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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

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L.A. TACO

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

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Harbor City

Teen Volunteer Arrested While Filming at LAPD-Sponsored Movie Night In Harbor City

Sam Ribakoff is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker from Long Beach, CA.

Samuel Ribakoff

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Politics

Voter Guide: Know Your District’s City Council Candidate, Including Who Donated to Their Campaign

Erick Huerta likes to eat his Hot-Cheetos with chopsticks.

Erick Huerta

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L.A. Taco Guides

The L.A. TACO Guide to the Best Swap Meets and Flea Markets for Holiday Shopping

Cesar Hernandez is Lynwood&#8217;s second best export behind Weird Al, and a writer and podcaster. Illustration by Tommy Gallegos.

Cesar Hernandez

The L.A. TACO Guide to the Best Tacos in the South Bay, Harbor Area, Wilmington, and San Pedro (Mapped)

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.

Lexis-Olivier Ray

Featured

There Weren’t Enough Porta-Potties for the Homeless To Begin With, in October They’re Being Pulled

Lisa Kwon is a writer born, raised, and currently living in Koreatown. She will talk your ear off about Korean coffee culture and the dreadful effects of Los Angeles’ palm tree fetishism.

Lisa Kwon

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How Kobe Bryant Helped Korean and Black Race Relations Heal After 사이구 (The L.A. Riots)

L.A. TACO STAFF

Crime

Map of LAPD Citywide Gang Injunctions