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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.

Philip Iglauer

Los Angeles

Barack Obama Highway Gets Its Name, But Former President’s Ties to Eagle Rock Go Beyond Occidental To Chili Burgers

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

Nash Baker

News

Video: Top Dawg Entertainment’s 5th Annual Christmas Toy Drive Concert in Watts

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

Weed

The History of Sativa vs Indica ~ Why Everything You’ve Smoked is Technically a Hybrid

Daniel Hernandez is editor emeritus of LA Taco, serving 2017-2019. He is currently a staff writer for the L.A. Times. He is former Mexico bureau chief for VICE News, and former staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly. Daniel is author of the book &#8220;Down &amp; Delirious in Mexico City.&#8221;

Daniel Hernandez

Not Messing Around: Sheriff Will ‘Physically Remove’ ICE From County Jails

Crime Scene: Two Men Shot in South Park, Chesterfield Square ~ Nash Baker Reports

L.A. Teachers To Strike Jan. 10: Union Launches Fusillade of Attacks Over Fact-Finding ‘Lies’

Erick Galindo is an award-winning writer, director, and journalist from Southeast L.A. His work spans TV, film, podcasts, and essays that explore the intersection of identity, culture, and chaos in Los Angeles.

Erick Galindo

Tacos

New Favorite Tacos 1986 in Limbo After Sudden Shutdown at Hollywood Parking Lot

Warning, Metro Riders: Blue Line Will Close for Months at Halfway Point Starting in Late January

Jonny Coleman is a writer and organizer with the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and NOlympics LA.

Jonny Coleman

Op-Ed: L.A. Needs Civil Rights, Not Civility ~ Why We Shut Down Mayor Garcetti

Whitewash My Mural, Too: Shepard Fairey Comes to Defense of Controversial Mural at Koreatown High School Campus