I began the week annoyed by practices of some newspaper websites, but I’m ending it with praise for the LA Times efforts to involve residents in an effort map the county. Readers have commented on 86 of the 87 neighborhoods we proposed, the one exception being Griffith Park, which has thousands of visitors daily but … Continue reading »
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“If people only had a little more time to get to know him” in Satna Ana
Jon Wiener goes door-to-door with Obama volunteers in Santa Ana, Califas. [Congressman Xavier Becerra] told the precinct walkers the key arguments to make when they knocked on Latino doors: At the top of the list: “Obama is the son of an immigrant.” Second: “Obama is a Harvard law grad who went to work as a … Continue reading »
Waiting for the big endorsement: Gloria, not Al
Via Mario, the LA Times looks into the decision facing Gloria Molina. Molina is an LA County Supervisor and a giant of Latino politics in SoCal, whose endorsement is up for grabs following Bill Richardson’s departure. (The LA County Board of Supervisors is a fascinating entity– its five members represent a total of more 10.3 … Continue reading »
La Opinion Grows By Focussing on Community
The ongoing fall in newspaper circulation was widely reported earlier this month. What received less attention, at least within my Google Reader universe, is the fact that the numbers for Spanish-language dailies continue to grow. La Opinion, Los Angeles’ Spanish-language daily, is the nation’s fastest growing large paper. While circulation of large dailies dropped 2.9%, … Continue reading »
