Los Angeles police officer Roberto Yanez said he has spent much of his career forging ties with residents in South L.A. and Watts, working with them to tackle gang graffiti, theft and many other quality-of-life issues. So when he learned that City Council candidate Ysabel Jurado had said “F— the police, that’s how I see ‘em” at a college meet-and-greet, …
Former Los Angeles harbor commissioner Diane Middleton inside City Hall on Friday. Middleton, a retired lawyer, said her mission was to represent both the community and port’s workforce — which meant posing difficult questions to harbor department staffers. “She protected our communities,” said Gary Herrera, president of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 13, which represents more than 10,000 workers, …
HOUSTON — The Houston Astros’ farm system is still depleted, a byproduct of trades, graduation and the lack of a first- or second-round draft pick in 2020 and 2021. Tier 1: Moving on up Jake Bloss, RHP Current assignment: Double-A Corpus Christi Keith Law ranks: 12th on Astros’ Top 20 Bloss is becoming one of the fastest-rising pitching prospects in …
My grandmother told me about the missing notebook. The last entry from that year, in November, reads, “On Thursday I left for Mexico at 5 a.m.” Pedro Martínez practiced English using a notebook. There, my dad, Sergio, would buy telephone cards and call his parents, Pedro and Herminia, to check on the family or confirm they received the money he’d …