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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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Janette Villafana

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L.A. Street Vendors Deal with Mental Health Crisis As They Continue to Be Harassed, Robbed, and Killed

Rudy Espinoza is the Executive Director of Inclusive Action for the City, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution that is dedicated to building strong local economies in low-income neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Under his leadership, Inclusive Action has helped pass important laws to support street vendors, has deployed over $2,500,000 in low-interest micro-loans and grants to under-served entrepreneurs, and co-created a unique, commercial real estate initiative that preserves small businesses in gentrifying neighborhoods.

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‘Pop-Up’ Businesses and Influencers: It’s Time to Stand With Low-Income Street Vendors and Support SB 972

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Headlines: Valle de Guadalupe’s Own Fyre Festival-Like Disaster; California Is Still Avoiding Widespread Blackouts

Yaileen Ramos is a young Latina born and raised in East L.A. In her free time, she enjoys watching the Dodgers and Lakers. Yaileen aspires to be synonymous with her city.

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Yaileen Ramos

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Is It Quesillo or Queso Oaxaca? A Deep Dive Into Oaxaca’s Prized Cheese

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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Lexis-Olivier Ray

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More Than 2,000 Patients In L.A. Unknowingly Received a Diluted Dose of the Pfizer Vaccine, They Found Out Nearly a Year Later

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Headlines: Power Ranger Protects Boyle Heights Tamalero; Six-Story Mural Celebrates Hollywood Legends

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Headlines: Six Shot at Boyle Heights Bar; Heat Wave Hitting L.A. This Week

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Headlines: 34 Cars Seized, 40 Arrested In ‘Street Takeovers;’ Happy Kobe Day!

Jared Cowan writes and podcasts about L.A. filming locations. He also works as a photographer and camera operator.

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Jared Cowan

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Revisiting ‘Born in East L.A.’ Film Locations 35 Years Later With Cheech Marin

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Headlines: New Mural in Inglewood to Honor First Mexican American Laker; Street Takeover Suspects Ransack a 7-11

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