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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

Featured

Barrio Wisdom: To Survive the Coronavirus, Americans Must Learn from Chicanos

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

Samuel Ribakoff

Here’s a List of Coronavirus Resources Because Our Political Leaders Have Largely Failed Us

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

Update: More Than Four Million Free Meals Have Been Served by Lausd Since Closures, Which Is Staggering

Melissa Mora Hidalgo was born in Montebello and grew up in the L.A./O.C. borderlands of East Whittier and La Habra. She holds a Ph. D. in Literature from UC San Diego and is the author of Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress UK, 2016).

Melissa Mora Hidalgo

From Low Riding to Craft Beer: How ‘Brewjería’ Is Changing the Latino Perception of Alcohol on Whittier Boulevard

Highland Park Realtor Posts and Immediately Deletes Video Poking Fun at Gentrification

Tiffany Lauren is a Los Angeles native, NYU alum, and lover of tacos and mezcal. Her work has also been featured in Latina Magazine.

Tiffany Lauren

‘Someone’s Gotta Do It’: A Day in the Life of an LAUSD Custodian

Christian Letourneau is a cook, writer, and ersatz mariner based in Los Angeles.

Christian Letourneau

What Does It Take to Keep a Food Business Open in Skid Row? A Day in the Life of Five Entrepreneurs

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

(UPDATE) A Changing Koreatown: After 34 Years as a Community Hub, Chong’s Sesame Oil Is Being Forced to Stop Milling on 8th Street

A queer Peruana who sends love poems by time travel to Alejandra Pizarnik. She performs music and poems as Cusi Coyllur, teaches yoga, and writes about self-care for mind obstacles on her blog The Strange is Beautiful.

Shannen Roberts

Queer Latin Dance Classes Hidden in a Highland Park Garage Are Shaking Up Gender Roles

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

News

(Update) Hundreds of Illegal Sidewalk Planters Are Still Displacing the Homeless in L.A., Six Months After the City Council Said They Would Investigate