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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LA City officials appear to have heard the please of street vending advocates who have been warning for weeks neither the authorities or the vendors seem ready for the new rules that go into effect Jan. 1. -
Claremont United Methodist Church's Christmas nativity is meant to be a commentary on immigrant family separations.
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It took years of debate before L.A.'s City Council passed the new law. Now a motion seeks to tighten street vendor permit enforcement just weeks before it starts.
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California has banned new for-profit immigrant detention centers. L.A. has opposed new child migrant shelters. The Trump administration is still trying to open both here.
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Parents in a tight-knit Downey school community were outraged when their children came home with an assignment that they saw as an example of "old school prejudice and racism."
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The fate of some 700,000 young immigrants hangs in the balance as the high court considers whether the Trump administration may end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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Proposition 187 won the vote in 1994. But the reaction to it was a victory for Latinos and progressives in California.
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Sending a beautiful bouquet of flowers to someone in an immigrant detention center is nearly impossible, unless you use your imagination.
