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Mike Sonksen aka Mike the PoeT is a 3rd-generation Los Angeles native. Poet, professor, journalist, historian and tour-guide, his latest book &#8220;Letters to My City&#8221; was just published by Writ Large Press. He teaches at Woodbury University.

Mike Sonksen

L.A. Taco Guides

The 2020 L.A. TACO Book Guide: 32 L.A.-Centered Books to Read, Gift, and Get Inspired On

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

Mariah Castañeda

Politics

(Update) After a Jet Dumped Fuel All Over Her City, Cudahy’s Mayor Is Running for Powerful Air Regulation Governing Board

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

Crime

He Checked Into a UCLA Hospital While Suffering From a Mental Illness, and a Sheriff Shot at Him Nine Times While Trying To Use the Restroom

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

Featured

Cannabis Professional by Day, Cevichero by Night: Meet Long Beach’s Newest Weekend-Only Ceviche Star

Zachary Warma works in public affairs in Los Angeles. He has previously written about the legacy of Joseph Le Conte, the ex-Confederate UC Berkeley professor and Sierra Club co-founder.

Zachary Warma

L.A.’s Lesser-Known Racist History: The Confederate Mayor Who Was Anti-Mexican and Tried to Make California Into a Slave State

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

Avenue 26 Tacos Opens a Shop in DTLA and La Casita Mexicana Gets a New Patio ~ TacoWire

A New Vegan Chicharrón Spot Opens in the Valley and a Smoked Suadero Pop-up in East L.A. ~ The TacoWire

Gabriel Chabrán is a food writer and journalist from Highland Park. He currently lives in Long Beach with his wife Katie, their new baby, and their Russian Blue cat, Mars.

Gab Chabran

Tacos

Tripas are the New Asada: The Crispiest Tripita Tacos in L.A. and O.C in 2020

News

‘Protect Eloteros:’ People Are Arming Street Vendors with Pepper Spray

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

Blazedale

Urban Wilderness

Here are L.A.’s Cleanest—and Dirtiest—Beaches, Graded by Heal the Bay   

Long Beach