Work Samples

 

Solutions-Driven

  • Expunging cannabis-related convictions is a step toward racial equity, economic opportunity—and a bureaucratic nightmare (read more)

  • Long underfunded and lacking enforcement, Long Beach’s cannabis equity program fails to deliver results (read more)

  • Should California invest another $5.5 Billion into stem cell research? (read more)

  • Smart Cities: Civic Evolution Or Tech Dystopia? (read more) 🏆

 

Data-Driven

  • Shootings in Long Beach spiked last year. With weeks still to go, 2021 is already worse. (read more)

  • In its neighborhoods and businesses, southeast LA finds itself pounded by the pandemic (read more) 🏆

  • Elected officials count on police unions for financial support—can they still hold police accountable? (read more)

  • Cost Of Police-Related Litigation To The City of Long Beach Has Surged Since 2016 (read more)

 

Profiles

  • Catalyst CEO Elliot Lewis isn’t in the Long Beach cannabis business to make friends (read more)

  • ‘If I can do it, anyone can’: CSULB grad’s journey from addict to A-student goes viral (read more)

  • Her eccentric egg rolls turned her into royalty, now Tarella Golden is looking for a kitchen to reign (read more)

  • Friends, family mourn death of 22-year-old motorcyclist killed in North Long Beach collision (read more)

 

Assorted (NEWS) Features

  • Stuck at sea, sailors grapple with food shortages, crew fights, health issues (read more)

  • In the age of megafires, Long Beach firefighters battle blazes across the West (read more)

  • Between hope and frustration: Frontline workers experience mixed emotions as pandemic wanes (read more)

  • Side StrEATS: With venues shuttered, this Long Beach musician took to making taste buds dance instead (read more)

  • Is A New Entertainment District Blossoming In Central Long Beach? (read more) 🏆