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Nash Baker is a crime scene videographer and regular contributor to L.A. Taco.

Nash Baker

Video: ‘This Is Very Biblical’ ~ Nash Baker Reports from Compton Church Shooting

Philip Iglauer covered all things Koreana for 15 years — foreign diplomats, kimchi, Samsung and, of course, North Korea — out of Seoul. After returning to his native Northeast Los Angeles in late 2016, he freelances on his hometown’s goings-on.

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Video: LAPD Used a Drone for the First Time to Nab Hollywood Robber

Protests Outside West Hollywood Home of Prominent Political Donor, Where a Second Man Is Found Dead

Suspect ‘Shot Into’ Chaotic Brawl at Torrance Bowling Alley, Police Say ~ Parolee Arrested

Video: ‘You Don’t Have to Do Your People Like This’ ~ Nash Baker Reports on Torrance Bowling Alley Shooting

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‘Fentanyl Is Everywhere’ ~ ‘China White’ Sales Flourish on Craigslist L.A.

Video: Black Lives Matter Calls for Boycotts of 24 Hour Fitness and Walgreens ~ Nash Baker Reports

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

Another Death on the Streets ~ More than 1,200 Homeless People Died in Los Angeles Since 2017

Transparency Advocates Assail Inglewood’s Plan to Shred Records of Hundreds of Police Shootings

Car Splits in Two and Nearly Crashes Into Someone’s Tent: The Everyday Dangers Faced By Unhoused People on the Streets