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I document Los Angeles. I walk the streets religiously trying to expose every alley, avenue, and crack the sidewalks have to offer.

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A Hundred Black Horse Riders Showed up to Support the Compton Cowboys Peace Ride for Black Lives Matter

Memo Torres is a multi-media taco journalist, a third-generation landscaper, host of L.A. Taco&#8217;s new Plant and Gardening column, Yerbalife, host of Apple Maps&#8217; L.A. food guide on all iPhones, Director of Partnerships for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco, a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino Journalists, a taco scout for numerous shows, can be seen on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles, Pressure Cooker, Mythical Kitchen, KCRW, and elsewhere.

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Underground Carnitas and Redemption: Hawthorne’s Backyard Carnitas ‘El Artista’ Dreams of Doing His Pop-Up Full Time

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).

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Police Caught on Video Removing Taqueros in Highland Park, Plus Where to Find Black ‘Al Pastor Sausages’ ~ TacoWire

Tina Sampay is a writer and journalist from South Central Los Angeles.

Tina Sampay

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Stop Using Those Videos of Attacks on Street Vendors to Divide the Black and Brown Communities in L.A.

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‘Black People Can Be Cowboys, Too:’ A Raw Conversation About Race With ‘Compton Cowboys’ Author Walter Thompson-Hernández

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.

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Hadley Tomicki

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These Top L.A. Taco Spots Are Still Delivering While You’re Staying Inside

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: Here Are All The Recreation Centers Around L.A. That Will Be Turned Into Homeless Shelters by Sunday, Mapped

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

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L.A. Taco Votes: Your Ultra Last Minute Voter Guide for Los Angeles County

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.

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The L.A. Taco Guide to the Best Menudo in Los Angeles, Mapped

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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From Low Riding to Craft Beer: How ‘Brewjería’ Is Changing the Latino Perception of Alcohol on Whittier Boulevard

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