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

Jennifer Velez

News

Here’s Where to See Fireworks in L.A., Instead of Illegally Firing Them at Home

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

Film

Trailer: New Comedy From Rapper Boots Riley ~ ‘Sorry to Bother You’ ~ Poised to Be the Sci-Fi Summer Hit

Against his better judgment, Nathan Solis continues to write for a living and sleeps along the Gold Line with his wife and daughter.

Nathan Solis

‘I Knew I Had to Come Here’: Meet the Los Angeles Activists Camped Outside the ICE Processing Facility Downtown

Events

Concha Con, LALIFF, Peaking Lights at The Getty ~ A Summer Solstice GTFO-LA!

Lilibeth Garcia is a writer and avid explorer of all things novel and revolutionary. She aspires to change the world one word at a time.

Lilibeth Garcia

Food

Meet the L.A. Chef Who Has Veganized 40 Dishes From El Salvador and Is Going For More

GTFOLA! ~ G-Funk Rising Star Ron-Ron, Mexico vs. Germany at Don Chente

A.k.a. Afroxander; 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

Sports

GOOOOAL!!! ~ The L.A. Taco Guide to the 30 Best World Cup Viewing Parties in Los Angeles [Updated]

GTFOLA! ‘Made In L.A.’ at The Hammer ~ Nortec Collective at MacArthur Park ~ PRIDE

Politics

‘Aware of A Problem and Getting Justice For That Problem Are Two Totally Different Things’ ~ Bernie Sanders, Shaun King, Patrisse Cullors in L.A.

Jacob Woocher is a graduate student in urban planning at UCLA. He organizes with the Los Angeles Tenants Union and the Democratic Socialists of America, Los Angeles.

Jacob Woocher

More Than 90 Rent-Striking Families in Westlake Are Facing Mass Eviction by a Wealthy Westside Landlord

Hollywood