Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $2.5 billion disaster aid package on Thursday, Jan. 23, to help Southern Californians recover from ...

California passed two bills to expedite LA wildfire recovery funds as part of an extended special session called by Gov. Gavin Newsom in response to Palisades and Eaton fires.

Housing construction permits were already trending downward. Now the wildfires in Los Angeles have taken away at least 10,000 occupied homes.

Lawmakers also approved $4 million for local governments to streamline approvals for rebuilding homes, and $1 million to support school districts and help them rebuild facilities.

It will be hard for the president to revoke FEMA funding — but a GOP-led Congress could slow down the region’s recovery.

Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign legislation Thursday providing $2.5 billion in funding to relief efforts in Los Angeles County, where two massive wildfires killed 28 people and left behind a trail of ...

Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged ...

After a series of delays in beginning hearings in a special legislative session to prepare for legal battles with the Trump administration, California lawmakers resumed those official discussions on ...

Gavin Newsom promised to add 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office. The state is making progress, but ...

California education leaders got a first look at how Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest proposed budget impacts them earlier this ...