Erick Galindo
Erick Galindo is former LAist staff member. He is a five-time Telly Award-winning writer, director and producer known for The Mexican Beverly Hills; A Laker Life; On Life As A Freckle-Faced, Redheaded, Mexican American From Southeast Los Angeles; and Mis Angeles. Erick regularly writes about culture for LAist, NPR station LAist 89.3 (formerly KPCC) and The New York Times, and was the first managing editor of L.A. Taco, where his work won a James Beard Foundation award. His narrative directorial debut The Bubble Machine premiered at the Golden State Film Festival and was a semifinalist for the jellyFest award. His co-written pilot Hot in Carson was a finalist for the Black List's inaugural Latinx TV List and his audio documentary Early was a finalist for KCRW's Radio Race. In 2020, his dark comedy script Legends was selected for the NHMC Latinx Screenwriters Showcase.
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These mom-and-pop shops have play a key role keeping their shelves stocked and people fed. -
What's happening to L.A.'s service industry right now is terrible but necessary. What's going to happen to the street vendors will likely be worse.
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It's just hard to worry about stuff you have very little control over when you're under constant pressure to pay the bills, avoid bad situations and overcome institutional obstacles like racism and sexism.
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One more time, Kobe Bryant has united L.A. and even in death given us something to root for: our collective healing.
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One vendor said said none of the shops in Plaza Mexico were ready for the demand for Kobe Bryant gear. People were coming in sad, she said, "because they said the wife is Mexican."
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Listen to our immigrant communities reporter and L.A.-native Erick Galindo explain what Kobe Bryant meant to him and why the death of the Lakers legend at…
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Kobe Bryant gave us something special even when we had nothing else to cheer for in our lives.
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A day labor center in L.A.'s Westlake neighborhood is under pressure to vacate its long-time headquarters.
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At its most basic, café de olla is an old timey way of making instant coffee. It's also a ritual that nourishes the soul.
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As of Jan. 1, every L.A. street vendor of tacos, pupusas, hot chicken sandwiches, even clothes, or anything really, will have to buy a permit or eventually face fines.
