By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 Nicaragua is the poorest country in Central America and the second poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Much of the nation’s infrastructure was destroyed during a revolution in the late 1970s and a civil war…
By Alejandra Vásquez El Nuevo Sol “The people who tell the stories are usually the people who win or the powerful ones, but there’s always people who are not powerful and don’t have a voice,” said Melissa Del Bosque,…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego Sonia Lopez remembers that since being a young girl growing up in rural Imperial Valley she has had to endure discrimination for being a woman. But she never let that stop…
By Jasmin Koerber Mission Local It’s the first coding course 17-year-old-high school student Robyn has taken, but he already knows where he belongs. “My dream employer? Well, I’d have to say Google.” Robyn, two peers and a professional programmer,…
By John Saringo-Rodríguez El Nuevo Sol After nearly a year-and-a-half of tenacious meetings with the California State University, Northridge administration, CSUN’s undocumented immigrant advocacy coalition, Dreams To Be Heard (DTBH), have broken a barrier which will allow for the…
By Andra Cernavskis Mission Local Anthony Velez, 13, is tired of trudging around the Tenderloin with his family to find something to eat that won’t give him a stomachache. He misses his mom’s home cooking. “I’m used to having…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — Enrique Morones accepts it was difficult for him to perform in front of a camera what he does in real life every single day. Morones, who is founder…
Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA — La Santa Cecilia, winners of the the Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Grammy for Treinte Días, gave thought in their acceptance speech on Jan. 26 to the incarcerated youth in Santa Barbara County they…
By Erica Hellerstein Mission Local Every morning at 4 a.m., Rosa Campos’ alarm insistently buzzes. She unfurls, shakes the sleep from her limbs and dashes out of her apartment at 3rd and Kirkwood to catch the first bus of…
By Mark Day La Prensa San Diego When Escondido residents go to the polls next Nov. 4, they will choose between two mayoral candidates, both from immigrant backgrounds, with radically different philosophies. Sam Abed, the incumbent mayor, is a…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego Latino fans of the San Diego Chargers are still as fervent as 20 years ago, when Jorge Villanueva joined the team to be its official voice in Spanish in 1994. That…
By Ashley Soley-Cerro EL NUEVO SOL David’s story is common, but it often goes unheard. This is because, for him, coming out does not only include personal consequences, but also legal ones. For this reason, the pseudonym David will…
By Sarah McClure Mission Local Of all Mission’s graffiti, none likely appear with as much ubiquity than the stencils of a wheeled suitcase inscribed with the words, “Tenants Here Forced Out.” Always strategically placed, the suitcase stencils materialize on…
By Jazzmyne Bogard EL NUEVO SOL With the passing of prop 227 in 1998, which put a ban on bilingual education, many thought bilingual learning had come to an end. This ban on language learning was not because California…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego David Alvarez is one step closer to becoming the first mayor of Mexican origin in San Diego. The once relatively unknown Democrat councilmember, placed second in the Nov. 19th special mayoral…
By Andra Cernavskis MissionLocal Principal Lena Van Haren called 8th graders at Everett Middle School to the auditorium to hear about high school applications. They filed in, sat, and waited. Then, District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener, who could easily…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego When José Vallejo started attending the Barrio Logan College Institute (BLCI) 16 years, along with a group of children from Logan Heights and surrounding areas, used to meet after school at…
By Alex Corey El Nuevo Sol On September 30, Luis Rivera, 17, attempted to enter the U.S. through Laredo, Texas — 1400 miles away from his family’s home in Los Angeles. As Rivera stepped up to speak with a…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego If you ask him, Juan Ortiz would tell you that he rarely votes in local elections. But now that that two of the candidates in the City of San Diego special…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego Lieutenant Jennifer Moreno always liked to help others. That’s the main reason why she graduated with a nursing degree from the University of San Francisco. That’s the main reason she enlisted…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego This year’s KPBS Local Heroes in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month have one thing in common: Both are women committed to helping immigrant communities in San Diego County. The honorees are…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego Although Hortenssia Zatarain has always been a baking and cooking enthusiast, she never thought she would turn her hobby into a full-blown business. However, after losing her job in human resources…
Amigos805.com CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CI) student Jeannette Herrera used her smartphone, artistic skills and a persuasive personal plea to win a national scholarship contest from online textbook-seller TextbookX.com. The 17-year-old psychology major from Santa Clarita Valley is…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego A recently launched website that promotes disaster preparedness among Californians was introduced to ethnic media editors and reporters in San Diego this past week. At a recent media round-table organized in…
By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 While it may look easy putting on a colorful costume and walking up on the stage in the hopes of winning the approval of judges, the annual Fiestas Patrias contest is anything but. The…
