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"It’s a direct hit to the Mexican population of Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights," Villalobos added. L.A. City Councilman Arthur Snyder during opening day ceremonies at Parque de Mexico in Los Angeles in 1978. A bust of Venustiano Carranza is among the missing sculptures at Parque de Mexico in Los Angeles. But only a few pieces remain today at the park, which is an extension of Lincoln Park in Lincoln Heights, one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and predominantly Latino. "Everyone goes and spends time ... at Lincoln Park, but Parque Mexico is kind of left alone especially as it’s gone into worse shape.

A group of mostly Venezuelan families who migrated to the U.S. seeking asylum were welcomed with a Three Kings celebration in New York City organized by a national Latino nonprofit. "Many families are seeking refuge in New York after fleeing civil strife, natural disasters, violence, and so much more." Newly arrived asylum-seekers celebrated their first Three Kings Day in the United States at a dinner Thursday hosted by Hispanic Federation. Three Kings Day this year is an opportunity that allows families to connect and celebrate while keeping with the traditions of home." Greg Abbott following the busing of thousands of migrant families to New York City, with Abbott responding that it's up to the federal government to deal with border issues.

☆ Missouri Executes Transgender Inmate, a First in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Missouri carried out the first known execution of a transgender person in the U.S. after Republican Gov. Mike Parson denied Amber McLaughlin ’s clemency petition. Ms. McLaughlin was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 6:51 p.m. on Tuesday at the Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Mo. She was found guilty in the 2003 murder of her ex-girlfriend Beverly Guenther .

☆ Missouri Set to Execute Transgender Inmate, a First in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Amber McLaughlin is set to be killed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Missouri is set to carry out the first known execution of a transgender person in the U.S. after Republican Gov. Mike Parson denied Amber McLaughlin ‘s clemency petition. Ms. McLaughlin is set to be killed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. She was found guilty in the 2003 murder of her ex-girlfriend Beverly Guenther .

☆ Jackson, Mississippi, Other Southern Cities Make Progress to Restore Water Supplies
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Cities around the South are making progress in restoring water service after frigid weather in the past week caused line breaks and other disruptions that left many residents with little or no water pressure. The problems added to the havoc unleashed by the winter storm that swept across the country, sending temperatures plunging in parts of the South less accustomed to such a deep freeze. They also highlighted vulnerabilities of water systems across the region, which has been strained in recent years by powerful storms and flooding.

☆ Biden pardons 6 convicted of murder, drug, alcohol crimes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The pardons, announced Friday, mean the criminal record of the crimes is now purged. In the 1990s, he supported crime legislation that increased arrest and incarceration rates for drug crimes, particularly for Black and Latino people. Byrnes-Jackson pleaded guilty to possession and sale of spirits without tax stamps when he was 18, and it involved a single illegal whiskey transaction. Nock pleaded guilty to using his property as a grow-house for marijuana 27 years ago. De Coito pleaded guilty at age 23 to being involved in a marijuana trafficking conspiracy.

☆ The Youngest Victims of the Fentanyl Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Brianna Roush woke from a nap at home on a Sunday afternoon last January to find her 20-month-old son, Leightyn, disoriented and moaning. By the time she got him to the hospital, he wasn’t breathing. Medical staff tried for an hour to revive him before pronouncing him dead.

☆ A Florida crypto entrepreneur bragged in the middle of his January 6 testimony about his 'legs day' personal record at the gym
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Crypto advocate Samuel Armes had an eventful interview with the January 6 committee in July 2022. In the middle of being grilled about who authored the document, Armes ended up on the floor with a leg cramp and then bragged about how much weight he had just lifted. "Sorry, I'm cramping," Armes told Rep. Zoe Lofgren during the virtual interview, per the transcript released on December 23. He acknowledged in the interview with the committee that elements of his plan were used in the lengthier "1776 returns" document he was shown. "I ended up sharing it with her on a Google Drive," he told the committee, referring to Flores.

☆ Republican George Santos Faces Probe Over ‘Fabrications and Inconsistencies’ During Campaign
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rep.-elect George Santos has said he hasn’t committed any crimes and still intends to serve in Congress. A prosecutor in New York is investigating Republican Rep.-elect George Santos after he admitted that he lied about significant parts of the biography he presented to voters. “The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with congressman-elect Santos are nothing short of stunning,” said Anne Donnelly, the district attorney of Nassau County, N.Y. Mr. Santos was elected last month to represent part of Long Island.

☆ Buffalo Still Clearing Snow as Winter Storm’s Death Toll Rises to 37
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Joseph Pisani | Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The city of Buffalo, N.Y., was still digging out from the massive snowfall Wednesday, five days after one of deadliest winter storms in decades swept through the area. The number of deaths in the Buffalo area rose to 37, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said in a tweet.

☆ Storm Brings More Problems to Jackson, Miss., Water Supply
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Residents of Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday were contending with little or no water pressure and a boil-water advisory as a result of line breaks caused by the frigid weather, the latest crisis for the city’s troubled water system. Crews were working on isolating leaks to restore pressure and dealing with complications at the main water-treatment facility in Mississippi’s capital and largest city, according to a news release Monday. The city said it would distribute water to residents at various locations until the problem was resolved.

This year brought a fascinating and eclectic number of books by Latino authors to store shelves and online selections, spanning different genres and earning high praise from readers and reviewers alike. Below is our list of 10 very distinctive works by U.S. Latino authors. The compelling novel has been recognized as one of the top 10 books of 2022 by The New York Times and The Washington Post and as one of the best books of 2022 by Time, NPR, Vogue, Oprah Daily and others. Although Villanueva's life took a different turn, many of his followers and their children, known as "Inca Jews," are still in Israel. She writes about how an abortion saved her life and candidly details her experiences dealing with suicidal thoughts and depression.

☆ Republican Jewish Coalition Says George Santos Misrepresented Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Natalie Andrews | Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rep.-elect George Santos, who had embraced both a Jewish and Catholic identity on the campaign trail, told reporters this week he never said he was Jewish. The Republican Jewish Coalition has said it wouldn’t invite congressman-elect George Santos to any future events, citing what the influential group said were misrepresentations about his Jewish heritage, a day after Mr. Santos admitted that significant parts of his biography weren’t accurate. Mr. Santos had embraced both a Jewish and Catholic identity in published interviews and at events, and his campaign website stated his maternal grandparents fled Jewish persecution in Europe during World War II. He referred to himself as a “proud American Jew” in a campaign document. Recent media reports had raised questions about his personal and family history.

☆ Oklahoma Has Become a Top Source of Black-Market Weed
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

COYLE, Okla.—Finding marijuana crops in Oklahoma these days is easy, said Logan County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Tillman, as he stared at rows of cannabis greenhouses surrounded by fields of red-dirt farmland. Figuring out if they are legal—well, that is another matter. “It’s not always clear what we should be looking for,” Deputy Tillman said.

☆ Florida Restarts Push to Feed Manatees
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Wildlife officials in Florida are relaunching a program to feed manatees in a coastal area where many congregate in the winter, part of efforts to address the aquatic mammals’ chronic malnutrition caused by the disappearance of seagrasses they feed on. Manatee deaths remain at high levels, with 774 so far this year, according to state data. That figure puts deaths this year on track to be down from 2021’s record total of 1,101, but it is still higher than the average for the same period over the past five years. Causes of death include starvation, watercraft collisions and cold stress. Florida’s manatee population was estimated at 5,733 in 2019, the last year in which the state conducted a count.

☆ Buses of migrants dropped outside Kamala Harris' home in freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Republican governors previously sent migrants to Democratic cities to protest Biden's immigration policy. A video shared by 7News D.C. reporter Christian Flores on Twitter showed a group of people entering a bus. "This is a welcome effort that we've been doing since the first bus arrived," Amy Fischer, an organizer with the network, told 7News. In September, Abbott said that his state had sent two buses of migrants to the vice president's home in Washington. Fischer told 7News that she believed the Christmas Eve drop-off was a political stunt by Abbott.

☆ Should you hide your side hustle from your employer? Here's what to consider
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

So is your hustle something you should disclose to your full-time employer? Side hustle expert Daniella Flores, who uses they/them pronouns, has seen bosses react in multiple ways. At first, their employer was fine with the hustle, but eventually, they gave Flores an ultimatum, asking them, "Would you rather paint or would you rather code?" Whatever you do, though, Flores says, remember not to use company equipment or company time for your hustle. Make sure "you're doing it on your own laptop, on your own time, not onsite at work," says Flores.

This year's recognition is given to those who became "next-level, a shift triggering where-did-you-come-from vibes," the AP wrote in announcing the list. "You can't dream of something" that you can't see, Huerta told the AP in an interview, referring to the lack of "brown skin people" like him onscreen, in ads and in theater. Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Namor in Marvel's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." “When they decide to give this background to Namor, you know, this new background — Mesoamerican culture, especially Mayan culture — I think they nailed it,” Huerta told NBC News. “I try to create, as much as I can, a better place to live for them," Huerta told AP.

Telemundo announcer Andrés Cantor couldn't keep his emotions back during Argentina's intense World Cup final win on Sunday. Argentina are champions of the world," Cantor said, breaking into tears as he shouted his elongated "goal" call in Spanish, which has made him famous around the world. "It was a roller coaster of emotion," Cantor told NBC's "TODAY" show hosts Craig Melvin and Hoda Kotb in an interview Monday morning. Cantor had seen Argentina become World Cup champions in 1978 and in 1986, but its most recent win was 36 1/2 years in the making, he explained. "I told him, 'Son this might be it,'" Cantor told Melvin and Kotb as he began to get emotional.

☆ House Passes Bill to Set Up Puerto Rico Vote on Statehood, Independence or Sovereignty
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Eliza Collins | Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—The House passed legislation Thursday that would allow Puerto Ricans to vote on three options for their future: independence, to become the 51st state or a third approach called sovereignty in free association with the U.S. The legislation passed 233-191, with Democrats joined by some Republicans, and now moves to the Senate. It isn’t known if it will be brought up for a vote in the Senate, which has limited time before breaking for the holidays and a new term beginning next month. The bill would need significant bipartisan support in the evenly divided Senate, where 60 votes are required to advance the legislation. The Biden administration said Thursday it supports the bill.

☆ Biden administration releases plan for the scheduled lifting of Title 42 next week
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Rosa Flores | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Department of Homeland Security’s six-pillar plan for the scheduled end of Title 42 next week includes surging resources to the border, increasing processing efficiency, imposing consequences for unlawful entry, bolstering nonprofit capacity, targeting smugglers and working with international partners. The federal government has also added 10 soft-sided facilities to increase Customs and Border Protection holding capacity by over one-third since 2021, the plan states. According to the six-pillar plan, CBP spends 30% less time processing migrants now compared to early last year – which will help mitigate overcrowding of CBP facilities. As the agency expects a surge of migrants with the lifting of Title 42, it plans to impose legal consequences on those who cross unlawfully and don’t have a legal basis to stay in the United States, the plan states. “For noncitizens seeking to evade apprehension, repeat offenders, and those engaging in smuggling efforts, we are increasing referrals for prosecutions,” the plan states.

After a two-week standoff between protesters and construction crews building a border wall made of shipping containers, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Arizona, accusing it of trespassing on federal land. "Arizona has unlawfully and without authority failed to remove the shipping containers from lands owned by the United States or over which the United States holds easements, thereby damaging the United States," the complaint reads. In August, Ducey issued an executive order directing the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to fill gaps in the existing border wall in Yuma County using shipping containers. Important waterways are being damaged or altered by the placement of shipping containers on land that serves as important habitats and crossings, including for endangered species, he said. "Under the Clean Water Act, they have created a dam with those shipping containers and it just looks like a junkyard now."

☆ Florida Lawmakers Approve Property-Insurance Overhaul, Sending Bill to DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Leslie Scism | Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Florida’s average annual home-insurance premium of $4,231 is the highest in the nation, and nearly triple the nationwide average, says trade group Insurance Information Institute. Florida lawmakers approved sweeping changes to state law to address a worsening property-insurance crisis, including adding $1 billion to a state-run reinsurance program to ease a burgeoning private-sector shortage of the crucial backup coverage. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called the legislature into a special session this week to deal with woes that also include a highly litigious environment in the state, mounting losses at smaller insurers constituting the bulk of the home-insurance market, and the ballooning size of a state-run insurer of last resort as some private-sector carriers have been driven to insolvency.

☆ Photos: El Paso sees surge in border crossings
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Migrants, mostly from Nicaragua, are seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, along the shore of the Rio Grande and below the US border wall on Tuesday, December 13. By Catherine E. Shoichet and Will Lanzoni, CNNAs a growing number of migrants arrive in the border city of El Paso, Texas, officials there say the situation is "unsustainable" and could intensify into a full-blown crisis. Many of the arriving migrants have told reporters they're from Nicaragua. El Paso Times reporter Lauren Villagran told CNN on Wednesday that she spoke with Nicaraguan migrants waiting outside in frigid temperatures. Deputy City Manager Mario D'Agostino told reporters in recent days about 2,500 migrants have crossed the border daily, noting that the situation is different than past surges of migrants across the border.

Florida lawmakers are set to begin a special legislative session Monday to address the state’s deepening property-insurance crisis, which is raising premiums for homeowners, driving some carriers to insolvency and threatening to stifle the housing market. Among the issues the Republican-led legislature plans to address are a highly litigious environment in Florida, the availability of reinsurance—backup coverage insurers buy—and the ballooning size of the state’s insurer of last resort, according to a proposed bill released late Friday.

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