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Erwin Recinos is a seasoned visual artist with an eye for capturing life as a working commuter aboard public transportation in and around Los Angeles. For 20 years now, Recinos has been documenting the urban landscape, street culture, and Hispanic communities of Los Angeles utilizing his daily routine and the city of Los Angeles as an inspiration. Recinos also works with popular food and event websites such as LATACO.com and Eater LA to capture the cuisine and culture that is so important to the city of Los Angeles and across Southern California.

Erwin Recinos

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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

News

LAPD Releases Video: Knife-Wielding Man at Van Nuys Church Grabs Woman as Hostage, Officers Shoot Both

Katherine Spiers is formerly the food editor at LA Weekly and currently host of the food history podcast Smart Mouth. Her interests include pondering the state of journalism, eating mashed potatoes, and drinking mai tais. All three are covered extensively on Twitter and Instagram.

Katherine Spiers

Tacos

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Live Music

Photos: Wu-Tang Clan’s 25th Anniversary Show at the Shrine

Tacoscope

Horoscopes

The L.A. Taco Horoscope for August, 2018

Gustavo Arellano is the author of “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America” and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

Gustavo Arellano

When the Jewish Bakers of Boyle Heights Were Radical Socialists Instead of Trump Supporters

A.k.a. Afroxander; Weekend Editor at L.A. Taco and a lecturer at San Diego State University. He has covered arts, culture, history, politics, and sports with an emphasis on Latin America and its U.S. diaspora for over two decades.

Ivan Fernandez

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Tien Nguyen writes about food and culture. She co-authored the New York Times bestseller &#8220;L.A. Son: My Life, My City, My Food&#8221; with Roy Choi and Natasha Phan, and her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and Lucky Peach.

Tien Nguyen

Highlights from the Rogue 99 ~ Colonia Publica

‘Have You Ever Been Frightened by a Dumpling?’ ~ J. Gold on the San Gabriel Valley

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