IRVINE, Calif. — Friends and family of a Southern California man are concerned for his well-being after he ended up handcuffed for hours in th…
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case against the destruction of Oak Flat in Arizona, clearing a hurdle for the mining of the publicly owned land and religious site for the Apache tribe.
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors officially proclaimed November 2024 as “Native American Heritage Month” throughout the County.
The Commission on the State of Hate conducted a forum titled “Resilient Roots: California’s Indigenous Communities and the Struggle Against Hate.”
Aztec street performers in Los Angeles. (Walter Bibikow/Getty Images)
Yesterday morning, the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced, revealing some outstanding performances by Latino actors. Notab…
High school students at Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, Calif., Monday, May 1, 2017.
Although students don’t face punitive consequences for excused absences, unexcused absences can lead to students being denied credit for missed work, excluded from extracurricular activities, and eventually taken to court and fined. Socioeconomically disadvantaged students are much more likely to have their absences labeled unexcused. This is also true for Black, Native American, Latino and Pacific Islander students relative to white, Asian American and Filipino students. Black students experience the largest disparity.
History has been made in Orange County this midterm election as Castañeda is the first Latino, Native American and LGBTQ person to be elected to the Buena Park City Council. Castañeda beat out his other opponents, winning 43.4% of the vote in a three-way race, according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters. He will fill one of the two open seats on the Buena Park City Council board representing District 2.