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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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Spot Check! Chinese Soul Food, A New Taco Omakase, Wagyu Sloppy Joes, and  Street Boba Teas Made From Scratch

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Headlines: Chiles Secos Stand Closes After 48 Years at Grand Central Market

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Here’s the Sticky, Sweet Truth About the Alarming Sugar Levels In Your Boba Tea Habit

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

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Headlines: Iconic Eagle Rock Taco Shop Becoming a Cannabis Dispensary, Keeping Taco Sign

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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L.A. Metro Turns Down Classical Music At Westlake Station After Complaints

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Who Was Abbot Kinney? And More Forgotten History of Venice, California

Memo Torres is a multi-media taco journalist, a third-generation landscaper, host of L.A. Taco&#8217;s new Plant and Gardening column, Yerbalife, host of Apple Maps&#8217; L.A. food guide on all iPhones, Director of Partnerships for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco, a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino Journalists, a taco scout for numerous shows, can be seen on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles, Pressure Cooker, Mythical Kitchen, KCRW, and elsewhere.