areas where politics...
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his first week back in office
President Donald Trump stepped back into the presidency this week moving quickly to set a new agenda, but from his inaugural address continuing through a flurry of executive actions, press conferences and interviews Trump relied on an array of false and misleading information to support his case. ...
Trump targets California water policy as he prepares to tour LA fire damage
As President Donald Trump prepares to tour wildfire damage in California, he's zeroing in on one of his frequent targets for criticism: State water policy. Since the fires broke out Jan. 7, Trump has used social media and interviews to accuse the state of sending too much water to...
Reality TV couple sues the city of Los Angeles after losing home in fires
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reality TV couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing the city of Los Angeles after losing their Pacific Palisades home in the wildfires that have torn through Southern California in recent weeks. The couple, who rose to stardom on “The Hills," a spin-off...
Progress is made on a huge fire north of Los Angeles while new fires erupt in Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters with air support slowed the spread of a huge wildfire churning through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, but new blazes erupted in San Diego County, briefly triggering more evacuations. ...
California will spend $2.5 billion to help the Los Angeles area recover from wildfires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will spend $2.5 billion to help the Los Angeles area recover from recent deadly wildfires under a relief package signed Thursday by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom signed the laws after the state Legislature approved them with bipartisan...
Trump says he may withhold federal aid for Los Angeles if California doesn't change water policies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal disaster aid for wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles unless California leaders change the state's approach on its management of water. In a Fox News Channel interview on Wednesday, Trump repeated false claims that the...
