California
For the last 70 years, Wilmington residents have faced off to become the blue-collar community’s honorary mayor. The winner gets a two-year term that offers no salary, no staff and no political power.
Sept. 18, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
Amazon is launching advertisements on its Prime Video streaming platform early next year in the U.S. and several other countries, plus — for $2.99 more a month — an ad-free option.
Sept. 22, 2023
From the guitarron and the requinto to the guiro and the tololoche, these are some of the instruments responsible for música Mexicana’s distinct qualities.
Sept. 19, 2024
Opinion
If Gov. Newsom vetoes SB 1047, the forces of anti-regulation — AI companies — will have little incentive to work on alternatives.
Climate & Environment
Here’s what happened when a fifth-grade teacher teamed with colleagues to create comprehensive climate lessons that could be incorporated in every subject they taught.
Sept. 15, 2024
Food
Chipotle debuts “Autocado,” an avocado-peeling robot and an automated bowl assembly line
USC’s School of Cinematic Arts hosted a cohort of African filmmakers this summer as part of a State Department program for film diplomacy.
Dance clubs, studios and other venues across the U.S. are partnering with social media Latino influencers to reel in a new generation of música Mexicana dancers.
Entertainment & Arts
Ghee and Newell’s nominations follow last year’s historic first, when composer Toby Marlow’s became the Tony Awards’ first nonbinary nominee and winner.
May 2, 2023
In the region known for bumping música Mexicana genre into the global mainstream, Southern California is the birthplace for some of the most popular acts.