Saul Gonzalez
Saul Gonzalez is a producer and reporter with public radio station KCRW in Santa Monica.
Saul Gonzalez is a producer and reporter with public radio station KCRW in Santa Monica. Before that, he was the Los Angeles producer for PBS NewsHour and a contributing correspondent for public television's "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly." For The World, Saul has reported on such topics as the lives of immigrant long-haul truckers, Japanese American artists threatened by gentrification and a bi-national adoption program for aging Tijuana racing dogs.
This busy LA immigration court is now a ‘ghost town’ in wake of government shutdown
Nearly 43,000 cases are estimated to have been canceled nationwide. California has seen the most cancellations — about 9,000 — followed by New York with more than 5,100. And immigrants who've waited years for their court date will now have to wait even longer.
In LA, unwrapping tamales is the heart of the holidays
Limits on refugee resettlement lead to agency closures in Los Angeles
This Latino, Arab American was a long-shot candidate — until his opponent was indicted for corruption
After the Egyptian military took away a political satirist's show, he podcasts about his new life in LA
Inside one of the busiest immigration courts in the country
If you are an immigrant in the US fighting deportation, what happens inside this building is all-important.
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Why a trailer filled with 23 greyhounds is crossing the US-Mexico border
A couple in California crosses the border on a regular basis to give greyhounds a second chance at life.
The visual effects pioneer responsible for the original 'Star Wars' thinks movies today may rely too much on effects
Jonathan Erland and the visual effects crew that worked on the original "Star Wars" had to build everything from scratch. And afterward, they threw a lot of it in a dumpster, including the models for the original Death Star.
LA's Little Tokyo is gentrifying and pushing out some of the city's most prominent artists
A tight community of artists in LA are pushing back against rising rents. But they worry they may lose the battle.
For over 90 years, this Holocaust survivor's art has kept him alive
At 93, Kalman Aron still paints everyday in his apartment in Beverly Hills. If he didn't paint, he says he would "die of boredom."
The leader of the California independence movement lives in Russia
A once fringe idea, some Californians are now seriously contemplating Calexit.
In Los Angeles, anxieties about Trump trigger solidarity — and organization
"We are getting blessings from places we didn’t even anticipate,” says one imam in Los Angeles.
In Cleveland, here's where you can find people who are welcoming to immigrants
The Republican National Convention (and its anti-immigrant rhetoric) is just one week in the life of Cleveland. After population declines, many people in this city see immigration as key to Cleveland's success.
He'd never seen jukeboxes before. Now he is a master at repairing them.
Magdi Hanna grew up in Egypt, but when he moved here, he found a calling.
America’s trucking industry faces a shortage. Meet the immigrants helping fill the gap.
As veteran drivers age out, immigrants are stepping in. In California, nearly 50 percent of truck drivers were born outside of the United States.