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Against his better judgment, Nathan Solis continues to write for a living and sleeps along the Gold Line with his wife and daughter.

Nathan Solis

Los Angeles

What Happened to the Indigenous Human Remains that Were Displayed at the Southwest Museum?

Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

Javier Cabral

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How to Prove You’re a Transplant in Los Angeles ~ Overlay It With a Map of New York Boroughs

Sam Ribakoff is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker from Long Beach, CA.

Samuel Ribakoff

News

‘Legalize Apartments’ ~ How Another Attempt to Triage the Housing Crisis Died in Committee

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

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L.A. Taco Podcast: The Burrito Crawl ~ Corner Cottage, Sr. Cliff’s, Huge Tree & More

The Burrito Is Back: 30 Burritos You Need to Try in 2019 ~ An L.A. Taco Guide

Dia De Los Puercos Makes a Massive Mochmos, Eggs, and Fries Burrito That’s Worth the Drive to Pomona

Gabriel Chabrán is a food writer and journalist from Highland Park. He currently lives in Long Beach with his wife Katie, their new baby, and their Russian Blue cat, Mars.

Gab Chabran

This Legendary Breakfast Burrito Shack in Burbank Has a Hard Stop-Time of 11 O’Clock

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

Film

‘Black Panther’ is Back in Theaters and Free for the First Week of Black History Month

Angel’s Tijuana Tacos Is a Slice of Baja California in North Hollywood