CHICAGO TONIGHT:LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY CIBC >> Host: GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES.

I AM ALEX HERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

THE COMMUNITY REACTS TO VIDEO OF YOUNG ADAM TOLEDO'S DEATH AT THE HANDS OF A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER.

RARE YET SEVERE REACTIONS TO THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE HAVE HEALTH OFFICIALS RECOMMENDING A PAUSE TO THE VACCINE.

>> YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THE BOTTLE AND SMELL HOME.

>> Host: A LOCAL COMPANY WHO HAS UP CHICAGO FOR FIFTY YEARS.

>>> WAS OFF TONIGHT FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS, THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF CHICAGO HAS REACTED TO 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO'S DEATH AT THE HANDS OF A POLICE OFFICER ON MARCH 29.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE OFFICER ACCOUNT ACCESSIBILITY RELEASED BODY CAM FOOTAGE OF THE SHOOTING.

DURING THE VIDEO IT APPEARS THAT A FIREARM CAN BRIEFLY BE SEEN IN ADAM TOLEDO HAND BEFORE HE DROPS IT AT THE OFFICERS ORDERS AND THEN TURNS TO FACE THE OFFICER WITH BOTH HANDS RAISED.

AT THE MOMENT HE IS SHOT HE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE HOLDING A WEAPON.

WE WILL NOW SHOW YOU AN EDITED VERSION OF THE FOOT CHASE THAT HAPPENS PRIOR TO THE POLICE SHOTS.

WE WARN YOU THIS HAS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND IS HARD TO USE.

THE OFFICER CHASED ADAM TOLEDO THROUGH AN ALLEY.

YOU WILL NOT HEAR AUDIO FOR THE FIRST 15 SECONDS.

>> POLICE, STOP!

STOP RIGHT NOW!

HANDS, SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!

DROP IT!

>> Host: ADAM TOLEDO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THAT NEXT MOMENT.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY'S REACTIONS ARE OUR GUEST.

MEMBERS OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU, YOU SPOKE OUT ABOUT ADAM TOLEDO KILLING BEFORE THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED.

NOW THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IT, NOW THAT THE VIDEO IS RELEASED, WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS TODAY?

>> Guest: WELL, I'VE HAD THE SAME FEELING SINCE DAY ONE SINCE I STARTED THIS MOVEMENT.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE MAYOR RELEASE THE FOOTAGE IN 16 DAYS.

SINCE WE STARTED IT'S BEEN 16 DAYS.

THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTING US FOR OUR CAUSE WE GOT THE VIDEO RELEASED WITHIN 60 DAYS.

NOW WE HAVE MORE SUPPORTERS ON OUR SIDE HERE NOW EVERYONE IS BACKING UP ADAM.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED.

I BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT ADAM DIDN'T SHOOT AT THE POLICE.

ADAM DID NOT POINT THE GUN AT THE POLICE.

THAT IS WHAT MY HEART KEPT TELLING ME.

AND, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FOOTAGE SAYS THAT IS SO.

HE HAS HIS HANDS IN THE AIR AND THE OFFICERS STILL FELT THE NEED TO KILL HIM.

>> Host: AS YOU KNOW ON THURSDAY THE ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY SPOKE ABOUT THIS VERY SAME VIDEO.

LET'S HEAR WHAT SHE HAS TO SHARE ABOUT IT.

>> SO, IT COULD BE A GUN.

I AM NOT GOING TO DENY THAT.

IT COULD BE A GUN.

I CAN SAY WITH 100 PERCENT CERTAINTY UNTIL I HAVE THAT VIDEO FORENSICALLY AND FULLY ANALYZED AND ENHANCED.

IT IS NOT RELEVANT BECAUSE HE TOSSED THE GUN.

IF HE HAD A GUN HE TOSSED IT TO THE OFFICER SAID SHOW ME YOUR HANDS.

HE COMPLIED, HE TURNED AROUND.

THERE IS A STILL VIDEO GOING ON THE INTERNET WITH HIS HANDS UP AND HE WAS STILL SHOT IN THE CHEST.

>> Host: AFTER HEARING THESE WHAT YOU THINK IS ANALYSIS OF THE VIDEO?

>> Guest: I DEFINITELY BACK HER UP.

I GO BACK TO HER STATEMENT 100 PERCENT.

THAT WAS MY INITIAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE WHOLE SITUATION WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE MOVEMENT AND CAMPAIGN, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

I TRULY BELIEVE ADAM DID NOT HAVE A GUN AT THAT MOMENT THAT THE OFFICER SHOT HIM.

I KNOW THAT CLIP WAS JUST A SECOND AND HE DIED ON SCENE.

BUT, I HONESTLY FELT FROM THE BEGINNING THAT ADAM DID NOT HAVE THE INTENTION OF POINTING OR HAVING AN ARMED CONFRONTATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW FOR A FACT HE DID NOT HAVE AN ARMED CONFRONTATION.

>> Host: WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AFTER SEEING THIS VIDEO?

WHAT ARE THEIR THOUGHTS?

>> Guest: I HAVE SEEN THAT THERE IS A DIVISION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S A LOT OF VICTIM BLAMING AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IT SHIFTS THE FOCUS AWAY FROM THE POLICE.

THEY ARE THE ONE THAT SHOT ADAM TOLEDO.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SHOT THE LITTLE BOY.

I DON'T THINK THAT SORT OF SHIFT SHOULD HAPPEN.

THEY SHOULD TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY.

THE POLICE CANNOT ACT AS THE JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER.

>> Host: NOW AFTER HEARING THE THOUGHT OF THE MAYOR AND THE TOLEDO FAMILY CALLING FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR CALM IN THE WAKE OF THE VIDEO RELEASE, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> Guest: I THINK IT'S HYPOCRITICAL FOR THE MAYOR TO DEMAND PEACE.

BECAUSE HER OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN VERY VIOLENT.

WHEN SHE TOOK AWAY OUR COVID RELIEF AND GAVE IT TO THE POLICE, THAT'S VIOLENCE.

IT'S THE SAME POLICE THAT CRIMINALIZES OUR YOUTH AND THEY SHOOT THEM.

IT IS VERY HYPOCRITICAL.

AND I DON'T AGREE THAT SHE CALLED FOR PEACE.

>> Host: CHRISTIAN, WE ARE TAPING THIS INTERVIEW ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THE LITTLE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE MORE PROTESTS PLANS.

WHAT ACTION DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THE CITY AND THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM NOW ON?

>> Guest: I WANT TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION INTO THE MATTER.

I WANT TO LEGALLY SUE THE MAYOR, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE WARD OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE THE ALDERMEN I SHOULD SAY.

I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COVER-UP AND THE WATCH COMMANDER AND SERGEANT FROM WHAT I AM SEEING.

THEY ARE ALL INVOLVED IN THE COVER-UP.

THEY ALL TRIED TO FRAME ADAM THAT HE HAD A GUN AND HE TRIED TO SHOOT A POLICE OFFICER.

THAT IS NOT TRUE.

I REALLY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS MOVEMENT.

I WANT TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION TO THE MATTER.

>> Host: ANNA, MOST OF THE FOCUS ON POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING HAS BEEN ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SIMILAR EVENTS IN OTHER LATINO COMMUNITIES.

DO YOU THINK THAT ADAM TOLEDO'S DEATH WILL ALTER THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES?

>> Guest: I HOPE HIS DEATH BRINGS AWARENESS TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF ANTI-BLACKNESS.

UNFORTUNATELY.

I HOPE PEOPLE GET TO REALIZE THAT POLICE VIOLENCE IS NOT ONLY A BLACK ISSUE, IT IS ALSO A POC ISSUE.

I HOPE WE CAN WORK ON OUR ANTI-BLACKNESS AND UNITE FORCES BECAUSE THIS VIOLENCE IS BAD.

>> Host: CHRISTIAN, I'M GOING TO GET BACK TO YOU.

DO YOU SEE, FOR EXAMPLE YOUR OWN STORY OR YOUR PEERS STORY IN ADAM TOLEDO'S?

WHAT SHOULD THE CITY BE DOING TO PREVENT MORE STORIES LIKE ADAMS?

>> Guest: I AM BORN AND RAISED IN LITTLE VILLAGE ALL MY LIFE.

I KNOW WHAT SHE WAS ADAM WAS IN.

AT 13 I WAS OUTSIDE AT 3M EVEN POSSIBLY LATER.

I DID RUN AWAY FROM HOME .

WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN PERSONAL PROBLEMS.

I REALLY FEEL LIKE ADAM WAS JUST A TEENAGER.

WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE RECKLESS MOMENTS IN LIFE .

I FEEL LIKE HE WAS BEING INFLUENCED BY THE WRONG PEOPLE.

HE WAS AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY.

NOT JUST A 13-YEAR-OLD KID, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD, A 20-YEAR-OLD, A 90-YEAR-OLD LADY.

>> Host: DO YOU THINK GETTING RECRUITING AND VIOLENCE HAD TO DO WITH ADAM'S DEATH?

>> Guest: I FEEL LIKE IT DIDN'T.

GANG ACTIVITY DID TAKE A PART IN IT BUT IT DOES PROMOTE GANG VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT IS A 50-50 WAY TO BLAME.

>> Host: ANNA, WE HAVE LIMITED TIME NOW BUT I WANT TO LEAVE THIS AS A VERY LAST QUESTION TO YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT CHICAGO NEEDS TO DO TO BEGIN HEALING AFTER THIS TRAGIC EVENT?

>> Guest: I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN TO OUR YOUTH AND DONATE E TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THINGS ON THE GROUND LIKE CHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOLS, I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE OUTH, SUPPORT THE YOUTH AND ALSO, BE EMPATHETIC TOWARDS THE MOMS.

DON'T SHARE THAT GRAPHIC AUDIO.

BE EMPATHETIC AND LISTEN TO THE YOUTH.

REALLY FOCUS ON DOING COMMUNITY WORK AND FUND COMMUNITIES.

I DON'T THINK THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE DOING RIGHT BY SUPPORTING A CITY BUDGET THAT KILLS US, ESSENTIALLY.

>> Host: THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>>> ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN CALLING OUT FOR SOLUTIONS FROM FACTORIES AND MANUFACTURERS IN CHICAGO'S BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES FOR YEARS.

A DEMOLITION THAT HAD GONE WRONG BROUGHT THE ISSUE INTO FOCUS.

THIS DRONE FOOTAGE IS COURTESY OF ALEXANDER REYES OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE JUSTICE FEDERATION.

[MUSIC] >> Host: HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE RECOMMENDING A TEMPORARY HALT ON THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE AFTER SIX PEOPLE DEVELOPED SERIOUS BLOOD CLOTS AFTER BEING VACCINATED.

THIS WEEK THE CDC AND FDA LEAST A JOINT STATEMENT RECOMMENDING A PAUSE ON THE WINDOWS VACCINE AS THEY INVESTIGATE THE SIX ADVERSE REACTIONS DESCRIBED AS EXTREMELY RARE AMONG THE NEARLY 7 MILLION DOSES DISTRIBUTED.

OUR DOCTOR ANTHONY FAUCI FOR CONGRESS EXPLAINED THE REASONING FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.

>> THERE WERE TWO REASONS TO DO IT, ONE OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO LOOK WHAT WERE DEALING WITH AND TO MAKE SURE THEY ALERT ADDITIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.HOPEFULLY, WE WILL GET A DECISION QUITE SOON AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET BACK ON TRACK WITH THIS VERY EFFECTIVE VACCINE.

>> Host: JOINING US TODAY TO OFFER INSIGHT ON THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE SITUATION AND COVID VACCINATIONS IN GENERAL IS DOCTOR JUANITA LAURA DOCTOR AND ALLERGIST.

SHE'S ALSO A NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NATIONAL LUNG ASSOCIATION.

WELCOME BACK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO START OFF WITH WANTING TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED IN THIS EXTREMELY RARE REACTIONS TO THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE?

>> Guest: TO TELL THE PUBLIC, ALEX, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW IT IS ALTER RARE.

WE HAVE HAD SIX CASES OF A RARE DISEASE AND 7 MILLION DOSES THAT WERE GIVEN THAT IS LESS THAN ONE POINT IN ONE MILLION.

THIS SEEMS TO BE A VACCINE -INDUCED THROMBOTIC.

[INDISCERNABLE] WHAT THIS MEANS IS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF THE WOMEN WERE ACTIVATED TO SOME PART OF THE VIRUS OF THE INACTIVATED VIRUS IN THE VACCINE.

THEN THAT ACTIVATES THE PLATELETS.

THE PLATELETS DROP AND PEOPLE BLEED.

SO, IT IS FORMING CLOTS THE SAME TIME THAT THE PLATELETS ARE BEING CONSUMED.IT IS AN ULTRA RARE DISORDER AND IT IS GOOD THAT THEY ARE DOING A PAUSE SO WE CAN LEARN HOW TO TREAT THIS DISORDER AND ALSO WE CAN LEARN WHAT LINKED THIS WOMEN AS FAR AS UNDERLYING CAUSES AND POSSIBLE LINKAGE.

WERE THEY ALL SMOKERS?

LIVES?

WERE THEY UNCONTROLLED DIABETICS?

DID THEY HAVE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE OR ANY PROPENSITY TO HYPER COAGULATION?

>> Host: HOW SEVERE WOULD THIS BE?

HOW WOULD DOCTORS TREAT THEM DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER BLOOD CLOT?

WOULD THEY USE AND ANTICOAGULANT FOR THIS?

>> Host: GOOD QUESTION.

NORMALLY WE SEE A CLOT ESPECIALLY THROUGH VENOUS THROMBOSIS.

A BIG CLOT.

YOU WANT TO GIVE AND ANTICOAGULANT TO HELP THIS.

IN THIS CASE, THAT IS NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER BECAUSE IT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THINGS WORSE WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE DOING A PAUSE SO DOCTORS LEARN HOW TO TREAT THIS.

THIS IS AN IMMUNE REACTION AND GIVEN THAT WITH BLOOD PLATELETS CAN MAKE THE BLEEDING WORSE IT CAN BE DANGEROUS.

IN THIS CASE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ACTUALLY GIVE IDG OR IMMUNOGLOBULINS TO WALK THE RESPONSE AND MAKE THE PATIENT BETTER.>> Host: SHOULD PEOPLE WHO HAVE.

[BLEEP] TAKEN THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE BE CONCERNED?

ARE THERE THINGS THEY CAN LOOK OUT FOR?

>> Guest: SURE.

THE REACTIONS THAT HAPPEN BETWEEN 6 AND 16 DAYS OF HAVING THE VACCINATION.

THINGS TO LOOK FOR BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO PANIC OR ANYTHING ELSE, THIS IS BASICALLY OR ANY BLOOD CLOT CAN SHOW UP WITH A SEVERE HEADACHE, ESPECIALLY A POSTERIOR HEADACHE, VISUAL DISTURBANCES, NUMBNESS, WEAKNESS OF THE BODY, ANY ABDOMINAL PAIN OR SWELLING, ANY ACTUAL LEG PAIN OR SWELLING, AND ANY SHORTNESS OF BREATH.

ANY CLOTS WILL BE HIGHER IN NUMBER IN THE LUNGS, LEGS AND IN THE BRAIN.

THOSE ARE THE THREE AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED WHEN THOSE CLOTS ARE MADE.

>> Host: WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE?

ARE THEY LIKELY TO RECEIVE IN OTHER?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

>> Guest: IN THAT SINCE WE ARE NOT A WORRIED BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH PFIZER AND MODERNA TO GO AROUND.

AT THIS CASE IF THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A JOHNSON & JOHNSON IT WILL BE SWITCHED TO A PFIZER OR MODERNA.

WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS VACCINE HESITANCY IN PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAD IT.

>> Host: RIGHT.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE CDC, AND THE FDA ON THE STOPPAGE OF THE VACCINE?

A FEW MORE DAYS?

WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT?

>> Guest: THE ACTUAL COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION ALREADY MET YESTERDAY AND THEY LOOKED AT THE DATA AND THEY ASKED FOR 7 TO 10 MORE DAYS TO REVIEW MORE OF THE HISTORY IN THESE WOMEN TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY LINKAGE.

WE HOPE IN 7 TO 10 DAYS WE MIGHT HAVE MORE OF AN ANSWER.

MY GUESS IS THAT THERE IT IS GOING TO BE BASICALLY A RESUMPTION OF THE VACCINE BUT THERE MIGHT BE RESTRICTIONS.

IF THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO TAKE JOHNSON & JOHNSON.

FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT HELP TO IMPROVE THINGS.

>> Host: WE CAN EXPECT IT BACK WITH LIMITATIONS?

>> Guest: CORRECTS.

>> Host: WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM YOUR PATIENTS AND YOUR COMMUNITY REGARDING THE VACCINATIONS?

>> Guest: THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY REACTIONS OF THE VACCINATIONS IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY 11 PERCENT OF LATINOS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED FOR COVID 19.

HERE IN CHICAGO WE ARE LOOKING AT 22.4 LATINOS VACCINATED.

ALSO AT 11 PERCENT PAIRED WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

VACCINE HESITANCY WILL INCREASE EVEN MORE WHICH IS WHY THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION IS RESPONDING WITH A CAMPAIGN TO REALLY FUEL THE VACCINE HESITANCY INFORMATION.

THERE IS A BOOKLET THAT WE DEVELOPED FUNDED BY ANTHEM CALLED BETTER FOR IT WHICH TELLS YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT THE VACCINE, WHAT THE SCIENCE IS BEHIND THEM, WHAT ARE THE MYTHS, WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON FEARS AND SIDE EFFECT.

AND THEN WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE VACCINE?

REMEMBER, THE COVID-19 VACCINE IS OUR BEST TOOL AGAINST THE PANDEMIC AND IT SAVES LIVES.

>> Host: DOCTOR, YOU BEAT ME TO THE QUESTION SO THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN AND FOR ALL OF THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

OBVIOUSLY OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS THE ANSWERS.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

>> Host: IT'S A PLEASURE.

>> Host: ,A COMPANY THAT HAS KEPT CHICAGO SPICY FOR THE LAST SIX DECADES.

>>.

[MUSIC] >> Host: WHEN MARIA CHAPARRO STARTED HER BUSINESS, THE OWNERS WANTED TO BRING THEIR LA CRIOLLA SPICES TO A NEW GENERATION OF COOKS.

THE STORY.

>> I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO.

MY MOTHER USED TO USE LA CRIOLLA SPICES BRAND.

I FEEL THAT IT IS A LEGACY.

WE ARE BRINGING IT ONTO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

>> AS IN SO MANY CULTURES, FOR LATINOS, THE FAMILY KITCHEN IS A SACRED PLACE WHERE TRADITIONS ARE PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

SINCE 1957 WHEN A MAN CREATED LA CRIOLLA SPICES OUT OF THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR, THEY HAVE FOUND A LACE AND A HOME FOR CHICAGO'S LATINO FAMILIES.

>> WE HAD A CREATION FROM AVELINO.

THAT IS LIKE OUR MULTI-SEASONING, YOU CAN PUT IT IN EVERYTHING.

>> MARIA CHAPARRO AND JOSE CHAPARRO TOOK OVER LUCK RIO FOODS ARE THE BOUGHT THE COMPANY FROM CARMEN.

>> CARMEN WAS LOOKING FOR THE LEGACY FOR LATINO FAMILIES.

SO, WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES TO GET IT.

>> IN 2018, THEY MOVED TO A LARGER FACILITY IN SOUTH SUBURBAN.

SINCE THEN THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PLANS TO PROMOTE THEIR BRAND TO A NEW GENERATION VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

LA CRIOLLA SPICES OPERATIONS MANAGER SAID THE PANDEMIC HAS RENEWED INTEREST IN COOKING AT HOME.

>> IT HAS BEEN A RESURGENCE OF HAVING TO EXPERIENCE THE EXPERIMENT WITH YOUR COOKING AND HAVING TO REMEMBER THOSE RECIPES THAT YOUR MOM HAD MADE OR GET ON A ZOOM CALL OR GOOGLE MEETS CALL WITH THEM OR FACETIME TO SAY HEY, AM I DOING THIS CORRECTLY BACK IN MY PICKING THE RIGHT SPICES OR ADDING THE RIGHT PINCH?

BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS THE PINCH.

>> TWO GET THAT RIGHT FLAVOR TO SPARK HOME COOKING IS LA CRIOLLA SPICES'S MISSION.

>> WHEN YOU COOK AT HOME YOU WANT TO REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER COOKING WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

FOR ME IT IS CHILLY VERDE THAT MY MOM MADE.

>> EXECUTIVE CHEF ROBERTO PEREZ IS IN CHARGE OF BRINGING THE FLAVORS TO LIFE THE RECIPES AND PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> FOR ME IT MEANS THAT I AM DOING FOOD TESTING, TESTING WAS SPICES, TESTING THEM OUT, CHECKING THEM OUT IN DIFFERENT PARTICULAR RECIPES AND SEEING IF ANY ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE.

A LOT OF THE INGREDIENTS ARE INSPIRED FROM CARIBBEAN COOKING.

>> IN PART OF EXPANDING THEIR BRANDS REACH, THEY SAY THAT ANOTHER BIG MOVE FOR LA CRIOLLA SPICES IS IN THE WORKS.

>> WHAT WERE DOING FOR OUR PLANS IN THE FUTURE IS POSITIONING IT FOR AN EQUITY PROFIT CAMPAIGN WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN INVEST AND BE PART OF THE GROWTH.

>> PEOPLE KNOW THAT LA CRIOLLA IS A LOCAL BRAND IN CHICAGO.

>> AS THE CITY'S LATINO POPULATION GROWS, THEY SAY THE COMPANY IS IN A POSITION TO GROW WITH IT.

>> THE LATINO MARKET IS A MARKET THAT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR BY SOMETIME.

IT IS A SLEEPING GIANT.

IT IS A POWERFUL, THERE IS POWER IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD IN THE LATINO HOUSEHOLD.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES, THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> Host: FROM OMAR ON LA CRIOLLA CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.

WE ARE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THE SATURDAY NIGHT, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.com/ NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST ON WTTW NEWS.

THERE YOU WILL FIND DETAILS ON WHEN CHICAGO PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN EXPECT TO RETURN TO IN CLASSROOM LEARNING AND MUCH MORE.

ENJOY THIS TREATMENT TOMORROW FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES AND IN THE WAKE OF RECENT CHICAGO POLICE SHOOTINGS, SHE TALKS ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS FOR COMMUNITY HEALINGS AND HOW A LOCAL NONPROFIT IS CREATING SPACE FOR ARTISTS IN COLOR IN TELEVISION PRODUCTION.

WE SURE TO TUNE IN ON WEEKDAY MORNINGS ON 5 AND 6 A.M.

I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU.

NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES, I AM ALEX HERNANDEZ.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.