Erick Galindo

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.

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.

One more time, Kobe Bryant has united L.A. and even in death given us something to root for: our collective healing.

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."

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…

Kobe Bryant gave us something special even when we had nothing else to cheer for in our lives.

A day labor center in L.A.'s Westlake neighborhood is under pressure to vacate its long-time headquarters.

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.

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.

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.

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.