-- by Jill Reprogle, KPBS.org (San Diego):

The hilltop playground at Los Altos Elementary School has an enviable panoramic view. To the south, you can see over the border fence that separates Mexico from the U.S. to the neighborhoods of Tijuana.

In the other direction, you can just make out the skyscrapers of downtown San Diego.

-- by Laurie Goodstein, The New York Times:

-- by Carlos Harrison, for The Huffington Post:

Now the Republican candidates go through the "Latino Looking Glass."

-- by Jennifer Medina, The New York Times:

The dining hall workers had been at Pomona College for years, some even decades. For a few, it was the only job they held since moving to United States.

Then late last year, administrators at the college delivered letters to dozens of the longtime employees asking them to show proof of legal residency, saying that an internal review had turned up problems in their files.

-- by Josh Lederman and Rachel Leven, The Hill:

There’s a new phenomenon in Washington: the Hispanic super-PAC, which aims to give political voice to the nation’s fastest-growing demographic.

Two have cropped up since the beginning of the year. Another that formed as a regular PAC in 2010 has relaunched as a super-PAC, expanding its efforts from a single House district to 15. And at least one other Hispanic PAC is considering making the leap to super-PAC status.

-- by Michael Li for the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram:

Every redistricting cycle has a theme.

This year's big theme is the remarkable growth of the state's Hispanic population. After all, 65 percent of Texas' population growth over the last decade was Hispanic. Despite that, there's a compelling argument that Hispanic voting strength is actually diminished under the new voting maps approved by the Legislature.

-- by Elaine Silvestrini, The Tampa Tribune:

As Republicans went to the polls in Florida to pick their presidential preference, the Hillsborough Hispanic Coalition asked a federal court to rule that the party's primary system discriminates against Latinos.

The coalition has filed a lawsuit against the Republican National Committee and its chairman.

-- from PR Newswire:

-- from the Los Angeles Times "Culture Monster":

The Mexican Museum in San Francisco might have to update its relationship status. The museum of Latino art and culture has joined the Smithsonian Institution’s Affiliations program, the nation’s largest museum network.

The partnership announced Tuesday allows the Mexican Museum access to the Smithsonian’s collection of more than 136 million artworks and artifacts. The Mexican Museum is the first San Francisco museum to become a Smithsonian affiliate.