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Wilmington: Six Things You May Not Know About The Neighborhood’s History

Torrance

Headlines: The Alpine Village Swap Meet May Finally Be Closing This Weekend

Downey raised, Long Beach livin&#8217;. You can usually find her on the dance floor, at a show, or out and about sippin&#8217; on cafecito. She has a degree in civil engineering and occasionally writes stuff.

Roxanne Keller

13 Places to Play Pinball and Maybe Even Join a League in L.A., O.C., and Riverside

News

Headlines: Gang Violence Closes Compton Youth Academy

May it be via Beer, Cocktails or Print, I am a story teller. Also, I like Punk Rock, Cumbia, y Tacos.

Julio Gutierrez

Neighborhood Food Guide: The 15 Best Spots in Wilmington

Headlines: A Hike with Goats in the SGV Mountains That Ends with All-You-Can-Eat ‘Goat Tacos’

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

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

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

Drink

Where to Find the Best Pulque in Mexico City and Oaxaca, and How I Learned to Appreciate It

A flyer for Beer Thug Brewery's 'Dragz & Brews' event.

Headlines: Latino-Owned Craft Brewery in SELA Receives Homophobic Responses to Hosting ‘Family-Friendly Drag Show’ This Weeekend

Taco Dorado de Barbacoa from los Garduños: Photo by Memo Torres for L.A. TACO.

Tacos

The Crispy 13: The Best Crispy Tacos In Los Angeles