More than $8 million in federal funding will be coming to the Los Angeles region to bolster emergency shelter operations, ...

A day after President Donald Trump claimed to have used the U.S. military and emergency powers to pump more water from ...

California Sen. Alex Padilla introduced several bills to increase firefighter pay, expand FEMA funding and include affordable housing as part of disaster response.

This initial federal funding provides urgent support to help address housing insecurity for those affected by the fires,” ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expanded the focus of a special session he called to pass legislation safeguarding the state ...

Los Angeles wildfires highlight California's insurance crisis as the FAIR Plan faces challenges with limited funds to cover ...

California Senator Alex Padilla is taking strong aim at comments made by President Donald J. Trump, in which the 45th and now 47th president criticized the state’s emergency ...

With little power in Republican-led Washington, D.C., California Democrats struggle to mount a countereffort to President ...

One bill would increase wildland firefighter pay to help recruit and retain federal firefighters. Another would allow for disaster housing to transition into affordable housing. The third bill ...

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla hopes President-elect Donald Trump will 'do the right thing' and support fire ...

Crews are working around the clock to contain the flames scorching through the Los Angeles area. But recovery for the affected communities will take a long time. Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of ...