Melissa Gomez is an enterprise reporter on the State Team who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2018. She reports on a range of news and issues, with a special focus on the Central Valley. She previously covered education and the 2020 presidential campaign at The Times. A native Floridian, she graduated from the University of Florida.
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Like few other places in the U.S., the economy and culture of Los Angeles have been forged by globalization. Merchants across the region last week expressed profound uncertainty over what threats of a looming trade war could do to the economy.
L.A. schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho said the federal agents maintained they were there to check on the well-being of undocumented students and that the agents lied when they said the students’ caregivers had authorized the visits.
Friends and colleagues in Los Angeles are mourning the death of Father Richard Estrada, whose decades of activism were infused with an unconditional commitment to advocating for vulnerable populations.
K.W. Lee was known as the “godfather of Asian American journalism.” He collected accolades for his work and became a vocal advocate for Asian American visibility in media.
Rep. David Valadao faces the difficult task of reassuring constituents in his Central Valley district that he will stave off cuts to Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program.
The department issued an alert on Monday about the on-campus sexual battery that occurred in the 700 block of North Lane.
Asians make up a large and diverse portion of undocumented immigrants in L.A. County. Community leaders say they are prepping for disruption and heartache as rumors of mass deportations swirl.
The state attorney general’s office said previously that the office took over reviewing the case because of the “potential conflict of interest” involving the Kern County district attorney’s office. Kern County Dist. Atty. Cynthia Zimmer is Zack Scrivner’s aunt.
President Trump’s plans for mass deportations has injected a sense of uncertainty and fear into L.A.’s large informal economy
Outside Tijuana’s customs facility and its coveted access to U.S. soil, migrants sat in disbelief this week, their futures feeling much darker and uncertain.