California is getting two new national monuments. Why it matters: President Biden's move to establish the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla national monuments honors the Indigenous tribes that stewarded the combined 848,

Dangerously high winds forced President Joe Biden to cancel a trip Tuesday to the Eastern Coachella Valley, where he was to announce the creation of two new national monuments in California that will honor Native American tribes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California, in part to honor two tribes, a person familiar with the decision said Monday.