LOS ANGELES: A Legend Of The Raspado

LOS ANGELES: A Legend Of The Raspado

Mary Mata August 6, 2012

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog I spent some time yesterday with a legendary street vendor. Ramiro — don’t know his last name — spent 15 years as a street […]

LOS ANGELES: Oaxacan Marching Band

NewsTaco August 1, 2012

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog I attended the inauguration of the L.A. office of FIOB — Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales (Indigenous Front of Bi-national Organizations), which works to help Indians, […]

LOS ANGELES: Tuba Thefts, Again

Mary Mata July 5, 2012

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog Once again, tuba thieves have struck. This time: Whittier High School. Four sousaphones. Last time, Saturday Night Live did a Weekend Update bit on the phenomenon. Lightheartedness […]

Ode to LA: The Sister City of Your Best Nightmares

Mary Mata

By Oscar Barajas I live in Los Angeles, which I find to be a weird city. It is a slow moving competitive city where no one is proud of being […]

Virgin Of East LA (Video)

Mary Mata

By Carlos Aguilar, Current TV The Virgin of Guadalupe is a 16th century Mexican icon of the Virgin Mary which appears on wall murals and tattoos around the streets of […]

Romney Doubles Down On Daniel D. Portado, Self-deportation (video)

Mary Mata June 22, 2012

By Bongo Fanta Korea, Pocho Ñews Service Not only did GOP nominee wannabe Mitt Romney adopt POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz’s “self deportation” political hoax as an actual campaign position, he has […]

Barajas Keeps His Day Job (Because he has to)

Mary Mata May 25, 2012

By Oscar Barajas Recently, I became a victim of the economy and its whims and became underemployed but with health benefits. So the quick fix was to interview for a […]

A Loss To L.A. Spanish Language News

NewsTaco April 25, 2012

As a former Spanish language journalist I’m sensitive to the news of my small but hard working tribe.  So I read  Adolfo Guzman-Lopez’s recent KCET post with sadness. Two important journalists died in the […]

My mother, The Most Unfortunate Pilgrim

Mary Mata April 18, 2012

Once upon a time, I believed what my first grade teacher told me.  I thought I was the descendant of a pilgrim. I took her word for it. I thought […]

Dodger Fans Rejoice: Magic Johnson Is Coming To Baseball

Mary Mata March 30, 2012

By Paul Adams Step off that ledge Dodger fans, it’s official: Frank McCourt is no longer the owner of your team. And if this news still can’t be heard over […]