Articles 1980’s

The Register, October 11, 1984 Although Santa Ana police investigators concluded that the fatal shooting of a 52 year-old Laotian refugee was justified, the city’s  Laotian community has remained puzzled by the incident… click here to read more

The Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1984 The state Department of Industrial Relations will investigate complaints that some Orange County businesses are not paying undocumented workers for day work they perform… click here to read more

The Register, October 1, 1984 Santa Ana City Manager Robert Bobb denied Sunday allegations that police used excessive force to combat Santa Ana street gangs… click here to read more

The Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1984 With redevelopment focusing on commercial areas in Orange County, there has been no widespread eviction of low-income residents except in the older cities’ downtowns, according to data supplied by city officials… click here to read more

The Register, September 23, 1984 The Police Department has warned undocumented workers it will summon U.S. Immigration officials to Orange’s El Modena section this week because of complaints by community members… click here to read more

The Los Angeles Times, September 7, 1984 When the Khmer Muslims of South Minnie Street pray to Allah together, they gather in an unusual mosque – a spartan one-bedroom apartment with harsh fluorescent lights and little else… click here to read more  

The Register, September 23, 1984 Undocumented workers say they work hours for nothing. The Orange County Human Relations Commission has begun a campaign to prevent such abuses..

The Los Angeles Times, August 23, 1984 Leaders of Orange County’s Laotian community met Thursday to discuss growing concern over what they believe was the use of excessive force in connection with the shooting and subsequent death of a 52 year-old refugee… click here to read more

The Los Angeles Times, August 5, 1984 About 65 friends and relatives of Ezequiel Flores Larios gathered at El Salvador Park for a mass said by Catholic Archbishop Tomas Clavel in memory of the 25 year-old Santa Ana man who died after a controversial arrest… click here to read more