A new wildfire was reported today at 2:48 a.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive order that prohibits the construction of duplexes, triplexes or fourplexes from replacing single-family-homes destroyed by the recent wildfires in Pacific Palisades, i.e., the suspension of SB 9.

Gov. Gavin Newsom kept an unusually low profile as he swung through the nation's capital this week, holding meetings with a handful of lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Friday as he renewed calls for billions in federal aid for recovery and rebuilding after the Los Angeles fires.

Ahead of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s visit to Washington, D.C. on Thursday, he requested more than $33 billion in federal aid for Los Angeles wildfire recovery efforts. • Video Above: Gov. Newsom reflects on Southern California fires six months later On Jan.

California Governor Gavin Newsom lobbied Congress for wildfire recovery funds on Capitol Hill, but faced delays due to the Trump administration's inaction.

A 17-year-old boy died in an explosion triggered by fireworks Wednesday evening in South Los Angeles, according to authorities.

A man has been arrested for allegedly firebombing a federal building in downtown Los Angeles and is suspected in another blaze in a nearly century-old apartment building in Koreatown on Monday. Kimberly Cheng reports for the KTLA 5 News at Noon on Dec.

WASHINGTON, DC: The White House slammed Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, December 5. Newsom had claimed that the Donald Trump administration refused to meet with him during a Washington trip. The trip was intended to secure additional Los Angeles wildfire recovery aid.