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Jennifer Velez is a multi-media journalist covering news and culture in L.A.

Jennifer Velez

Events

GTFO LA! Stuff To Do This Weekend: Barrio Baroque

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

‘ColdChela’ Celebrates L.A.’s Latino Homebrewers With Its Annual AYCD Beer Festival

I enjoy making photographs of the Latino food culture in Los Angeles. 
Storytelling is everything. 
Tacos. Always.

Gabriel Carbajal

Everything You Missed at Taco Madness 2018 ~ Extended Image Gallery, Vol. 2

L.A. TACO STAFF

Your Taco Madness 2018 Recap ~ Photos, Vol. 1

Guerrero is a born-and-bred Angeleno and recent graduate of UCI&#8217;s Literary Journalism program. She loves all things Hip-Hop, flea markets, and Southeast Los Angeles.

Ruth Guerrero

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‘Food Desert’ No More: A Raw Vegan Eatery Thrives in Huntington Park

Tacoscope

The L.A. Taco Horoscope for May, 2018

Tacos

Introducing the L.A. Taco Burger at The Oinkster: The Burger-Taco Hybrid Of Your Dreams

Preview: Across Generations, Writers Gather at Manual Arts High School for 826LA Young Authors Project

Liz Ohanesian is a journalist covering arts and culture in Los Angeles.

Liz Ohanesian

The Armenian Genocide and ‘Postmemory’ in Art at ReflectSpace in Glendale

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

Photo Essay ~ Walk the Talk Parade 2018 in Skid Row