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Kamren Curiel is a fourth-generation Chicana born in East L.A. and raised in South San Gabriel. She&#8217;s written for the L.A.Times, Latina, LAist, KCET, Huffington Post, and was the L.A. Editor for Remezcla.com.

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Ben Mesirow is an Echo Park native who writes TV, fiction, food, and sports. At one time or another, his writing has appeared in The LA Times, Litro, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Los Angeles Magazine, and scratched into dozens of desks at Walter Reed Middle School.

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Editor 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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Soul Searching in L.A. Bar Industry After Proud Boys Incursions on Eastside

Philip Iglauer covered all things Koreana for 15 years — foreign diplomats, kimchi, Samsung and, of course, North Korea — out of Seoul. After returning to his native Northeast Los Angeles in late 2016, he freelances on his hometown’s goings-on.

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Scouring the brick jungles of Los Angeles with my arsenal of cameras. In my adventures I am photographing anything that piques my interest.

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Hermon’s Hidden History as the Epicenter of L.A.’s Thriving Chicano Tennis Scene Goes Back to 1976

Wake and Roast: The L.A. TACO Guide to Finding the Best Low-Key Local Coffee Beans

Support L.A. TACO

‘Memories of Souplantation:’ This Website Is Here to Help You Mourn the Closing of Everyone’s OG Favorite Soup and Salad Buffet

‘Cafe NELA Was Our CBGB,’ One of L.A.’s Last DIY Punk Rock Bar-Venues, Is Closing to Become a ‘First of This Kind’ Record Store

Soul Searching in L.A. Bar Industry After Proud Boys Incursions on Eastside

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