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Five Caldos in the ‘Hood to Get You Through Cold Weather in L.A.

Born and raised in the S.G.V. and L.A., and currently residing in El Sereno. I had an early passion for food, both learning to cook and trying as many foods as I could, growing up. I love the city of Los Angeles so much.

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The L.A. Taco Beginner’s Guide To Eating in the San Gabriel Valley

Nancy Guan is a multimedia journalist with an emphasis on writing and audio storytelling. She has experience reporting on housing issues in L.A., art, food, and culture.

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The Chinese Delivery Apps and Heroic FB Group That Are Keeping the SGV’s Mom and Pop Restaurants Alive

Lisa Kwon is a writer born, raised, and currently living in Koreatown. She will talk your ear off about Korean coffee culture and the dreadful effects of Los Angeles’ palm tree fetishism.

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Meet the Japanese Mexican 19-Year-Old Model from El Sereno Representing Latinx Beauty in the Mainstream

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The L.A. Taco Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Chilling East of the Los Angeles River

Patric Kuh used to write for Los Angeles Magazine and currently works as a restaurant manager in the South Bay.

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The Daily Resilience of Operating a Multi-Generational, Family-Run Chinese Restaurant During a Pandemic in L.A.’s South Bay

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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Update: This Is What Happens in Los Angeles When a Pedestrian Gets Hit By a Car

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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Hail, Melissa King! How a Queer Chinese American From the SGV Won Top Chef and Scored a Big Victory for BIPOC Angelenos

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San Gabriel Valley for Black Lives Matter: Hundreds Turn Out to Protest Police Brutality in L.A.’s Suburbs

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