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In an LA congressional race, a former RFK Jr. staffer takes on Rep. Jimmy
Posted by Tonya Gunn · October 03, 2025 8:44 AM
PUBLISHED: June 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM PDT
In an LA congressional race, a former RFK Jr. staffer takes on Rep. Jimmy Gomez
Eagle Rock resident Rob Lucero has a campaign kick-off event planned in Highland Park for Saturday, June 14.
Rob Lucero is a 2026 candidate for California’s 34th Congressional District. The district spans parts of downtown and east and northeast Los Angeles, including communities like Boyle Heights, Eagle Rock, El Sereno, Highland Park, Koreatown, Pico Union and Westlake. (Courtesy of Alejandro R. Jimenez / Lucero for Congress campaign)
Rob Lucero, a former national director for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 presidential campaign, is running for California’s 34th Congressional District, hoping to unseat Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez in next year’s midterm election.
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High Speed Rail and the National Infrastructure Bank
Posted by Tonya Gunn · October 03, 2025 8:44 AM
At a time when America urgently needs to create well-paid manufacturing jobs, modern infrastructure, and more cost-effective and clean transportation, high-speed rail offers excellent benefits.
China has astonished the world by building the largest high-speed rail network on Earth in just a couple of decades—connecting cities, boosting commerce, and increasing national productivity.
Why can’t we do that here?
Rob Lucero believes we can—and should. That’s why we’re sharing this Los Angeles Times guest editorial defending California’s high-speed rail project and highlighting how a National Infrastructure Bank, as proposed in H.R. 5356, could provide the financing needed to make high-speed rail a reality not just in California, but across the nation.
Why California won’t give up the dream of high-speed rail
Japan’s Shinkansen high-speed rail system had its share of obstacles, but like Californians, the Japanese persisted.
(Philip Fong / AFP via Getty Images)
By Jeffrey Beeman
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CEO of Union Rescue Mission Sees Opportunities
Posted by Tonya Gunn · October 03, 2025 8:43 AM
By Angela McGregor — August 5, 2025
LOS ANGELES - The Union Rescue Mission has been assisting the homeless in downtown Los Angeles since its founding as the Pacific Gospel Mission in 1891 by Lyman Stewart, the President of Union Oil and a devout Christian Fundamentalist. 134 years later, it remains faith-based and service-focused. Its 30-year-old, 224,000 square foot facility on San Pedro Street, near Skid Row, shelters up to 1,000 people a night and features free health, dental, psychological, and legal-aid services courtesy of URM’s partnerships with local universities. Sobriety is mandated at all of URM’s facilities, including the two others in Sylmar and Willowbrook.