News Coverage

By Juan Esparza Loera The U.S. Senate confirmed Fresno County Superior Court Judge Ana Isabel de Alba to be a U.S. District judge for the Eastern District of California on Tuesday afternoon. De Alba, who was nominated for the post...

By Kurtis Alexander California could open its first national park in almost a decade under a recently revived plan to commemorate labor leader César Chávez and the saga of farmworkers. The proposed César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National...

By Katherine Zehnder U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., is praising the Biden administration for its implementation of retroactive pay increases for federal wildland firefighters. The administration announced the pay increase on Tuesday. The pay increase is a result of the bipartisan...

By Stuart Anderson On June 14, Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) held a hearing designed to create momentum for legislation to attract international students, make U.S. companies more competitive and protect young people who came to America as children without legal status. The...

By Melissa Montalvo U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla worked a day in the fields this month alongside California farmworkers while reiterating his commitment to immigration reform. “Cuenten conmigo,” he told a group of about 70 farmworkers in Southern California’s Moorpark after...

By Fidel Martinez (Excerpt) Things we read this week that we think you should read — Author Daniel A. Olivas grew up in Los Angeles without reading stories that resembled his, so he decided to become an author and write...