Catalina Villegas

Los Angeles

Anchor and Reporter at Spectrum News 1 SoCal

Anchor and Reporter at Spectrum News

Host at Rolli's Experts Explain Everything Podcast

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Articles

Scammers on social media duplicating immigration lawyers' profiles

2 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas

Whoever said being an influencer is easy work hasn’t met one in real life. Ten years of near-daily postings is how immigration lawyer Alma Rosa Nieto got her following.
Rolli Secures Investment from NYU’s Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) to Support Fact-Based Journalism

3 weeks ago | einnews.com | Catalina Villegas

Rolli Secures Investment from NYU’s Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) to Support Fact-Based Journalism Rolli becomes the first media company backed by NYU Impact Investment Fund, advancing AI tools for newsrooms across the country.
Deported California father weighing breaking the law to get 'home'

2 months ago | spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas

Immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers are having to decide what to do next. Tijuana1 hour agoImpacts of USAID funding cuts are starting to be felt far beyond our borders. Tijuana4 hours agoThere are about 800,000 undocumented immigrants living in Los Angeles, according to a study by USC. Los Angeles4 weeks agoExperts warn of the deep emotional toll immigration enforcement has on children, causing anxiety and distress.
After 3,000-mile journey, migrant comes face-to-face with Trump's policies

2 months ago | spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is overwhelmed with immigrants, as the Biden administration allowed more than 1 million to come in under various humanitarian parole programs, including the CBP One App. That's why Trump's administration has quickly moved to limit or end these avenues to migration. Now, many migrants who had just reached the border when Trump took office find themselves stuck there. Some have decided to return home, while others say they will attempt to cross illegally anyway.
USAID cuts' impact: Migrant shelters in Tijuana on the verge of closure

2 months ago | spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas

President Donald Trump has dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, known as USAID. It's in part to shrink federal spending, but the administration has also said the agency runs counter to America's priorities. The USAID cuts mean that nonprofits that provided help to migrants and deportees, such as Casa del Migrante in Tijuana, are now in danger of closing.
South LA residents complain of uneven police response at nuisance property

Dec 5, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Cory Minderhout |Catalina Villegas

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — If good fences make good neighbors, William Flores could use more fence. “Squatters have been coming in, trespassers have been using our property to jump to the property next door, and they pretty much have been taking over,” said Flores as he pointed toward a vacant house next to the South Los Angeles apartment, where he’s lived for the past two years.
Newly-released emails show how ICE grew increasingly political under Trump

Nov 3, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas |Cory Minderhout

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Many people sought safety in their homes when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but that’s something San Bernardino resident and Nicaraguan immigrant Wilfredo Gonzalez couldn’t do. At the time, he was held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Adelanto Processing Center, a detention facility for people facing deportation about 80 miles outside of Los Angeles.
Spectrum News 1 - California officials propose insurance changes as homeowners and fire victims struggle with non-renewals

Oct 7, 2024 | consumerwatchdog.org | Catalina Villegas

BY CATALINA VILLEGAS, SPECTRUM NEWS 1https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-california/public-safety/2024/10/05/homeowners-insurance-issues-for-fire-victimsFrom the ashes, they rebuilt, but just as they thought the saga was ending, a new front: “Now we’re fighting the next battle with the insurance companies,” says Kronman. After multiple 30% rate-hikes, the Kronman’s were notified in September that their homeowner’s insurance policy would not be renewed because of fire risk.
Officials propose insurance changes as homeowners struggle with non-renewals

Oct 5, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas

MALIBU, Calif. — Renewal is what longtime Malibu residents the Kronmans have been cultivating over the last six years. “Some of these palms we were able to bring back,” says Richard Kronman as he walks through his newly renovated yard and home, which burned to the foundation during the 2018 Woolsey Fire.
Many of California's foster kids could soon be displaced

Oct 4, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Catalina Villegas

LOS ANGELES — It was fostering and then adoption that made Sherman Oaks resident Juan Orozco a dad. “We’ve jumped through a lot of hurdles trying to get to this point,” Orozco says as he high-fives his bright-eyed 3-year-old Rose, who the Orozcos recently adopted after fostering for years.