California Governor Gavin Newsom was ridiculed online for his awkward and bizarre "shimmy" dance during a local TV interview addressing the ongoing Los Angeles County wildfires. The Democratic governor was smiling from ear-to-ear on Monday,

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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

One of the two major fires that devastated this region — the Eaton fire — is not even in the city of Los Angeles; it is in an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County. The response to the Eaton fire was led by the county fire department; the city fire department was at the forefront in fighting the Palisades fire.

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

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 ...

Winds have picked up and are expected to continue through Tuesday morning, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking