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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

Food

Inspired By Nipsey Hussle, An Indie Organic Grocer Is Raising Funds to Help ‘Keep Slauson Fresh’

Rudy Mondragón is a doctoral researcher in the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department at UCLA.

Rudy Mondragón

Sports

Andy Ruiz is ‘Destroyer’ and Disrupter in Boxing, Fatphobia

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

News

The Homeless Can Now Hold Onto More Property on the Streets of Skid Row

Weed

Cannabis City: How to Roll a Rose Blunt

Crime

‘Virtual’ Charter School Operators in SoCal Caught in Federal Fraud Case For Inflating Enrollment and Swindling Your Tax Dollars

Ladera Heights Woman Facing Eviction at Age 102 Is Promised Help from Schwarzenegger, County Supes

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

Samuel Ribakoff

Kids Dying in Border Detention: Unnamed Girl Is Sixth Child Death in U.S. Custody Since September

After Coucilmen Brawl, City of Commerce Gets Banned From Local Government Association

Garcetti Faces Backlash for Statements in Support of U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem

Commerce City Council Members Brawl at Hotel, Reports Say; Mayor Promises to Press Charges