More than half of the California National Guard’s firefighting teams were put under federal command, with no way to recall them.

Roughly 150 California National Guard troops working in Los Angeles for more than three weeks guarding federal property from immigration protesters and providing protection to federal agents making arrests have been reassigned to help prepare for wildfire season.

Eight of the California National Guard's 14 firefighting crews — known as Task Force Rattlesnake — have been deployed to L.A. as part of Trump's federalization of the Guard, Newsom said this week.

About 150 members of the National Guard who deployed to address protests in California will be released to return to wildland firefighting duties in the state, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

Trump can keep California National Guard deployed for now, appeals court says. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit blocks a federal judge’s earlier order to return ...

News; Nation; California’s National Guard fire crews are operating at 40% capacity due to Trump’s deployment June 26, 2025 Updated Thu., June 26, 2025 at 12:48 p.m. Firefighters conduct a ...