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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

This Popular Oaxacan Restaurant in Los Angeles Got Rid of All Its Tequila, But There’s a Catch

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

Architecture

Pig ‘n Whistle Slayer ‘Mr. Tempo’ Mocks L.A. Preservationists With Taunts (and Farts) In New Video

Featured

Don’t Get Caught Up: The L.A. TACO Guide to 2022’s New Laws And How They May Affect You

Chloe is a Los Angeles writer. Her journalism can be found at The Baffler, Teen Vogue, Commune Magazine and The New Republic.

Chloe H. Watlington

‘The Big Quit’ of 2021, As Told By Women of Color in Los Angeles

How This WeHo Barber Took Control of His Life Again After Years of Meth and Prison

Mike Sonksen aka Mike the PoeT is a 3rd-generation Los Angeles native. Poet, professor, journalist, historian and tour-guide, his latest book &#8220;Letters to My City&#8221; was just published by Writ Large Press. He teaches at Woodbury University.

Mike Sonksen

Obituary

Remembering DJ Al Jackson, the Voice of the Soul Children

Weed

The Ultimate L.A. TACO Guide to Living Your Best Cannabis Life Around the City on 4/20

Christer Maxine Schmidt is a writer and musician from Thousand Oaks, California. She is currently a writer on The Echo newspaper published at California Lutheran University.

Christer Maxine Schmidt

Community

Few Gay Bars Left in L.A. Face Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Debt As City Prepares to Re-Open

Rich Manning is a freelance writer who lives in Fountain Valley, CA with his wife and two daughters, and is likely eating a burrito as you read this.

Rich Manning

Food

More Than Your Favorite Peruvian Dish: Exploring the Dark History of Lomo Saltado’s Cross-Cultural Roots

Kamren Curiel is a fourth-generation Chicana born in East L.A. and raised in South San Gabriel. She&#8217;s written for the L.A.Times, Latina, LAist, KCET, Huffington Post, and was the L.A. Editor for Remezcla.com.

Kamren Curiel

Meet the Mother and Daughter Running Boyle Heights’ First African Restaurant, Now Open on Soto Street

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