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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

Crime

He Checked Into a UCLA Hospital While Suffering From a Mental Illness, and a Sheriff Shot at Him Nine Times While Trying To Use the Restroom

Cesar Hernandez is Lynwood&#8217;s second best export behind Weird Al, and a writer and podcaster. Illustration by Tommy Gallegos.

Cesar Hernandez

Featured

Tea Raspados and Mexico’s Finest Coffees Can Be Found at This New Mexican American-Owned Cafe in the Piñata District

Natalie Kamajian is an Armenian dancer and teacher based in Los Angeles. She specializes in ազգագրական պարեր or azgagrakan dances, which are indigenous, communal dance practices of the Armenian people. She is also a Ph.D. student in Culture and Performance and a Teaching Associate at UCLA’s World Arts &amp; Cultures Department, where she researches and writes about Armenian dance and their intersections with historical, political, and cultural realities.

Natalie Kamajian

An L.A. Armenian’s Perspective on Why You Should Care About What’s Happening in Artsakh

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

News

After Burning Down, West L.A.’s OG Chili Burger Shop Is Back Open

Weed

Blacks and Latinos Still Account For Over 75 Percent Of Cannabis Arrests in L.A.

Noe Antonio Adame is a digital media obsessive that spends too much time watching shitty movies, wrangling his kids, and listening to 90s Pop Punk.

Noe Adame

From SFV to Silver Lake, ‘Chuy’s Pretzels’ Is Highlighting Germany’s Influence in Mexican Culture One Chewy ‘Brezel’ at a Time

Juliana Clark

Community

‘To Sheriff Villanueva:’ Black and Brown Parents Share Experiences of Fear and Trauma on Behalf of their Children

Patric Kuh used to write for Los Angeles Magazine and currently works as a restaurant manager in the South Bay.

Patric Kuh

Tacos

Jet Fuel and Carnitas: The Taco Trucks That Feed LAX’s Workers Face an Uncertain Future

I document Los Angeles. I walk the streets religiously trying to expose every alley, avenue, and crack the sidewalks have to offer.

Kemal Cilengir

Politics

Lakers, Dodgers and Joe Biden: How L.A., City of Champions, Threw a Massive ‘F*ck Donald Trump’ Party

Multimedia journalist covering everything under the sun. 562 born and raised. News editor for Talon Marks.

Daniel Suarez

Meet the Young Street Vendors Feeding Protesters to Help Feed Their Families

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