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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

News

Exclusive: Jose Huizar Awarded High School Students Tens Of Thousands of Dollars in Scholarships, Some Never Received a Penny

L.A. TACO STAFF

Featured

Headlines: Chappelle Attacker Charged With 2021 Attempted Homicide; Documentary Looks at Nipsey Hussle’s Cannabis Business

Events

Weekend Events: L.A. TACO’s Taco Madness, The Science of Cannabis, and AAPI Market In DTLA

Mariah Castañeda is a feisty multimedia journalist and social media editor.

Mariah Castañeda

Politics

O.G. Highland Park’s Eunisses Hernandez Has a Plan to Stop Gentrification In CD 1

Headlines: Venice Beach Brawl After Man Films Sunbathers; L.A. Gas Prices Highest In Nation

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

Video

Our New Show ‘Taco Truck Confessions’ Is Here to Record Your Most Shocking Drunk Confessions (Video)

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

Food

John Hopkins University Created an Edible Tape For Holding Burritos Together That ‘Allows You to Put Full Faith In Your Tortilla’

L.A. Restaurants Are Expanding To Saudi Arabia, But They Don’t Want To Talk About It

Headlines: Woody Harrelson Opens West Hollywood Pot Shop; Brushfire Leads To Evacuation at Griffith Observatory

Headlines: $3 Million In Fentanyl-Laced Pills Seized in Huntington Park; London’s Mayor Visits Our Cannabis Operations