Jenni Rivera

Jenni Rivera, public and private, seen at the Grammy Museum

2013-05-11 06:00:00

The high-heeled ostrich-skin boots belonged to an ambitious and gifted young singer, one of many similar pairs she owned in the days before she could afford designer labels. The silky couture evening gown was a totem of that same woman's meteoric rise...

'I Love Jenni' on Mun2 carries on after Jenni Rivera's death

2013-04-13 08:00:00

When it came to mass recognition in the United States, the late Latin music star Jenni Rivera used to say she wasn't Coca-Cola, and maybe she wasn't Pepsi either. But she wasn't going to let anyone tell her she wasn't at least akin to Fanta. The...

Jenni Rivera exhibition to open at Grammy Museum May 12

2013-04-11 05:00:00

The life and career of Jenni Rivera, the bestselling banda and norte�a singer and multi-platforming media personality who was killed last December in a plane crash, will be explored in the exhibition "Jenni Rivera, La Gran Se�ora," opening May 12 at the...

Amphitheatre to close, make room for Harry Potter attraction

2013-04-25 05:00:00

First they put a lid on it, and now they're pulling the plug. Universal City's Gibson Amphitheatre, a fixture on the Southern California live music scene for more than 40 years, will close in September and be demolished to make room for the new...

Bounty hunter reality show tracks down viewers for Latino channel

2013-04-24 05:00:00

The star of this reality show is a Mexican immigrant who carries pink handcuffs. The bounty hunter show "Fugitivos de la Ley: Los Angeles" boasts a cast that includes two real-life federal agents and a fireplug of a man, a former U.S. Marine from...

'Filly Brown' forges a link between generations of Latino artists

2013-04-22 06:00:00

A few minutes before a screening of "Filly Brown" last week, Oscar-nominated actor Edward James Olmos tried to explain why the new family drama about a female Los Angeles street poet "is the most hopeful film I've ever worked on in my life." Olmos, 66,...

Two cities and two countries united by two book fairs

2013-04-03 11:44:00

Guadalajara and Los Angeles are two cities with a strong cultural connection: Many of the Mexican immigrants who’ve settled in Southern California have roots in Guadalajara and the surrounding state of Jalisco. The literary ties between the two...

Review: 'Filly Brown' a fierce tale of a promising hip-hop rapper

2013-04-18 18:20:00

Rapper Filly Brown (Gina Rodriguez) is tomboyish and politicized, spitting lines like "Do you even see the Latinos serving you Chinese?" over a flamenco-inspired beat. She's the sound of Los Angeles — and so too is her eponymous movie "Filly Brown,"...

Taft classroom shooting: Heroic effort prevents further violence

2013-01-10 15:43:39

Taft classroom shooting: Teen opened fire with 12-gauge shotgun

2013-01-10 17:22:29

Mun2 moves forward with airing final season of Jenni Rivera's reality series

2013-02-12 12:01:00

Two months after the death of Latin music star Jenni Rivera, an April 14 premiere date was announced for the final season of her Mun2 reality show "I Love Jenni." The third and final season, filmed just before Rivera's Dec. 9 plane crash in Mexico, will...

Taft classroom shooting stuns students, parents

2013-01-10 18:44:26

A memorial grows for singer Jenni Rivera outside her family's home in Lakewood.

2012-12-19 02:09:00

Star D'Borgia with Ariana Miller behind her performs songs by the late performer Jenni Rivera during a tribute show Sunday night.

2012-12-19 00:14:00

Mexican American singer and reality TV star Jenni Rivera poses during a 2012 interview in Los Angeles.

2012-03-08 00:00:00