Biden to Visit Southern California, Possibly Announcing New National Monument

LOS ANGELES—President Joe Biden will fly to Los Angeles on Monday then travel to the Coachella Valley in Riverside County, possibly to announce the creation of a national monument south of Joshua Tree National Park.
Biden and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled on Monday to first travel to New Orleans, where they are expected to meet with “families and community members impacted” by the New Year’s terror attack on Bourbon Street that left 15 people dead and dozens more injured, according to the White House.
The Bidens will travel to Los Angeles later Monday, then the president will visit the eastern Coachella Valley on Tuesday, the White House announced. No specifics about the trip were immediately provided….