The program has enlisted Dodgers Chairman Mark Walter, Magic Johnson, and LA28 chairman and president Casey Wasserman to lead the initiative.

CBS News Confirmed checked Gov. Newsom's "fact checks" on the L.A.-area fires and found that although many were correct, a few omitted crucial context. Here's what we know.

Residents in a Northern California community are begging Gov. Newsom for help as crime runs rampant as Los Angeles continues to burn from wildfires.

Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign legislation Thursday providing $2.5 billion in funding to relief efforts in Los Angeles County, where two massive wildfires killed 28 people and left behind a trail of destruction this month.

California lawmakers unanimously approved $2.5 billion to aid wildfire cleanup and recovery in the Los Angeles area Thursday morning just 10 days after Gov. Gavin Newsom called for it in a special session.

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.

Trump and Newsom set aside their usual bitterness and say they will figure out how to work together on the region’s recovery.

Trump, who has frequently sparred with Newsom, is set to return to California amid a congressional standoff over conditioning federal disaster aid to the Democrat-run state. Republicans are pushing to tie the aid to a debt ceiling increase, and Trump has called on Newsom to acquiesce to his demands over water delivery and forest management.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $2.5 billion disaster aid package on Thursday, Jan. 23, to help Southern Californians recover from the devastating wildfires that have ravaged Los Angeles County.

The governor recently issued executive orders waiving environmental review and permitting requirements that he said would have resulted in rebuilding delays.