El Ayuntamiento de Merced se opuso el lunes por la noche en gran medida a un punto solicitado en la agenda para debatir la ampliación de las protecciones a los inquilinos tras escuchar una amplia oposición de los miembros de la comunidad. El concejal del Distrito 6, Fue Xiong, encabezó una discusión para considerar añadir […]
Author Archives: Alma Villegas
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.
