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Three New Storm Fronts Bring More Rain and Snow To Los Angeles This Week

Ex-FBI Agent Faces Sentencing for Helping Armenian Organized Crime Figures in L.A.

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Headlines: Bartz BBQ Is ‘Pretty Annoyed’ By L.A. Pop-Up Prices, Reduces His Menu Prices to ‘Lead By Example’

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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Headlines: Inglewood Soul Food Restaurant Destroyed After Electrical Fire Seeks Support From Customers

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Headlines: Highland Park: Anti-Gentrification Activists Protest Restaurant’s ‘$19 Chilaquiles’ and Alleged Eviction Attempt

Headlines: Local Artist Turns Grave Plot at Hollywood Forever Into a Pop-Art Space

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

Janette Villafana

Video: Co-Owner of Auld Dubliner in Long Beach Breaks Hibachi Truck’s Menu In Confrontation

Headlines: L.A. Home Buyers Are Taking Advantage of Falling Mortgage Rates and Home Prices

Headlines: Cannabis Business in Montebello Robbed ‘For Everything They’ve Worked For’ By Thieves

Oren Peleg is a journalist and screenwriter whose work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest, Eater, and LA Magazine. He is the former food editor of LAist.

Oren Peleg

Update: Two Shootings In Pico-Robertson Rattle L.A.’s Jewish Community