East LA Native Introduces Mariachi Music to the Ivy League Sophomore Esteban Juárez González, a Garfield High School alumnus, raised money for instruments and recruited student...
The most recent CNBC Survey found that in a head-to-head matchup, Trump had a 5-point lead with Latino voters against Biden. The number is remarkable because three months earlier, Biden held a...
We Don’t Use Ballrooms for Reunions. We Rent the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium My parents came from families big enough to play baseball against one another — and still have players on...
The Way It Might Have Been in the 2012 Presidential Election When GOP challenger Mitt Romney was about to derail Barack Obama’s reelection with running mate Marco Rubio, the president dumped Joe...
Years of Service Spring Laura Friedman Closer to Congress “I never ran with the intention of being ‘Adam Schiff Part Two,”’ says Friedman. “Will I stand up and defend democracy? Of course....
When You Could Drive Behind the HOLLYWOOD Sign Nothing more than your car is a status symbol in Hollywood. No one asks what you do, or what are you wearing, as much as “What kind of car do you...
Not long after leaving office, the 38th president of the United States imagined a scenario in which a future president might tragically die in office, creating the opportunity for his vice president...
Remembering the Chicano Civil Rights Leader ‘I will forgive them, but I will also keep fighting them with non-violence, with justice and with human dignity — and you must do the same,’ said...
The Last Newspaper Reader in America My college journalism professor demanded such dedication in pursuit of accuracy and definitive facts on each assignment that I still hold the profession in much...
‘Terms of Endearment’ followed ‘The Last Picture Show’ with great fanfare, but it was his Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Lonesome Dove’ that cemented his legacy as one of America’s best...
Newcomer Ysabel Jurado's 1st-Place Finish Rocks Los Angeles council District 14 Race For progressive policy advocates, results at the local level like Jurado’s win in what could ultimately become...
Councilwoman Calls for Establishing Homeless Bureaucracy The homelessness crisis has grown to record heights during the last two mayoral administrations and now threatens to overrun the city of...
Could De León Be Facing Tenant Rights Attorney Jurado? On their way to ousting the embattled city councilman in the 14th District who refused to resign amid scandal, his two most formidable...
Could Swift be looking at making history beyond the Grammys? The political consultant who helped elect Bill Clinton president says that Taylor Swift has an unheard of 93% ‘very good’...
Former President Obama is among anxious Democrats, including some inside the campaign, who discussed the urgency of 2024 and the structure of the re-election campaign with Mr. Biden in November, to...
From the debut of “Magnum PI” in 1980, Hollywood began an unrequited love affair with the Ferrari, objectifying, worshipping it and turning it into a glorified sex symbol much as it did Marilyn...
How Los Angeles deals with Kevin de León and therefore with itself will show it to be either the Tinseltown viewed by its detractors — selfish and exclusive — or the city seen by its...
Disney has more than 1,000 acres of available expansion space, roughly the equivalent of seven Disneyland parks — end it is pouring a small fortune into developing them for future visitors to the...
The Richard Alatorre I knew, the Richard Alatorre who said he had to change the world — and to a great degree, he did just that… that Richard Alatorre dramatically altered the...
On Aug. 29, 1970, the National Chicano Moratorium in East Los Angeles protested the disproportionately high casualties among Latinos in Vietnam — but led to the tragic police shooting death of...