Rio Grande

On FX's The Bridge, Serial Killers Are a First-World Problem

Now Open: Ebanos Crossing in Downtown

Downtown's bar and restaurant scene may be changing apace as of late, but one familiar approach shows no sign of waning -- at least, not yet. Since its soft-opening on the first of August, Ebanos Crossing has became the latest establishment in the area, joining The Edison and Cole's, to make the Pro ... More >>

Old Railcars at Union Station Are Ready for You to Charter for $5,000 a Day

Los Angeles Union Station isn't just a mass-transport hub. It's also a semi-retirement home for a cluster of vintage railroad cars that occupy the station's annex, also known as "the garden." Most of the trains won't move. A few get lucky and land the occasional film permit, scoring a cameo in a sce ... More >>

A Duck Flew Into Our Highland Park Backyard...and Wouldn't Leave

In our new column, First Person, L.A. writers tackle the good, the bad and the funny about life as they know it.The other day, a duck flew into our backyard, in one of the canyons of Highland Park. A big white duck. It just dropped out of the sky, in the middle of this huge, inhospitable city.I k ... More >>

Obama Invites Eva Longoria, Rosario Dawson to Talk Immigration (Because Hollywood Millionaires Are Huge Border Experts)

Eva has deep immigration knowledge (we kid).​President Obama is having prominent Angeleno Latinos over to his Casablanca today for a little talk on immigration. Among the invitees are Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria, fellow actresses Rosario Dawson and America Ferrera, and local radio hero ... More >>

U.S. Recruiting Illegal Immigrants Along SoCal Border to Register For Selective Service

U.S. Army.Prospects row across the Rio Grande. (Joking).​Is the United States searching for military recruits ... along the border? That's the implication in a recent report by San Diego's public radio and TV broadcaster KPBS, which states the U.S. Selective Service has been conducting an "ou ... More >>

Asylum Denied

Unlike refugees from other troubled countries, only a fraction of Mexicans seeking U.S. asylum are accepted – no matter how horrible their wounds or their stories

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

A Report From Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

A Report From Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

Weed Takes Root

Marijuana's steady march toward legalization nationwide

Tour Diary: On Blast at the Goliath Festival in Mexico, Day 2 [MP3]

Editor's note: Two weekends ago writer Ryan Ritchie traveled with Long Beach band On Blast as they gigged at the debut of the annual Goliath Festival in Mexico City. He submitted a report on the gig, which West Coast Sound will be running in installments this week. What follows is part two. To read ... More >>

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Brick's Picks: Requiem for a Heavy Cat

A tribute to Dave Carpenter, and more

Summer Coolers

Bronze Typecasting

The Mexican is back on the job

Special Iberian Edicion

Spanish blood, Portuguese tongue

The Last Drive-in

Taking in the air at the county’s only “ozoner”

¡Ask a Mexican! Brownie Mix

The Sound of Magic

Good Old Boy

Tommy Lee Jones saddles up

On the Map

Southern California’s last wild river gets a national spotlight, but will it matter?

Partying Out of Bounds?

Outrage over border-themed frat party puts USC’s Greeks on defensive

On the Border of Hypocrisy

The unintended consequences of getting tough on illegal immigration

Sí, Se Puede!

L.A.’s new Freedom Riders take their quest for immigrant equality on the road

Burning Love

Molotov

Letters

It's Only a Paper Right

Having the law on your side helps little in Mexico's factories

The Push for a Living Wage in Mexico

Independent unions challenge economic elite, but victories are rare and hard-fought

One Band, Under God

On the Beach: What Happened at Tower 53

I, Legend

A morning with Charlton Heston

The Learning Tree

Danilo Perez’s new-world Latin jazz

Burn, Baby, Burn

The dangerous life of a Mexican union organizer

Leaf Blowers

New fiction from T.C. Boyle, first fiction from Tod Goldberg, City in Fiction from David Fine

Making Tracks

Bobby Fuller, beyond "I Fought the Law"