Articles Tagged “Los Angeles”

  • Dos Lives Latino Podcast

    DL Podcast – Report from the PanAm Games, Telemundo wants English Speakers, Halloween Costumes and much more

    email

    email It’s another busy week as Jon (@jonbyington) and Julio (julioFSU1903) discuss what’s making news on the DL Podcast. This week CarolLyn joins the podcast and reports from the PanAM games in Guadalajara Mexico. How are the games going during the third week, how have residents responded to the games, an update on game security [...]

  • Credit: Pew

    Pew: Bank Fees No. 1 Reason Los Angeles Latinos Closed Bank Accounts Last Year

    The number of  unbanked Los Angeles Latino families, those without checking or savings accounts, is rising and bank fees are the number one reason why they closed their accounts in 2010, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. In 2010, 13 percent of Latino families in Los Angeles closed bank accounts while [...]

  • ATT Cell Outage Southern California Los Angeles

    Cell Phone Service Disrupted for Los Angeles-area AT&T Customers

    UPDATE: AT&T Officials say the problems are not expected to be fixed until 2:30 a.m. AT&T says technical problems with 800-1,000 of the company’s cell towers are making phone calls difficult for Southern California wireless customers. A recorded message for AT&T phone subscribers on Saturday says “some customers may be experiencing difficulty making or receiving [...]

  • donald-duck

    Mickey Mouse’s Vecinos son Latinos

    I lived in the Southern California area for two years, between 2001 and 2003; specifically in Orange County, home of the City of Anaheim where the “Latino population has more than tripled since 1980” according to an article in Los Angeles Times. I couldn’t agree more with the article; when I lived there I met [...]

  • lilly-pic

    Mexican Mama

    Lilia, originally from Mexico and now living in L.A., writes “Mexican Mama” every week on Dos Lives. E-mail her at mexmama@doslives.com. I guess I could be considered short and somewhat plump (but we will blame my seven month pregnancy for that). My father would add that I have a pleasant face and that I am [...]