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Jennifer Velez is a multi-media journalist covering news and culture in L.A.

Jennifer Velez

Featured

Could an Underground Tunnel System in Los Angeles Actually Become a Reality?

Events

GTFO LA! Stuff To Do This Weekend: Barrio Baroque

L.A. TACO STAFF

The L.A. Taco Guide to Cinco de Mayo in Los Angeles (And One Good Mezcal Cocktail Recipe)

Gustavo Arellano is the author of “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America” and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

Gustavo Arellano

Tacos

How to Teach Students Spanish Using Tacos and Pupusas ~ Meet Professor Sarah Portnoy

News

The Northgate Grocery Chain Loses Its Matriarch ~ Teresa Reynoso de Gonzalez, 90

Daniel Hernandez is editor emeritus of LA Taco, serving 2017-2019. He is currently a staff writer for the L.A. Times. He is former Mexico bureau chief for VICE News, and former staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly. Daniel is author of the book &#8220;Down &amp; Delirious in Mexico City.&#8221;

Daniel Hernandez

Media

The L.A. Taco Interview ~ Brian Calle, Publisher of L.A. Weekly, Answers Critics

Jason McGahan is a two time LA Press Club award recipient and a former staff writer for LA Weekly.

Jason McGahan

Boyle Heights Mariachis Take a Win Against an 80% Rent Hike

Karla T. Vasquez is a food justice advocate and food historian. She is currently writing a Salvadoran cookbook.

Karla Vasquez

Food

Rice Flour Pupusas Are the Best Pupusas You’ve Never Had ~ Here’s 5 Salvi-Approved Spots In L.A.

I enjoy making photographs of the Latino food culture in Los Angeles. 
Storytelling is everything. 
Tacos. Always.

Gabriel Carbajal

Culver City

Ten New Tacos You Need to Try in 2018

Jared Cowan is a photographer who also writes and podcasts extensively about L.A. filming locations. He is the co-founder of My Valley Pass, through which he leads film tours of the San Fernando Valley and Pasadena. Jared is also the co-editor of the recent book &#8220;World Film Locations: Los Angeles Volume 2&#8221; and the editor of the upcoming &#8220;World Film Locations: Philadelphia.&#8221;

Jared Cowan

How Quentin Tarantino and ‘Jackie Brown’ Made the South Bay a Star