Santa Ana urges Latinos to get in the swim
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With its backyard pools and beach culture, Southern California is known as a competitive swimming incubator where most high schools have aquatic programs, powerhouse clubs abound and Olympic medal winners are reared, Tony Barboza writes.
But not in Santa Ana. Though the city is at the core of sun-soaked Orange County, public pools are scarce and Latinos -- who make up 78% of the population -- are drawn more to soccer.
But there are ripples of change.
-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City