The center would serve as a hub for comprehensive information gathering and pave the way for better coordination when it ...

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

The new National Wildland Firefighting Service would require a specific budget and a Senate-confirmed director.

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

Both Democrats will remain in Washington, D.C., where nomination votes are on the docket for Trump’s Cabinet picks.

But recovery for the affected communities will take a long time. Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California, who was born and raised in Pacoima, has visited the hardest hit areas. The destructive ...

Alex Padilla is introducing a package of bills to ... would expand funding from FEMA for firefighting tools that are put in place before a disaster. The bill would allow for FEMA to cover more ...