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Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief 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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Politics

L.A. County Drops Anti-Taco Stand K-Rails to Deter Taqueros From Setting Up

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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Tacos

‘Banger Tacos’ Brings Filipino Flavors and Adobo Consomé to Skate Parks Across Southern California

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Los Angeles

The Cities With the Cheapest Gas in L.A. and O.C. Right Now

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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German-Beer Styles, Mexican Flavors: Whittier’s Long-Awaited New Brewery Offering Guisados Made With Prime Meat Is Now Open

francisco aviles pino is a Mexican writer and producer for LA TACO. Born in Acapulco Guerrero, Mexico, and raised in Los Angeles and Anaheim California, francisco is a passionate observer who has written and produced special projects for The Intercept, Vogue, The Appeal, Netflix, the OC Weekly, Million Dollar Hoods, and Brave New Films.

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How L.A. Is Showing up in Solidarity for the Haitian Refugees at the Texan-Mexican Border

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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‘To People of Color, Never Oppressed:’ Xibalba’s Bilingual HardCore Approach Is Still Here to Rattle Your Skull and Push You Into the Pit

Laura is a desmadrosa, a product of East Los, an educator, and a hood establishment connoisseur.

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People

How a DACA Recipient From East L.A. Hustled His Way to Growing and Owning His Own Fruit Stand at the Original Farmers Market

Melissa was born in Moreno Valley, raised in Arizona, and recently returned from living in México, the motherland. She lives by the words: “siempre en la calle.” USC and Fulbright alum, but don’t tell her to &#8220;Fight On.&#8221;

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History

While Hollywood Had the Sunset Strip, East L.A. Had the ‘Latin Strip’

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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Homelessness

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

Lover of pizza and hardcore, Jessie Castro is originally from northeast L.A. and is the founder of the SGV punk band, Hungry Ass Youth.

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Obituary

Old Punks Never Die: Remembering San Gabriel Valley’s Hardcore Scene Legend, James “YAPO” Valenzuela

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