Tale of woe sends sweet roll vendor to the street corner



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Columbus Lopez and his mother started selling Mexican sweet rolls and coffee off the corner of Vermont Avenue after a run-in with the police destroyed his original livelihood.

Listen to his story:

‘The State of Vermont’ explores the businesses, restaurants and activities on Vermont Avenue. A collection of audio slideshows, the series was produced by the Visual Journalism class at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.