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Mayoral Candidate Mel Wilson Served Two Terms on the Metro Board and Will Use AI to Sequence Traffic Flow

Photo via Craig Greiwe's campaign website.

Mayoral Candidate Craig Greiwe Uses ‘Ride Share Scooters’ and Supports the Use of Law Enforcement on L.A. Public Transit

Mayoral Candidate Karen Bass Prefers to Ride Her Bike at the Beach and Would Create a ‘Safety Corps’ for L.A. Train and Bus Riders

Francisco Avilés Pino is a Mexican writer and producer based in Los Angeles, whose work spans journalism, film, and fine art, exploring how power, identity, and culture shape immigrant and Latino/a life in America. Their work has appeared in the Museum of Contemporary Art-LA, HarperCollins, NPR, Vogue, The Nation, and The Intercept.

Francisco Aviles Pino

Kevin De León’s Past Accomplishments Guide Him to Be the Next Mayor of L.A.

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

Janette Villafana

Street Vending

BREAKING: L.A. Street Vendors Victorious In Sacramento. Senate Votes In Favor of Bill That Will Modernize Food Code and Stop Criminalizing Street Vending

Vendedores Ambulantes de Los Ángeles Ganan en Sacramento. Senado Vota Para La Descriminalización de La Venta de Alimentos

Karen Bass, the Homegrown L.A. Mayoral Candidate

Michael is a native Angeleno and a photojournalist / professional basketball player. He most recently played in Japan.

Mike Ojo

Photo Essay

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One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

Hadley Tomicki

Highland Park Has a Yoga Studio Open to Anti-Vaxxers

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