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

Jennifer Velez

News

Sights and Sounds From L.A. Students Who Joined National Walkout Protesting Gun Violence

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

How This POC, Women-Led Group Is Taking a DIY Approach to Feeding South L.A.’s Homeless

Featured

Seven Arrested at Women-Led Street Vendor Rally Against Brick-And-Mortar’s Veto Power

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

Celebrate International Women’s Day With This All-Femme-Fronted Punk Show This Saturday

Jason McGahan is a two time LA Press Club award recipient and a former staff writer for LA Weekly.

Jason McGahan

Snapchat Is Pulling Out of Venice, and Gentrification Activists Are Overjoyed

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

Astrid

Poetry

Profile of a Modern-Day Poet in L.A.: Mike the Poet

Lina Lecaro is an L.A.-born-and-bred journalist specializing in music, nightlife, and culture for the past two decades.

Lina Lecaro

Events

Welcome to GTFO LA! Our New Weekly Event Guide to Get You Out of the House

Tacoscope

The L.A. TACO Horoscope for March, 2018

OxDx

Music

ICYMI: Thy Antichrist, Dark Funeral, and Septicflesh Killed It at The Regent, Here’s Proof

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

Blazedale

Food

Eggslut’s Alvin Cailan ~ My Favorite Taco