In L.A., thousands of newer apartments have rent caps. Tenants don't always know. latimes.com/california/sto…

Thanks to Steve and the Los Angeles Times crew, R.B. Brenner, and Stanford Journalism for giving me the chance to tell a story that's been brewing for quite some time. I am so, so grateful

How L.A. Chess Club is giving nerd culture a Gen Z makeover latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…

Essential reporting on the ways online commerce and brick and mortar business affect each other

“Rather than go to Target and wait, I’ll just give Daddy Bezos my hard-earned cash.”

As big chains lock more merchandise — condoms, crayons, Claritin, even callus cream — behind security glass, customers increasingly turn to online retailers.

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Taking a break with my colleagues. We deserve a fair contract. It's been a long 596 days. L.A. Times Guild 🦅 forever ✊🏽

Just had to drop a call with a source on a pretty big story because our managers don't seem to care when we get a contract done. Out to lunch in solidarity L.A. Times Guild 🦅

Last weekend I toured the only goat dairy farm in the Inland Empire with the owner who recently had a dozen goats stolen. Dan Drake is addicted to goats and knows all of his 500 animals by name.

'I’m like a cat lady, that’s me, but I have goats.'
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Interesting story that digs into the clash of work cultures at TSMC Arizona and the human reasons behind differences in labor productivity between countries. Deep down in the story there are Taiwanese TSMC engineers inquiring about jobs at Intel.

NYU and Columbia both use their history of student radicalism as branding exercises to market themselves to the very students they are now unleashing the cops on. Selling themselves as Social Justice University and bragging about their “radical history” is part of their PR. 3/

For the Los Angeles Times, I talked to Melissa Barrera about starring in ‘Abigail,’ her support for Palestine, what it was like being dropped from the Scream franchise, and being a Latina in Hollywood latimes.com/delos/story/20…

In car-centric L.A., thousands of new apartments are getting built with zero on-site parking.

Housing advocates say it brings down construction costs and lowers rents. Neighbors worry street parking will turn into a bloodsport.

My latest LAist story: laist.com/news/housing-h…

For CNN Opinion, I wrote about why I’d rather raise my kid in Taiwan than in the United States edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/opi…

Meet the homeless L.A. immigrants who built their own home in gentrifying Highland Park
⁦Nathan Solis⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

I smiled when I saw Frank Shyong article and Marcus Yam 文火 photo in this morning’s Houston Chronicle especially when the story focuses on a restaurant around the corner from where I lived for nine years in LA

The Festival of Books is this weekend. Authors and attendees, here's how you can help Los Angeles Times journalists who have been working for a year and a half without a contract:

- Sign the petition
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.L.A. Times Guild 🦅 members have gone 18 months without a contract, and our managers are nowhere close to a deal. If you're a writer, reader, author, please consider signing this petition. Show our bosses what a vibrant L.A. Times means to you. actionnetwork.org/petitions/supp…