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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).

Javier Cabral

Featured

East Hollywood’s New Carnitas-Only Taquería Confits Pork in Copper Cazos for Hours Until It Falls Apart in Your Mouth

Lucy Guanuna is an L.A.-based freelance journalist covering Latinx culture, social justice, and lifestyle. She&#8217;s still waiting for peanut butter, jelly and cheese to become a thing.

Lucy Guanuna

‘La Chancla’ y El Novio? This Bilingual Therapist Is Destigmatizing Mental Health in L.A.’s Latinx Communities

Tacos

Lakers Star Anthony Davis Celebrates First Championship with Michoacán-Style Birria de Chivo in L.A.

A.k.a. Afroxander; Editor-At-Large (formerly Weekend Editor) at L.A. Taco and a lecturer at San Diego State University. He has covered arts, culture, history, politics, and sports with an emphasis on Latin America and its U.S. diaspora for over two decades.

Ivan Fernandez

Music

L.A.’s Homegrown ‘La Marisoul’ Pays Homage To Mexico’s Classic Boleros in Her First Solo Album

I am a first-generation Oaxa-Californian raised in Venice Beach. Bike powered and car-free, I am an activist that will take you up on a ride.

Areli Morales

Culture

Celebrar El Día de Muertos Significa Celebrar La Resistencia Indígena

Your Guide to Finding Each Taco Style Featured in Season Two of the ‘Taco Chronicles’ in Los Angeles

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; In 2023, 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.

Lexis-Olivier Ray

Crime

This LAPD Fatal Shooting Highlights Department’s Flawed Approach To Dealing With the Mentally Unstable

Media

Loving L.A. Means Embracing Its Dark Side, Too: A Raw Interview With Jeff Weiss of the LAnd Magazine

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

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

Hollywood