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Pedro Rosado arrived in Los An-geles from Yucatan, Mexico, in 1968,the sameyear a three-story shoppingcenter known as El Mercado de LosAngeles opened inBoyleHeights.

After laboring 80 hours a week forthree years as a janitor and a truckdriver, Rosado subleased and thenbought a humble little bookshopamidahoneycombof stalls— includ-ing shops that sell Mexican craftsand candy, a carniceria and abotanical shop— that was designedas a kind of love letter to Mexico.Eventually he purchased a restau-rant on the top floor of the buildingonEast1stStreetnearLorenaStreet.

Around 1988, Rosado controlledthe majority of shares of the marketandhe became the proud owner of ElMercado, also known as “El Merca-dito,” or littlemarket.

Rosado died of cancer in Decem-ber, andmanagement fell to his chil-dren — who unlike their father grew

PEOPLE pass El Mercado. “We’re going to try and evolve with the tastes of our customers, but at thesame time stay true to our identity as an authentic Mexican place,” market manager Tony Rosado says.

Christina House For The Times

Market no longer feelsthe love, looks to evolveEl Mercado manager aims to draw a more diverse crowd

[SeeElMercado,A13]THE BOYLE HEIGHTS shopping destination opened in 1968. Somemerchants say business has dropped in recent years.

Allen J. Schaben Los Angeles Times

By Brittny Mejia

WASHINGTON — It’s astrange week when DonaldTrump — known for hisprovocationsandunconven-tional behavior — lectures aSupreme Court justice onwhat’s “highly inappropri-ate,” andmany legal expertssayhe’s right.

JusticeRuthBaderGins-burg’s unprecedented pub-lic criticismof the presumedGOP presidential nomineehas left legal expertsandherown supporters scratchingtheir heads.Noone could re-call a similar instance of ajustice on the nation’s high-est court openly and repeat-edly denouncing a candi-date running for its highestoffice.

Trump’s campaign is al-ready exploiting Ginsburg’sattack as the latest exampleof the high court’s growingpoliticization. He called up-onher to step downandpre-dicted her attacks wouldserve only to energize hisconservativebase.

While few expect theirhigh-profile spat to weighheavily inthe2016race,Gins-burg’s remarks cast a harshspotlight on the court’sliberal lion, who inspiressuch admiration thatsupporters don T-shirtswith her image and havedubbed her “NotoriousRBG,” a takeoff on Christo-pher Wallace’s rap moniker,TheNotoriousB.I.G.

Many legal experts agreeGinsburg’s public com-ments crossed a long-standing line that hasseparated the SupremeCourt frompartisan elector-al politics.

“What Justice Ginsburgdid in these interviews is fa-

Justicerebukedin feudwithTrumpRuth Bader Ginsburg’spublic denunciationof the GOP candidatecrossed an ethicalline, legal experts say.

By David G. Savage

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TEHRAN — When ayoung female Iranian law-makernamedFatemehHos-sainiwas swept into office aspart of a pro-reformist wavein February’s parliamentaryelections, itwas supposed tobe a signal of change in acountry long ledbyacorruptand overwhelmingly maleelite.

But the substantial in-come of Hossaini’s familyhas dragged her into themiddle of a widening na-tional outcry over public-sector corruption thatunderscores Iran’seconomic troubles.

Aspartof a seriesof leaksexposing high salariesamong state-owned compa-nies, Hossaini’s father, Saf-dar Hossaini, chairman ofIran’ssovereignwealth fund,was revealed to be earningmore than $23,000 permonth — dozens of timeswhat the lowest-paid gov-ernmentworkers earn.

Known as the NationalDevelopment Fund of Iran,the fund ismeant to reservesurplus oil and pet-rochemical revenues for de-velopment and economicemergencies. Safdar Hos-saini resigned in silencealongwithhis colleagues.

Then Hossaini’s hus-band,HaniMirmohammad-Ali, a tile seller turned civilengineer, was accused of us-ing family connections togeta license to operate amoneyexchange shop that hasbeen implicated in moneylaundering.

A year after Iran signed anucleardealwithworldpow-ers, the “Payslip-gate” reve-lations are adding to a grow-ing frustration at the lackof economic improvementunder President Hassan

[See Iran,A4]

Iranianleaderfeels theheat overeconomy‘Payslip-gate’ addsto the frustrationabout the lack ofimprovement underHassan Rouhani.

By Ramin Mostaghimand Shashank Bengali

Some days, when MebKeflezighi hits the road, hislegs just don’twant tomove.

That iswhathappenstoamarathoner when he re-aches the comparatively an-cient ageof 41.

“You can’t run like you’re25 anymore,” he said.“You’re going to have baddays.”

The fact that Keflezighihas qualified for the 2016Summer Games in Rio deJaneiro — where he will be-come the oldest AmericanOlympic marathoner — as-tonishes some younger run-ners.

“Meb is amazing,” mid-dle-distance star AlysiaMontano said. “He isn’t thenorm.”

But he isn’t a rarity, ei-ther. More elite athletes areremaining competitive at anathletically advancedage.

The 40-somethings onthe U.S. team headed forBrazil include runnerBernard Lagat and cyclistKristin Armstrong, a de-fending Olympic championin road racingwhohas comeback fromretirement twice.

Kerri Walsh Jennings willtry for her fourth goldmedalin beach volleyball at 37.That’s the same age as tae-kwondo athlete Steven

NEWAGEGAMESSeveral U.S. Olympians have found ways tocompete into their late 30s and early 40sBy David Wharton

AT AGE 37, KerriWalsh Jennings will attempt towin her fourth gold medal in beach volleyball. She’sshown celebrating during the 2012 Games in London.

Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times

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DALLAS — After theshockandamidthegrieving,DallaspausedWednesdaytobury its own.

Three of the five officerskilled in last week’s down-town shooting were remem-bered during a day ofmourning that drew friends,colleagues, family membersand police officers fromacross the country.

The back-to-back-to-back services stretchedschedules throughout thecity.

Themayorplanned to at-tend two; the Dallas police

chief said he was going to allof them.

Thepolicechoirwastorn.Family of Dallas Area RapidTransit Police Officer BrentThompson, 34, requested itperform at 10 a.m. But theservice forDallasPoliceSen-ior Cpl. LorneAhrenswas at11 a.m., half an hour away.Ahrens’ family said theyunderstood, and the choirhoped tomake it to the cem-etery to seehim laid to rest.

The police force was alsoshort-staffed. There was aprivate funeral for Sgt.Michael Smith, 55, at10 a.m.,with apublic service at noonThursday. Services for Offi-cerMichaelKrol, 40,weresetfor Friday; Officer Patrick

Zamarripa, 32, for Saturday.Somany police were attend-ing the simultaneousfunerals, stations aroundthe city had to cover oneanother’s shifts.

Officers streamed intothe stadium-sized Pres-tonwood Baptist Church in

LAW ENFORCEMENT officers pay tribute at the funeral for Dallas PoliceSenior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens. “Allow yourself to feel,” the pastor told mourners.

Barbara Davidson Los Angeles Times

With a hectic schedule,Dallas buries its deadBy MollyHennessy-Fiske

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