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 response to the deadly Southern California fires.

On the first week of Donald Trump's second presidency, we report from Washington, D.C., and the frontlines of fire damage in California.

President Trump landed in Los Angeles on Friday to survey the devastation from the firestorms that swept through the county.

Amid threats to withhold federal disaster aid to California, President Donald Trump will tour the Pacific Palisades this afternoon.

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

Congress also is considering making it a federal crime to commit a theft in an area where a major disaster declaration has been made.

This isn’t the first time Trump has come to survey a fire-ravaged California. He was critical of the state then, as he is now.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, center, surveys damage in Pacific Palisades with CalFire's Nick Schuler, left, and Senator Alex Padilla, D-Calif., during the Palisades Fire Wednesday ...

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.

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla said he will attend the 47th presidential inauguration on Monday in which President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office for his second term.

In recent weeks, Trump and his allies — notably billionaire Elon Musk on his X platform — have attacked Newsom’s leadership and at times promoted misinformation about California’s response. And House Speaker Mike Johnson has suggested there should be conditions on federal wildfire aid to force changes in California.

The EPA designated two locations for sorting and processing locations for hazardous debris from the Palisades and Eaton Fires. Residents in both areas are concerned.