For the past 16 years, Mauro Rios Parra has sold fruit bars and ice cream on the streets of Pico-Union, one of L.A.'s densest cities and among the hardest hit by the coronavirus.
. Bacon-wrapped hot dogs, mulitas, freshly sliced fruits,are just a few of the tasty delights they sell. But valuable and ubiquitous as they are, street vendors like Rios are also one of the most vulnerable populations in the food community. They are subject to harassment, and many are living in the country illegally. COVID-19 has added another stressor to their livelihoods.,” manager Norma Barahona prompts the men wheeling the ice box into the humble, musty warehouse.
For the next seven hours, Rios will walk more than seven miles up hills, across streets and past empty schools satisfying the sweet tooth of L.A.'s sweaty masses. The jingle of his bells marks his path.**at a brewery in Oaxaca, Mexico, pocketing very little money. He struggled to support his wife and three children.“I’m going to leave so that you can have a better life,” Rios told his children before heading north in search of a job that would pay more. “Study as much as possible.
He was locked up in a detention center for a month before being deported. Two years later, he trudged across the border again and arrived in Los Angeles.“I took the risk a second time out of necessity,” Rios said. Despite working seven days a week in Mexico, there was never enough money. Rios then rolls his cart half a mile to the Normandie Recreation Center. A young couple sip coffee at a picnic table. People play basketball on the court. A man does pushups nearby while another kicks a soccer ball into a fence. Children chase each other in a recently opened playground. Two elderly women keep watch.He jingles his bells. No one approaches.
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