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Erick Galindo is an award-winning writer, director, and journalist from Southeast L.A. His work spans TV, film, podcasts, and essays that explore the intersection of identity, culture, and chaos in Los Angeles.

Erick Galindo

News

LAPD Releases Video: Knife-Wielding Man at Van Nuys Church Grabs Woman as Hostage, Officers Shoot Both

Police Video: LAPD Bullet Killed Silver Lake Trader Joe’s Manager Melyda Corado During Shooting

Tacos

‘SOLD OUT’ ~ The Last Day of the Guerrilla Tacos Truck

I enjoy exploring every corner of Los Angeles, looking for art wherever I can find it.

Blazedale

Taco News Round-Up: Hero Mom Uses ‘Taco Tactics’, La Palma on Fairfax, More

RJ Vogt is a legal news reporter and freelance journalist in Los Angeles.

RJ Vogt

Food

Why Halal Burmese Food in L.A. Matters to the ‘World’s Most Persecuted Minority’

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]

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).

Javier Cabral

Weekend Taco Briefing: Sonoratown For Dinner + Punta Cabras Opens in Westside + Burritos La Palma Pop Up in Silver Lake Tomorrow

Philip Iglauer covered all things Koreana for 15 years — foreign diplomats, kimchi, Samsung and, of course, North Korea — out of Seoul. After returning to his native Northeast Los Angeles in late 2016, he freelances on his hometown’s goings-on.

Philip Iglauer

People

From the Streets of Atwater to the Next Possible Chief of the LAPD ~ Meet Robert Arcos

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

Media

The L.A. Taco Interview ~ Brian Calle, Publisher of L.A. Weekly, Answers Critics

Lina Lecaro is an L.A.-born-and-bred journalist specializing in music, nightlife, and culture for the past two decades.

Lina Lecaro

Events

GTFOLA! Lynda Carter Gets Her Star, First Fridays at Natural History, Alice Bag at The Echo

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