Opinión: Ser católico adulto no es fácil. El Papa León me da esperanza
El Papa León XIV es el tipo de líder que la Iglesia Católica necesita ahora más que nunca.
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Opinion: Being an adult Catholic isn’t easy. Pope Leo gives me hope.
When I heard Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope and that he was raised in my hometown of Chicago, I cheered alone in my living room watching the...
Opinión: Los traficantes no son el problema. El sistema migratorio roto sí lo es
Durante décadas, este país no ha abordado de manera significativa la inmigración.
Opinion: Smugglers aren’t the problem. A broken immigration system is.
Another tragic accident off our coastline in San Diego reminds us how desperate many migrants are. Three lives were lost, including a 10-year-old child from India, and seven others are...
Opinion: Meeting Hollywood stars is only one highlight for me at the San Diego Latino Film Festival. Here are some others.
If you are a movie fan and happen to live in San Diego, you already know that our region hosts at least 10 film festivals, (not including the student film...
Opinión: Documenté los incendios forestales de San Diego en 2007. El número oficial de muertos está equivocado
El viento soplaba y las condiciones cambiaban rápidamente
Opinion: I documented the 2007 San Diego wildfires. The official death toll is wrong. Here’s why.
Oct. 21, 2007, is a day many of us in San Diego will never forget. I was at Ocean Beach enjoying a warm sunny day with my family when we...
Opinion: Advice to partners coping with menopause: Be patient!
“Patience is a virtue” is thought to have originated from a poem written by an English poet, William Langland. It makes me wonder what the author was experiencing at the...
Opinión: Los mexicoamericanos también celebran el grito
Mis padres y hermanos en Chicago no celebraban el 16 de septiembre tanto como el 4 de julio.
Opinion: Mexican Americans celebrate el grito, too
I the first time I was interviewed by a Mexican newspaper. I had recently arrived in Tucson, Ariz., to accept a reporting job for KGTV, the ABC . Tucson...
OPINION: Es la palabra ‘chingona’ un cumplido o un insulto? Aqui esta mi opinion
Castañeda es editora adjunta de opinión en The San Diego Union-Tribune y vive en Chula Vista.¿Qué mujer profesional no querría el título de "chingona"? Depende de a quién le preguntes....
Is the word ‘chingona’ a compliment or an insult? Here’s my take.
Castañeda is a deputy opinion editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune and lives in Chula Vista. What professional woman would not want the title of "bad---"? It depends on who...
The Fighting Illini have more than one reason to celebrate. Here’s why.
Castañeda is a deputy editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune and lives in Chula Vista.Alumni from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana are hosting watch parties and pulling out their orange and...
Sin saberlo, mi prima podria ayudar a boxeadores mexicanos a reclamar un fondo de pension
A veces descubres más sobre las personas después de su muerte que cuando estuvieron en vida, especialmente examinando sus pertenencias privadas. Hace dos años, mi prima Maricella Manzano me preguntó...
How my chance discovery of boxing memorabilia may help aging Mexican fighters get pensions
Castañeda is a deputy editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune and lives in Chula Vista. Sometimes you discover more about people in death than in life, especially by sifting through...
Mittens taught me love, responsibility and how to cope with loss. I will never forget her.
Castañeda is a deputy editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune. She lives in Chula Vista.It was 1972. I was about to turn 8 years old. Richard Nixon was president. And...
Como joven latina, National Hispanic Scholarship Fund me ayudo mas de una vez
Era 1982, mi primer año en la Universidad de Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Estaba lejos de casa por primera vez, adaptándome a la vida universitaria e intentando llegar a fin de mes....
As a young Latina, the National Hispanic Scholarship Fund helped me more than once
Castañeda is a deputy editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune and an adjunct professor and lives in Chula Vista.It was 1982, my freshman year at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign....
Mi medico me atendio desde que naci hasta la universidad. Ahora la atencion medica es mucho menos personal.
En los años sesenta, había cientos de médicos de familia ejerciendo la medicina en la ciudad de Chicago. Pero mi madre, Anna Marie, era una paciente sin médico. Tenía 22...
My doctor cared for me from birth through college. Medical care now is far less personal.
Castañeda is a deputy editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune and lives in Chula Vista.In the 1960s, there were hundreds of family physicians practicing medicine in the city of Chicago....
My daughter had a baby when she was 14. She’s one of the most loving mothers I know.
Castañeda is a deputy editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune, and lives in Chula Vista.I became a stepmom when I married into a blended family almost two decades ago. My...
Father Louie Solcia was more than a priest at a parish. He changed lives including mine.
Castañeda is a deputy editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune and lives in Chula Vista.What do a Catholic priest from Milan, Italy, and a Mexican American woman from Chicago have...
We are so fortunate. We have the mountains, the desert and the ocean all in one.
Castañeda is a deputy editor in the Opinion section and lives in Chula Vista. Email commentary to her at [email protected] will always be a city girl at heart. I’m used...
Experienced journalists are needed as teachers. I became one when I least expected it.
Castañeda is a deputy editorial and opinion editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune and teaches online at Palomar College and San Diego City College. She lives in Chula Vista. I...
It’s been 30 years since I started telling stories. Distrust in news media today is disappointing.
Castañeda is a deputy editor of editorial and opinion at The San Diego Union-Tribune and lives in Chula Vista. I the first day of my professional journalism career as a...
Teachers used to anglicize the names of Latino children. It happened in my family, too.
Castañeda is a deputy editorial and opinion editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune and on Twitter, @presslc.Names are personal. No one is supposed to take them away from you. But...
My trip back to Illinois this winter healed my soul. Reliving old memories is magic.
Castañeda is the community opinion editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune, and lives in Chula Vista. Have a lifelong friend? Tell her about it on Twitter at @presslc.Oftentimes during the...
I was babysitting my friend’s children on 9/11. I never asked them what they recall until now.
Castañeda is the community opinion editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune, and lives in Chula Vista.I was single and living in a University Heights studio in 2001. A very close...
I never wanted kids, but becoming a mother gave me a new respect for my own mom
Castañeda is the community opinion editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune. She lives in Chula Vista.It’s been well over two years since I’ve seen my mother, Anna Marie, and I...
My heartache will last a lifetime. I’ll always wonder if a vaccine would have helped my loved ones.
Castañeda is the Community Opinion Editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune. She lives in Chula Vista. @presslc on TwitterI go through the motions, day to day, with a heavy, queasy,...
Celebrar la vida de la gente despues de llorar sus muertes
Fue en octubre a mediados de los noventa en San Diego cuando entré en una tienda de novedades en Hillcrest llamada Babette Schwartz. Vendía tarjetas de felicitación y regalos únicos...
My parents didn’t celebrate Dia de los Muertos, but my children will. Here’s why.
It was October in the mid-’90s in San Diego when I walked into a novelty shop in Hillcrest called Babette Schwartz. It sold unique greeting cards and gifts and instantly...
American newsrooms need more journalists of color. We can do better. We must do better.
Thousands of journalists have told stories about racial justice protests and unrest across the nation following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day. Some were assaulted...