On Jan. 7, with only days remaining in his presidency, President Joe Biden announced the designation of two new national monuments in California, protecting a combined 848,000 acres in Sáttítla Highlands National Monument near Mount Shasta and Chuckwalla National Monument near Joshua Tree National Park.

President Donald Trump once again raised the possibility of withholding federal disaster aid for Southern California’s wildfires unless certain conditions are met. “I don’t think we should give California anything until they let water flow down” from the northern part of the state to the south,

The president’s repeated talk of a spigot, which he calls a faucet or valve, has been puzzling Californians and Canadians for some time. “I don’t really understand what he’s saying.”

As fire-wrecked Los Angeles braces for a visit by President Donald Trump, many are worrying the mercurial Republican will yank the federal support the city needs to get back on its feet.

The US President made the threat unless California leaders change the state’s approach on its management of water.