For many immigrants in the San Fernando Valley, life continues as it did in their native countries -

Posted on: July 14th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Community ] [ Eye Openers ] [ California ] [ Los Angeles ]
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“When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger complained last year to a convention of Latino journalists that Mexican and Central American immigrants were “staying Mexican” because they weren’t learning English, he just may have been talking about much of the Northeast San Fernando Valley.

Today in Pacoima, Sun Valley and other areas of the Northeast Valley, Latino immigrants can do everything from shop and work to service their vehicles and get health care - all without having to learn English or interact with non-Latinos. “*

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