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Alma Villegas is a bilingual journalist from Los Angeles, covering English and Spanish community news stories across California.

Villegas' work has been published on Golden Gate Xpress, El Tecolote, CALÓ News and the Merced Sun-Star. In 2017, they launched the project Sur Central Times, a bilingual community news blog about South Central Los Angeles.

Villegas studied journalism at San Francisco State University and believes that community news empowers marginalized communities. Their work is supported through the California Local News Fellowship program.

As a transplant to Merced, Villegas is committed to accurately and fairly representing the voices of Central Valley residents by reporting on the agencies that govern them, the issues that impact them and the stories that celebrate them.

Send Alma Villegas your news tips and story ideas at avillegas@cvlocaljournalism.org.

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Los residentes de este complejo de apartamentos de Merced se están uniendo para preservar la vivienda asequible.

by Alma Villegas

Samantha Johnson estaba sentada en un banco del patio de su complejo de apartamentos en una fresca tarde de octubre, y apoyaba su pesada mochila sobre las rodillas.. Abrió la cremallera de la bolsa y sacó carpetas de todos los documentos que ha guardado desde 2015 cuando firmó su contrato de arrendamiento en Merced Gardens […]

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