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Entries for February 25th, 2013

Sonia Sotomayor rebukes federal prosecutor for racially charged remark against Latinos, blacks

Tweet by Pete Williams, NBC News 11:29 am on 02/25/2013 A federal prosecutor came in for some biting criticism today from Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer for a racially charged remark made during a criminal trial. The comment by the justices came as the court declined to hear the appeal of a […]

CNN Joins Forces With Soledad O’Brien’s New Production Company

Tweet by eesparza on February 22nd, 2013 12:25 PM | Spotlight, TV CNN is entering into a production and distribution agreement with critically-acclaimed journalist Soledad O’Brien, whose new production company will produce long-form programming specials for the network it was announced today by Jeff Zucker, president CNN Worldwide. O’Brien’s company, which will launch in June, […]

Eastside record label still spinning out the music

Tweet Gonzalez is the head of Rampart Records, which earned a measure of fame in the 1960s as the originator of the “West Coast Eastside Sound” — and whose founder dreamed of its becoming a Mexican American Motown. That was Eddie Davis, who produced bands from Boyle Heights, East L.A. and the San Gabriel Valley […]