Las Fotos Street Vendors: Merlin Alvarado

Merlin Alvarado displays a variety of mango, watermelon, kiwi, and other fruit on Hollywood Boulevard and Orange Drive.   (Meadows Stevens, Las Fotos Project / For De Los)

Merlin Alvarado, right, and her eldest daughter cut fruit on a busy sidewalk in Hollywood.  (Meadows Stevens, Las Fotos Project / For De Los)

Merlin Alvarado’s daughter, sitting, admires her mother at work on the sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard and Orange Drive in Hollywood.  (Meadows Stevens, Las Fotos Project / For De Los)

In addition to fruit staples like mango and watermelon, Merlin Alvarado sells other less common fruits such as kiwis, coconut and berries during the hot summer days.  (Lauren Cho, Las Fotos Project / For De Los)