Genaro Molina

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Genaro Molina

LOS ANGELES - Mayor Karen Bass appeared to be on the path to an easy reelection, with no serious challengers in sight after a relatively drama-free first two years in office. But that was before a wildfire annihilated swaths of Pacific Palisades, putting Bass' leadership under a national microscope, and before the city slid into a major financial crisis, with Bass searching for cuts to close a nearly $1-billion budget gap. Now, the first-term mayor is markedly more vulnerable.

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Genaro Molina

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - MARCH 15, 2025 - - Workers shovel shredded lithium-ion batteries at a staging area operated by the Environmental Protection Agency at the Will Rogers State Beach parking lot in Pacific Palisades on March 15, 2025. The lithium-ion battery shredder, background, helps break down the lithium-ion batteries. The EPA has finished removing all the burned, unstable batteries from the Palisades burn area and is finishing up the process of shredding them for recycling.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Genaro Molina

For his first bill in the U.S. Senate, Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has joined a Republican colleague to propose a federal tax credit for certain homeowners who retrofit and harden their homes against wildfires and other natural disasters. Schiff is introducing the measure alongside fellow freshman Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., a former U.S. Navy Seal and founder of the aerial firefighting company Bridger Aerospace.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Genaro Molina

TIJUANA, Mexico - When the Russian man arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border on March 1, he knew he was too late. Still, he held on to hope that even with President Trump in office he could be let into the United States to seek asylum. Slavik, a 37-year-old engineer, said he fled Russia after being beaten by security forces for supporting the opposing political party. He had hoped to meet U.S. immigration officials to apply for asylum, he said, and has friends willing to sponsor him.

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Genaro Molina

LOS ANGELES -- A sense of fun permeates the rooms of Cecilia and Abraham Beltran's colorful one-bedroom apartment in Long Beach. The adventurous couple enjoys crisscrossing Los Angeles to explore its treasures, from the peaceful gardens of the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens where they are members, to the delicious dim sum palaces of the San Gabriel Valley.