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Jared Cowan is a photographer who also writes and podcasts extensively about L.A. filming locations. He is the co-founder of My Valley Pass, through which he leads film tours of the San Fernando Valley and Pasadena. Jared is also the co-editor of the recent book &#8220;World Film Locations: Los Angeles Volume 2&#8221; and the editor of the upcoming &#8220;World Film Locations: Philadelphia.&#8221;

Jared Cowan

Film

How a Van Nuys Warehouse Became Part of the Star Wars Galaxy

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News

Headlines: Dave Chappelle Attacked At Hollywood Bowl; Planned Parenthood Seeks Rick Caruso’s Apology

One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

Hadley Tomicki

Video

Watch ‘Dead City Punx’ Teach Us How to Reverse An Opioid Overdose With NARCAN (Video)

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

Janette Villafana

People

This Immigrant Mom From Jalisco Inspired Her Youngest of Seven to Turn Their Old Banquet Hall Into a Fashion Boutique

Headlines: Hop Woo Chef “Lupe” Yening Liang Dies; “Illegal” Postmates Ads Cover Hotel Cecil

Lexis-Olivier Ray is an award-winning staff investigative reporter for L.A. TACO known for holding powerful people in Los Angeles accountable and his reporting on Los Angeles culture. As well as an artist and filmmaker. In 2022, the Society of Professional Journalists&#8217; Los Angeles chapter named Ray one of their &#8220;distinguished journalists.&#8221; In 2023, Ray won a second place Anthem Award in their Health Innovation category for a texting service geared towards the unhoused community and service providers that he launched in 2021 with L.A. TACO and Subtext. Ray was a 2020 USC Center For Health Journalism (CHJ) Data Fellow. As well as a 2022 CHJ Impact Fellow. As a freelancer, Ray has contributed to the L.A. Times, Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, KCET and SFGATE.

Lexis-Olivier Ray

Featured

There Were Wedding Proposals and L.A. Dodgers Present at The Annual Cinco De Mayo Lowrider Cruise in Elysian Park

Crime

Shooting Death at Tarzana Dispensary Above Synagogue Shocks Congregants Below

Headlines: Protestors Forcibly Removed From L.A. Mayoral Debate; Kershaw Breaks Dodgers Strikeout Record

Serving Escargot Pupusas in East L.A., Local Chef Seeks To Free L.A. Minds

‘Knowledge is Power’ Southeast L.A. Students Empower and Fight For Environmental Justice in Their Comunidades

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