Elementary and middle-school kids from some of Los Angeles’ toughest neighborhoods are learning how to ‘hang 10,’ as well as other lessons: self-confidence, self-control and determination. These children, from low-income families, are riding the wave of the L.A. Surf Bus. Patricia Nazario reports that the eight-week program, which provides gear, Read more
Hip hop and the Long Beach music store that brought the art form to the West Coast are going down in history. In May, Long Beach officials promised to invest $80,000 towards removing, restoring and registering the “World Famous V.I.P. Records” sign as an official landmark. Patricia Nazario says it’s Read more
For her story on tensions between Black and Hispanic communities in Los Angeles, Patricia Nazario won the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ 2007 award for Best Radio Reporting, the only award NAHJ gives in that category. Patricia Nazario with friend and former CFN-13 colleague Cynthia Santiago at the NAHJ Ñ Read more
Patricia Nazario won a Golden Mike Award for reporting on organizers expecting thousands of marchers in Los Angeles and other cities. The demonstrations signal the next phase of activism that seeks major changes in American immigration policy. In the months since illegal immigrants and their supporters participated in mass rallies, Read more
NPR’s Morning Edition: El primer y más famoso grupo de rap de Colombia es La Etnnia. Su sello discográfico, 5-27, lleva el nombre de la dirección de la casa en el barrio Las Cruces de Bogotá donde fundaron el grupo en 1994. La música rap se está propagando como Read more
NPR’s Morning Edition: Colombia’s first and most famous rap group is La Etnnia. Their record label is called 5-27 after the address where they lived in the Las Cruces section of Bogotá when they started rapping in 1994. The genre continues catching on, like wildfire, with young Colombians. From Read more