Assemblymember Luz Rivas said she would run for Congress, entering what could become a crowded race to replace Tony Cárdenas as the San Fernando Valley-based 29th District’s representative. Rivas, 49, said she had tired of the “constant state of dysfunction” the Republican Party has seemed trapped in since the October ouster of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. “Residents …
People have been dropping by Lupita’s corner for years. “We love this community, we have this vision for it, and all the pieces came together so organically, but then COVID came along and everything changed.” From one day to the next in mid-March, when schools shut, Lupita’s Corner Market lost about 80% of its business. “She told us there were …