To help support housekeepers, gardeners, nannies, caregivers and other informal service workers financially impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires, last week LA City Councilmember Imelda Padilla and Mayor Karen Bass […]
Author Archives: Maria Luisa Torres, San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
Los Angeles DA Begins Filing Charges Following Human Trafficking Operation
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), LA County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the Long Beach Police Department launched a week-long anti-human trafficking operation in late January, leading to 12 juvenile […]
Padres Latinos se Reúnen con el Superintendente del LAUSD por Preocupaciones Sobre ICE
A medida que el presidente Donald Trump intensifica las operaciones de aplicación de la ley de inmigración, con redadas, arrestos y deportaciones de ICE en todo el país, los padres […]
Una Familia Latina Pierde Su Casa, Pero no Su Hogar en la Querida Altadena
Lo que comenzó como un martes típico en la casa de Altadena de la familia Secada-Borrego, una pareja latina queer con dos hijos, cambió inesperadamente esa tarde cuando fuertes ráfagas […]
Family Loses House but Not Their Home in Beloved Altadena
What began as a typical Tuesday in the Altadena home of the Secada-Borrego family, a queer Latina couple with two children, unexpectedly shifted that afternoon when powerful wind gusts caused […]
Latino Parents Meet With LAUSD Superintendent Over Concerns About ICE
As President Donald Trump steps up immigration enforcement operations – with ICE raids, arrests and deportations nationwide – school officials are being asked by worried parents: what will happen if […]
Los Padres Comparten los Temores de Inmigración Bajo la Presidencia de Trump
Todos los días, cuando Efigenia se despide de su esposo cuando se va a trabajar, se preocupa y se pregunta: “¿Le pasará algo hoy?” Al solicitar que no se use […]
Manifestación Pro-Inmigrante en Boyle Heights
Entre las contramanifestaciones llevadas a cabo el día de la toma de posesión del presidente Trump, la Organización de Servicio Comunitario del Centro (Centro CSO) organizó una manifestación de protesta […]
Pro-Immigrant Rally Held in Boyle Heights
Among the counter-demonstrations held on President Donald Trump’s inauguration day, Centro Community Service Organization (Centro CSO) organized a protest rally at Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights. Carlos Montes, a longtime […]
Parents Share Immigration Fears Under Trump Presidency
Every day when Efigenia says goodbye to her husband as he leaves for work, she worries and wonders, “Will something happen to him today?” Requesting that her last name not […]
