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Gabriel Chabrán is a food writer and journalist from Highland Park. He currently lives in Long Beach with his wife Katie, their new baby, and their Russian Blue cat, Mars.

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Long Beach Runs on Thai Curry Pizza: How the Mom and Pop Strip Mall Institution Captured the L.B.C.’s Heart With Their Southeast Asian-style Pies

Melissa Mora Hidalgo was born in Montebello and grew up in the L.A./O.C. borderlands of East Whittier and La Habra. She holds a Ph. D. in Literature from UC San Diego and is the author of Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress UK, 2016).

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Uptown Provisions, the Mom and Pop Food Shop of Whittier’s Dreams, Is Opening September 14

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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Hand-Washing Station Vendors Collected Millions of Dollars In Payments From The City While Some Units Went Dry

Lilian Gonzalez is a multimedia journalist and entertainment reporter based in Los Angeles, CA. She is also a dancer, choreographer, and actress whose work focuses on the arts and entertainment

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Meet the Hardworking Family From Michoacán Behind One of the Valley’s Best Birria Trucks

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There Weren’t Enough Porta-Potties for the Homeless To Begin With, in October They’re Being Pulled

One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

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The Ultimate L.A. TACO Guide to Living Your Best Cannabis Life Around the City on 4/20

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Photo Essay: The People and Murals of L.A.’s Little Bangladesh

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

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An Undocumented Guatemalan Single Mother Fed L.A.’s Queer Community for Years, Now They’ve Come Together to Feed Her

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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A Taquería in North Hollywood Is Giving Away Three Tacos Per Person if the Dodgers Don’t Choke in the World Series

Lucy Guanuna is an L.A.-based freelance journalist covering Latinx culture, social justice, and lifestyle. She&#8217;s still waiting for peanut butter, jelly and cheese to become a thing.

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‘La Chancla’ y El Novio? This Bilingual Therapist Is Destigmatizing Mental Health in L.A.’s Latinx Communities

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