Indeed, customers stream in and out of the panaderia and taqueria , carrying bundles of bread and tacos. A corner store run by a Korean stocks tamarind sweets and a Chinese eatery offers its own version of comida corrida , a meal on the run, with fried rice and chow mein. If they ever decide to learn English they will have the basics. His classes convene four times weekly. Children's Hospital of Orange County also operates a clinic there, providing physicals and immunizations.
Volunteers hand out tips on health care, of course, in Spanish.
For my kids, I want them to learn so they can do well in school, but for me, I'm happy the way I am. We do not belong to the American society, but you see, we have our own. In ethnically fragmented Southern California, here is a place that, however imperfectly, quietly works. The barrio fits into a larger community known as Pico Lowell. Some villagers who have never before joined an organization hooked up with El Comite de Cien Familias , the Committee of 100 Families, to have a voice in what's going on.