California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plans to deliver remarks at the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention are “on hold” because of worsening wildfires spreading across his state
, which have nearly doubled overnight and forced tens of thousands of evacuations. ... [+]Newsom was originally scheduled to speak at the virtual convention on Thursday night, alongside Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Sen. Cory Booker and former 2020 presidential candidates Andrew Yang and Mike Bloomberg as former vice president Joe Biden officially accepted the nomination.
“We’re evaluating options while the Governor prioritizes the emergency response,” said Click, who explained Newsom is in communication with the Biden campaign about other ways he could participate. One grouping of fires that affects Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties more than doubled in size through Thursday, now spanning 124,000 acres.
Tens of thousands of Californians have been ordered to evacuate, with thousands notified late Wednesday or early Thursday morning. A handful of people have been injured by the wildfires and two have died: a pilot dropping water over Western Fresno County whose helicopter crashed on Wednesday and a PG&E worker who367. That’s the number of fires counted statewide on Wednesday, according to Newsom, 20 of which were major. California Gov.
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