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Editor 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).

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Game Over: Northridge Arcade Synced Super Mario Bros to Sagging-Pants Burglar Who Tripped While Trying to Escape

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; This year, 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.

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(UPDATE) Video Emerges Showing Long Beach Police Beating a Pinned Man With a Baton, Evoking Painful Memories of Rodney King

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Less Than Two Months After Councilmember Cedillo Increased LAPD Foot Patrol to Curb Crime, Three People Have Been Fatally Shot in Highland Park

Lucy Guanuna is an L.A.-based freelance journalist covering Latinx culture, social justice, and lifestyle. She&#8217;s still waiting for peanut butter, jelly and cheese to become a thing.

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How Not to Die at an Underground Party in L.A.

Virali Dave is a writer in Los Angeles. Born in Mumbai, she has always considered the West Coast to be the best coast. She can be found chronicling encounters with burritos on Instagram @virali.

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Woman Defaces Nipsey Hussle Mural in Downtown, Will Not Face Charges

Chief Michael Moore Attends September 9, 2019 West Valley LAPD meeting on communciations at Canoga Park Station

Are Vigilante Groups on Facebook to Blame for the Spike in Violence Against L.A.’s Homeless?

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‘The Caucacity:’ Ina Garten’s ‘Posole’ with Yellow Peppers and Sour Cream Is a Monstrosity Against Mexico’s 500-Year-Old Dish

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.

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Darrell Fields, Beloved Guitarist Living in Skid Row, Burned to Death While Inside His Tent

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

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24-Year-Old Off-Duty LAPD Officer Shot and Killed by Alleged ‘Tagger’ at Avenue 26 Taco Stand (UPDATE)