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The Princeton Mariachi Musician
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 musicians who are now recognized as the ‘Mariachi Los Tigres de Princeton,’ the first formally recognized mariachi group at the university. BY ANABEL MUÑOZ KABC NEWS REPORTER When you hear a…
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Why Is Joe Biden Losing the Once Faithful Latino Vote?
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 7-point lead over Trump among Latino voters in the same poll. By TONY CASTRO Why is the President of the United States, with…
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The Lord Said, ‘Be Fruitful and Multiply’… My Family Has
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 bench. One aunt gave birth to 19 children. Another aunt bore 16 sons and daughters. Several aunts had enough children to field…
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President Villaraigosa? Yes!
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 Biden in favor of his own Latino Veep candidate — and made history with an unexpected constitutional crisis. By TONY CASTRO “Just as…
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The 30th District After Adam Schiff
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. Will I do what I can to prevent a Trump presidency? Absolutely. But I don’t see myself playing the same role as Adam…
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The Adventures of the RED WRTR
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 drive?” With this column, I’ll be reminiscing about my life here since 1985, and I hope…
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‘President’ Kamala Harris? Here’s a Scenario
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 — a woman — to make history. By ASHLEY CHASE Almost a decade after he had left the White House, former President Gerald Ford…
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Cesar Chavez in Excelsus
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 Chavez. ‘For the moment we stoop to their tactics, the moment we take the law into our own hands, that will be…
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Let Us Now Praise David McHam
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 higher regard than those leading the current wave of cynicism that exists regarding the profession. As I sit in my local café at breakfast…
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The Age of Larry McMurtry: The ‘Minor Regional Novelist’ Worthy of the Nobel Prize
‘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 writers The list of Texans that have spent their writing lives chronicling their roots is rather long and impressive, and includes names like Dobie, Webb and Graves.…