When he is sworn in July 1, Villaraigosa will become the first Hispanic mayor of Los Angeles since 1872, back when the city was merely a dusty outpost of about 5,000 residents.

Los Angeles has elected its first Latino mayor in more than 100 years. City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa won by a landslide, ousting the incumbent James Hahn. Black voters, who backed Hahn four ...

Villaraigosa’s victory will make him Los Angeles’ first Latino mayor since Cristobel Aguilar in 1872 when the city was a frontier town emerging from its days as a Mexican settlement.

Antonio Villaraigosa was elected last month as Los Angeles' first Hispanic mayor in over 100 years. The mayor-elect joins Ray Suarez to discuss the challenges he faces in his new role.

If elected Tuesday, Reynaga would be the city’s first Latino mayor — and, at 26, its youngest. ... Ruben Vives is a general assignment reporter for the Los Angeles Times.

Is Los Angeles ready for its first Mexican American mayor in ... because the possibility that the nation’s second-largest city may elect its first Latino mayor since 1872 is a big national--even ...

LOS ANGELES — Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa savored his win over Mayor James Hahn, saying today that the difference this time compared with the 2001 election was "simple — people knew me ...

LOS ANGELES -- Antonio Villaraigosa on Wednesday vowed to be "a mayor for all Los Angeles" after his election as the city's first Hispanic mayor since 1872, a milestone in a city where Latinos now ...

LOS ANGELES - Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa savored his win over Mayor James Hahn, saying Wednesday that the difference this time compared with the 2001 election was ''simple - people knew me ...

Los Angeles has elected its first Latino mayor in more than 100 years. City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa won by a landslide, ousting the incumbent James Hahn. Black voters, who backed Hahn four ...