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History

Pomona: 13 Forgotten Things About One of L.A. County’s Most Overlooked Cities

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.”

Janette Villafana

Los Angeles

Anti-Street Vending Boulders on Sidewalks At LACC Swap Meet Finally Removed

Featured

Headlines: Highland Park: Anti-Gentrification Activists Protest Restaurant’s ‘$19 Chilaquiles’ and Alleged Eviction Attempt

News

Headlines: Local Artist Turns Grave Plot at Hollywood Forever Into a Pop-Art Space

Video: Co-Owner of Auld Dubliner in Long Beach Breaks Hibachi Truck’s Menu In Confrontation

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

Live Music

Bésame Mucho’s 2023 Lineup Announced

Memo Torres is the Director of Engagement and multimedia journalist for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco. He is also the host of the Daily Memo and writes for Apple Maps’ ‘Where Memo Torres Eats in L.A.’ You can see him on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles and Pressure Cooker.  You can hear him on KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ occasionally. He was a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino journalists and a former third-generation landscaper.

Memo Torres

Pomona

The Nine Best Tacos in Pomona

Headlines: L.A. Home Buyers Are Taking Advantage of Falling Mortgage Rates and Home Prices

Headlines: Cannabis Business in Montebello Robbed ‘For Everything They’ve Worked For’ By Thieves

Oren Peleg is a journalist and screenwriter whose work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest, Eater, and LA Magazine. He is the former food editor of LAist.

Oren Peleg

Update: Two Shootings In Pico-Robertson Rattle L.A.’s Jewish Community