Over 40 years ago, LA Times Columnist and KMEX news director, Ruben Salazar was hit in the head by a tear gas canister while sitting in a bar during an anti-Vietnam war protest that had grown violent.

Forty years ago this month a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy killed Los Angeles Times journalist Ruben Salazar. LA County Sheriff Lee Baca said today he’s decided to reconsider a decision to keep ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The specter of law enforcement firing “less-lethal” rounds into crowds of protesters and striking journalists on the ...

Hundreds of students attend class daily in Ruben Salazar Hall at Sonoma State University. Chances are, many of them don't know much about the life of the man whose name graces the building. And, for ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Postal Service will unveil a stamp honoring Ruben Salazar, a Mexican American journalist who lost his life while pursuing his passion. Salazar was a reporter for The Press ...

Frank Sotomayor, a senior fellow at the Institute for Justice and Journalism and adjunct professor at USC Annenberg, never met Ruben Salazar, though he knew of his journalism even while in the U.S.

Every year about this time, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks stadium audio engineer brings out the song "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian. In these parts, it goes by another title: "Ruben's Theme." He's ...

That’s why the past is not even past, to paraphrase William Faulkner — it’s always on my radar. But even a SoCal history nerd like me doesn’t know it all, which is why I was happy to hear recently ...

A massive fire that devoured an empty building at the vacant Ruben Salazar apartments was intentionally set, an El Paso Fire Department spokesman said this week. An arson investigation continues into ...

In four days of protests over ICE immigration arrests in the Los Angeles Area, nearly a dozen journalists, including CalMatters investigative reporter Sergio Olmos, were struck by projectiles fired by ...