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Aaricka Washington, LAist

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Aaricka Washington is host of the How To L.A. Newsletter for LAist and has also written for The New York Times, PBS NewsHour, Time Magazine and several other news publications.

Aaricka Washington in an olive green shirt in front of green plants smiling at the camera.
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