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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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Philip Iglauer covered all things Koreana for 15 years — foreign diplomats, kimchi, Samsung and, of course, North Korea — out of Seoul. After returning to his native Northeast Los Angeles in late 2016, he freelances on his hometown’s goings-on.

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Feinstein Defeats De Leon, Hopes for Rent Control Crushed, Gas Tax Survives, Newsom to Governor

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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All The Other Props and Some Judges: Should We Kill Daylight Savings Time in California?

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

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Gas Tax Measure Proposition 6 Is All About Hopes of a Republican Revolt ~ The L.A. Taco California Voter Guide, Part 2

Proposition 10 Clears Hurdle For Rent Control ~ The L.A. Taco California Voter Guide, Part 1

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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Recap: Mike Miller’s New ‘California Love’ Exhibit ~ M+B Gallery

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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An Algorithm May Decide If You Can Be Out on Bail ~ the End of California’s Cash Bail System

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Major Shift on Police: Cops Will Have to Release Body Camera Footage and Records on Bad Behavior

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ICE Raids, Socialism, Beats: How Oxnard’s Disco Pop Radical Cola Boyy Is Empowered by His Disability

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