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<p>Astrid is a Salvadoran-American poet and writer based in Los Angeles.</p>


Astrid

Tacos

Eat This Black-Owned Vegan Taco to Help Build South Central’s First Organic Grocery Store

<p><span class="OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">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.”</span></p>


Janette Villafana

Don Max the beloved Pacoima ice cream vendor setting up post at Humphrey Park on Saturday May 9, 2021.

Street Vending

On a 12-Hour Day, This 73-Year-Old Pacoima Paletero Made $20. Then a Barber Stepped up To Help

<p>Heri grew up in the High Desert but spent most of the last decade as a SoCal nomad before ending up in Whittier. A multi-disciplined writer, Heri strives to use his words to encourage thought and change.</p>


Heriberto Rodriguez

He Was Out of Work and About To Be a Father, so He Ran a Barber ‘Speakeasy’ During the Pandemic To Get By

<p>Christer Maxine Schmidt is a writer and musician from Thousand Oaks, California. She is currently a writer on The Echo newspaper published at California Lutheran University.</p>


Christer Maxine Schmidt

Few Gay Bars Left in L.A. Face Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Debt As City Prepares to Re-Open

Sean Maung

Featured

Photo Essay: The People and Murals of L.A.’s Little Bangladesh

<p>Frank John Tristan is a freelance journalist in Southern California covering everything from street culture to neo-Nazis.</p>


Frank John Tristan

An Undocumented Guatemalan Single Mother Fed L.A.’s Queer Community for Years, Now They’ve Come Together to Feed Her

<p>Lisa Kwon is a writer born, raised, and currently living in Koreatown. She will talk your ear off about Korean coffee culture and the dreadful effects of Los Angeles’ palm tree fetishism.</p>


Lisa Kwon

Opinion

Why Is Koreatown Parking So Bad?

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Myriam Gurba

How a Brown Preacher and His Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group Is Re-invigorating a Legacy of Bigotry in the San Gabriel Valley