A new bilingual show, "Nuestra Voz Today," hosted by Luis Cruz and Paola Hernández-Jiao, will launch this weekend on Spectrum News 1. The innovative program will reflect and cover the diverse and growing Latino population of Southern California.

This week's episode takes us back to 40 years ago when tensions between the United States and Mexico were running high around the issues of immigration. Then, President Ronald Reagan invited a young Mexican baseball player named Fernando Valenzuela to the White House.

"He became the best ambassador that Mexico ever had," Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame Broadcaster Jamie Jarrín said.

LA Times Columnist Gustavo Arrellano explores the Fernando Factor.

Friendship Park along the Southern California border is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Then-First Lady Pat Nixon founded the park as a symbol of friendship between the U.S. and Mexico. Reporter Alexandra Mendoza shares the history and why it is such an important location for families living on opposite sides of the border.

Across the U.S., dozens of charrerías, or Mexican equestrian competitions, bring communities together in a display of culture, skill and courage. In San Diego, a group of charros is working hard to preserve this tradition.

San Diego Union-Tribune writer Andrea Lopez-Villafaña gives us an inside look at Mexico's cowboy history.

See these stories and more on "Nuestra Voz Today" hosted by Luis Cruz and Paola Hernández-Jiao exclusively on Spectrum News 1 and the Spectrum News app. To watch the full episode on the app, click the arrow above. The show also airs at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Sunday on Spectrum News 1.