Emmy Award-winning journalist & producer Punk rock desmadrosa Purépecha-Mexican American https://stephmendez.com/https://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3m2saimpjqk2jNo Doubt's "Tragic Kingdom" turns 30 on October 10, and to celebrate, I wrote about the troublesome journey to get the album made and how the band's resilience paid off. Read my piece for @latimes.com! https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-10-09/no-doubt-tragic-kingdom-30th-anniversary-retrospective09 Oct 2025 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2saimpjqk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3m2saimpjqk2jNo Doubt's "Tragic Kingdom" turns 30 on October 10, and to celebrate, I wrote about the troublesome journey to get the album made and how the band's resilience paid off. Read my piece for @latimes.com! https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-10-09/no-doubt-tragic-kingdom-30th-anniversary-retrospective09 Oct 2025 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2saimpjqk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lvm72nrkl22rIn 1969, my grandmother went missing one day & was never heard from again. Read my story for @latimes.com about her disappearance, the trauma & the secrets I discovered after a DNA test. Thank you @fidel.bsky.social & Suzy Exposito for giving this story a home. https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2025-08-04/ancestry-dna-test-revealed-my-abuela-secret-life-essay04 Aug 2025 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvm72nrkl22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3looitad5m22uMy 35mm black & white film photography will be on display in Echo Park on May 31, come check it out! There will be other photographers exhibiting their work as well!08 May 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3looitad5m22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lmfli2wo7k22Here's another punk story for ya'll by yours truly. Read about the Agnew brothers, who were so instrumental in the creation of so many important SoCal punk bands. Adolescents are my favorite punk band of all time and it was an honor to write this! @latimes.com https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-04-09/new-documentary-shows-how-a-trio-of-brothers-were-instrumental-in-shaping-socal-punk09 Apr 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfli2wo7k22https://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lmddc6srss23Pick up a copy of today’s @latimes.com paper to read my story on the new punk exhibit at Fullerton College! You can pick up a copy at your nearest 7-11!08 Apr 2025 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmddc6srss23https://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lm5xxxxz2k23ICYMI: my @latimes.com story on the new exhibit, “Punk OC: From the Streets of Suburbia,” which runs until Aug 10 at the Fullerton Museum Center https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-04-04/punk-oc-exhibit-shows-orange-countys-major-contributions-to-punk-rock06 Apr 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm5xxxxz2k23https://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3llxcg5hjkc2zBy King Guti 👑🔥 @gustavoarellano.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2025 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3llxcg5hjkc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3ljso33vk6s27For Good Morning America, I wrote & shot a video piece about a Uvalde mass shooting survivor who was recently gifted her dream quinceañera dress. Read & watch here: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/uvalde-mass-shooting-survivor-gets-dream-quinceanera-dress-11931232007 Mar 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljso33vk6s27https://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3li5nqebpik24For Valentine's Day, I made a list of the 10 best punk rock songs about love, which you can read on SPIN! https://www.spin.com/2025/02/10-best-punk-songs-about-love-for-valentines-day/14 Feb 2025 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5nqebpik24https://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lhoy57bo322mI’m on week 2 of fostering this little shy timid rabbit named Eeyore. He was rescued in 2022 from a horrible hoarding situation & he’s been looking for his forever home since. Click the link to read more about him 🥺❤️ #AdoptDontShop #rabbits #bunnies www.larabbits.org/rabbits/eeyore https://www.larabbits.org/rabbits/eeyore08 Feb 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhoy57bo322mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lhfg77phqs2sPick up a copy of today’s @latimes.com paper & read my article on the late great punk singer, Mia Zapata of The Gits! #TheGits @subpop.bsky.social05 Feb 2025 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfg77phqs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lhc6ze2x3s2p✨Proud daughter of IMMIGRANTS✨03 Feb 2025 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhc6ze2x3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lh2u3xyfcs2mMy latest story for @latimes.com is about Mia Zapata, the Mexican American singer of The Gits who was killed in 1993. Sub Pop Records is re-releasing the album "Frenching the Bully," proving that Mia's legacy is still going strong more than 30 years after her death https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-01-31/mia-zapata-the-gits-is-still-influential-30-years-after-her-death31 Jan 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2u3xyfcs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lgzbcdvkys2zNO DOUBT JUST GOT ON STAGE AT THE FORUM31 Jan 2025 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzbcdvkys2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lfzqrsbbus2eMy latest story for ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/US/domestic-workers-los-angeles-face-financial-crisis-after/story?id=11780399318 Jan 2025 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfzqrsbbus2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lflmzj2m6k27My story for ABC News on how LA’s Latino community is mobilizing to help those impacted by the wildfires #LAStrong #Wildfires https://abcnews.go.com/US/latino-community-los-angeles-mobilizing-support-fire-victims/story?id=11758212413 Jan 2025 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lflmzj2m6k27https://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lfglzepves2fI helped work on this special for 20/20 on the #wildfires, watch on ABC at 9pm or on Hulu tomorrow11 Jan 2025 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfglzepves2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lf4325562c26My Emmy Awards finally arrived 🥹😍😭 #NewsEmmys06 Jan 2025 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf4325562c26https://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3leougbge2k2uMy piece for ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-art-exhibit-honors-victims-uvalde-mass-shooting/story?id=11722338901 Jan 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3leougbge2k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3lemqjmxefc2uMy fav projects in 2024 ⭐️ #journalism31 Dec 2024 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lemqjmxefc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephmendez.com/post/3le6idrbwcs2uIt’s a Xmas miracle 🥹 #LA26 Dec 2024 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:zxp3a564ohy63ug6miutskbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3le6idrbwcs2u