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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; This year, 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.

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Activists respond positively after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted in unison to approve a rent stabilization ordinance for unincorporated areas of LA County

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How a Tenant Born and Raised in East Los Angeles Challenged Her Landlord and Helped Secure Housing Rights for 100,000 People

Erick Galindo is a contributing Editor to L.A. TACO. He writes the Mis Ángeles column for LAist/KPCC and has written essays on food and culture for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

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People Have Raised Nearly $70,000 for Immigrant Families in Camps by Hugging and Posting It on Instagram, Here’s the Story Behind the Viral Trend

Virali Dave is a writer in Los Angeles. Born in Mumbai, she has always considered the West Coast to be the best coast. She can be found chronicling encounters with burritos on Instagram @virali.

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Protestors Accuse Designer Lauren Moshi of Being a ‘Culture Vulture’ Who ‘Steals from POC Artists,’ Hold Rally Outside Her Store in West Hollywood

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Son of Eagle Rock’s Chamber of Commerce President Among the Suspects Arrested in Eagle Rock Brush Fire ‘Intentionally Set’ near Homeless Encampment

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‘You Couldn’t Ask for a Worse Situation,’ Only Five of 39 People Survive Boat Fire near Santa Cruz Island so Far

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LeBron James Is Not the King of Tacos and He Can’t Have Taco Tuesday

Lisa Kwon is a writer born, raised, and currently living in Koreatown. She will talk your ear off about Korean coffee culture and the dreadful effects of Los Angeles’ palm tree fetishism.

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Darrell Fields, Beloved Guitarist Living in Skid Row, Burned to Death While Inside His Tent

Khloe Rios and Jennifer Bianchi stand with their peers while speaking to LGBTQ rights advocates gathered outside Las Perlas bar in Downtown L.A. to protest a transphobic incident the previous evening where Khloe, Jennifer and their peers were forcibly rem

After Trans Women Are Dragged out of a Bar in DTLA, a Community Rises to Action

Editor for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-Author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

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These Are Your Rights If a Restaurant Gets Raided By ICE, For Both Customers and Owners

Aahoo is a literary journalist and MFA candidate at Antioch University, Los Angeles. She knows pi up to 30 digits and begins playing Christmas music in September.

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Downey City Council Votes to Legalize Street Vending via a Permit System