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Weekend Events: Mariscos & Discos, Hollywood’s Evil Circus, a Lip-Syncing Drag Brunch, and Native American Arts

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.”

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Fruteros, Taqueros, y Paleteros de Cypress Park Protestan El Desalojo de Más de 150 Vendedores Ambulantes

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Cypress Park Ice Cream Trucks, Fruteros, and Taqueros Are Protesting the Sudden Eviction of Over 150 Vendors At Their Commissary

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All the Tacos and Good Times You Missed Out On at Our Live TACO Madness 2022 (Video and Photo Essay)

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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L.A. Restaurants Are Expanding To Saudi Arabia, But They Don’t Want To Talk About It

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Headlines: Woody Harrelson Opens West Hollywood Pot Shop; Brushfire Leads To Evacuation at Griffith Observatory

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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Ranking the Top 10 L.A. Jingles On Daytime T.V. and Radio That Live In Our Head Rent-Free

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BREAKING: Over 50 Street Vendors Removed From K-Town’s ‘El Salvador Corridor’ By Cedillo’s Office

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Families Displaced By Dodger Stadium Start Official Petition for Reparations and Other Demands