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Vladimir De Jesus Santos is a Salvadoran-American “rocker foo” from Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA. He’s worked as a Cinematographer/Editor for the past decade, focusing on documentaries, short horror films, low budget music videos, and in 2019, he started his own podcast, “Ey, Foo You A Rocker?” which discusses the intersection between race and identity around extreme music in the hood. He’s interested in writing about culture, transnational politics, and his local taco spot.

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Vladimir De Jesus Santos

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The Story of El Taurino and L.A.’s First CDMX-Style ‘Two-Bite’ Tortilla That Changed the City’s Taco Life Forever

Memo Torres is a multi-media taco journalist, a third-generation landscaper, host of L.A. Taco&#8217;s new Plant and Gardening column, Yerbalife, host of Apple Maps&#8217; L.A. food guide on all iPhones, Director of Partnerships for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco, a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino Journalists, a taco scout for numerous shows, can be seen on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles, Pressure Cooker, Mythical Kitchen, KCRW, and elsewhere.

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From Yucatán to La Puente, San Gabriel Valley’s Latest Pop-Up Specializes in Juicy Cochinita Pibil Tortas

Showcasing all the local eateries and businesses in La Puente via @lapuenteeats on Instagram.

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Street Vending

Through Tears and Aguas Frescas, How This Street Vending Family Hustled Their Way Through the Pandemic

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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Javier Cabral

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Indigenous Taquero Returns To Sell Tacos Day After Violent Raid Arrest Footage In El Monte Goes Viral

Laura is a desmadrosa, a product of East Los, an educator, and a hood establishment connoisseur.

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I Drove More Than 100 Miles and Waited over Two Hours to Try Orange County’s Latest Latino-Led BBQ, and It Was Worth It

Nancy Guan is a multimedia journalist with an emphasis on writing and audio storytelling. She has experience reporting on housing issues in L.A., art, food, and culture.

Nancy Guan

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San Gabriel Valley for Black Lives Matter: Hundreds Turn Out to Protest Police Brutality in L.A.’s Suburbs

Alvaro Huerta, Ph.D., holds a joint faculty appointment in Urban &amp; Region Planning and Ethnic &amp; Women’s Studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He’s the author of the book, &#8220;Defending Latina/o Immigrant Communities: The Xenophobic Era of Trump and Beyond.&#8221;

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Barrio Wisdom: To Survive the Coronavirus, Americans Must Learn from Chicanos

One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

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The TacoWire: Cannabis-Infused Taco Night, Birria with Live Mariachi, and the First Steamed Burger Truck in L.A.

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.

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The Cheese is the Tortilla! Enter Taco Ketosis with These Five Spots to Try L.A.’s Elusive ‘Keto Taco’

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

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Why Are Families in Boyle Heights and Southeast L.A. Still Being Poisoned by Lead? Battery Recycling Plant Leaves Behind ‘a Chernobyl-Level Event’ (Update)

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