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Cal Poly Pomona Students Protest, Successfully ‘Postponing’ Career Fair Over Border Patrol Presence

Many students felt unsafe with CBP on campus. Meanwhile, the university’s career center is reassessing its programming for future events.

August 28, 2025

He Won $266 Million In the Lottery, Then He Became a Pro-Israeli Politician Representing the SGV

Despite the United Nations (UN) declaring "stage five famine" in Gaza caused by Israel, House Democrats like Gil Cisneros, Pete Aguilar, and Luz Rivas ignore the facts and share Israeli-friendly social media videos to downplay the severity of the situation.

August 27, 2025

Nine of L.A.’s Oldest Family-Owned Hardware Stores to Support Instead Of the Home Depot

From live baby chicks and Big Green Eggs to keys painted with pink leopard print, these old-timers have things the big box stores don't. And are much friendlier, too, so you won't be left to wander aimlessly and helplessly down the aisles looking for that single 5/16" torque washer by yourself.

Facing Charges Over Long Beach Assault, Border Patrol Agent Confirmed Dead

The deceased made headlines last month after he was charged in July with seven felonies and misdemeanors for drunkenly approaching a woman with a firearm in a women’s restroom, and then later injuring a police officer while resisting arrest.

August 26, 2025

Opinion: Shattering the ‘Liberal Zionist’ Myth

And why saying "Free Palestine" isn't antisemitic.

August 21, 2025

You Missed Over 1,800 Succulents at the Country’s Biggest Cactus Bash, In Arcadia

Some of the rare succulents for sale included Yemen’s rare euphorbia abdelkuri and Chile’s copiapoa marginata, where nine seedlings sold for $1,900. Other rare cacti on display can live up to 700 years.

August 19, 2025

This Winery In Los Olivos Holds One of the Biggest Mexican Folk Art Collections

You'll find stirring displays of Oaxaca's barro negro pottery and vibrant, Tonala-burnished white clay bowls, ceremonial costumes from Guerrerense processions, beaded Nativity scenes, carved and gilded gourds, ceramic fruit vendors and smiling demons from Ocumicho, plus chilled sauv blanc from some of the first vines from that grape planted in Santa Ynez Valley.

August 19, 2025

How NALEO Lost Its Nerve When Latinos Needed It Most

So far, the response from large and influential Latino organizations to protect our communities—immigrant or not—has been weak and ineffective. The fact that ICE can run roughshod over Latino neighborhoods across the nation with little discernible resistance is alarming.

The Last Taco Stand in Altadena

As I cruise down one of Altadena's main arteries, it looks like a mirage. Then, like an oasis as a man stands behind a plancha, cleaver in hand. Next to him is a woman rolling out masa into thick, oblong discs. The trompo glows like a beacon in the dark.

August 12, 2025

Opinion: Salvadoreños In L.A. Need to Boycott the Dodgers’ Salvadoran Heritage Night

"When you have a business venture promoting ‘heritage’, you don't get history, you end up with a [money-making] scheme," says Victor Interiano.