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HOMEFRONT NEWS: About one in four Ventura County residents claims Latino heritage, up from one in five in 1980. And many are hungry for news about the turmoil in southern Mexico (A1). . . . “We’re getting loads of calls,” said Alfredo Tristan of Spanish-language radio station KTRO in Oxnard, which interrupted Monday’s programming with frequent news bulletins. . . . “Most people who are here from Mexico are from the southern states,” he said. “They’re worried about this.”
Latino Population California urban counties* with highest proportion of Latinos:
Los Angeles 37.8% Fresno 35.5% Kern 28.0% San Bernardino 26.7% Ventura 26.4% Riverside 26.3% Orange 23.4% Santa Clara 21.0%
* Counties with 500,000 or more residents Source: State Department of Finance
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