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Scouring the brick jungles of Los Angeles with my arsenal of cameras. In my adventures I am photographing anything that piques my interest.

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Mariah Castañeda is a feisty multimedia journalist and social media editor.

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Mexican Vegan Brunch, In the Arts We Rise, East LA Comicbook Expo & More ~ GTFO LA!

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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‘I Guess We Have to Start at the Bottom Again’ – Popular West Adams Birria Taco Cart Stolen

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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Gracias Señor: Handmade Tortillas and a Baja Bent on Four Wheels in Pacific Palisades

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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He Built Koreatown: Hi Duk Lee, First Korean Business Owner at Olympic and Normandie, Dies at 79

Daniel Hernandez is editor emeritus of LA Taco, serving 2017-2019. He is currently a staff writer for the L.A. Times. He is former Mexico bureau chief for VICE News, and former staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly. Daniel is author of the book &#8220;Down &amp; Delirious in Mexico City.&#8221;

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L.A. Taco Podcast: Discussing Filming Locations of ‘Heat’ ~ Trying Macheen’s Mole Fries

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L.A. Taco Podcast: Los Originales Tacos Arabes Gets a Truck ~ Tasting the New Birria Tacos in West Adams With Hadley Tomicki

Cesar Hernandez is Lynwood&#8217;s second best export behind Weird Al, and a writer and podcaster. Illustration by Tommy Gallegos.

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Los Originales Tacos Árabes Inaugurates Its First Food Truck With East L.A. Celebration

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The L.A. Birria Story: Tacos Dorados de Birria de Res Arrive in West Adams

Jennifer Velez is a multi-media journalist covering news and culture in L.A.

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L.A. County Fair, Vegan Street Fair, New Yayoi Kusama & More ~ GTFO LA!

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