After flying back to Los Angeles last month, Ms. Harris has stood with firefighters in Altadena, greeted evacuees at a Red Cross shelter and toured fire damage in Pacific Palisades. During her most recent stop, she did little to quell speculation.

Richard Grenell, a Trump administration official with close ties to the president, told reporters Friday that he would consider running for governor of California in 2026 if former Vice President Kamala Harris enters the race.

California’s Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has had enough. He’s tired of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s left-wing policies that he believes are ruining the state. On Monday, Presidents Day, Bianco announced his candidacy as the Republican candidate for California’s chief executive job and bid to replace Newsom.