How East LA’s Bodie Street Lost Its Name

I grew up in a street filled with kids with little or no inhibitions. There were about six or seven of us, which by today’s standards would be a gang, but […]

So Mexican-Americans are a rising subset of winemakers in California, according to a new report and the success of a newly formed organization, Napa Valley Mexican-American Vintners Association. Interesante, ¿no? The […]

The second annual La Feria del Nopal was held on Saturday in Baldwin Park, California, a suburb outside of Los Angeles and News Taco was on the scene. The event […]

The infamous column by Gustavo Arellano of the OC Weeekly, ¡Ask a Mexican!, will be a play in New York, according to a post by Arellano himself this week. The play’s […]

Wanted: More Good Latino Teachers Racist Jokes At Work: ‘Oh, But I Didn’t Mean You’ Controversy Surrounds Colombiana Film For Stereotyping Refreshing Watermelon Salsa Bien Hecho: Latina Journalist Runs In […]

A Latina journalist has turned into a city council candidate in Santa Barbara, California. She would be the first Latina ever elected to the city council if she wins, she’s […]

California Congressman Xavier Becerra was appointed to the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, along with two other Democrats on Thursday. The panel will be the one to decide which […]

A report from the Attorney General of California shows that anti-Latino hate crimes in that state are on the rise. A snippet from The Press-Enterprise shows that these crimes are […]

By Victoria Cepeda Latina civil rights activist, Luisa Moreno, is better known for having found El Congreso del Pueblo de Habla Española or the The Spanish-Speaking Peoples Congress back in December 1938.  […]

So get this, in some cities outside of Los Angeles there is an active, funded, pointed campaign to harass Latino and African-American families who receive Section 8 housing subsidies to […]