{"id":105795,"date":"2020-08-18T18:30:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T01:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=105795"},"modified":"2020-08-18T18:30:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T01:30:47","slug":"governor-newsom-declares-statewide-emergency-due-to-fires-extreme-weather-conditions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=105795","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Declares Statewide Emergency Due to Fires, Extreme Weather Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;Governor Gavin Newsom today declared a statewide emergency to help ensure the availability of vital resources to combat fires burning across the state, which have been exacerbated by the effects of the historic West Coast heat wave and sustained high winds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89700\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GavinFire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GavinFire.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GavinFire-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GavinFire-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GavinFire-570x322.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deploying every resource available to keep communities safe as California battles fires across the state during these extreme conditions,\u201d said Governor Newsom. \u201cCalifornia and its federal and local partners are working in lockstep to meet the challenge and remain vigilant in the face of continued dangerous weather conditions.\u201dThe Governor earlier this week secured Fire Management Assistance Grants \u202f(FMAGs) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to bolster the state\u2019s response to fires burning in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2020\/08\/18\/california-secures-federal-assistance-to-support-response-to-lnu-lightning-complex-fire-in-napa-county-and-jones-fire-in-nevada-county\/\">Napa, Nevada<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2020\/08\/17\/california-secures-federal-assistance-to-support-response-to-river-fire-in-monterey-county\/\">Monterey<\/a>\u00a0counties and signed an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2020\/08\/17\/as-west-coast-faces-historic-heat-wave-energy-shortages-governor-newsom-signs-heat-emergency-proclamation-to-free-up-energy-capacity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">emergency proclamation<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2020\/08\/17\/governor-newsom-signs-executive-order-to-free-up-additional-energy-capacity-amid-west-coast-heat-wave\/\">executive order<\/a>\u00a0to address impacts of the ongoing heat wave.The text of today\u2019s proclamation can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8.18.20-Fire-State-of-Emergency-Proclamation-text.pdf\">here<\/a>\u00a0and a copy can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8.18.20-Fire-State-of-Emergency-Proclamation.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;Governor Gavin Newsom today declared a statewide emergency to help ensure the availability of vital resources to combat fires burning across the state, which have been exacerbated by the effects of the historic West Coast heat wave and sustained high winds. \u201cWe are deploying every resource available to keep communities safe as California battles 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