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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

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L.A. County Is Considering a Ban on All Flavored Tobacco Products, It Might Be Time to Stock-Up on Your Swisher Sweets, Menthol Cigarettes and E-Juice Liquids

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

Dodgers Sign a Part-Time Taquero from Jalisco who Has a 93-mph Fastball

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

Update: Racist from Eagle Rock CVS Gets Hacked, DMs Surface Stating ‘I Am Part of a Small Klan Group in My Town’

Sam Ribakoff is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker from Long Beach, CA.

Samuel Ribakoff

Why Are Families in Boyle Heights and Southeast L.A. Still Being Poisoned by Lead? Battery Recycling Plant Leaves Behind ‘a Chernobyl-Level Event’ (Update)

Featured

How a Tenant Born and Raised in East Los Angeles Challenged Her Landlord and Helped Secure Housing Rights for 100,000 People

People Have Raised Nearly $70,000 for Immigrant Families in Camps by Hugging and Posting It on Instagram, Here’s the Story Behind the Viral Trend

Virali Dave is a writer in Los Angeles. Born in Mumbai, she has always considered the West Coast to be the best coast. She can be found chronicling encounters with burritos on Instagram @virali.

Virali Dave

Protestors Accuse Designer Lauren Moshi of Being a ‘Culture Vulture’ Who ‘Steals from POC Artists,’ Hold Rally Outside Her Store in West Hollywood

Son of Eagle Rock’s Chamber of Commerce President Among the Suspects Arrested in Eagle Rock Brush Fire ‘Intentionally Set’ near Homeless Encampment

‘You Couldn’t Ask for a Worse Situation,’ Only Five of 39 People Survive Boat Fire near Santa Cruz Island so Far

LeBron James Is Not the King of Tacos and He Can’t Have Taco Tuesday