Last month, the city of Los Angeles revealed that Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Los Angeles Police Department security detail has cost nearly $450,000 since 2015 as Garcetti visited other parts of the United States and foreign countries. The figures were revealed due to a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Times, which is seeking to determine […]

By: Raul Riesgo Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to travel from downtown Los Angeles to a farm several hours away. The farm tour was part of an effort by farmers to build bridges with people like me who live in cities and have very little understanding or appreciation of our California-grown food supply. […]

If you fly to international locations or plan to fly international from the San Jose airport, get ready to wait less going through federal customs checkpoints. Earlier this month, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport announced that it has agreed to become the first airport on the West Coast to launch facial recognition technology […]

The Los Angeles City Council approved a construction and financing plan for a $708 million downtown office tower for city workers. The site of the new office tower is the Los Angeles Police Department’s former headquarters, Parker Center. The council voted unanimously to back a public-private development model that involves hiring an outside development team […]

According to research released in May from UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, over half of Uber and Lyft drivers in Los Angeles drive full time. Unfortunately, many Uber and Lyft drivers also struggle to pay for expenses such as gas, insurance and vehicle maintenance costs. About a third of the drivers either […]

Last month, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce named its first female chief executive officer and president in the organization’s 130 year history. Maria Salinas, a financial consultant, will replace longtime CEO & President Gary L. Toebben. Salinas, 52, will take over as head of the chamber in August. In a statement, Chairman of […]

A deported U.S. military veteran that became the voice for hundreds of deported U.S. military veterans around the world returned to the nation he served in April and finally became a citizen. Hector Barajas began raising awareness about deported veterans after he was deported from the United States. In 2013, he founded the Deported Veterans […]

According to the California Labor Commissioner’s Office, complaints over immigration-related retaliation threats surged last year in California. Workers had filed 94 immigration-related retaliation claims with the office through Dec. 22, which is up from 20 claims in 2016 and seven claims in 2015. The cases include instances in which employers allegedly threatened to report workers […]

Get ready for Game 1 of the World Series tonight, which will feature the Houston Astros against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Both Houston and Los Angeles have one major thing in common, they both have a large Mexican population. The World Series will determine which city has the better team, but writer Gustavo Arellano asked […]

The Dodgers are soliciting sponsorship offers from companies interested in attaching their name to the field at Dodger Stadium. Dodgers President Stan Kasten has claims that the Dodger Stadium name is not for sale and in an interview he stated, That has never been for sale. It never will be for sale.    A naming […]