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Catalina Cantina, a new California-style Mexican station, serves easily carried food like tacos and burritos. Other offerings include salads with an ethnic flair from Global Greens and pizza and pasta from Bella Boca—which remains from the cafe’s previous incarnation...
Antonia Hernandez, the president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, sat next to Bond as she said that grassroots activism was no less important in making the Supreme Court’s decision a reality...
...take off, earning $130 million at retail in 2002, with $175 million projected for this year. And over the past few months, it seems every celebrity with a face and a following has announced a new fashion line. Eminem, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Nelly, Jay-Z and Mexican pop idol Thalia Sodi all have theirs. Beyonce Knowles, Gwen Stefani and 50 Cent are each coming out with a label. Lenny Kravitz reportedly really wants one. And this winter Pamela Anderson broke the news that she would launch a label, capitalizing on the riot of publicity surrounding her animated series...
...candidate who came from nowhere, Bustamante has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. The grandson of Mexican immigrants, he grew up working on the farms of California's Central Valley, far from the centers of power in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He got into local politics after training to be a butcher and showed a talent for the meet-and-greet part of the trade. Whenever Senator Dianne Feinstein flew into the valley, Bustamante was there to meet her and take her to appointments. He still counts her as a powerful friend. Bustamante...
Arrests of U.S.-Mexico border smugglers are up some 40% this year, but prosecutors concede they are still looking for the big bosses. With this in mind, U.S. and Mexican officials have begun applying anti-racketeering laws to coyotes, and the Mexican Congress is expected to pass more draconian laws this year against people smuggling. In a sign that the courts may be getting tougher, a U.S. federal judge recently sentenced convicted coyote kingpin Ruben Patrick Valdes to an unprecedented 27 years in prison...