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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).

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

Dee De La Cruz was born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, but she has lived all over Southern California. When she&#8217;s not writing words, she&#8217;s the host of the podcast &#8220;Viewz with Dee De La Cruz.

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How Getting Priced Out of L.A. Made Me Love the Inland Empire More Than I Ever Thought I Could

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Vinyl: Listen to These Rare Vintage ‘Powerful’ Corridos Commemorating Ruben Salazar, Killed by Police in 1970

I document Los Angeles. I walk the streets religiously trying to expose every alley, avenue, and crack the sidewalks have to offer.

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Hundreds of Cars Caravanned Through Pasadena Demanding Justice for Anthony McClain, Shot and Killed by Police Last Week

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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Avenue 26 Tacos Opens a Shop in DTLA and La Casita Mexicana Gets a New Patio ~ TacoWire

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).

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

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Amid the ‘Whitewashing’ of Murals in Highland Park, These L.A. Graffiti OGs Fight Back

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Hail, Melissa King! How a Queer Chinese American From the SGV Won Top Chef and Scored a Big Victory for BIPOC Angelenos

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

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‘Skate for Justice:’ More Than 500 Hundred Skaters Ollied and Kickflipped Their Way From DTLA to Echo Park for Civil Rights

Aahoo is a literary journalist and MFA candidate at Antioch University, Los Angeles. She knows pi up to 30 digits and begins playing Christmas music in September.

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