California officials reported that at least 15 major fires are burning over 350,000 acres on national forest and Bureau of Land Management lands in the state.

As Gov. Gavin Newsom turns his attention to national politics, it’s difficult to evaluate what effect his extracurricular activities have had on his work, because the governor’s office has not made his full schedule available all year.

Newsom’s office expects to deploy the team within the next month to San Jose and California’s other nine largest cities, to tackle encampments on state property along highway medians and under overpasses.

The proposed redistricting would make minor changes in a half dozen Bay Area congressional districts, and expand the 9th Congressional District westward toward the East Bay to bolster potential support for incumbent Democrat Rep. Josh Harder.

The independent body that redraws the state’s political maps isn’t perfect, but many Republicans prefer that to the gerrymander that Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to offset one proposed in Texas. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it is rolling back decades-old emissions standards for cars and trucks and proposing new rules that reverse the “endangerment finding.”

The carpenters' union's stance broke from the powerful Building and Construction Trades Council, which has opposed nearly all proposals to lower hurdles for developers that do not include minimum pay levels and union hiring requirements.

California sent incarcerated firefighters to battle blazes in Los Angeles this year. It’s moving toward paying them minimum wage for their work in emergencies.

No immediate hike in California gas prices will occur but Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature fear the effects of the clean-fuel program.

In a unanimous decision announced Thursday evening, a panel rejected a lower-court’s finding that it was likely illegal for President Trump to use state troops to protect immigration agents from protests.

California’s main source of homelessness funding would drop from $1 billion last year to $0 this year in the proposed state budget.

As the Trump administration considers cutting federal funds to California, Gov. Newsom and other officials suggest withholding taxes from the federal government.

After Trump signed measures today revoking waivers for the state’s mandates that clean up car and truck exhaust and ramp up sales of electric vehicles. California and 10 other states immediately sued and the governor ordered the air board to craft a new mandate.

Gov. Gavin Newsom long insisted that he had no interest in running for president, despite rampant speculation. Now he’s publicly acknowledging that it’s a possibility.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta argued that local law enforcement had been capable of handling the situation and could have requested support from state partners had it been necessary.

What we’re witnessing is not law enforcement — it’s authoritarianism. What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty. Your silence.