Eight of CalGuard's 14 firefighting crews — known as Task Force Rattlesnake — have been deployed to Los Angeles as part of Trump's federalization of the Guard, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

A volley of court rulings has made the legal path unclear in a case challenging President Trump’s use of troops in Los Angeles. For now, the president has retained control of the state militia.

National Guard troops who were deployed to combat immigration protesters in Los Angeles have also taken part in a raid on a suspected marijuana farm in rural Riverside County, more than 130 miles away,