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By Juan Esparza Loera Nine months ago, U.S. District Judge Ana de Alba was hearing cases as a Fresno County Superior Court judge. The 44-year-old de Alba could have her third judicial job within a year after President Joe Biden...

By Nick Sestanovich Sen. Alex Padilla made a stop on the Pajaro River just outside Watsonville Wednesday to promote federal efforts to bring aid to the region following the floods that devastated the area in March. Padilla hosted a press...

By Susanne Rust It took a major disaster and the prolonged displacement of hundreds of farmworkers, but the small Monterey County community of Pajaro is finally getting the help and attention of federal, state and local lawmakers its residents have...

By Nick Sestanovich In the aftermath of the March 11 breach of the Pajaro River levee that left the community of Pajaro flooded, Reps. Jimmy Panetta and Zoe Lofgren — who both represent Monterey and Santa Cruz counties in Congress...

By Stuart Anderson The ability to persuade is the most powerful weapon at a U.S. senator’s disposal. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) used that power at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on March 22, 2023, to encourage the executive branch and the U.S....

By Jacque Porter  United States Senator Alex Padilla spoke with Inside California Politics on what he says is an epidemic of gun violence in the United States and on the recent nomination of a former member of the Newsom administration...