The California mom who confronted Gov. Gavin Newsom over his handling of the response to devastating forest fires in Los Angeles County called on him to clean things up and fix the situation so residents can begin to deal with the aftermath of the fire.
Rachel Darvish ran up to Newsom, who was about to get into a black SUV, explaining that her daughter’s school had been destroyed.
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“Please tell me what you’re going to do,” said Darvish, who is an attorney.
Newsom replied that he was trying to reach President Biden so he could figure out what they could do to help Darvish and her daughter.
President Joe Biden, front, is seen with California Governor Gavin Newsom after a briefing on the devastating wildfires in Southern California on January 8, 2025. (CBS Pool)
“Can I hear? Can I hear your call? Because I don’t believe it,” she replied. Newsom pointed to his phone, claiming he had bad cell service and couldn’t reach the president.
Darvish told “Jesse Watters Primetime” Thursday that she wants to believe Newsom is telling the truth about the attempt get in touch with Biden.
“I really want to believe him. I really do, and there was no cell phone reception in certain areas, OK? But that’s a big problem in itself. Why doesn’t he have a satellite truck with a cell phone?” she asked.
A Super SCooper aircraft drops water on the Palisades Fire Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Biden met with Newsom on Wednesday to update him on the multiple inferno situations raging across California.
The president approved a major disaster declaration for the Golden State and made the announcement Thursday federal government would pay “100%” of fire-related disaster response costs for 180 days.
Darvish said Pacific Palisades has a history of wildfires, and he’s not sure why the response has been slow.
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“I came out of my house after I got the call about the fire and I packed up and left because the fire was right there. As I was going down, I didn’t see a single fire engine coming to help me,” Fox News anchor Jesse said. Watters.
Fire engulfs a structure as the Palisades Fire burns during a storm on the west side of Los Angeles, California, USA, January 8, 2025. (REUTERS/Ringo Chiu)
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She added that the firefighters are not to blame because the orders “come from the top”.
As for Newsom, she said, “Governor, can you just clean this up and fix it and move on? At least I’d like to see that. But will it happen? I don’t know. You know, these guys are rooted in what they do.”
