Hispanic and Latino Americans

Tamales, L.A.'s original street food

2011-09-08 00:00:00

Southern California's latest foodie trend has the region atwitter. Lines form long into the night at the latest hot spot for edible treasures, while wily entrepreneurs outdo each other by parking at the best spots. But not everyone is happy. Brick-and-...

Newton: The impact of the 'parent trigger'

2011-09-19 00:00:00

This is what the revolution looks like: It's a rally in Lynwood where parents demand the right to exercise their power to shape their children's future; it's a dozen residents in a South-Central apartment gathering to compare notes on the failing...

White and mixed-race youths rank high in alcohol, substance abuse

2011-11-07 16:27:00

The first-ever survey of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse to recognize youths of mixed race or ethnicity�has found that such kids hover closest to white adolescents in the rate at which they suffer substance abuse disorders. That is not reassuring,...

Suspicion in Mexico's Sinaloa cartel

2011-07-28 00:00:00

Last of four parts Reporting from Calexico, Calif., and Badiraguato, Mexico The towering iron gates opened onto a palm-lined driveway that led past the family church, a twisting water slide and two man-made lakes, one stocked with fish, the other with...

Lesser-known artists are poised for a breakthrough

2011-09-18 00:00:00

Nobody thought a 12-sided geometric painting by a little-known artist could top a Hockney. The painting, "Vector," has languished in storage for at least 30 years. The painter, Ron Davis, has been living off the grid near Taos, N.M., for almost as long....

Myth vs. Fact

2011-09-23 14:22:30

Learning about Type 2 diabetes and the risk factors involved can help a person detect the disease early or know what he or she needs to do to minimize their risk. Type 2 diabetes, which used to be called adult-onset diabetes, is becoming more common,...

Newton: Creating a Latino district

2011-09-26 00:00:00

There are two conversations going on inside the L.A. County Hall of Administration about the delicate matter of redrawing maps for the supervisorial districts. Both will come to a head Tuesday, but only one will be publicly acknowledged. The surface...

Richard S. Amador Sr. dies at 75; expert in community economic development

2011-10-03 00:00:00

Richard S. Amador Sr., a California-born son of migrant farmworkers who became a nationally recognized expert in community and economic development and formed a nonprofit group that created thousands of jobs for East Los Angeles residents, has died. He...

Andre Pineda dies at 46; pollster aided top Democrats

2011-10-01 00:00:00

Andre Pineda, a Democratic pollster and expert on the burgeoning clout of Latino voters, died this week. He was 46. He died Tuesday after jumping off Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge. Pineda, a native of South Pasadena, built an international...

McManus: Team Obama's victory plan

2011-07-07 00:00:00

President Obama faces an uphill struggle in his campaign for reelection next year. His job approval rating is stuck just below 50%. The unemployment rate appears likely to remain above 8% until election day. And, though it's too soon to mean much, early...

Harry Pachon dies at 66; Latino scholar and activist

2011-11-09 00:00:00

Harry Pachon, a scholar-activist who helped focus national attention on the needs and traits of a growing Latino population, particularly in politics and education, has died. He was 66. Pachon, the longtime president of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute,...

Rodriguez: White flight — to the city

2011-07-25 00:00:00

For nearly half a century, the term "inner city" has been code for poor and minority. But now white flight — the decades-long trend of affluent Anglos leaving the urban core for leafier suburban cul-de-sacs — has run its course. And "inner...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel answers a question at City Hall today, about Occupy Chicago arrests over the weekend as he conducts a press conference to announce two new programs to aid women and minority owned businesses .

2011-10-24 00:00:00

Girls from the Latinos Soccer League, a 13-team league in the western suburbs, play a match in Camera Park.

2011-09-25 00:00:00

Alfred Ramirez has been named vice president of government relations and diversity at Group O, a marketing, supply chain and packaging solutions optimization company.

2011-09-13 22:00:00