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Eddie Lin

Featured

The Chinese-Mexican Origin Story Behind Chinatown’s Original ‘Self-Basting’ $60 Juicy Roasted Turkey

One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

Hadley Tomicki

Tacos

Watch L.A. Taquero Wes Avila Throw the First Pitch at the World Series

News

A Controversial Restaurateur Just Pissed off L.A. Preservationists by Gutting 94-Year-old Hollywood Legend Pig ‘N Whistle Without Permits

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L.A. Meekly

History

Tragedy and Death In Los Angeles: 12 Lesser-Known Evil and Eerie Real Events In L.A.’s History

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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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Capital & Main

Housing

As Families Squat in Empty Homes in El Sereno, Pressure Mounts On Policymakers to Rethink Affordable Housing Strategies

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

Homelessness

In Sunny Los Angeles, More Homeless People Die From the Cold Than in SF and NYC, Combined

Laura is a desmadrosa, a product of East Los, an educator, and a hood establishment connoisseur.

Laura Tejeda

Food

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

Wes Avila’s New Hole-in-the-Wall Is Here To Serve Torta-Inspired Sandwiches in Chinatown, Starting Tomorrow

Chinatown