Ruben Vives is a general assignment reporter for the Los Angeles Times. A native of Guatemala, he got his start in journalism by writing for The Times’ Homicide Report in 2007. He helped uncover the financial corruption in the city of Bell that led to criminal charges against eight city officials. The 2010 investigative series won the Pulitzer Prize for public service and other prestigious awards.
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Cynthia Gonzalez said the “short satirical video on TikTok” was meant to call on Angelenos to peacefully demonstrate against federal immigration sweeps.
Una redada migratoria del 19 de junio, en la que una mujer sufrió un ataque cardíaco, es una de muchas que han tenido lugar en el sur de California y encapsula los métodos caóticos empleados para detener a personas durante el último mes.
An immigration sweep on June 19, in which a woman had a heart attack, is one of many that have taken place in Southern California and encapsulates the chaotic methods employed to detain people over the last month.
Protesters blocked the roads in and out of one of the farms, and at one point federal agents drove their vehicles through the fields.
Chris Garcia began selling tamales on behalf of his mother, a legal resident who was caught up in an immigration sweep two weeks ago at Villa Parke in Pasadena.
The Lake fire broke out in Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area in San Bernardino County, burning more than 400 acres and prompting evacuations and road closures in the region.
Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identifies man who was killed along with a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant in a multi-vehicle crash on the 405 Freeway as Jesus Garcia.
Huntington Park Police Department said the suspect’s vehicle was equipped with police lights and radios. They also found a list with radio codes for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The vice mayor of Cudahy, Cynthia Gonzalez, put out a video — now taken down — that seems to call on local gang members to respond to the raids by ICE agents.
Any day now, Noemi Gongora knows, Border Patrol agents could snatch her up from the streets and send her back to El Salvador, a country she fled more than 30 years ago.