Alternative Transit Part Of Solution To LA Traffic Woes

Alternative Transit Part Of Solution To LA Traffic Woes

Mary Mata August 2, 2011

By Kristin Eberhard The most recent PPIC Survey on Californians and the Environment shows that Californians overwhelmingly feel that air pollution is the biggest environmental problem facing California today. Although […]

Latino Artist Gilbert “Magu” Lujan Dies At 70

Mary Mata July 27, 2011

Latino artist Gilbert “Magu” Lujan died this week at the age of 70 after battling cancer for several years. His loss is being felt all over the Latino arts community as […]

Chihuahua Chases Away Robbers In LA

Mary Mata July 21, 2011

This is one of the cutest stories I’ve seen in a while. I’m loving this little Chihuahua, Paco, who chased away two robbers from his owners’ store. The Los Angeles […]

Romney’s LA Visit & The Lameness Of Latino Voter Pitches

Mary Mata

Mitt Romney continued his pitch to Latinos in Los Angeles yesterday and the mayor of that city, Antonio Villaraigosa held a tele-press conference to seize the moment and call foul. […]

More Money, More Problems & My Lotto Dreams

Mary Mata July 20, 2011

I still dream the American Dream —  I am, of course, referring to the lottery. One day my numbers will come in, I know it, and I will be sitting […]

Punk Rock Goes Son Jarocho

Mary Mata July 19, 2011

I thought this was an interesting story about how one man transformed The Clash’s “Straight to Hell” into a son jarocho tune. Adolfo Guzmán-López reported for KCET: Inside a hilltop […]

Feeling LA Nostalgia In New Jersey

Mary Mata July 13, 2011

I now realize how naïve my left-sided, LA politics have made me. They do not mean much outside of California, particularly when it comes to gay marriage. I learned this the hard […]

California May Add Latino Seats With Redistricting

Mary Mata June 30, 2011

As we reported previously, California’s first batch of redistricting wasn’t particularly complimentary to Latinos and other minorities in California. Since, the redistricting commission has taken a second stab at it, […]

Self-Help Graphics Settles Into New LA Home

Mary Mata June 29, 2011

Perhaps you have never visited Self-Help Graphics in Los Angeles, but if you had, you would have never forgotten the experience. It was a really cool place where really cool […]

All The Reasons I Don’t Need To Have Children

Mary Mata June 22, 2011

The biggest mystery to me is that evolution children go through when they are still babies. I do not even know how to hold them. I usually hold them like […]