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Each of the 17 candidates has their own ideas regarding crime, homelessness, housing affordability and more. We asked all of them the same policy questions.

LOS ANGELES -- Theres nothing that Oscar Rodriguez Zapata enjoys more than going out for a drive to explore Los Angeles vast neighborhoods in search of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated in many Catholic parishes across Southern California. Her feast day, Dec. 12, marks the appearance of Mary to St. Juan Diego, an Indigenous man,

Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated in many Catholic parishes across Southern California

<p>The image of the Virgin Mary is both a protector of small businesses and a symbol of ethnic pride across Los Angeles; photographer Oscar Rodriguez Zapata has been documenting her appearances for a decade. </p>

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — 'Whenever you see a virgencita you feel safe. You know that your people, your gente, your raza are around,' said Oscar Rodriguez Zapata.

As part of Suicide Prevention Month, let us remember that honoring our community connections is both prevention and timely intervention.

The fact that Medicaid expansion results in disappointing health outcomes should make opposition to Medicaid expansion an even easier call.

Putin may be an imperialist and a bad man. But he is not the greatest threat to Western civilization

The book offers up Louisville as its example of how the Mexican cartels turbocharged the city’s previous “paltry drug market.”