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Garcia, Briscoe will likely head to November runoff for 42 House district
Story and photo by Kristy Hutchings | Press-Telegram | JUN. 8, 2022 Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia has maintained a commanding lead in the race for California’s newly formed 42nd ... -
Santa Ana Unified School District Creates Ethnic Studies Requirement in Wake of George Floyd Protests
By: Hosam Elattar ~ Voice of OC ~ June 10, 2020 Come the 2022-23 academic school year, incoming high school students in Santa Ana will have to complete an ethnic ... -
This Orange County congressman's immigration town hall turned chaotic and led to three arrests
By: Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times ~ May 31, 2017 The majority of calls into Rep. Lou Correa's Orange County congressional office are about immigration worries and what the Trump administration's enforcement ... -
Advice on Life Without DACA, From an Undocumented Harvard Graduate
By: Nidhi Prakash, Fusion ~ April 25, 2017 Gloria Itzel Montiel says she “somehow always knew” she was undocumented. But knowing what that could mean for her future only began to ... -
Orange County's new 'homegrown' congressman plans to bring an immigrant's perspective to Washington
By Christine Mai-Duc, The L.A. Times ~ December 2, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-lou-correa-orange-county-20161202-story.html There’s the Lou Correa who many voters have met on the campaign trail: the self-described “homegrown” candidate who’s an affable but unapologetic, ... -
In downtown Santa Ana, some Latino merchants try to surf wave of gentrification
By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times ~ October 11, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-santa-ana-latinos-embrace-gentrification-20160922-snap-story.html Quinceañera dresses besieged with organza ruffles no longer take center stage at Genesis Bridal Boutique on downtown Santa Ana’s ... -
This City Is 78% Latino, and the Face of a New California
Santa Ana, in Orange County, has an all Latino City Council and stands in the vanguard of a California where Latinos have more influence in everyday life... [Image: A mural ... -
Why a group of first-generation Vietnamese immigrants are voting for a Latino instead of a ...
By Christine Mai-Duc, L.A. Times ~ September 5, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-lou-correa-bao-nguyen-congress-20160901-snap-story.html On a recent evening, a dozen or so Vietnamese American seniors gathered in Hung Nguyen’s Garden Grove living room. The ... -
The 2010 census missed thousands of California's Latino children
By Sarah D. Wire sarah.wire@latimes.com, L.A. Times ~ April 28, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-census-undercounting-latinos-20160428-story.html More than 113,000 young Latinos in California weren’t counted in the 2010 census, a new study says, and Latino ... -
How Mexican immigrants ended 'separate but equal' in California
By Philippa Strum, L.A. Times ~ March 2, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0302-strum-mendez-case-20160302-story.html In the coverage of the 2016 election cycle, you'll hear this time and again: Latinos — immigrants and their families ...