Wood carving as a hobby or profession is whittling down in this day and age but longstanding proponents of the craft remain ...

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On Monday (Jan. 27), bandmates Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker announced a one-night-only charity show at the Hollywood Palladium supporting wildfire relief efforts amid the ongoing ...

Two young residents look at donated toys at a mutual aid distribution center inside the evacuation zone near Altadena on Jan. 11, 2025. Photo by JW Hendricks for CalMatters The wildfires still burning ...

The foreign aid pause ordered by Secretary of State Marco Rubio will cause a stoppage of funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, as soon as Monday, according to two ...

"I think we recommend that FEMA go away." Trump accused FEMA of bungling emergency relief efforts there and said he preferred that states be given federal money to handle disasters themselves.

The legislative package looks to speed up rebuilding efforts, fund cleanups and issue legal protections and other relief for wildfire survivors. Several policy proposals for relief and recovery in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. California will spend $2.5 billion to help the Los Angeles area recover from recent deadly wildfires under a ...

Newsom, who is widely considered a top contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, has complained publicly over the insinuation by Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson that relief ...

Gavin Newsom signed a $2.5 billion relief package to help aid Los Angeles in its recovery efforts. The proposals include $2.5 billion for the state’s emergency disaster response efforts ...

delivering the boots on the ground that are needed and the policy relief that is needed to get neighborhoods cleaned up and communities rebuilt," said Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg in a social ...

UN relief chief Tom Fletcher said a whole generation had been traumatised, but the ceasefire has "significantly improved" humanitarian aid operations. Join us for live coverage as well as updates from ...