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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).

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The L.A. TACO 2022 Guide to Día de Los Muertos Events, Including Our Own ‘TACOLAND’ at Hollywood Forever

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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Brown Faces and Natural Wine: Latino-Owned Sala Celebrates Three Years In Uptown Whittier

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Headlines: Rainwater Is No Longer Safe to Drink; Burning Body Found Hanging in Tree in Griffith Park

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Headlines: Couple Beaten and Robbed At 99 Ranch in SGV; Sea Lions Charge At SoCal Beachgoers

Tina Vasquez is a journalist who covers immigration, reproductive injustice, food, labor, and culture. She is the editor-at-large at Prism, and she splits her time between Downey, CA and Winston Salem, NC.

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

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Insomniac Voter Guide: In Long Beach, a Mayoral Candidate For Free Public Transit and Another Who Helped Build Their First Homeless Shelter

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