Joseph Treviño

Crossing the Border To Vote

Joseph Treviño
Armando Moreno is voting for a president. But it won’t be for Al Gore, George W. Bush or any other U.S. candidate. Moreno, 51, a shoemaker by trade, will drive from his South Gate home to Tijuana this Saturday, where he will cast his vote in Mexico’s presidential elections. A......

Troubled Solution

Joseph Treviño
The $1.5 million cleanup of toxic contamination at one of L.A.’s largest housing projects was dogged by criticism — even before it started. It seemed odd in January, when the L.A. Housing Authority announced plans to dig up 1 foot of soil around six buildings at William Mead Homes in......

Troubled Solution

Joseph Treviño
The $1.5 million cleanup of toxic contamination at one of L.A.’s largest housing projects was dogged by criticism — even before it started. It seemed odd in January, when the L.A. Housing Authority announced plans to dig up 1 foot of soil around six buildings at William Mead Homes in......

Troubled Solution

Joseph Treviño
The $1.5 million cleanup of toxic contamination at one of L.A.’s largest housing projects was dogged by criticism — even before it started. It seemed odd in January, when the L.A. Housing Authority announced plans to dig up 1 foot of soil around six buildings at William Mead Homes in......

Troubled Solution

Joseph Treviño
Photo by Slobodan Dimitrov The $1.5 million cleanup of toxic contamination at one of L.A.’s largest housing projects was dogged by criticism — even before it started. It seemed odd in January, when the L.A. Housing Authority announced plans to dig up 1 foot of soil around six buildings at......

Dangerous Dirt

Joseph Treviño
Photo by Slobodan Dimitrov Barely visible from the street, bulldozer crews toil to dig up tons of toxic soil from once well-kept lawns. Silver air monitors that look like space-age bird houses can be seen through the green-colored dust guard draped around a 10-foot steel fence. Here in Lincoln Heights,......
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Shallow Solutions

Joseph Treviño
Photo by Slobodan Dimitrov The removal of 10,000 tons of contaminated soil from one of the oldest housing projects in Los Angeles began this week, but community activists say the cleanup plan is flawed. Communities for a Better Environment, a grassroots environmental-justice organization, said the cleanup of the former oil-refinery......

Janitor Power

Joseph Treviño
Photo by Slobodan Dimitrov Daisy Cabrera was one of the thousands of janitors who won more money this week from some of America’s wealthiest building owners. It was her latest triumph, and one she came upon almost by accident. Just a few years ago, the Salvadoran-born Cabrera, mother of three,......

Scab Patrol

Joseph Treviño
Photo by Slobodan Dimitrov Ten years ago, 17-year-old Alvaro Reyes crouched into a dank Tijuana water tunnel. Moments later, he emerged on California soil and quickly disappeared into the night — eluding the U.S. Border Patrol. A decade later, the Mexico City–born Reyes is a janitor and still does his......

No Borders

Joseph Treviño
Photo by Cheryl Himmelstein It took filmmakers Salvador Carrasco and Alvaro Domingo almost a decade to complete their first feature-length film. Once they had accomplished that, The Other Conquest, which focuses on the Spanish takeover of the Aztec Empire, became the all-time highest-grossing Mexican-produced film in Mexico. Now, after faring......