More than five decades ago, tens of thousands marched in the Chicano Moratorium in East Los Angeles, holding signs of protest against the Vietnam War and the disproportionate numbers of Chicanos who were killed. The march ended violently with police in riot gear attacking the protestors. LA Times reporter Ruben Salazar was killed by a […]
Annual 55th Chicano Moratorium Marches Against Injustice on Saturday
DACA Recipients Fear Losing Health Care Access, Annual Report Shows
A report published Aug. 26 by the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) shows that an overwhelming majority of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients fear losing future access to health care services and many are experiencing worsening health due to concerns about their immigration status. Concerns about access to health care likely stem from […]
Glendale USPS Carrier Receives Postmaster General Hero Award
A United States Postal Service (USPS) carrier from Glendale, Victor Castaneda, was honored last week for his heroic efforts in helping to put out a house fire while delivering mail on his neighborhood route. Castaneda of the USPS Glendale Verdugo Viejo station was honored with the Postmaster General Hero Award on Aug. 21 at a […]
SFV Activists Continue to Fight for the Unhoused Despite Being Targeted by Authorities
Three homeless activists are likely to have their charges dropped following their arrest by the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks during an “Inside Safe” encampment sweep last month. Carla Orendorff and Paisley Mares of Aetna Street Solidarity and the San Fernando Valley Homeless Union, and Jennifer Rodzianko of San Fernando Valley Mutual Aid, […]
LA Rabbis and Cantors Call for Immediate Food Aid to Gazans
Dozens of rabbis and cantors rallied outside the Israeli Consulate General in Brentwood on Monday to call for immediate food aid to Gazans, an end to the war in Gaza and the safe return home for the remaining hostages in Hamas captivity. This is the first time a concerted effort has been made by the […]
From Empty Party to an All-Night Stadium Bash, a Mexican Teen’s 15th Birthday Goes Viral
By Martín Silva Associated Press AXTLA DE TERRAZAS, Mexico (AP) — Cameras flashed and reporters crowded around 15-year-old Isela Anahí Santiago Morales as she stepped from a vintage car into the pouring rain. Her friends formed a cordon so she could make it to the stage. The daughter of local garbage collectors, dressed in a voluminous […]
What to Know: Four Ways ICE Is Training New Agents and Scaling Up
By Rebecca Santana Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is an agency inside the Department of Homeland Security that is integral to President Donald Trump’s vision of carrying out the mass deportations he promised during the campaign. Deportation officers within a unit called Enforcement and Removal Operations are the ones who are […]
HOROSCOPE
By Holiday Mathis (Creators.com) ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your life vision will start to feel more concrete and actionable this week. It’s not about coming up with fantasies anymore; they’re turning into plans. People around you will provide scaffolding to your process to hold things up while you do the building. They won’t do it […]
