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My colleague Daniel Hernandez wrote about Independence Day festivities over the weekend — not just for Californians celebrating their Mexican heritage, but for those with roots in Central America. Here’s his dispatch:

Mexican Independence Day, on Sept. 16, is practically an official holiday in Los Angeles, a megalopolis sometimes referred to as the second biggest “Mexican” city in the world. (That’s not entirely hyperbole: On Sunday, the night before the holiday, the mayor of Los Angeles rang a bell on the steps of City Hall, accompanied by local legislators, just as it’s done in cities and towns across Mexico.)