California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla hopes President-elect Donald Trump will 'do the right thing' and support fire recovery efforts with no strings attached.

Padilla and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which held a confirmation hearing on Bondi Wednesday. The hearings continue Thursday. Republicans control 53 of the Senate’s 100 seats, and GOP committee members praised Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, throughout the hearing.

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

Senator Alex Padilla is calling for “no strings attached” support for California as President-elect Trump and his allies continue criticizing the state amid the ongoing wildfires.

Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff engaged in fierce verbal combat Wednesday with Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi, as they fought over her views on the 2020 elections, immigration and presidential pardons. At one point, a frustrated Bondi told Schiff “You were censured by Congress for comments just like this that are so reckless.”

US attorney general designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect Donald Trump.

As wildfires continue to blaze through the Los Angeles area, NBC News Correspondent Jacob Soboroff speaks exclusively with California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) about his recovery plans. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.

As wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles County, concerns are mounting over the financial capacity of California's insurer of last resort, the FAIR Plan, to handle what will likely be a massive influx of fire claims.

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 ...

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla hopes President-elect Donald Trump will 'do the right thing' and support fire recovery efforts with no... California has 'always been there' for disaster ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expanded the focus of a special session he called to pass legislation safeguarding the state's progressive policies ahead of Republican President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

Keith Octavio Rodriguez Padilla, referred to as "a prolific firearms' trafficker" by authorities, was sentenced in a San Diego federal courtroom this week to almost 20 years in prison.