In what some hail as a precedent-setting case for the rights of Spanish-speaking labor union members, a federal court judge in Los Angeles has ruled that the predominantly Latino Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, Local 11, must provide Spanish translation at its monthly membership meetings.
Latino groups appealed Friday to the Federal Communications Commission to block the sale of five Spanish-language television stations, including KMEX in Los Angeles, to a syndicate headed by Hallmark Cards Corp.
During the current national debate over Reagan Administration policies in Central America, there has been a disturbing silence from one key sector: this country's large Latino community.
Los Angeles police are investigating similarities between recent fatal attacks on two Latino men a mile apart in Pacoima, a police spokesman said.
Contrary to this city's image, Miami Beach is the only spot here where the sidewalks really are painted pink or where lapsed New Yorkers still fill patio furniture in conspicuous numbers.
Santa Ana, Jan. 1. As dawn breaks, Police Lt.
The producer says it will end with a huge chain dance and good vibes.
"Platoon is the first real movie about Vietnam," or so the advertisements for Oliver Stone's critically acclaimed film pronounce.
Eunice Diaz points to an AIDS education poster and says it clearly shows why materials on the fatal disease must be developed for the Latino community.
With a school district population that is nearly three-fourths Latino, two Mexican-American challengers are hoping to become the first Latino trustees in almost a decade to win a seat on the Santa Ana Unified School District Board.
Southwestern Cable TV's decision to drop the Spanish International Network, SIN, from its lineup has generated more than 200 letters of protest from unhappy San Diego County Hispanics and other subscribers.
When waiter Juan Perez and his co-workers began circulating petitions a few years ago to get their union local to address some of their grievances and appoint a shop steward, several petitioners lost their jobs.
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Alfredo Torres put up with leaky faucets, faulty stoves and rats so noisy inside his Santa Ana apartment that they kept his wife and four children awake at night.
In January, 1985, Dong Chan Kim had a rendezvous in this border town.
At a stormy meeting attended by more than 700 Northridge residents, Mayor Tom Bradley and City Councilman Hal Bernson on Sunday promoted different plans for halting crime and blight in a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Northridge.
Almost 30% of all immigrants who apply for citizenship fail on their first try, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Assn. of Latino Elected Officials.