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Headlines: Former Houston Astro Evan Gattis Admits Team Cheated Against Dodgers On Twitter

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

Food

Spot Check! Chinese Soul Food, A New Taco Omakase, Wagyu Sloppy Joes, and  Street Boba Teas Made From Scratch

chiles secos photo via Grand Central Market.

News

Headlines: Chiles Secos Stand Closes After 48 Years at Grand Central Market

Capital & Main

Photo by Theerawan Bangpran/Capital & Main.

Drink

Here’s the Sticky, Sweet Truth About the Alarming Sugar Levels In Your Boba Tea Habit

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

Looking Back at Five L.A. Film Locations from Dennis Hopper’s ‘Colors,’ 35 Years Later

In A Show Of Force, LASD Lands Helicopter In Middle Of La Brea

Headlines: Iconic Eagle Rock Taco Shop Becoming a Cannabis Dispensary, Keeping Taco Sign

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

L.A. Metro Turns Down Classical Music At Westlake Station After Complaints

History

Who Was Abbot Kinney? And More Forgotten History of Venice, California

an officer in riot gear holds a less-lethal rifle

Headlines: City of L.A. Sues Knock L.A. Reporter Over Legally Acquired Public L.A.P.D. Records

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