J.T. the L.A. Storyteller

Once again more time has passed since my last write-up for the website than I could ever anticipate, but here we are in the middle of summer and the time feels so resonant it’s sort of surreal. For all its faults, the World Cup took over weekends in Los Angeles in a way no one could have suspected; on the bus on my way to the Mexico vs England game, my pals and I met a stream...

100 people, 100 plates of food and drinks. Live music, and at least four special honorees. The goal?? To raise no less than $10,000 through our program. It’s fair to ask if this can even be done, because it’s actually never been done in East Hollywood specifically for immigrant communities here in such a way. Then again, neither had a handful of volunteers– or children of imm...