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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

Film

New Film ‘Blindspotting’ Tackles Gentrification in Black and White, Surreal and Real

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

Featured

‘Shameful’ Chapter of Los Angeles History: County This Week Apologizes for Forced Sterilizations of Women, 1968-1974

Frank John Tristan is a freelance journalist in Southern California covering everything from street culture to neo-Nazis.

Frank John Tristan

Los Angeles

My 20-Minute Career as a Pro Wrestler: Training Day at Santino Bros in Bell Gardens

Jennifer Velez is a multi-media journalist covering news and culture in L.A.

Jennifer Velez

Music

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Tacos

The Fetish of Authenticity ~ Gustavo Arellano on the Perils of ‘Cultural Appropriation’

Events

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News

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Tune of the Day

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