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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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This LAPD Fatal Shooting Highlights Department’s Flawed Approach To Dealing With the Mentally Unstable

Faith Petrie is a freelance writer and &#8220;Criminal Minds&#8221;-enthusiast born and raised in Los Angeles. Her work can be found in the Los Angeles Sentinel, L.A. Watts Times, and her college&#8217;s student-run-newspaper, the Daily 49er.

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BIPOC Transwomen Suffered Vicious Attack in Hollywood as Crowd Mocked and Laughed at Victims, Marking Latest in National ‘Epidemic’

Adam Mahoney is a journalist from Los Angeles who has reported from Palestine, Uganda, and Vietnam. You can follow him on Twitter.

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LAPD Youth Program Created to Build Black and Brown ‘Super Cops’ Sees Drop in Participants Following George Floyd Protests

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Update: This Is What Happens in Los Angeles When a Pedestrian Gets Hit By a Car

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A Local Artist Made a Mini Comic Book to Help People Understand the Andres Guardado Case

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Against his better judgment, Nathan Solis continues to write for a living and sleeps along the Gold Line with his wife and daughter.

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In South L.A., Oil Wells Owned by the Archdiocese Were Making People Sick Long Before the Coronavirus

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Update: LAPD Officer Sucker Punches a Man in Boyle Heights, Caught on Video

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).

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

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