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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

Tacos

Taco Alert! Teddy’s Red Tacos — Truck That Started on the Slauson Tracks — Is Appearing in a Super Bowl Ad

Teddy’s Red Tacos Opens in Venice, Bringing Tijuana-Style Birria to the Westside

Sam Ribakoff is a reporter, journalism teacher, communicator for labor unions, and a nice guy from Long Beach.

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Sam Ribakoff

News

Back to School ‘With Our Heads Up’ ~ Teachers Ratify Contract, Ending Six-Day L.A. Teachers Strike

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

‘Why Are We Rushing the Vote?’ ~ Teachers Grumble But Overwhelmingly Approve Deal to End Strike

Live Updates: Teachers Strike Ends ~ Teachers Are Expected Back in L.A. Schools Wednesday

Cesar Hernandez is Lynwood&#8217;s second best export behind Weird Al, and a writer and podcaster. Illustration by Tommy Gallegos.

Cesar Hernandez

‘Tacos For Teachers’ Seeks to Feed Teachers If They Hit the Picket Lines

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; In 2023, 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

Los Angeles

Car Splits in Two and Nearly Crashes Into Someone’s Tent: The Everyday Dangers Faced By Unhoused People on the Streets

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).

Melissa Mora Hidalgo

Food

Feminist Food and the ‘Queerest Coffee’ in Long Beach ~ Wide Eyes Open Palms

Jonny Coleman is a writer and organizer with the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and NOlympics LA.

Jonny Coleman

Politics

Op-Ed: L.A. Needs Civil Rights, Not Civility ~ Why We Shut Down Mayor Garcetti

Vintage L.A. Forever: This Archivist is Preserving Los Angeles Pop History in a Massive Digital Archive

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