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Melanie Gonzalez is a multimedia journalist obsessed with botanicas.

Melanie Gonzalez

Community

Remembering Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Nava: Godfather to Downtown’s Queer Club Community Dies at 42

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

Film

‘Black Panther’ is Back in Theaters and Free for the First Week of Black History Month

Nash Baker is a crime scene videographer and regular contributor to L.A. Taco.

Nash Baker

Crime

Video: Stabbings Strike at Mini-Marts in South Los Angeles ~ Nash Baker Reports

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

Update: Police Book Sylmar Man Who Punched Two Women at a Downtown Hot Dog Cart

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

News

‘Are You Ready For Garcetti?’ ~ L.A. Mayor Not Running for President After All

Video: ‘This Is Very Biblical’ ~ Nash Baker Reports from Compton Church Shooting

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

‘He Built an L.A. Landmark’ ~ Owner Of Canter’s Deli in Fairfax Dies at 82, RIP Alan Canter

‘Roma’ Actor Denied U.S. Visa to Attend the Oscars

City Hall Intrigue: Garcetti Appointee Resigns After Being Named in FBI Corruption Probe