Author Archives: By Alex Garcia, Sun Contributing Writer

A year ago, Ana — a native of Honduras — spent two weeks traveling by bus from her country and across Mexico, sleeping in cheap motels and trying to avoid […]

After vandals victimized a well-known coffee shop and restaurant in Sylmar, community residents responded to pleas for help. More than $2,000 was raised on Sunday, July 19, to help Buffalo […]

Nearly 300 pro immigrant activists and followers gathered July 10 at the entrance to the Luxe Hotel in Brentwood to protest a speech millionaire Donald Trump gave to a conservative […]

The Lil G’s Cancer Kickin’ Crew are ready. They’ve already raised more than $3,300 and Chris Duran, one of the team members, vows that they will get to their goal: […]

Cain Gaona, an entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), recalls the day when he worked as an inspector at the U.S. port of […]

“To my two amazing parents., I love you. My heart is broken. Heaven is lucky to have two angels. Till we meet again, Love Lisa”, is one of many messages  […]

If you live in the Pacoima, San Fernando or Sylmar areas, you’ve seen them and heard them. Every night, as Independence Day gets closer, more and more fireworks streak the […]

In the middle of a field at Hansen Dam, packed with helicopters from different law enforcement agencies, 30 children from ages 4 to 17 became United States citizens. The setting […]

Carmen Cardozo roasts corn on a grill. It’s late afternoon, and she’s standing in a corner of a supermarket’s parking lot along Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Pacoima. It’s the spot […]

Happiness and sadness. That’s the mix of feelings Martha Valdez is experiencing these days, only weeks before she and her daughters, Noemi and Jacqueline, head to the East Coast for […]