Leslie Berestein Rojas
My focus is on our coverage of L.A.’s communities of color and immigrant diasporas. Before this, I spent 10 years covering immigrant communities for KPCC.
When I was a kid, my family left Cuba and landed in Huntington Park. I grew up there, speaking Spanish at home and steeped in Southeast L.A.’s beautiful Latinidad. I love telling the stories of L.A. and its people. Now, I get to help shape those stories and work with talented reporters to hone their craft.
I’ve also covered immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border, reported stories in Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and done lots more for large newspapers and national magazines.
Among the things I love about L.A.: family, food from everywhere, signs in dozens of languages, the smells of chaparral and dusty freeways, the downtown skyline as you cross a bridge from the east. Mostly, I love that it’s home.
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Last year, a federal judge in Texas said DACA was unlawful. As the Biden administration appeals, some California DACA recipients who joined the lawsuit will be at the hearing, helping defend the lives they’ve built in the U.S. -
LA Plaza De Cultura y Artes showcases the everyday culinary art of 10 local Mexican grandmothers in “Abuelita’s Kitchen.”
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Cheech’s Chicano art addiction led to this Riverside museum, which Marin explained is a natural fit for the Inland Empire.
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For many of the 70,000-plus Afghans who arrived in the U.S. last year on humanitarian parole, life here remains filled with uncertainty.
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The Biden administration’s “Dedicated Docket” plan promised not to compromise fairness, but a UCLA report found otherwise.
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Before Russia’s invasion, the center was best known as a space for Ukrainian cultural events and as a venue to rent for weddings and quinceañeras. It’s still that — but now it’s a lot more than that, too.
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The judge's directive follows a report by court-appointed monitors saying the Sheriff's Department is not doing enough to address the problem.
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A street cleanup and fencing on a stretch that is popular with street vendors has left some worried about the vendors’ ability to return to the area.
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Amid an outcry about the toxic waste scandal, the city council has ordered a cleanup outside the boundary of the development site.
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Immigrant rights rallies on May 1 are a tradition in L.A., and this Sunday is no different.
