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How Reflective Pavements Are Helping Pacoima Beat the Heat

Mar 1, 2024 | nbcuacademy.com | Edwin Flores

Street vendor Jose Damian has lived in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacoima for the past five years. He has felt temperatures hit 105 degrees. He’s pushed his cart of Mexican street snacks and shaved ice in the blazing midday sun. But the heat had never stopped him from doing his job until last summer. While heading to Sara Coughlin Elementary School, he was sweating excessively and became dizzy. He decided to get checked out at a hospital.
Mexican paletas are a growing craze -and most stores share one name

Sep 30, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Edwin Flores

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Growing up in Mexico, Ruben Jiménez learned how to make paletas from scratch, helping his dad and grandpa, who were paleteros, make and sell the popular frozen popsicles at their store or in carts.
Olga Carmona scores World Cup-winning goal for Spain, then learns of father's death

Aug 20, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | David K. Li |Edwin Flores |Ali Gostanian

Olga Carmona scored the World Cup-winning goal for Spain in what turned into an incredibly bittersweet Sunday — as she was told after the match that her father had died, officials said. The Royal Spanish Football Federation said in a statement that it regretted "to report the death of Olga Carmona’s father" and that she "learned the sad news after the World Cup final.""We send our most sincere hugs to Olga and her family in a moment of deep pain," the federation said.
A trans woman just won a Mexican reality TV series for the first time

Aug 14, 2023 | msn.com | Edwin Flores

Social media influencer Wendy Guevara made history Sunday when she became the first transgender woman to win a Mexican reality TV series. Guevara was a contestant on "La casa de los famosos México" ("The Celebrity House Mexico"), the Mexican adaptation of "Celebrity Big Brother" produced by TelevisaUnivision. “I can’t believe it, my God!” Guevara, 29, said moments after she was crowned winner of the show's inaugural season in Mexico.
A trans woman just won a Mexican reality TV series for the first time

Aug 14, 2023 | msn.com | Edwin Flores

Social media influencer Wendy Guevara made history Sunday when she became the first transgender woman to win a Mexican reality TV series. Guevara was a contestant on "La casa de los famosos México" ("The Celebrity House Mexico"), the Mexican adaptation of "Celebrity Big Brother" produced by TelevisaUnivision. “I can’t believe it, my God!” Guevara, 29, said moments after she was crowned winner of the show's inaugural season in Mexico.
After 3 lackluster matches, USWNT stare down knockout play at World Cup

Aug 5, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Andrew Stern |Edwin Flores |Susan Archer |Molly Hunter |David K. Li

MELBOURNE — Good has so far been barely good enough for the United States women’s soccer team, as its quest to win a third straight World Cup has been marred by uncharacteristically mediocre play. The one-sided scores and dominating play that USWNT fans have come to expect have yet to materialize in two weeks of competition, prompting observers to wonder if U.S. command of women’s soccer has come to an end.
California officials urge Taylor Swift to 'Speak Now' and postpone L.A. concerts over hotels strike

Aug 2, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Michael Mitsanas |Edwin Flores

The officials signed an open letter to Swift backing Unite Here Local 11, a union representing over 32,000 hospitality workers across Southern California and Arizona, imploring the pop star to postpone her upcoming L.A. performances in solidarity with the striking workers. Swift is scheduled to perform six sold-out shows in Los Angeles County beginning Thursday. "The hotels are making more money than ever, but many workers cannot afford to live close to where they work.
‘Messi mania’ is a turning point for Miami - and Major League Soccer

Jul 18, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Edwin Flores

MIAMI — Soccer superstar Lionel Messi began training with Inter Miami CF on Tuesday — and he managed to fill the team’s DRV PNK Stadium before even touching the ball. Two days earlier, thousands of fans welcomed him to Miami and Major League Soccer in a ceremony complete with fireworks and musical performances. “Just to be near him, you know, it’s like to be near God,” said Alfonso Sundblad, who flew from Buenos Aires to Miami, where his brother and family live, to watch the ceremony Sunday night.
The nation's largest four-year university system gets history-making new chancellor

Jul 12, 2023 | msn.com | Edwin Flores

The nation’s largest four-year university system has selected a Latina to oversee its 23 campuses for the first time. The California State University system has selected Mildred García, who is Puerto Rican and a recognized longtime higher education leader, to be its 11th chancellor.
Critics slam The Economist for calling Latin American workers 'useless'

Jun 9, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Edwin Flores

A recent article published in The Economist has drawn online backlash after its headline and heading characterized Latin American workers as "useless" and "unproductive.""It's racist, it's incendiary, it's insulting," Alexander Aviña, an associate professor of history at Arizona State University, told NBC News in a phone interview.