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In South Central, a Swap Meet Faces an Uncertain Future and Stirs Up Conversations About Immigrant-Owned Small Businesses and Space

I am a first-generation Oaxa-Californian raised in Venice Beach. Bike powered and car-free, I am an activist that will take you up on a ride.

Areli Morales

Filberto ‘Beto’ Gonzalez, a Zapoteco in L.A., Loved Providing For His Family and Playing ‘El Basket’

&#8216;m an r&amp;b singer with bad credit ;) I like fried food and I will absolutely show up to your zine release.

Tolliver Alderman

A Black-Owned Business Boom is Brewing in DTLA Amid Protests and Pandemic, but Will It Last?

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

Tina Sampay

L.A. Loses Yet Another Black-Owned Business. Bernard Burgers Closes Its Doors After 52 Years in South Central

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

L.A.’s First Legal Liquor Store on Wheels Will Be Selling Booze on the Streets Starting Next Week

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

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

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

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

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