January 20, 2026

Two people stand talking on a paved roadway under a clear blue sky, one gesturing with a hand while the other listens, with a large fenced detention facility visible in the background.

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El más reciente centro de ICE en California tiene 1400 detenidos. Adam Schiff y Alex Padilla describen lo que vieron allí.

Los senadores demócratas de California, Alex Padilla y Adam Schiff, visitaron el centro de detención de ICE más reciente y grande del estado, una antigua prisión en el condado de Kern. CoreCivic opera este centro.

By Wendy Fry • January 20, 2026

Justice

California’s newest ICE center has 1,400 detainees. What Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla saw there

California Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff visited the newest and largest ICE detention center in the state, a former prison in Kern County. CoreCivic operates this site.

By Wendy Fry • January 20, 2026

A gas gathering plant on a hilltop at the Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles in 2017. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Commentary

Suspicion looms over Aliso Canyon storage facility a decade after massive gas leak

Residents are angry that the natural gas storage site still operates. Its methane gas leak in 2015-16 displaced 10,000 families and caused illness.

By Madison Kerbeck • January 20, 2026