Stuck in Translation

And that is something that makes Monica Lozano laugh. "Yes, we are moving down the road," she says, having just returned from accompanying Governor Gray Davis on his visit to Mexico. "Are we doing everything we can? I don’t think we are. We need to figure out ways to extend our reach so our newspaper doesn’t become a second thought."

Yet while influential L.A. Latinos praise Monica Lozano as well-qualified to build bridges to bilingual readers, there are those who wonder if the new generation at La Opiniónis ready to do the sort of journalism that can keep the paper a relevant force in the lives of its readers.

"Nacho always said he wanted La Opiniónto be just like the L.A. Times, but in Spanish," says former editor Armando Guerra. "Well, he may have finally gotten it."