Anna Mares stories

Clutching his father’s ashes, Philip Stearns overlooked the cliffs of Finisterre, a Spanish town on the Atlantic Ocean considered to be the end of the earth by the Romans and Celtics. A woman wailed in Gaelic as the wind whipped the hair of onlookers and Stearns slowly scattered his father’s...

A white steamboat with a prominent red paddle wheel docks in Pittsburgh and boards 150 passengers before setting sail on the mighty Ohio River. The 1800s-style cruise ship isn’t headed to Punta Cana or the Bahamas, but to locations off-the-beaten-path such as Moundsville, W.Va., to see the Adena Indian burial...

A politically persecuted Venezuelan journalist reinvented himself as a Pittsburgh-based Spanish radio show host. A boy whose family was ripped apart by deportation decided to dedicate his life to helping the Latino community that supported him. A woman worked to provide immigrant children better opportunities than she had as a...

New Spanish grocery stores are opening, adding a fresh flavor to the city. Amid the usual Pittsburgh traffic noise, reggaeton now pulses from car speakers, and local restaurants are featuring horchata on their menus. The face of Western Pennsylvania is changing. According to the 2022 Allegheny County Latinx Needs Assessment...

Adelle Hayes, 15, of Peters Township, likes how she feels after her skin care routine. She enjoys caring for her skin and watching TikTok influencer Katie Fang’s “Get Ready With Me” multi-step skincare routines. “Her skin is incredibly clear, and I haven’t seen a pimple yet,” Hayes said. Skin care...