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Mexico to pay $1.5 billion for US border security and processing, source says
The collaboration signifies something of a reset between Mexico and the U.S. By Ben Gittleson and Armando Garcia | ABC News | JUL. 12, 2022 | Photo by Sandy Huffaker Mexico on Tuesday agreed to contribute $1.5 billion to a joint initiative with the U.S. to improve infrastructure along the ... -
Op-Ed: The long, deep reach of the U.S. Border Patrol
By Reece Jones | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 17, 2022 | Photo by Matt York for AP Most people think of the border as a distant line tracing the outside edge of the United States. That is not how the U.S. government sees it. The border is officially defined ... -
LA County seeks order directing sheriff to cooperate in gang probe
Sheriff Alex Villanueva has "flatly refused to comply" with a new state statute that requires him to cooperate in the OIG's investigation of potential deputy gangs, according to the petition, which seeks a court order directing the sheriff to work with the OIG in its probe. By City News Service ... -
Luis Echeverria, former Mexican leader blamed for massacres, dies at 100
By Eduardo Castillo and Mark Stevenson | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 9, 2022 | Photo from AP Archives MEXICO CITY — Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria, blamed for some of the country’s worst political killings of the 20th century, has died at the age of 100, current President Andrés Manuel López ... -
After snubbing Biden at summit, Mexico’s president pokes him at the White House
By Tracy Wilkinson & Eli Stokols | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 12, 2022 | Photo by Susan Walsh for AP WASHINGTON — A month after he boycotted a major regional summit in Los Angeles and snubbed the Biden administration, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador came to Washington on Tuesday for wide-ranging talks ... -
Jamie Lee Curtis assumed Ana de Armas ‘had just arrived’ from Cuba. Big mistake.
By Christie D'Zurilla | Los Angeles Times | JUL. 14, 2022 | Photo by Chris Pizzello Note to Jamie Lee Curtis: Never publicly admit something boneheaded you once thought, before you learned otherwise. Because people on social media won’t hesitate to call you out. The actor, who co-starred in “Knives ... -
Jill Biden apologizes after comparing diversity of Latinos to breakfast tacos
Her analogy sparked backlash among Hispanic journalists and conservatives. By Libby Cathey | ABC News | JUL. 12, 2022 | Photo by ABC News First lady Jill Biden apologized Tuesday through her spokesperson after receiving public backlash for saying in a speech Monday that Latinos are "as unique as breakfast tacos." Spokesperson ... -
Here’s the Camera. Go!
The L.A. Rebellion film movement, born at UCLA in 1969, enabled minority student directors — Black, Chicano, Asian American and Native American — to tell the world about their communities. By Hugh Hart | UCLA Film, History and Journalism | JUN. 14, 2022 | Photos by Jessica Pons At the ... -
Former top aide to Villanueva says he belonged to alleged Grim Reaper deputy gang
Lawrence Del Mese described the gang as a 'fraternal group that worked hard and received some recognition.' By Scott Schwebke | OC Register | JUL. 6, 2022 | Photo by Hans Gutknecht Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s former chief of staff testified Friday he belonged to an alleged deputy ... -
A decade ago, DACA gave ‘dreamers’ hope. Since Trump, it’s been in limbo.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program remains controversial. By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Susan Svrluga | The Washington Post | JUN. 30, 2022 | Photos by Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa via AP When Sadhana Singh saw President Barack Obama announce a new program for young undocumented people brought to the country as ...
