Selected Writing
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The Midnight Hour is Much More Than a Record Store
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
January 7, 2026How the GR818ERS Invested in Youth Programming to Save Sheldon Skate Park
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
June 4, 2025The Beloved Cassell’s Music is Closing After Decades of Serving the Northeast Valley
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
May 28, 2025Lady of the Valley Mural in Arleta is Restored
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
March 6, 2024Lowriders Legally Cruise into the New Year
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
January 3, 2024GR818ERS Bring Internationally Recognized Street Dancers Back to the 818
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
November 22, 2023Jewish Punk Band Plays in San Fernando Raising Funds for Gaza
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
November 15, 2023Cruising is No Longer a Crime – Newsom Signs Bill to Legalize Lowriders
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
October 18, 2023 -
California Could Be the First State to Ban Quartz Countertops
Capital & Main
May 6, 2026As Worker Silicosis Deaths Mount, GOP Moves to Shield Companies From Liability
Capital & Main
April 13, 2026‘My Lungs Had Nothing Left.’ Inside The Epidemic Killing Countertop Stonecutters.
Capital & Main
March 13, 2026Young Latino Stone Fabrication Workers in the Northeast Valley are Battling Silicosis
Many are also fighting for their workers’ compensation benefits
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
April 30, 2025Latino Workers’ Lives are Being Cut in Half in the Northeast Valley
Is banning engineered stone the only solution to the silicosis epidemic?
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
April 9, 2025
The Cost of Your Countertops: Stone Fabrication Workers Dying from Silicosis
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
April 2, 2025Those Who Pay the True Cost of Child Care
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
May 15, 2024The Invisible Economy
Bay News Rising
September 16, 2022 -
In Van Nuys, a Convivio Brings Community Together in Support of Day Laborers Affected by ICE Raids
San Fernando Sun/el Sol
November 5, 2025Reseda High School Senior Detained by ICE While Walking His Dog in Van Nuys
Educators and activists rally for LAUSD to take action to gain his release
San Fernando Sun/el Sol
August 20, 2025Immigration Enforcement Violates TRO and Targets Two San Fernando Valley Home Depots
San Fernando Sun/el Sol
August 13, 2025SFV Residents Help Their Undocumented Neighbors One Grocery Trip at a Time
San Fernando Sun/el Sol
July 2, 2025Pacoima Tamales Vendor Suffers a Heart Attack During ICE Raid
San Fernando Sun/el Sol
June 25, 2025A Family Strives for Normalcy Amid the Uncertainty of Immigration Raids
San Fernando Sun/el Sol
June 18, 2025San Fernando City Council Votes No on ‘Sanctuary City’ Designation
Going against overwhelming community support for the distinction
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
April 9, 2025Valley Students Walkout to Protest Immigration Policies
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
March 5, 2025 -
Community Demands Justice for Trans Woman Fatally Shot by LAPD
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
March 26, 2025Somos Familia Valle Opens First LGBTQ+ Center in the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
June 12, 2024A New Generation Pushes for a More Inclusive City
Support for Drag Queen Storytime Surpasses Opposition
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
November 9, 2023Did SFPD Fail to Protect The Rights of Pickle the Drag Queen?
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
November 1, 2023Right-Wing Protestors Prevent Drag Queen Storytime at San Fernando Public Library
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
October 25, 2023 -
With Flames at Their Doorstep, All Saints Church Fosters Unity
Despite increasing national polarization, the Episcopal Church provides a sanctuary diocese
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
January 29, 2025Civil Rights Leaders Demand Justice for Altadena’s Black Families
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
February 12, 2025
Residents Mourn the Loss of ‘Beautiful Altadena’ and Turn Toward Rebuilding
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
January 15, 2025Facility Converting Wastewater into Drinking Water is Coming to the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
November 27, 2024Music Teacher Reinstated After Student Protest at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
Spanish teacher is still replaced with plans for online instruction
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
September 25, 2024Northrop Grumman Accused of Concealing Toxic Contamination from San Fernando Valley Residents
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
July 31, 2024The Right-Wing Agenda Reveals Itself in the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol
February 29, 2024Major West Oakland housing development remains in limbo
Co-published by Oaklandside and Oakland North
December 13, 2021