On Monday, May 15, a day after Mother’s Day — one of the biggest street sales of the year — vendors took to the streets, but this time not to […]
Author Archives: By Alex Garcia, Sun Contributing Writer
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Celebrating the Music and Life of Ritchie Valens
It’s been nearly 60 years since a plane crash extinguished the life of Richard Steven Valenzuela — Ritchie Valens — but the rock & roll sounds of “La Bamba,” “Come […]
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Residents In LAUSD District 6 Vote For School Board Tuesday
One candidate is a teacher and the other is a community organizer. One is backed by charter schools, the other by the teachers union. One is in the classroom every […]
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Dia de los Ninos – Children’s Day In L.A. Isn’t Carefree
Among the thousands of marchers on May Day in Los Angeles were children born in the United States who were present alongside their undocumented parents. Since immigration raids began to […]
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Certifying Citizenship
For years Iris Mabel Flores, 17, has traveled with a US Passport. As a minor, the Honduran native automatically became a US citizen the moment her father — Juan Flores, […]
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Ex-Boyfriend Wanted in Death of Sylmar Woman “God Can Forgive Him, I Can’t”
On January 7, things were looking up for 34-year-old Eloise Elizarraraz. That day she was starting a new job as a dentist assistant and there was a new love in […]
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Family Seeks Help Raising Funds for Mexican Man Facing Deportation
Gidget Candia Romero is feeling the pain, and not just because she’s been having contractions since Monday, April 17, in anticipation of the birth to her fifth child at any […]
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When it Comes to Car Theft, Thieves Don’t Discriminate
On Feb. 28 at around 7:30 p.m., Edgar Ruiz was unloading the catering van for the business he owns with his wife — Epic Tacos — when, to his surprise, […]
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Parents Protest Marijuana Dispensary Near Vaughn Schools in Pacoima
At the corner of Herrick Avenue and Paxton Street in Pacoima is a strip mall with a Mexican restaurant, a grocery store and a Christian church. And for the past […]
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SFHS Engineering Team Creates Solar- Powered Tent for Homeless
Last year’s homeless count revealed that, on any night, Los Angeles County has around 47,000 homeless people, a 5.7 percent increase from 2015, and an 11 percent rise within the […]