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Koreatown

Koreatown: Ten Things You May Not Know About The Neighborhood’s History

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

Featured

The Tiniest Tamales in the World are Found in the Streets of Los Angeles

Headlines: Houseless Person In Sherman Oaks Killed After Being Run Over By An L.A. Sanitation Truck

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

Tacos

The Seven Fanciest, Most Baller Tacos In Los Angeles

Holbox's Taco de Pulpo. Photo by Memo Torres for L.A. TACO.

News

Headlines: Seven L.A. Chefs Nominated As James Beard Award Semifinalists

Vladimir De Jesus Santos is a Salvadoran-American “rocker foo” from Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA. He’s worked as a Cinematographer/Editor for the past decade, focusing on documentaries, short horror films, low budget music videos, and in 2019, he started his own podcast, “Ey, Foo You A Rocker?” which discusses the intersection between race and identity around extreme music in the hood. He’s interested in writing about culture, transnational politics, and his local taco spot.

Vladimir De Jesus Santos

The Ten Best Tacos In Koreatown

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

Headlines: Should LAPD Have Robot Dogs? L.A. Public Safety Committee to Vote Today

Headlines: Boyle Heights’ Activists Pile Garbage at City Hall to Make Local Politicians Act on Neighborhood’s Trash Problem

Update: It Took 5 Hours For Police to Warn The Public That Monterey Park Shooter Was Still On The Loose,  AP Reports

First and foremost, I&#8217;d like to thank you for considering my story. I truly am very proud of this one and am thrilled to hear you like it too. Attached is the word doc along with the images.

Nancy Cruz

Street Vending

‘We Are Not Born Rich:’ Six Street Vendors to Support in Boyle Heights

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