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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

News

After Trans Women Are Dragged out of a Bar in DTLA, a Community Rises to Action

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

The Greyhound Bar & Grill in Highland Park Vandalized With a Swastika, Jewish Co-Owners ‘Not Tolerating’ It

Aahoo is a literary journalist and MFA candidate at Antioch University, Los Angeles. She knows pi up to 30 digits and begins playing Christmas music in September.

Aahoo Pourang

Downey City Council Votes to Legalize Street Vending via a Permit System

Chris is a halfie radio journalist from La Puente, CA. His work has aired on KPCC, KCRW, Marketplace, and Latino USA.

Chris Greenspon

Food

SGVegan: Five Essential Plant-Based Restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley

A.k.a. Afroxander; Weekend Editor at L.A. Taco and a lecturer at San Diego State University. He has covered arts, culture, history, politics, and sports with an emphasis on Latin America and its U.S. diaspora for over two decades.

Ivan Fernandez

After the Tragedy: Remembering Carlos Zaragoza, an ‘Optimistic Beam of Energy’ in L.A.’s Cumbia and Activism Communities

‘Cafe NELA Was Our CBGB,’ One of L.A.’s Last DIY Punk Rock Bar-Venues, Is Closing to Become a ‘First of This Kind’ Record Store

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

Blazedale

Featured

A Note From the Publisher: We Made it…For Now

‘Churches are Everywhere,’ How Korean Immigrants Used Religious Institutions to Create a Community in Koreatown

After 50 Years Serving Huevos Rancheros in Northeast L.A., La Abeja’s Owner Reflects and ‘Calls it a Wrap’

Astrid is a Salvadoran-American poet and writer based in Los Angeles.

Astrid

‘It’s the year of the Salvie:’ Meet the Woman Fighting for the Proper Representation of El Salvador