Mayor on road to Mexico

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today begins a four-day trip to Mexico, where he will lead a delegation of artists to the 2009 Guadalajara International Book Fair. Daily News.

Thanks to a $2.1 million grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, more than 450 local authors, artists and filmmakers will display their work and perform at the festival, which runs for more than a week.

Villargaigosa will be the guest of honor at the festival.