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Events

Weekend Events: A Cypress Hill Doc, Cudahy’s Dab Lounge, Free Ice Cream and Jazz, and Sublime Covers in LBC

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

Janette Villafana

Street Vending

BREAKING: L.A. Street Vendors Victorious In Sacramento. Senate Votes In Favor of Bill That Will Modernize Food Code and Stop Criminalizing Street Vending

Vendedores Ambulantes de Los Ángeles Ganan en Sacramento. Senado Vota Para La Descriminalización de La Venta de Alimentos

News

Headlines: A$AP Rocky Arrested at LAX; Mexican Activist Rosario Ibarra Dies at 95

Francisco Avilés Pino is a Mexican writer and producer based in Los Angeles, whose work spans journalism, film, and fine art, exploring how power, identity, and culture shape immigrant and Latino/a life in America. Their work has appeared in the Museum of Contemporary Art-LA, HarperCollins, NPR, Vogue, The Nation, and The Intercept.

Francisco Aviles Pino

Politics

Karen Bass, the Homegrown L.A. Mayoral Candidate

Headlines: Kareem and Jerry West Slam HBO Series; L.A. Ordinance Restricts Single-Use Plastics

One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

Hadley Tomicki

Featured

4/20 in L.A.: 24 New Must-Try Weed Products and Where to Go Celebrate

Headlines: Takuma Burger Owner Defends Crowd From Attack In Mar Vista; A Rundown Of The Dodgers’ Walk-Up Songs

Signage

Cecil Hotel’s Historic Room Rate Sign Gets White-Washed, Angering Preservationists

Headlines: Russian Missiles Injure 4 at Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen in Kharkiv; Venice Couple Killed In Bed