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Featured

Headlines: Cartel Shootouts Menace Nuevo Laredo; A Study of “Foo Optimism”

Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief 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

Culture

Someone Took Live Banda, Tacos, and Lowriders to Celebrate a Loved One Who Is Locked Up at DTLA’s Detention Center

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

Crime

Newly Installed Cameras Put a Stop to Cargo Train Thefts in Northeast L.A.

News

Headlines: Ashli Babbit’s Brother Charged With San Diego Hate Crime; South Bay Starbucks Staffers Eye Unionizing

History

L.A.’s Old Air Raid Sirens Won’t Do Much In Case of An Attack, But Are Still Treasured By ‘Siren Hunters’

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

Tacos

Brace Yourselves: Taco Trucks and Street Food Vendors Are Raising Prices, Citing Fuel Costs

Headlines: Man Stabbed 10 Times in Chinatown; Super Nintendo World Coming to Universal Studios

Los Angeles

L.A. Makes Moves to Remove Vaccine Requirement at Bars and Restaurants

Events

Weekend Events: All-You-Can-Eat Tacos, The Dickies Live, and Locatora Radio’s 5-Year Anniversary

Johnny Roque

People

Taco About Laughter: Four Emerging Latino Comedians Share Their Favorite Taquerías in L.A.