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Lisa Kwon is a writer born, raised, and currently living in Koreatown. She will talk your ear off about Korean coffee culture and the dreadful effects of Los Angeles’ palm tree fetishism.

Lisa Kwon

Featured

Meet the Japanese Mexican 19-Year-Old Model from El Sereno Representing Latinx Beauty in the Mainstream

Born in Yahualica, Jalisco and raised in East L.A. Proud special education teacher and student advocate. Me gusta un buen tequila y comida casera.

Salvador Limon

‘Decolonize and Reclaim Our Medicine:’ Meet the Brown Owners Who Are Introducing CBD to Boyle Heights

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

Filberto ‘Beto’ Gonzalez, a Zapoteco in L.A., Loved Providing For His Family and Playing ‘El Basket’

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.

Hadley Tomicki

Tacos

These Top L.A. Taco Spots Are Still Delivering While You’re Staying Inside

Tacos That Heal: These Veterans-Turned-Taqueros Are Drawing Lines in Pico-Union For Their TJ-Style Tacos

The Tacowire: Hermanito Hits Sawtelle; IPA Marinated-Asada in Pico Union

Daniel Hernandez is editor emeritus of LA Taco, serving 2017-2019. He is currently a staff writer for the L.A. Times. He is former Mexico bureau chief for VICE News, and former staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly. Daniel is author of the book &#8220;Down &amp; Delirious in Mexico City.&#8221;

Daniel Hernandez

Politics

Joe Biden Campaigns at King Taco Because Of Course

Melanie Gonzalez is a multimedia journalist obsessed with botanicas.

Melanie Gonzalez

Los Angeles

Herbs of Mexico, Supplying Authentic Home Remedies for the People of East Los Angeles for More Than 50 Years

​Victor Alfaro was born in the inner city of Los Angeles, in the neighborhood of Pico-Union. He is 41 and a full-time student at East LA Community College working on his AA degree.

Victor Alfaro

Fiction

​Tell Your True Tale: The Paper-Bag Bandit, by Victor Alfaro ~ Non-Fiction

News

These Oaxacan Muralists Brought Indigenous Flavor to the Central Library; Now They Are Deported ~ An Exclusive

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