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Against his better judgment, Nathan Solis continues to write for a living and sleeps along the Gold Line with his wife and daughter.

Nathan Solis

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In South L.A., Oil Wells Owned by the Archdiocese Were Making People Sick Long Before the Coronavirus

Tina Sampay is a writer and journalist from South Central Los Angeles.

Tina Sampay

Stop Using Those Videos of Attacks on Street Vendors to Divide the Black and Brown Communities in L.A.

Gabriel Chabrán is a food writer and journalist from Highland Park. He currently lives in Long Beach with his wife Katie, their new baby, and their Russian Blue cat, Mars.

Gab Chabran

These L.A. Librarians Are Building Hundreds of Face Shields for Hospital Workers Using A 3D Printer

Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

Javier Cabral

Meet the Self-Taught Salvi ASL Interpreter…the Real MVP in the County’s Daily Press Conferences

How to Make Easy DIY Face Masks, as Explained in English and Spanish by the Latina Costume Designer From ‘Gentefied’

Alvaro Huerta, Ph.D., holds a joint faculty appointment in Urban &amp; Region Planning and Ethnic &amp; Women’s Studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He’s the author of the book, &#8220;Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities: The Xenophobic Era of Trump and Beyond.&#8221;

Alvaro Huerta

Barrio Wisdom: To Survive the Coronavirus, Americans Must Learn from Chicanos

Sam Ribakoff is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker from Long Beach, CA.

Samuel Ribakoff

Here’s a List of Coronavirus Resources Because Our Political Leaders Have Largely Failed Us

Update: More Than Four Million Free Meals Have Been Served by Lausd Since Closures, Which Is Staggering

Melissa Mora Hidalgo was born in Montebello and grew up in the L.A./O.C. borderlands of East Whittier and La Habra. She holds a Ph. D. in Literature from UC San Diego and is the author of Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress UK, 2016).

Melissa Mora Hidalgo

From Low Riding to Craft Beer: How ‘Brewjería’ Is Changing the Latino Perception of Alcohol on Whittier Boulevard

Highland Park Realtor Posts and Immediately Deletes Video Poking Fun at Gentrification