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Jared Cowan writes and podcasts about L.A. filming locations. He also works as a photographer and camera operator.

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

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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The Taco Oscars: The 15 Best Appearances By a Taco or Tortilla In a Feature Film

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Photographing the Schools of ‘Stand and Deliver’ 35 Years Later

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.

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The Friday Photo Essay: Capturing Historic-Filipinotown Culture On a Film Camera

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Revisiting ‘Born in East L.A.’ Film Locations 35 Years Later With Cheech Marin

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How a Van Nuys Warehouse Became Part of the Star Wars Galaxy

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Revisiting American Me and Its Boyle Heights Apartment Building 30 Years Later

Elmer Argueta is born and raised in Huntington Park with Salvadoran and Guatemalan roots. You can find him in La Pacific or the Foos Gone Wild comment section.

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Elmer Argueta

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Hometown Hero Made a Film Inspired By Airplane Dumping Fuel Over Children In SELA, and Now Its Premiering at Sundance

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Revisiting the Infamous ‘Uneeda’ Lincoln Heights Building From the ‘The Return of the Living Dead,’ 37 Years Later

Kiko Martinez is a film and TV journalist from San Antonio, Texas. He&#8217;s a member of several film critic groups, including the Critics Choice Association and Hollywood Film Critics Association.

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