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1 month ago | 
asianamericans.einnews.com | George B. Sánchez-Tello |CT Jones |Daniel Kreps |Diego Nicolás Arguello |Diego Nicolás Arguello
This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is co-published by Rolling Stone with permission. In a fast-food parking lot in an area that became world-famous as South Central Los Angeles, I shuffle around in the dark. What am I doing outside the Jack in the Box at the intersection of Slauson and Vermont Avenues in South Los Angeles?
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
capitalandmain.com | George B. Sánchez-Tello
Gloria Arellanes became famous for her Brown Beret portrait, but she also led a free clinic. In East Los Angeles, a new generation is working to improve diets to prevent chronic illnesses.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
capitalandmain.com | George B. Sánchez-Tello
The doctor wasn’t listening. A receptionist had accused her of making things up. The medicine in the chest patch she wore to maintain her cognition made her so nauseous that she went to the hospital. The Rev. Carolyn Habersham had a sermon to deliver at the end of that week, but her brain had been gradually deteriorating. That made the normal few hours of preparation stretch for days. Habersham said it was her week of revelation.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
capitalandmain.com | George B. Sánchez-Tello
Lisa Fukuzato looked at her class in the dance studio of Plaza de la Raza Cultural Center in Los Angeles’ Lincoln Heights. Twelve students, between the ages of 57 and 89, all have high blood pressure. Most have difficulty with balance, movement and understanding. The classes — known as Salud Pa’ Ti — are open to all seniors. Many come from outside the neighborhood. The initial goal was to provide a fitness program for elderly residents who were already familiar and comfortable with Plaza de la Raza.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
capitalandmain.com | George B. Sánchez-Tello
Gyasi Mitchell’s acceptance of therapy and support for his depression began with an invitation to a park. Mitchell, 22, was lying in bed in a youth shelter in South Los Angeles. He heard Moises Rodriguez, a counselor, in the hallway outside his room announcing that a therapeutic exercise session was going to start across the street, at the South Park Recreation Center. Mitchell went to the park and joined a pickup basketball game with others from the shelter.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
lapublicpress.org | George B. Sánchez-Tello
This is a version of an article by Capital & Main that is published here with permissionFor as long as she can remember, Kylie Amigon Mojica, 18, has enjoyed the sweet flavors of candies like Reese’s Pieces, which are easily found in Boyle Heights, her densely populated Latino neighborhood east of downtown Los Angeles. In the spring, she tasted cacao, the source of chocolate. She was surprised at its bitter taste. The cacao made her wonder what made the candies she grew up with so sweet.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
capitalandmain.com | George B. Sánchez-Tello
For as long as she can remember, Kylie Amigon Mojica, 18, has enjoyed the sweet flavors of candies like Reese’s Pieces, which are easily found in Boyle Heights, her densely populated Latino neighborhood east of downtown Los Angeles. In the spring, she tasted cacao, the source of chocolate. She was surprised at its bitter taste. The cacao made her wonder what made the candies she grew up with so sweet. “What is in it?” Amigon Mojica said she asked herself. “Is it harmful?
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
capitalandmain.com | George B. Sánchez-Tello
In September, the Rev. Carolyn Habersham began to notice things misplaced or missing around her home. Her debit and credit cards ended up in her make up box. Then her make up kit disappeared. One day she was cooking and went to get her phone. She forgot why she needed her phone. And she forgot about the food on the stove. “It traumatized me when I walked into the kitchen and there’s a pot I completely forgot about,” said Habersham.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
capitalandmain.com | George B. Sánchez-Tello
Angel de Blas, a 10-year-old entering fifth grade in the fall, said meals at home are uncertain. “Anything we can find,” he explained. Rice and beans, hot dogs wrapped in tortillas, cereal, pizza. Angel is finishing the orange that accompanied his cheese sandwich. He is eating for free at the Rowland Heights Library, a county library a little more than 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
tricityvoice.com | George B. Sánchez-Tello
For low-income Californians learning healthier eating habits, smoothies can be a way to start. That’s what doctors, researchers and patients found in Alameda County. There, as I wrote in a column earlier this month, doctors are prescribing healthy foods to people with chronic diseases. Through a pilot program called Recipe4Health, one of the lessons for patients was that blending leafy greens into a drink helps manage blood sugar.
