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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

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<p>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.</p>


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Update: At The Peak of The Defund Era, L.A. Received $600 million in COVID Relief, Half Went to LAPD

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News

Headlines: The Food Vendors Serving Corcoran State Prison; Sinkhole Opens in Hollywood Hills

Featured

Headlines: Bangkok’s “Chicano” Subculture; Psychedelic Toad Populations at Risk of Collapse

Headlines: Mike Tyson Making Ear-Shaped Cannabis Gummies; Little Tokyo Sees Homeless Sweep

Headlines: Video Shows Officers Killing Altadena DUI Suspect; Singer Barbara Morrison Dead at 72

Headlines: Piñatas For Ukraine; Hector Camacho Murder Suspects Arrested

Headlines: Cartel Shootouts Menace Nuevo Laredo; A Study of “Foo Optimism”

<p>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.</p>


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Crime

Newly Installed Cameras Put a Stop to Cargo Train Thefts in Northeast L.A.

Headlines: Ashli Babbit’s Brother Charged With San Diego Hate Crime; South Bay Starbucks Staffers Eye Unionizing

Tacos

Brace Yourselves: Taco Trucks and Street Food Vendors Are Raising Prices, Citing Fuel Costs