LA Latinos hunker down before planned ICE raids: ‘Everybody is scared’
Reports of impending ICE raids have caused LA’s Latino community to avoid shops, public transportation and even schools.
More than 2 million acres of local land in California designated high or very high fire danger areas
Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in ...
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Los Angeles es familia: Latino communities unite amidst wildfires
By Ami Medina, Feb. 11, 2025 The vibrant county of Los Angeles, home to almost 10 million people, felt the devastation when the tragedy struck just as the new year began and fires raged across the ...
De Los 101: Tell us what we missed
With close to 5 million Latinos calling L.A. County home, we're bound to miss some Latino businesses. Did we miss one of your ...
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LA fires hit family wealth. Daunting challenges await those trying to recover it
It took a decade of scrimping and saving for the Ramirez sisters to buy their first house, a fixer-upper in Altadena. Nine years later, they bought another, ...
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Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
The Tunnel fire broke out in a wooded canyon just minutes away from UC Berkeley, where David Sapsis was working on his PhD in fire science. Five ...
San Francisco Examiner7d
South Pasadena residents demand rent freeze
South Pasadena residents join many of the Southern California communities asking and demanding a rent freeze and eviction ...
LAist10d
Black families were disproportionately affected by the Eaton Fire, UCLA report finds
And since only 18% of Altadena’s roughly 42,700 residents are Black, that makes the impact disproportionate on an already ...
What we can VERIFY about Google Maps satellite images featuring the word HELP
Viral posts suggest Google Maps imagery shows a human trafficking plea in L.A., but police say there's no evidence of ...
Los Angeles Daily News14d
Altadena’s Black community disproportionally impacted by Eaton fire, UCLA study finds
“Altadena’s Black community has long served as a symbol of resilience and opportunity in the Los Angeles region ... Knowledge and the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute combined ...
The Latino Newsletter on MSN15d
A Latina-Led Effort Works to Protect Vulnerable Communities From Wildfires
So when we received the following email on Monday about a Latina-led initiative focused on wildfire education in vulnerable communities, we knew we wanted to publish it. 599.01 KB • PDF File The ...