In a historic first, more than 2,000 Soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team were

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

In a clear and relatively concise ruling, San Francisco-based federal district court Judge Charles Breyer granted a temporary restraining order that instructed the federal government to stop deploying National Guard units in the Los Angeles area and to relinquish control of the Guard to California’s state government.

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, California Army National Guard, stand guard outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Los ...

The California National Guard consists of army and air branches with more than 20,000 members combined. The Guard reports to Newsom through its adjutant general, Maj. Gen. David Baldwin, who also ...

Kaitlyn Koeneke — Captain, California Army National Guard. Koeneke has been active with the COVID-19 Joint Task Force since April 2020 and serves with food banks in Silicon Valley.

Gov. Gavin Newsom reacted after the Trump administration said it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

The memo obtained by Property of the People, a national security transparency nonprofit, said the hackers "extensively compromised" the unnamed state Army National Guard's network between March and December 2024 and exfiltrated maps and "data traffic" with counterparts' networks in "every other US state and at least four US territories."