Fiona Ma is gaining more community traction as she aspires to become California’s first Asian American lieutenant governor in 2026.

As California continues to fight against violent immigration enforcement, the state legislature got to work quickly this month, introducing more bills aimed at curbing what federal agents can do in the state.

Around 31,000 union members of the United Nurses Associations of California and the Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) took to the picket lines this week to protest unfair labor practices at Kaiser Permanente (KP) hospitals and clinics.

The number of Latinos with no criminal record detained increased sixfold in the first eight months of the Trump administration, according to a new report from UCLA. www.calonews.com/fea...

New bill would reduce barriers for local students to attend Cerritos College.

A new report by the Pacific Antifascist Research Collective has identified 29 current or former agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with documented convictions, arrests and more.

Los Angeles might tweak its ‘mansion tax.’ Here’s why that matters for the rest of California.

Hundreds of community members attended L.A. City Hall to oppose a motion to change Measure ULA. The City Council is expected to vote on Tuesday on a proposal to amend the so-called mansion tax. Proponents of amending the tax allege it has limited housing unit construction.

California legislators packed into the Capitol Swing Space on Monday afternoon, taking turns condemning federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota and renewing calls for Congress to take legal action.

Alex Pretti, 37, was killed by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday in Minneapolis, weeks after the killing of Renee Nicole Good in the same city and Keith Porter in Los Angeles.

Thousands of working families across Los Angeles County are eligible for tax credits worth thousands of dollars. About one in five eligible persons in LA do not file or know how they qualify and miss tax credit dollars each year, leaving up to $579 million on the table.

In just a couple of months, Downtown Los Angeles will be home to a micro forest, looking to greenify one of the most urban cities in the nation.

A recent study done by the American Heart Association’s (AHS) flagship journal Circulation has found that cardiovascular complications during pregnancy are on the rise. One out of every seven pregnancies experience cardiovascular-related health problems.

As California’s prison population declines, advocates demand fewer investments in prisons and police in the budget.

Early reports published by The Atlantic claimed that Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol official who had been serving as a “commander at large,” was removed from that position and would return to his previous post in El Centro, Calif.

The 2026–27 California Budget was released earlier this month, outlining a significant overhaul of California's correctional system.

Mike Alfaro, creator of the viral, bestselling hit Millennial Lotería, has announced his newest project, ¡GOOOOL!, a bilingual book celebrating soccer, set for release on March 3, 2026.

Bay Area Chicano academic and musician José Bernardo Cuéllar, ‘Dr. Loco,’ dies.

Three of the candidates running to be California’s next governor participated in a forum on Thursday afternoon, giving their perspectives on multiple areas affecting the quality of life for Californians.

Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz is one of six people to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody less than three weeks into 2026.

Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz is one of six people to die in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody less than three weeks into 2026.

Lawyers with the Center for Migrant Rights say farm workers victimized under an extensive H-2A visa fraud network should seek legal aid to prevent future abuses and potentially find justice.

Los Angeles–based Chicano soul group Los Yesterdays will headline a special Valentine’s Day Souldies Show on February 14 at The Garden Amp in Garden Grove.

Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror film “Frankenstein” received nine nominations for the Oscars, but not in the best director category.

Trump wants to send troops into Mexico. The land grab of the Mexican-American War makes this ‘politically untenable.’

Students in Kern County schools joined the nationwide walkouts on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2026, commemorating the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration and demanding an end to immigration operations.

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Activists fear that ICE raids will continue to create a more difficult healthcare landscape.

Lawyers with the Center for Migrant Rights say farm workers victimized under an extensive H-2A visa fraud network should seek legal aid to prevent future abuses and potentially find justice.

Organizers are calling for the community to stand in solidarity on Friday, January 23, after the immigration-related shooting in Willowbrook on Wednesday morning.

Los Angeles’s first hospitality house for Mexico is headed to the LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown for this year’s FIFA World Cup tournament, joining all fútboleros, or soccer fans, after more than 30 years since FIFA’s biggest tournament was in the U.S.

Courts are set to decide a host of cases that will determine the fate of the VRA, confront the latest restrictions on direct democracy, and affect ballot access and redistricting.

One year after the L.A. wildfires, AltaMed looks to provide mental health support for affected Latinos.

Los Angeles voters may encounter a ballot measure in the upcoming 2026 election aimed at strengthening equity in the city’s parks and green spaces.

When insurance says no, children pay the price.

U.S. aggression abroad threatens democracy at home, anti-war activists and researchers say.

Los Angeles voters may encounter a ballot measure in the upcoming 2026 election aimed at strengthening equity in the city’s parks and green spaces.

Two months shy of his tenure as Huntington Park mayor, Arturo Flores stepped down during Tuesday’s bimonthly City Council meeting. In a brief message, Flores said the decision is to focus more directly on an attempted recall.

Uvalde families appeal a judge’s decision to dismiss Meta from lawsuit

One year after the L.A. wildfires, AltaMed looks to provide mental health support for affected Latinos.

Tuesday’s council meeting in the City of Downey got heated after several residents and community leaders confronted Downey Mayor Claudia Frometa for her lack of action on the constant ICE raids and her censorship of Councilman Mario Trujillo.

On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Union Del Barrio documented more than 15 locations where Immigration enforcement conducted operations, which included the city of Maywood, Alhambra, East Los Angeles, El Monte, Pico Rivera, Montebello and more.

In 2025, the city of Los Angeles recorded one of its safest years in decades, with crime in many categories dipping below pre-COVID levels.

Gallery walk of ‘Boundless Echoes’ exhibition.

Inspired by abuela’s cafecito, brewed with intention ☕🤎. Esmeralda Raya brings Salvadoran-sourced flavors to life through Iced Intentions, served from home and local farmers’ markets in Bakersfield.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled against California Republicans on Wednesday, rejecting their claim that California’s new Congressional maps were racially motivated.

‘Release his name,’ Black and Latino organizers demand identity of ICE agent who killed Keith Porter.

LA County Supervisors are taking actions to prevent ICE from conducting operations on county-owned and run property.

CA Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading a coalition of states in support of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and United Farm Workers against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other officials following a multi-day immigration enforcement operation last year.

The California Privacy Protection Agency kicked off 2026 by launching a tool that state residents can use to make data brokers delete and stop selling their personal information.