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Column: L.A. County’s sheriff leans on his Latino identity. Does he exemplify our worst traits?
Part One of a three-part series by acclaimed local author, offering hard facts about the scoundrel sheriff who relies on racial profiling of his own people and well-known internal gang activity within the LA County Sheriff's Department. By Gustavo Arellano | LA Times | MAR. 24, 2022 | Photo by ... -
Local politicians, academics talk economic state of Long Beach’s Latino community
Long Beach City College Superintendent-President Mike Muñoz spoke at a Latino Economic Roundtable discussion at LBCC last Friday. Story and photo by Pierce Singgih | Long Beach Press-Telegram | MAR. 18, 2022 Long Beach politicians, academics and leaders of local organizations sought to understand how they can best address the ... -
A Mexican American is the first Latina president of Harvard Law Review
Priscila Coronado, 24, born and raised in California, is making history as she heads a law journal whose first Black president was Barack Obama in 1990. By REUTERS | NBC | FEB. 1, 2022 | Photo credit: Priscilla Coronado via Reuters The Harvard Law Review has named a California-born daughter ... -
LA to host 2022 Summit of the Americas, White House announces
The summit, which will be held in June, will focus on "Building a Sustainable, Resilient and Equitable Future" in the Americas. By The Associated Press | Long Beach Press-Telegram | JAN. 18, 2022 | Photo credit: Keith Birmingham The Biden administration has chosen Los Angeles to host a summit of ... -
Los Angeles chosen to host Summit of the Americas, a key gathering of region’s leaders
U.S. President Biden will meet with Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other leaders from the Western Hemisphere in June in Los Angeles as part of the Summit of the Americas. By Tracy Wilkinson | LATimes | JAN. 18, 2022 | Photo credit: ... -
Latino political power is a big winner in California’s new congressional map
Nearly one-third of the state’s 52 new congressional districts would have a majority of Latino citizens of voting age under the new maps. By Seema Mehta, Melanie Mason, John Myers | LATimes | DEC. 20, 2021 Latino voters would see a major boost in political clout under new congressional and ... -
An open Congressional seat could lead to big changes in Long Beach politics
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia is expected to announce his candidacy for the now-open Long Beach Congressional seat. By Jason Ruiz | LB Post | DEC. 16, 2021 | Photo credit: Thomas R. Cordova Thursday’s announcement that incumbent Congressman Alan Lowenthal will not seek reelection in 2022 is likely to ... -
Longtime Long Beach Congressman Alan Lowenthal says he won’t seek reelection
Congressman Alan Lowenthal and Mayor Robert Garcia enter exhibit hall A of the Long Beach Convention Center where migrant children found at the border without a parent were temporarily housed, in Long Beach on Thursday, April 22, 2021 | Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG By Jason Ruiz | Long Beach ... -
The Inaugural Dr. Joseph L. White Legacy Lecture
Event video and photographs of the Joe White Legacy Lecture now available for you !!! The Inaugural Lecture to memorialize Dr. Joseph L. White’s life-long contributions to the field of psychology, his pioneering role establishing ethnic studies in the U.S., and as the founder of the CSULB Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) was ... -
This is how one woman went from prison to a Cal State Long Beach master’s ...
Irene Sotelo has seen many changes in her life and overcome many obstacles. Sotelo has gone from drugs, prison and homelessness to getting her degree from CSULB in criminology and now pursuing her master degree in Long Beach on Tuesday, November. 20, 2018. She has also founded the Rising Scholars ...