Three new wildfires have started in southern California since Monday as dry conditions and destructive winds continued to create a high fire risk in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. At least 24 people have been killed in the disaster and dozens more are missing.

The program guaranteeing fire insurance coverage for homeowners turned down by traditional companies, known as the California FAIR Plan​, could run out of money following the devastating destruction caused by the Palisades and Eaton fires.

The governor lashed back after several Republican leaders said that aid to his state as it deals with deadly wildfires should be conditional.

California and other Democratic-controlled states would need to atone for “bad behavior,” if they wanted federal assistance, one lawmaker said.

Congressional Republicans have picked up on Donald Trump's animosity toward the state of California and are now suggesting that any federal aid to help in the recovery from historic, deadly, devastating fires should come with conditions as well as political strings attached.

Biden signed proclamations designating a monument in Southern California's and another in far northern California.

U.S. President Joe Biden designated two California sites -- a swathe of desert significant to native tribes and a dormant volcano -- as national monuments on Tuesday, advancing his record of conserving more U.