Gavin Newsom

Critics boiled a lengthy interview down to 23 seconds of Larry Elder saying Joe Biden won the presidency "fairly and squarely," but the gubernatorial candidate has lots more to say on the subject.

Supporters of recall candidate Larry Elder say "conscious Christians" are hypocritical for not supporting the conservative African American.

The California Democratic governor announced the mandate during a news conference held at a school in Oakland Wednesday morning.

"We think this is the right thing to do, and we think this is a sustainable way to keeping our schools open," California Governor Gavin Newsom said in an address today.

Republicans in California are outnumbered by Democrats and having five Republicans on the ballot will split GOP votes, increasing Democrats' chances at winning.

"If he is replaced, you'd think that the Democrats would want to weigh in on who they would want to replace him with," lead recall proponent Orrin Heatlie said.

There are 108 large wildfires burning across the U.S., with 25,000 wildland firefighters and incident management teams battling the blazes.

Could California find itself with a staunch conservative governor after the recall dust settles?

"We are squarely focused on putting California back on track," California GOP Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson said in a statement.

Ex-Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani has endorsed Elder, saying he will ""save California from floating all the way to the People's Republic of Communist China."

"We cannot afford to discourage voters who...may not vote because their favored candidate didn't receive the endorsement," two RNC members wrote in an email.

Judge Laurie Earl wrote that Newsom persuasively demonstrated that the recall effort "was clearly spearheaded by Republicans."

"They said they had housing for me, but it just didn't seem real. When you're homeless, you become leery and you don't trust people," Veronica Perez said.

The Orange County Board of Education said there was a "lack of a sound medical or scientific basis" for the order requiring face coverings in classrooms.

Republicans will have the option to team up against Gov. Newsom for the debate or try to go at each other for California's recall election.

Forty-eight percent of respondents said they would vote to keep Newsom, while 46 percent said they would vote to recall him, according to the poll's report.

California voters will decide the Democratic governor's fate during the statewide recall election on September 14.

Democratic registration is nearly twice that of Republicans in the state, but party leaders are worried about Republicans' eagerness to push out Governor Gavin Newsom.

Gavin Newsom announced the incentive as a way to free up energy supplies to meet demand amid the increasing threat of extreme heat events and wildfires.

"If they kick me out, I'm gonna feel good about what we just did, and not ever regret a damn thing," Newsom said.

Prior to Tuesday's incident, thieves broke store windows once in February and two more times in April.

Newsom and Sisolak called for more federal resources to support their battles against wildfires during a press conference after the tour.

A poll has found the Democratic governor has only a 3-point lead among Californians most likely to vote in September's recall election.

The poll also showed while Republicans represent just 25 percent of voters, the poll shows they make up 33 percent of likely voters in the recall election.

Their scuffle on social media followed an announcement from California officials about a new COVID-19 vaccination mandate for state employees.

The conservative radio host will attend a fundraiser in Bakersfield the day of the debate, according to his campaign.

"We have zero tolerance for treasonous, anti-American stupidity," reads a sign outside Basilico's Pasta e Vino restaurant in Huntington Beach.

A recent court order has ruled that California Governor Gavin Newsom violated parent's rights regarding school closures during COVID-19.

The debate will be held at 6 p.m. August 4 at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda.

The lawsuit says that the mandate will harm the "mental and physical health" of children, especially after a year of isolation and distance learning.