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Headlines: Kanye Handing Out ‘White Lives Matter’ T-Shirts in Skid Row; L.A. Is Third Most Rat-Infested City in U.S.

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News

Headlines: Two Killed in Willowbrook Shooting; LAPD Seeks Subsidized Rent For New Recruits

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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Crime

It Took Nearly Three Years for a Sheriff’s Deputy to Get Charged With Manslaughter After Killing Ryan Twyman

Investigative Report

LA County Sheriff’s Deputies Shot At Her Son 34 Times, It Took Two Years For Them To Confirm Who Killed Him

Jack Ross is a reporter and documentary filmmaker from Los Angeles. He is obsessed with covering his hometown.

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Education

Cop-less Campuses: The LAUSD Replaced Police Presence with Mental Health Counselors in Schools. How’s That going?

Murder, Shootings, and Excessive Force: Tracking the String of Police Violence that led to CHP Plowing Through Protesters in L.A.

Sam Ribakoff is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker from Long Beach, CA.

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L.A. Taco Votes: Your Ultra Last Minute Voter Guide for Los Angeles County

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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Video: Ryan Twyman Threw His Car in Reverse Before Deputies Began Shooting

‘It Could Have Been Me,’ Neighbors Say at Apartment Complex Where LASD Shot Unarmed Ryan Twyman

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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Compton Woman Killed in Apparent Street Race During Weekend Filled with Hit-and-Runs

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