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Zachary Warma works in public affairs in Los Angeles. He has previously written about the legacy of Joseph Le Conte, the ex-Confederate UC Berkeley professor and Sierra Club co-founder.

Zachary Warma

Featured

L.A.’s Lesser-Known Racist History: The Confederate Mayor Who Was Anti-Mexican and Tried to Make California Into a Slave State

Casey Shreiner is the founder and Editor of Modern Hiker.

Casey Schreiner

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The L.A. Taco Guide To Hiking Griffith Park During Coronavirus

Faith Petrie is a freelance writer and &#8220;Criminal Minds&#8221;-enthusiast born and raised in Los Angeles. Her work can be found in the Los Angeles Sentinel, L.A. Watts Times, and her college&#8217;s student-run-newspaper, the Daily 49er.

Faith Petrie

BIPOC Transwomen Suffered Vicious Attack in Hollywood as Crowd Mocked and Laughed at Victims, Marking Latest in National ‘Epidemic’

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).

Melissa Mora Hidalgo

Inspired by California’s Indigenous Foodways, This Vendor Is Selling Woodfired Lobster Enchiladas in Hollywood

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.

Gab Chabran

Developers Want to Turn the Former Studio of East Hollywood’s Nun-Turned-Godmother of Pop Art Into an Organic Market

Astrid is a Salvadoran-American poet and writer based in Los Angeles.

Astrid

No More Janitors, Maids, and Housekeepers: This Veterana Is Breaking Latino Typecasting in Hollywood By Training Real Gang Members to Be Actors

Memo Torres is the Director of Engagement and multimedia journalist for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco. He is also the host of the Daily Memo and writes for Apple Maps’ ‘Where Memo Torres Eats in L.A.’ You can see him on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles and Pressure Cooker.  You can hear him on KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ occasionally. He was a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino journalists and a former third-generation landscaper.

Memo Torres

Events

Drink Beer, Support BLM + ‘Tacos de Churro’ in El Sereno ~ Welcome Back to L.A.’s TacoWire

Adam Mahoney is a journalist from Los Angeles who has reported from Palestine, Uganda, and Vietnam. You can follow him on Twitter.

Adam Mahoney

Real Talk: How L.A.’s Freeways Contribute to Inequality and the City’s Racial Divide

Erick Huerta likes to eat his Hot-Cheetos with chopsticks.

Erick Huerta

In South Central, a Swap Meet Faces an Uncertain Future and Stirs Up Conversations About Immigrant-Owned Small Businesses and Space

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

Decriminalize Street Food…Again: 100 L.A Street Vendors March for Their Right to Earn

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