The fire threat remains critical in Southern California, where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders Wednesday as fire crews battled the out-of-control Hughes Fire near Castaic, a suburb in the foothills and mountains of northern Los Angeles County.

President Trump called on federal officials to draft plans to route more water to the crop-rich Central Valley and densely populated cities in the southern part of the state.

California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom plans on crashing President Trump’s arrival to the Golden State when the commander in chief lands in Los Angeles Friday, according to reports. The 78-year-old president will tour the decimated areas of the fire-ravaged Southern California — where wildfires killed at least 28 people — in one of his first presidential acts outside of Washington,

There's been no let-up in the war of words between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom as Trump arrives in Los Angeles to survey damage from the horrific wildfires