Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
Over the past 20-plus years I've covered a lot of what makes L.A. L.A. — transportation, education, municipal politics and art, and I’ve profiled many of our most creative visual and performing artists.
I’ve found this wide range of reporting experience helps me in my current role as a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering arts and culture.
I was born in Mexico City and grew up in Tijuana and San Diego. I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up my Spanish, and that’s helped me stay connected to my Mexican culture and the cultures of Latin America.
I’ve put in a lot of miles driving around Southern California to report, and that’s led me to love how distinct each neighborhood is: in geography, architecture, warmth and food.
I won the L.A. Press Club’s 2006 Radio Journalist of the Year and other awards. I'm also the host of the Forgotten Revolutionary podcast. I live with my family in Long Beach.
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A new California State University chancellor is expected to be selected by July. The chancellor is selected by university trustees, but the public does have some influence. -
School administrators and faculty have limited ability to step in and change the content of student publications. To do so is censorship, but a recent case at Cal State Dominguez Hills is not so clear cut.
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Anti-Latino slurs were published on the cover of a CSU student newspaper in October. The painful incident led to protests and soul searching at the mostly Latino campus.
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UC leadership and two striking unions announced a settlement agreement last week.
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Hours after UC and the unions announced a settlement agreement, some union leaders said the deal would not lift UC workers out of hardship.
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Negotiators for the University of California system said they would no longer offer new proposals in their bargaining discussions with the unions representing student workers.
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Undergraduates say the strike by academic workers has caused canceled finals and ungraded assignments.
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Some members welcome salary increases, child care benefits, and other gains but others say the union fell short of what it promised.
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The tentative agreement must be approved by union members, and two other unions remain on strike.
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A large proportion of the UC workers on strike work in scientific laboratories seeking advances that would help many people. Some of those workers have walked off the job.
