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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

Los Angeles

Headlines: LAPD Officer Charged With Distributing Explicit Images of His Wife: ‘My Own Husband Is a Predator’

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History

Historic South-Central: Nine Things You Didn’t Know About the Neighborhood’s History

Featured

Update: Staff At Mexican Restaurant In Echo Park Accused of Telling Two Men Kissing ‘You Guys Can’t Do That Here’

Emily Holshouser is a local reporter covering mainly education, utilities, and public safety. She graduated from Cal State Northridge in 2021.

Emily Holshouser

Education

Mother of High School Girl Who Overdosed Files Potential Landmark Lawsuit Against LAUSD

Headlines: L.A. County Sheriff Allegedly Had Sex on Duty At Men’s Central Jail Parking Lot

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Pro-Kevin de León Group Confronts BLM At Recent City Council Meeting Shouting ‘All Lives Matter’

Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

Javier Cabral

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News

Headlines: L.A.’s ‘Patron Saint of the 110 Freeway’ Is Retiring After 37 Years In the L.A. Chamber Orchestra

Memo Torres is the Director of Engagement and multimedia journalist for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco. He is also the host of the Daily Memo and writes for Apple Maps’ ‘Where Memo Torres Eats in L.A.’ You can see him on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles and Pressure Cooker.  You can hear him on KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ occasionally. He was a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino journalists and a former third-generation landscaper.

Memo Torres

The Seven Best Tacos in Historic South-Central

Headlines: Attorney for LAPD Officer Killed By Colleague During Training In Elysian Park Says ‘It Smacks of a Cover Up’

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