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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

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Kamren Curiel is a fourth-generation Chicana born in East L.A. and raised in South San Gabriel. She&#8217;s written for the L.A.Times, Latina, LAist, KCET, Huffington Post, and was the L.A. Editor for Remezcla.com.

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History

Hermon’s Hidden History as the Epicenter of L.A.’s Thriving Chicano Tennis Scene Goes Back to 1976

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.

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Watch L.A. Taquero Wes Avila Throw the First Pitch at the World Series

Melissa was born in Moreno Valley, raised in Arizona, and recently returned from living in México, the motherland. She lives by the words: “siempre en la calle.” USC and Fulbright alum, but don’t tell her to &#8220;Fight On.&#8221;

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Castorena in front of a virtual crowd at a Dodgers versus Padres baseball game. October 2020.

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From T.J. to L.A., Meet the Border-Raised Mujer Who Became an International Sports Broadcasting Star

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The 19-Year-Old L.A Fútbol Star and UFW Activist Giving Back to His Hometown’s Farmworkers in Lompoc

I document Los Angeles. I walk the streets religiously trying to expose every alley, avenue, and crack the sidewalks have to offer.

Kemal Cilengir

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Welcome to ‘Backyard Squabbles,’ South L.A.’s Underground Fight Club That Grew Out of Pandemic Frustration

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‘The Loss of Kobe Bryant Cuts Deep and in Layers:’ L.A. Taco Remembers L.A.’s Black Mamba

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The Night the Dodgers Finally Won: Scenes From Echo Park and Downtown L.A.

Scouring the brick jungles of Los Angeles with my arsenal of cameras. In my adventures I am photographing anything that piques my interest.

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Thousands of Foos Crowded the Streets of East L.A. to Celebrate Los Doyers’ World Series Win

Memo Torres is a multi-media taco journalist, a third-generation landscaper, host of L.A. Taco&#8217;s new Plant and Gardening column, Yerbalife, host of Apple Maps&#8217; L.A. food guide on all iPhones, Director of Partnerships for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco, a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino Journalists, a taco scout for numerous shows, can be seen on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles, Pressure Cooker, Mythical Kitchen, KCRW, and elsewhere.

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Dodger Fans Make Racist Comments and Death Threats to Kenley Jansen and His Family Following Game Four Loss

Melissa Mora Hidalgo was born in Montebello and grew up in the L.A./O.C. borderlands of East Whittier and La Habra. She holds a Ph. D. in Literature from UC San Diego and is the author of Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress UK, 2016).

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Ghosts of October: A New Book Explains Why Dodger Stadium Should Not Exist and The Powerful Reasons It Does