Author Archives: By Alex Garcia, Sun Contributing Writer

When he was a younger man first getting involved in political movements to further the cause of improving the lives and means of Latinos, Jenaro Ayala took inspiration from a […]

In the middle of an alley near the corner of Judd and Bradley streets in Pacoima, dozens of empty butane gas canisters form a trash pile with other refuse. Pieces […]

“It was a great experience going to Washington, D.C.,” said Sandra Zamorano of Pacoima. And Zamorano believes she, a group of pro-immigrant activists, and kids born to undocumented parents who […]

Mexican Independence Day  the 16th of September or Dieciseis de Septiembre. was celebrated at Los Angeles City Hall.  Five other countries, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, celebrate […]

Ulises Guerrero sometimes feels lost, desperate and simply defeated. After being caught in an immigration raid at Micro Solutions Enterprises in Van Nuys along with 137 others in February of […]

Elsa Arellano looked downcast, stunned,in disbelief. She was standing in the middle of  Rocio’s Mole de los Dioses, the restaurant she owns with her husband Alonso Arellano and business partner, […]

Protests can come in all sorts of forms: holding signs at a corner, a boycott or — as Porter Ranch residents demonstrated this past weekend — taking a hike. A […]

A senseless series of shootings in Pacoima have caused the deaths of three people, and police are still working to make any arrests. The deadly spree began on July 26 […]

Every  Saturday morning, the hall at Lighthouse of San Fernando Church,  becomes a food center taken over with bags full of bread, cereal boxes and whatever edibles are provided that […]