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Sylvia Méndez visita una clase de historia de octavo grado en la escuela intermedia Méndez, que lleva el nombre de sus padres Felicita y Gonzáles Méndez, quienes ganaron el histórico caso de eliminación de la segregación escolar Méndez v. Westminster hace 75 años, el 23 de marzo de 2022, en Santa Ana, California . (/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Enviada a la ‘escuela mexicana’ hace 75 años, la lucha de Sylvia Méndez por la igualdad continúa

April 20, 2022 at 6:11 p.m.

En una mañana de primavera, Sylvia Méndez entró en un salón de historia de octavo grado en Santa Ana y comenzó una ponencia que ya había dado cientos de veces....

Furiosa con YouTube, apasionada por la apariencia física y el veganismo: la atacante dejó un perfil desconcertante tras su suicidio

May 15, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

In one video, Nasim Najafi Aghdam refers to herself as a “ninja” before making a series of odd, stunted motions spliced between clips from the reality series “America’s Got Talent.”...

Daniel Panico, 73, and Mona Kirk, 51, appear in San Bernardino County Superior Court in Joshua Tree on Friday. The couple was charged with three counts of felony child abuse.

Friends say California couple charged with child abuse is extremely poor, not abusive

August 22, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

The plywood shelter is covered with tin and an aqua kiddie pool. Twigs and mattress stuffing line the roof, apparently for insulation. Nearby, in this remote stretch of desert just...

David Turpin, left, and Louise Turpin during their court appearance to set a date for a preliminary hearing.

New charges filed against California couple accused of abusing their 13 children

August 22, 2019 at 2:54 a.m.

Riverside County prosecutors said Friday they have filed additional charges against the parents of 13 children who were found living in captivity in Perris last month. David and Louise Turpin...

La antigua residencia de la familia Turpin, en Texas, a unas 50 millas al sur de Fort Worth (Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times).

Perros muertos, suciedad y cuerdas atadas a las camas: así vivían los Turpin antes de mudarse a Perris

May 15, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

Al vecino Ricky Vinyard, la familia Turpin resultó extraña desde el momento en que llegó al final de su remoto camino de tierra en esta pequeña ciudad, 50 millas al...

David Allen Turpin, de 57 años, y Louise Anna Turpin, de 49, han sido arrestados bajo sospecha de tortura y peligro para los niños. (Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside)

La casa de los horrores estaba a la vista de todos, y nadie sospechó que era un cautiverio

May 15, 2019 at 11:15 a.m.

Por lo general, después de la medianoche Mike Clifford veía a los niños de la casa de enfrente. Algunas noches, veía a unos seis niños, ninguno de los cuales parecía...

Ellie Paez places homemade "Stars of Hope" along the fence at North Park Elementary School.

Murder-suicide in San Bernardino classroom: ‘He just shot everywhere’

August 21, 2019 at 10:55 p.m.

A 9-year-old girl in a gray zip-up sweater ran to her mother in tears. "Mommy, I still have blood on my sweater," she cried. Elisabeth Barajaz had reunited with her...

A mourner holds up a sign during a memorial service on the campus of Caifornia State University San Bernardino on Friday night.

Damian Meins was killed in San Bernardino terrorist attack. His family wants you to hear his story

August 21, 2019 at 9:32 p.m.

She did not shy away from the details. For more than an hour one day in November, Trenna Meins, with her daughters Tina and Tawnya nearby, told a class of...

Cousins of Tin Nguyen -- Trang Le, left, Tram Le and Krystal Le -- hold onto some of her personal items and cry as they watch her casket being lowered into the ground at her funeral at the Good Shepherd Cemetery in Huntington Beach.

A year after terror attack, some San Bernardino victims say county has abandoned them

August 21, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

After a heavily armed San Bernardino County employee and his wife attacked a county holiday event last Dec. 2, killing 14 people and wounding 22, county leaders sounded a clear...

Ex-California policemen acquitted in beating death of homeless man

June 23, 2019 at 3:38 p.m.

An Orange County, Calif., jury Monday found two former Fullerton police officers accused of killing a schizophrenic homeless man, Kelly Thomas, not guilty. Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli were charged...

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