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Family's memories of 'another community'
Sylvia Ruiz Canterbury finally cut out one of the Burbank centennial advertisements she kept seeing. The ads reminded her of her family’s history and the stories her father shared with her — stories of struggles in school, of humiliation and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Canterbury, History, Social Issues
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Latinos…a hacerse la prueba de VIH
South Florida Sun-SentinelPuede que el sida siga siendo un tema tabú entre los hispanos, pero la realidad es que está más presente en esta comunidad de lo que se cree. Por ello hoy sábado 15 de octubre en el que se celebra el Día Nacional Latino para Concientización sobre el...Tags: Social Issues, Regional Authority, Wilton Manors, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Minority Groups
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Tamales, L.A.'s original street food
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSouthern California's latest foodie trend has the region atwitter. Lines form long into the night at the latest hot spot for edible treasures, while wily entrepreneurs outdo each other by parking at the best spots. But not everyone is happy. Brick-and-...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Clubs and Associations, African Americans, Rentals, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Lives depend on more blacks becoming bone marrow donors
That day when Yvonne Lawrence glanced into the crib she immediately knew something was wrong.
Babies aren't supposed to be blue.
What she soon would learn at the hospital is that her 3-month-old son was cursed with sickle-cell anemia. The inherited...Tags: Hips, Blood Cells, Human Body, Blood, Cancer
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Florida ranks in top 10 of states with high diabetes rates
One in 10 Floridians has diabetes, a "disturbing" trend revealed in the nation's fat report last week. Though Florida ranks as the 29th-most-obese state in the country, the Sunshine State is No. 10 for diabetes. It's a distinction that comes with a...Tags: West Virginia, Genes and Chromosomes, Weight, Body Mass Index, Florida
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Newton: The impact of the 'parent trigger'
This is what the revolution looks like: It's a rally in Lynwood where parents demand the right to exercise their power to shape their children's future; it's a dozen residents in a South-Central apartment gathering to compare notes on the failing...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Academic Progress, Los Angeles Unified School District, National or Ethnic Minorities
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White and mixed-race youths rank high in alcohol, substance abuse
The first-ever survey of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse to recognize youths of mixed race or ethnicity has found that such kids hover closest to white adolescents in the rate at which they suffer substance abuse disorders. That is not reassuring,...Tags: Marijuana Use, Social Issues, African Americans, Behavioral Conditions, Minority Groups
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Suspicion in Mexico's Sinaloa cartel
Last of four parts
Reporting from Calexico, Calif., and Badiraguato, Mexico
The towering iron gates opened onto a palm-lined driveway that led past the family church, a twisting water slide and two man-made lakes, one stocked with fish, the other with...Tags: Migration, Illegal Immigrants, Los Angeles Times, Prosecution, New Jersey
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Op-Ed: Gay history is everyone's history
I was quite surprised to read not one but two columnists attack a new law, the FAIR Education Act, just signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. I usually find both columnists quite interesting and agree with most of their viewpoints, especially Dan Kimber's...Tags: Human Interest, Leonardo da Vinci, Judaism, Gays and Lesbians, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Obama's border blues and 2012
It may not rank high in polls of voters' priorities compared to jobs and the economy, yet immigration has taken on a central role in the 2012 presidential campaign drama. Republican presidential debates have been a contest to see who can sound more...Tags: Social Media, Migration, Prisoners and Detainees, Illegal Immigrants, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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The remnants of Riverview
When Russ Hencinski looks out of his classroom window at Lane Tech High School, the science and astronomy teacher sees a strip mall with a Jewel-Osco grocery store and other smaller shops.
But in his mind's eye, Hencinski can conjure up an image of the...Tags: Entertainment, North Center, Travel, Ohio, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Maryland tuition law must be defended
Regarding the recent article about the lawsuit over the Maryland Dream Act ("Vote on tuition bill faces lawsuit," Aug. 2), I believe democracy should be upheld. I was one of hundreds in attendance when the law was heavily debated in the State House. Over...Tags: Referenda, Maryland Dream Act, Judges, Politics, Maryland
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