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Janette Villafana is a multimedia journalist from Santa Ana, CA who often covers stories that highlight diverse communities, their issues, success, and personal stories.

Janette Villafana

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Video: Co-Owner of Auld Dubliner in Long Beach Breaks Hibachi Truck’s Menu In Confrontation

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Los Angeles

Headlines: L.A. Home Buyers Are Taking Advantage of Falling Mortgage Rates and Home Prices

Headlines: A Man Threatened to Jump Off 110 Freeway Overpass Yesterday, Causing Hours-Long Standstill

James Tir is a food enthusiast from Long Beach who happens to enjoy writing about food. He travels the city daily as @lbfoodcoma trying to find the best bites in town.

James Tir

Tacos

The Cambodian Taquería in Long Beach That Was Started by a Refugee 

News

Headlines: Here Are Some Ways That Pop-Ups Can Protect Their Gear, According to a Smash Burger Master

Food

The XVIII Best Wings In Los Angeles

Headlines: A Principal and Rapper Are Teaming Up to Open a New Preschool in Compton

The 13 Best Carne Asada Tacos In L.A.

Claudia Preza&#8217;s work has been featured in publications like Reader&#8217;s Digest and Budget Travel. Her writing centers around any and all of the layers of the Latinx experience and her love of travel.

Claudia Preza

L.A. Taco Guides

The 12 Best Chilaquiles 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; This year, 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

Headlines: Should LAPD Have Robot Dogs? L.A. Public Safety Committee to Vote Today

Long Beach