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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

Featured

Meet Your New Favorite Jewish-Black Experimental Rapper From Leimert Park: Rhys Langston

Alvaro Huerta, Ph.D., holds a joint faculty appointment in Urban &amp; Region Planning and Ethnic &amp; Women’s Studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He’s the author of the book, &#8220;Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities: The Xenophobic Era of Trump and Beyond.&#8221;

Alvaro Huerta

Barrio Wisdom: Tracing the Black and Brown Connection Through My Upbringing in East L.A.’s Housing Projects

I enjoy exploring every corner of Los Angeles, looking for art wherever I can find it.

Blazedale

The Last Days of Hollywood Park, an Interview With Photographer Michele Asselin

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

Hurry up and Try L.A.’s First Halal Smash Burgers in the Streets of Glendale Before the Lines Get Too Long

Abraham Marquez is a freelance writer from Inglewood and a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). He is a 2021 USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Fellow. He writes about social movements, sports, politics, and immigration. Instagram: @abemarquez02

Abraham Marquez

What If the Dodgers Won the 2017 World Series? A Sneak Peek Into This Alternate Universe

Frank John Tristan is a freelance journalist in Southern California covering everything from street culture to neo-Nazis.

Frank John Tristan

Meet ‘FigueRonny,’ the Doorman Who Fled the Congo and Is Building a Security Mini-Empire in NELA

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

Mariah Castañeda

Events

‘Jazz Is Dead,’ Feminist POC Improv Classes, and a Screening of Erick Galindo’s New Film! GTFO LA ~ February, 2020

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

This Tiny Bakery in Culver City Hides Some of the Best Modern and Sazón-Filled Peruvian Seafood in L.A.

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 Golden Dragon Parade Remains a Constant in Gentrifying Chinatown…For Now

The L.A. Taco Guide to the Juiciest, Crispiest Korean Fried Chicken in Koreatown, and a Brief History

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