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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

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Tacos from Tacos 1986. Photo by Erwin Recinos for L.A. TACO.

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L.A. Taco Podcast: The Making of Tacos 1986 ~ Voices from the Teachers Strike

Sam Ribakoff is a reporter, journalism teacher, communicator for labor unions, and a nice guy from Long Beach.

a man stands in front of a mural with a pig in a police hat being crossed out

Sam Ribakoff

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A Struggle Against Charters: This Is Why Teachers in Los Angeles Are on Strike

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Melanie Gonzalez is a multimedia journalist obsessed with botanicas.

Melanie Gonzalez

L.A. Student Removed From Morning Announcements After Publicly Supporting Her Teachers

Jose Huizar Warrant Reveals FBI Is Looking Into Garcetti’s Former Deputy Mayor, Councilman Curren Price

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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

Weed

Weed Lounges Coming to WeHo ~ But Who Is Getting Left Out?

Strike Postponed Until Monday ~ Teachers Strike Update