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<p>Cesar Hernandez is Lynwood&#8217;s second best export behind Weird Al, and a writer and podcaster. Illustration by Tommy Gallegos.</p>


Cesar Hernandez

News

An Algorithm May Decide If You Can Be Out on Bail ~ the End of California’s Cash Bail System

<p>Erick Galindo is an award-winning writer, director, and journalist from Southeast L.A. His work spans TV, film, podcasts, and essays that explore the intersection of identity, culture, and chaos in Los Angeles.</p>


Erick Galindo

Featured

New LAPD Chief Received a $1.27 Million Retirement Payout Before Being Rehired

Crime

Taco Truck Robbery Video Shows Brazen Pistol Whipping; Police Searching For Suspects

With Seizure and a Suicide, Redevelopment Struggle Takes Ugly Turns at Ports O’Call

Death of a Godfather: Peter ‘Sana’ Ojeda Reshaped the Mexican Mafia and Paved the Way for SoCal’s Gentrification

Two ‘Intoxicated’ Guys Take an Echo Park Paddle-Boat For a Late-Night Ride; Boat Capsizes, 1 Dead [Updated]

Media

Judge Orders L.A. Times to Delete Info on Glendale Detective’s Ties to Mexican and Armenian Mafia ~ Unconstitutional? [Updated]

Woman Arrested in Grandpa Assault in South L.A. ~ Internet Raises $250K+ Fund

Fundraiser For 92-Year-Old Man Beaten in Los Angeles Duplicates Its Goal By Twelve [Updated]

‘Ghost Guns’ ~ L.A. Gangs Are Making Their Own Untraceable Firearms