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I document Los Angeles. I walk the streets religiously trying to expose every alley, avenue, and crack the sidewalks have to offer.

Kemal Cilengir

Homeless Advocates Face-Off Against LAPD in Effort to Stop Forced Removal of Encampments in Echo Park Lake

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

Featured

The LAPD Is Averaging Almost One Shooting Per Day

News

Update: Retired LAPD Detective Caught On Camera Using The N-Word After Reported Traffic Accident (Video)

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Javier Cabral

L.A. Chefs Among Contestants Pulling Out of ‘FavChef’ Contest After Confusing Prize Terms Are Clarified by Bon Appétit Magazine

Crime

UPDATE: Company Selling L.A. Cop-Influencer Gear Removes Item After Cease and Desist From City

Christer Maxine Schmidt is a writer and musician from Thousand Oaks, California. She is currently a writer on The Echo newspaper published at California Lutheran University.

Christer Maxine Schmidt

Workers Push Back After Vegan, Punk-Owned Donut Shop in Highland Park Allegedly Fires Unionizing Employees

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Homelessness

In Sunny Los Angeles, More Homeless People Die From the Cold Than in SF and NYC, Combined

Capital & Main

As COVID-19 Workplace Complaints Pile Up, Worker Protections Face Pushbacks

Politics

Vons and Other Supermarkets Will Soon Start Replacing Their Delivery Drivers With Gig Service Contractors