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    Spanish-language newsstand, a 1940s Los Angeles gem, braces for the end

    by Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, Los Angeles Times Feb 25, 2020 6 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Rafael Ramos stood at his Boyle Heights newsstand on a sunny morning. Above, a faded green awning proclaimed: ALL KINDS OF SPANISH MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS.

    Over the buzz of traffic at the corner of 1st and Soto streets, he chatted with his lone employee. Pedestrians walked past the newsstand, crossing the street toward the Metro Gold Line station. Hours could go by without a sale, so Ramos mostly waited.

    Margarita Chipres walked up and thumbed through a copy of TV Notas, a gossip magazine about Latino celebrities. The 75-year-old likes to know the world's chisme, she said. But even if she was one of Ramos' regulars, she wasn't going to spend a dime.

    "They don't want to give me a magazine," Chipres said, feigning disappointment before strolling away.

    "These are my clients. Puros quinceaneros," Ramos joked with bemused resignation. Just young folks.

    The 71-year-old Highland Park resident has

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