A day after President Donald Trump claimed to have used the U.S. military and emergency powers to pump more water from Northern California to Southern California, federal officials have yet to provide details or explain the action.

The phrase “projected structural deficits in future years” refers to calculations by both Stepenshaw’s staff and the Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Petek, that no matter how the 2025-26 budget turns out, the state faces annual multibillion-dollar gaps between income and outgo after Newsom’s governorship ends two years hence.

Until hours before California Gov. Gavin Newsom greeted President Donald Trump with a bro-hug on the Los Angeles tarmac Friday, his advisers had spent the week monitoring new White House advance staffers’ social media accounts,

On the first week of Donald Trump's second presidency, we report from Washington, D.C., and the frontlines of fire damage in California.

Todd Spitzer in OC, Mike Hestrin in Riverside, Jason Anderson in San Bernardino and John Savrnoch in Santa Barbara want to pursue cases in their counties.

Donald Trump has departed the White House for his first trip since his inauguration, with an itinerary that includes a visit to Los Angeles to survey fire damage and get an update on the recovery efforts in the Palisades.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, center, surveys damage in Pacific Palisades with CalFire's Nick Schuler, left, and Senator Alex Padilla, D-Calif., during the Palisades Fire Wednesday ...

The president excluded Gov. Newsom from plans for his visit to fire-ravaged Los Angeles today, but the governor showed up on the tarmac anyway, and the two said they would cooperate.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) welcomed President Donald Trump on a California tarmac Friday as the two men feud over the future of Los Angeles wildfire aid.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expanded the focus of a special session he called to pass legislation safeguarding the state's progressive policies ahead of Republican President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

In recent weeks, Trump and his allies — notably billionaire Elon Musk on his X platform — have attacked Newsom’s leadership and at times promoted misinformation about California’s response. And House Speaker Mike Johnson has suggested there should be conditions on federal wildfire aid to force changes in California.

The Trump administration apparently opted not to coordinate at all with Gov. Newsom while planning the president’s visit to fire-ravaged Los Angeles today. Just how awkward will this be?