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By Molly Hannegan San Diego - Durante la temporada navideña resurgen tradiciones nuevas y multigeneracionales para disfrutarlas una vez más y, a menudo, eso significa la preparación especial de alimentos tradicionales. Algunas recetas se vuelven a aprender y se reinventan, mientras que otras se mantienen fieles a su origen. Un plato típico de las fiestas hispanas para los meses de invierno son los tamales recién cocinados, una “masa” y un plato principal típicamente a base de carne. Este año Hispanos Unidos quisiera destacar una pequeña empresa local titulada Chico's Bakery en San Marcos, propiedad de Gloria Muñoz. Chico's Bakery se ha esforzado durante 22 años y vende tamales para las fiestas. Otro platillo puertorriqueño popular para estos tiempos felices son los paste...

by Suzanne Potter LOS ANGELES -- Kids in California were among the hardest hit during the pandemic, according to the just-released 2021 Kids Count report.Researchers from the Annie E. Casey Foundation crunched the numbers and found as of March, 14% of California households with kids struggled with hunger, which is tied for 6th worst in the country.Kelly Hardy, senior managing director of health and research at Children Now, said the numbers are twice as high for Black households."Food insecurity was even more pronounced for Black and Latino families," Hardy reported. "Just the most basic needs of kids and families are not being met."The report also showed even before the pandemic, California ranked 43rd for children's economic wellbeing, largely because of the high housing pri...