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Initiative brings recreation to park-poor areas of Los Angeles

By John Cádiz Klemack, KNBC, Los Angeles, California

The newest park in Los Angeles opened Thursday to great fanfare from some very small park-goers and to some grand projects from city recreation … Read More

This April 25, 2012 photo released by Telemundo shows Latin singer Jenni Rivera rehearsing for the 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards, at the Bank United Center in Coral Gables, Fla.

Jenni Rivera recorded English tracks for crossover album

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Jenni Rivera may have passed away but her legacy lives on through her music. And while fans of Rivera’s music can continue to purchase her albums – … Read More

California Dream Act in effect

California Dream Act now in effect, will benefit undocumented students

By Vikki Vargas, KNBC, Los Angeles, California

Students who were brought to the country illegally can apply for financial aid from the state's universities and colleges. One undocumented college graduate … Read More

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¡ASK A MEXICAN! “Best of” edition

By Gustavo Arellano

Dear Readers: My muchos apologies for this Best Of edition—I'm still in the rancho getting faded on the Herradura and stuffed with tamales, pozole, birria and … Read More

From left, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, and Sheriff Lee Baca, show some of the weapons collected in Wednesday's Los Angeles Gun Buyback event Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 during a news conference at the LAPD headquarters in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Los Angeles gun buyback collects more than 2,000 weapons

By Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A one-day gun buyback program in Los Angeles brought in 2,037 firearms. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s office says the weapons collected … Read More

Jenny Rivera sings the Mexican national anthem before the Middleweight bout against Shane Mosley and Sergio Mora at Staples Center on September 18, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

Jenni Rivera estate and children to be looked after by sister Rosie

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Nothing was as dear to Jenni Rivera as her children and true to her last wishes, her younger sister Rosie will be looking after her five children in the … Read More

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Teen gets new wheelchair after school bus fire

By Marianne Favro, KNTV, San Jose, California

Aline Guerrero, 13, of San Jose received a new motorized wheelchair on Christmas, after her old one was burned in a November school bus fire. Marianne Favro … Read More

Dr. Carmen A. Peralta is an award-winning research scientist who is dedicated to finding a way to lower the staggering rates of end-stage kidney disease among U.S. Latinos.

Helping Hands: For one doctor, reducing high kidney disease rates among Latinos is life’s work

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On any given day, Dr. Carmen Peralta might shuffle between seeing patients at her clinic and spending hours in the research lab. And as an assistant professor … Read More

Population growth in America is driven by immigrants moving to this country.

Census: US population grows thanks to immigrants

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — After two centuries of boom and bust, America's population growth may finally be leveling off. In all, the U.S. population is now … Read More

Los Angeles area clergy, religious leaders and citizens join in an interfaith candlelight prayer vigil to end to gun violence outside Los Angeles City Hall Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Analysis: With guns, all politics is local

By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

All politics is local, and if there’s one issue area that brings this home, it’s guns.  Yes, we have seen President Obama and several congressional leaders … Read More