Eye Openers + Los Angeles Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 5, 2009
A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.
October 7, 2009
Verification of illegal immigrants is scrutinized amid healthcare debate – L.A. County officials question cost-effectiveness of rules aimed at screening those trying to get public health services.
October 2, 2009
Latino Faculty Want to End ‘Brown Out’ at Cal State Long Beach
September 28, 2009
Eight neo-Nazis demonstrating against illegal immigration in Riverside left the scene after just 45 minutes when hundreds of counter-protestors shouted them down and tore up their swastika-covered flags.
September 6, 2009
Clothing company American Apparel said Thursday it is terminating 1,600 employees at its Los Angeles operations after a government investigation into workers’ immigration status.
September 1, 2009
L.A. County supervisors agree to explore system to check immigration status of employees
August 26, 2009
Gotcha! NBC Catches Mayor Villaraigosa Illegally Using Water
August 25, 2009
LAPD Bicycle Police in Mexico City
A former gang member and anti-gang crusader in Los Angeles faces serious charges, including conspiracy to commit murder – Alex Sanchez – Homies Unidos
August 18, 2009
Latino murals from downtown L.A. building up for sale – from the lobby of downtown’s Victor Clothing building on Broadway
August 12, 2009
Holy Satire! Over the Top Villaraigosa Spoof Video Hits YouTube (NSFW sorta)
August 10, 2009
Selling tamales on the streets of Los Angeles is a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. Tamale vendors, or “Tamaleros,” have to avoid obstacles like gangs, traffic, police and health inspectors to make only about $30 a day.
August 8, 2009
East LA Taco Truck Robber Turns Himself In
July 28, 2009
Twitter en Español: LACMA the First Museum to Offer Bilingual Tweets
July 21, 2009
Santa Ana backs bill to help illegal-immigrant students – The city passes a symbolic resolution urging Congress to give undocumented students a path to legal residency.
June 26, 2009
Activist Nativo Lopez released, faces voter fraud charges – The former school board member faces felony charges for allegedly voting in L.A. while living here.
June 24, 2009
Blacks, Latinos in L.A. more conservative than whites, Times Poll finds
June 22, 2009
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be announcing whether he will run for governor of California this afternoon at 4:00 EST on CNN’s “Situation Room.”
June 17, 2009
Thanks to a handful of billionaires that includes a couple of prominent dignitaries with ties to media giant Univision, as well as the Hispanic owners of a major produce distributor, the city of Los Angeles will celebrate the Lakers’ victory today without spending any taxpayer money.
June 2, 2009
Gay Latino Teen is Prom Queen in Los Angeles
March 21, 2009
The Los Angeles Times Home section talked with four household employees — a nanny, a housekeeper, a gardener and a day laborer — to see how the recession was affecting their work and their lives. Here are their stories. Because of embarrassment or immigration status, all declined to provide their full names.
March 16, 2009
Lakers Get Latin – This April 12, for the eighth straight year, the Lakers will pack the L.A. Convention Center with an estimated 50,000 fans. And not for a game but for an event called Fiesta Lakers
December 18, 2008
South El Monte mayor makes no promises on heeding curfew – Blanca Figueroa says she stays at work until the wee hours because the mayor’s work is never done. Colleagues contend she’s living at City Hall.
November 19, 2008
Jorge Mettey, former news director and vice president of news at Univision KMEX-TV 34 in Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit Monday against his former employer, claiming he was wrongfully terminated after allegedly being pressured to cover news sponsored by advertisers.
November 18, 2008
Santa Ana leads a bittersweet real estate boomlet
October 21, 2008
Los Angeles Police Stop More Blacks, Hispanics Than Whites, Study Finds
October 15, 2008
Nearly Half of Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDS Cases in Los Angeles County Are Among Latinos
September 22, 2008
Historian William David Estrada brings us a fascinating and well-researched historical examination of his city’s cultural and political heart in The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space (University of Texas Press, $24.95 paperback).
September 15, 2008
Latinos now outnumber blacks 2 to 1 in South Los Angeles
September 5, 2008
L.A. Unified elementary school experiments with dual-language program
August 19, 2008
Even as the demand for health care continues to increase, the number of qualified Hispanic nurses lags behind, according to a recent study of the nursing industry in the Los Angeles area.
August 18, 2008
Juan Estrada, father of Olympic boxer, dies – survived long enough to watch his son’s first-round bout on TV but missed the second one
August 7, 2008
Sabor latino en el condado de Los Angeles – Aunque cinco de 10 residentes del área son hispanos, sólo un 20% de los funcionarios electos también lo son
July 27, 2008
Latino-vs.-black violence drives hate crimes in L.A. County to 5-year high
July 21, 2008
Los Angeles Immigration Court caseload soars – And wait times are growing because the number of judges has not kept pace.
Pair run down and killed by driver in Hollywood had 3 children – killed by a drunk, former Marine, Hispanic
July 16, 2008
Why do Asian students generally get higher marks than Latinos? Lincoln High students have candid ideas. – Los Angeles
July 14, 2008
For many immigrants in the San Fernando Valley, life continues as it did in their native countries -
Illegal LA – The Immigration Plight in Los Angeles
June 26, 2008
L.A. mayor raising funds on Newsom’s turf
June 22, 2008
L.A. County jails to expand immigration screening
June 17, 2008
Tu Ciudad magazine closure
June 9, 2008
Activist Matriarch Isabel Rodriguez Passes – LA
Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak traced to imported Mexican cheese – Southern California
June 4, 2008
Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men – UCLA
June 2, 2008
Will Los Angeles elect a white supremacist judge to Superior Court? Meet Bill Johnson
May 28, 2008
New generation of L.A.-area Latino leaders aren’t as friendly toward ‘amigo stores’ – Cities like Baldwin Park are turning away from ethnic-oriented retail projects in favor of mainstream businesses. Starbucks is welcome.
May 27, 2008
Latino heroes deserve own L.A. monument
May 14, 2008
LA prosecutor taken off case of slain football star – the Jamiel Shaw Jr. case
May 12, 2008
Locke High School in South Los Angeles locked down after huge brawl – (between rival groups of black and Latino students – up 600 involved)
May 6, 2008
A Latino institution struggles to stay open – Rueben Martinez, owner of Libreria Martinez Books and Art Gallery in Santa Ana, might have to close his shop by year’s end despite the store’s renown as one of the nation’s largest Latino-themed bookstores.
April 30, 2008
More restrained LAPD tactics to be tested at May Day rally
April 25, 2008
Hundreds riot at LA detention center for illegal immigrants
March 28, 2008
Carson minister targets Latino judges to make way for Filipinos – Los Angeles
March 18, 2008
40 Years After Walkouts, Little Has Changed, Latinos Say – Los Angeles
February 25, 2008
Mayor’s former girlfriend returns to L.A. media as radio co-host
February 4, 2008
The Mariachi Divas, an all-female pan-Hispanic music ensemble, had them dancing in the aisles before Hillary Rodham Clinton’s rally at Cal State Los Angeles this morning. But the group was unceremoniously shown the door when the political program began.
January 30, 2008
Billboard on Cuban Five to Appear on Hollywood Boulevard
January 16, 2008
Judge dismisses slander suit against radio station – Academia Semillas Del Pueblo and its co-director filed the suit in May alleging the school was the target of an on-air, racist campaign that led to a bomb scare. – Los Angeles
January 11, 2008
Latino Gang Using Race to Target Enemies? – (audio)
October 15, 2007
Fabian Nuñez: Not a ‘working class’ hero – Spending scandal puts to rest the notion of Mexican American politicians as ‘everyman.’
