{"id":329959,"date":"2026-05-24T00:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/329959\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:58:17","slug":"governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-in-orange-county-in-response-to-ongoing-chemical-incident-in-garden-grove-makes-additional-shelter-sites-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/329959\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom proclaims state of emergency in Orange County in response to ongoing chemical incident in Garden Grove, makes additional shelter sites available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCal OES continues to work alongside our local partners to support the ongoing hazardous materials response operation. Our role is to coordinate resources, share critical information, and ensure local responders have all the resources necessary to safely respond to this dynamic situation,\u201d said Director of Cal OES Caroline Thomas Jacobs. \u201cWe are committed to a unified, whole-of-government response focused on keeping our communities safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Residents are urged to listen to local officials for the latest evacuation information. If asked to evacuate, don\u2019t wait. Visit the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/ggcity.org\/emergency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garden Grove website<\/a> to view an evacuation map.<\/p>\n<p>Resources and other useful information for those affected by the Garden Grove Hazmat Incident can be found at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.caloes.ca.gov\/community-resources-for-garden-grove-hazmat-incident\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cal OES Community Resource page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The text of today\u2019s emergency proclamation for the Orange County can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SOE-Proc-OC-Chemical-Leak-5-23-26.FINAL_.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cCal OES continues to work alongside our local partners to support the ongoing hazardous materials response operation. Our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-329959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}