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Food

Spot Check: Basturma Breakfast Burritos, Iberian Bikinis, and Ostrich Burgers For Jonathan Gold’s Birthday

Tina Vasquez is a journalist who covers immigration, reproductive injustice, food, labor, and culture. She is the editor-at-large at Prism, and she splits her time between Downey, CA and Winston Salem, NC.

Tina Vasquez

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Featured

This Downey Pizza Parlor Is a Time Machine That Takes You Back to 1964

Sam Ribakoff is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker from Long Beach, CA.

Samuel Ribakoff

Politics

Insomniac Voter Guide: In Long Beach, a Mayoral Candidate For Free Public Transit and Another Who Helped Build Their First Homeless Shelter

The L.A. TACO Voter Guide: A ‘Progressive Sheriff’ Candidate and  a ‘People’s Judge’

L.A. TACO STAFF

News

Headlines: Two Shot at Marina Del Rey Restaurant; $50 Burrito Sold at Davos

Editor 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

Obituary

Beloved Long Beach Chef Arthur Gonzalez, Behind Panxa Cocina, Hideaway, and Roe, Has Died

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; This year, 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

Real Estate Con Artist Cheats $6 Million Out Of Hundreds Of Victims Through Fake Open House Scheme

Melissa Mora Hidalgo was born in Montebello and grew up in the L.A./O.C. borderlands of East Whittier and La Habra. She holds a Ph. D. in Literature from UC San Diego and is the author of Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress UK, 2016).

Melissa Mora Hidalgo

Uptown Provisions, the Mom and Pop Food Shop of Whittier’s Dreams, Is Opening September 14

Lilian Gonzalez is a multimedia journalist and entertainment reporter based in Los Angeles, CA. She is also a dancer, choreographer, and actress whose work focuses on the arts and entertainment

Lilian Gonzalez

Tacos

Meet the Hardworking Family From Michoacán Behind One of the Valley’s Best Birria Trucks

Dee De La Cruz was born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, but she has lived all over Southern California. When she&#8217;s not writing words, she&#8217;s the host of the podcast &#8220;Viewz with Dee De La Cruz.

Dee De La Cruz

How Getting Priced Out of L.A. Made Me Love the Inland Empire More Than I Ever Thought I Could

Cerritos