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Former Mayoral Candidate Joe Buscaino Stands for Free Public Transportation and Working with ‘Riding Ambassadors’

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Taco Madness 2022: Congrats to Our First Back-to-Back Champ, Villa’s Tacos! Come Celebrate at Our Live Event!

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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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The guacamole is spread thick at Asadero El Poblano. Photo by Cesar Hernandez for L.A. TACO.

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This New Taquería Comes From a Family of Taqueros From Puebla That Introduced TJ-Style Tacos to LA

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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A ‘Civic Hacker’ Mapped Out Every Single Place That Sells Tacos In L.A. and It is Absolutely Beautiful

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