California

An inmate firefighter pauses on Friday as emergency crews battled the Carr fire in Redding, California. High winds have made fighting the fire a challenge. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

A house is covered in pink fire retardant as the Cranston Fire burns out of control near the town of Idyllwild in the San Bernardino National Forest on Wednesday. Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption

The California state flag flies outside City Hall in Los Angeles. A bid to ask voters if they want to split California into three separate states has been stymied by the state Supreme Court. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

The Klamathon Fire burns this week in Hornbrook, Calif., just south of the Oregon border. At least one person was killed in the fire. California Highway Patrol/AP hide caption

In a file photo from 2004, a sign at the entrance to the Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water Company bottling plant, owned by Swiss conglomerate Nestlé, on the Morongo Indian Reservation near Cabazon, Calif. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

An initiative to split California into three states has qualified for the November ballot. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Capt. William Howard Hughes Jr. was formally declared a deserter by the Air Force on Dec. 9, 1983. He was apprehended June 6, 2018, by Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agents and is awaiting pretrial confinement at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. U.S. Air Force hide caption

Nikko Johnson reviews the California Primary election guide at San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday. Lorin Eleni Gill/AP hide caption

Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox speaks to supporters in San Diego on Tuesday. He advanced to the general election against Democrat Gavin Newsom, giving the GOP a foothold in a top statewide race. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption

Voters in Santa Clara County are deciding Tuesday whether to remove Judge Aaron Persky from office after he sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault to a short jail sentence instead of prison. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption

Democrats running for the California 39th Congressional district, from left, Mai Khanh Tran, Sam Jammal and Andy Thorburn, speak to voters during a rally held by Swing Left at Carolyn Rosa Park in Rowland Heights, Calif., on May 19. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images hide caption