Vania Patino

Los Angeles

Journalist @SpecNews1SoCal | Former @23abcnews @Newschannel10 @NBCLA @Telemundo52 | @CSUF 🐘 Alumna | Links & Retweets are not endorsements. | Bilingüe 🇲🇽

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Democrats from across the state gather in Anaheim for annual convention

5 days ago | spectrumnews1.com | Vania Patino

California Democrats are regrouping at their annual state party convention being held in Anaheim this weekend. Hundreds of people attended sessions and met with their caucus groups throughout the day on Friday. However, the past presidential election loss loomed large among attendees, who shared their frustrations with the party and expressed their expectations for the future.
California changes rules for track and field final

1 week ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Vania Patino

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The governing board for California high school sports is changing its competition rules at this weekend’s state track-and-field championships to allow more girls to take part amid controversy over the participation of a trans student-athlete. The California Interscholastic Federation said it was extending access for more “biological female” athletes to participate in the championship meet.
HIV prevention services in LA County set to expire

2 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Vania Patino

LOS ANGELES — HIV infections in LA County have been steadily declining for years, from nearly 7,000 per year in the 1990s to 1,400 in 2024, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Anaheim to convert motel into housing for low income youth

2 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Vania Patino

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Around 50% of the homeless population across the country has spent time in foster care, according to the National Foster Youth Institute. Without support from family or guardians, young adults often struggle to get an apartment, job, or even a car.
Palm Springs community rallies around attacked fertility clinic

2 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Vania Patino

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — While Thao Nguyen is over the moon to be welcoming a new member of her family soon, she says it’s been a long, hard road to get there. She started her fertility treatment at the American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs, the clinic bombed by a domestic terrorist this past weekend. Authorities suspect that twenty-five-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus detonated a massive bomb inside a car parked outside the clinic.
Lawyers warn of scams targetting immigrants

3 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Vania Patino

LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration’s heavy-handed immigration approach has left many undocumented immigrants looking for any way to legalize their status.
Public library policy decided in Huntington Beach special election

3 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Vania Patino

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A special election is scheduled for Huntington Beach this June, amid continued controversy surrounding the city’s public library system. If passed, Measure A would repeal a 21-person board made up of people appointed by city council members. The board would review and select books it believes are appropriate for the library. They are not required to have any qualifications, such as an educational background or a master’s degree.
Nonprofit helps families impacted by LA fires rebuild

4 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Vania Patino

LOS ANGELES — Having lost everything in the Eaton Fire, Gayle Nicholls-Ali and Rasheed Ali cherish the small things once unnoticed. What You Need To KnowA Sense of Home is a nonprofit that helps foster youth aging out of the system start their new lives.
Archdiocese of LA brings faithful together for 1st day of conclave

4 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Vania Patino

LOS ANGELES — All eyes were on the black smoke coming out Wednesday out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, marking the end of the first day of the conclave with no new pope. In Los Angeles, parishioners gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for a special Mass praying for the guidance of the holy spirit in the election of a new pope.
Federally funded legal help for unaccompanied children in jeopardy

1 month ago | spectrumnews1.com | Vania Patino

LOS ANGELES — At 8 years old, Brian and his then-teenage brother left their home in El Salvador and came to the U.S. alone. "The reason why I came was because of gang violence. My family was getting death threats, basically, and we had no other choice than come to the U.S. to be in a safe place," said Brian, who is choosing to only use his first name out of protection for him and his family.