A heated California governor debate spotlighted divides on crime, abortion and elections as a wide‑open primary race heads ...

The pre-registration program could jumpstart the civic lives of young voters, who’ve been historically underrepresented at the polls.

Angel Varela and Oscar Trujillo-Gutierrez were sentenced this week in connection with a with a 2021 double homicide ...

She had several vocal surgeries in 2016 that gave her a new voice, and she returned to sing on America's Got Talent: The ...

Esther Padilla passed away peacefully on December 6, 2025. She was born on April 6, 1937, to Secundino and Epifania Vega of Carpinteria. Esther was raised in Carpinteria, where she attended Aliso and ...

Declining enrollment across the Santa Barbara Unified School District is leaving some schools with an uncertain future, and changes to school ...

It is with great sorrow and broken hearts we announce the passing of our father, Hilario Padilla Aguilar on May 31, 2022 at the age of 93. He was born in Hidalgo, Mexico on October 21, 1928 to ...

A Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge sentenced two Carpinteria men to life in prison without the possibility of parole ...

Sen. Kiko Pangilinan (left) and Sen. Robin Padilla in this undated photo. — Photos from INQUIRER files and Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau MANILA, Philippines— Sen. Robinhood Padilla ...

MANILA, Philippines — Actress Bela Padilla addressed growing criticism over her association with her uncle, Senator Robin Padilla, clarifying that his inclusion in the action-drama series "Blood vs ...

Bela Padilla and Sen. Bato dela Rosa. Image: Instagram/@bela; INQUIRER.net/Keith Clores Sen. Bato dela Rosa’s eventful return to the Senate after several months of ...

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Robin Padilla on May 12 said that he is set to file an ethics complaint against Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan after he allegedly shouted at him during a plenary session.