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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.”

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Street Vending

SELA’S Patata Street and NELA’S Avenue 26 Street Vendors Team Up After Bell Shuts Down Its Growing Night Market, Citing ‘Risk to Homeless Shelter’ Nearby Among Concerns

Street Vendors Near Ave. 26 in Northeast Los Angeles

Despite Public Pressure and Two Meetings with Cedillo, Displaced Ave 26 Street Vendors Still Have No Answers

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Over 100 Latino Street Vendors Left in Uncertainty After NELA Councilmember Cedillo Shuts Down Avenue 26 Night Market Without Notice

Rich Manning is a freelance writer who lives in Fountain Valley, CA with his wife and two daughters, and is likely eating a burrito as you read this.

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Food

More Than Your Favorite Peruvian Dish: Exploring the Dark History of Lomo Saltado’s Cross-Cultural Roots

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

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The L.A. Taco Guide to Japanese Curry and Where to Find the Best in Los Angeles

Aahoo is a literary journalist and MFA candidate at Antioch University, Los Angeles. She knows pi up to 30 digits and begins playing Christmas music in September.

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In Memoriam of Indian Buffets

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.

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Tacos

Meet Chendo of Balam: Lynwood’s Experimental Taqueria That Doubles as a Designer T-Shirt Shop

Gabriel Chabrán is a food writer and journalist from Highland Park. He currently lives in Long Beach with his wife Katie, their new baby, and their Russian Blue cat, Mars.

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Filipino, Brazilian, Thai, Indian & Hawaiian ~ Try These Regional-Style Pizzas in Long Beach, Harbor Area

Erick Galindo is a contributing Editor to L.A. TACO. He writes the Mis Ángeles column for LAist/KPCC and has written essays on food and culture for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

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Ex-Mexican Mafia Leader Rene ‘Boxer’ Enriquez Denied Release by Governor Newsom

Steph was born and raised in Southern California. She has covered the cities of Lynwood and South Gate and currently writes about diversity and immigration in Long Beach.

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South Gate Community Fights Proposal for Housing Homeless Veterans on Downey Border

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