Biden signed proclamations designating a monument in Southern California's and another in far northern California.

The designations, postponed for a week due to the California wildfires, protect 800,000 acres in the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sattitla National Monument.

President Biden said the federal government will provide one-time payments of $770 to people impacted by the ongoing California wildfires.

In an announcement postponed by the Los Angeles wildfires, President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two sites in California as national monuments that will honor Native American tribes while shielding picturesque mountains and deserts from mining and energy development.

President Biden has officially designated two new national monuments in California. The White House announced last week that Biden would designate the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla

President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California, in part to honor two tribes.

A top adviser to President Joe Biden says the deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area are the latest sign of the growing threat posed by climate change — one that President-elect Donald Trump will have to take more seriously than he did in his first term.

President Biden during his last week in office designated two national monuments, which will protect hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in California.

The move bans oil and gas drilling, mining, and other industrial activities on vast swaths of public land in California.