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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

Julianne Le graduated from UCLA in 2025 with a major in English and minor in Asian American Studies. Maybe it&#8217;s because she isn&#8217;t jaded yet, but she is super eager to peek into the overlooked corners of L.A. and write about them. Le is the former editor-in-chief of UCLA&#8217;s Pacific Ties Newsmagazine and was a finalist for the Associated Collegiate Press&#8217; &#8220;Podcast of the Year&#8221; award in 2024.

Julianne Le

a collage of animals: birds, turtle, wolf, anaconda

Culture

Second Chances: The Heartwarming Stories of L.A.’s Rescued Exotic Animals

An award-winning journalist covering ICE and immigration raids. Host of the Daily Memo. ‘Where Memo Torres Eats’ on Apple Maps. Seen on Netflix, occasionally on KCRW. 3rd-gen landscaper. Proud son of an immigrant. Golden Bear.

Memo Torres

Tacos

Meet The Afro-Latino Siblings Making Sinaloan Tacos With Baja Fish in The Culver City Projects

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.

Hadley Tomicki

Food

This Tiny Bakery in Culver City Hides Some of the Best Modern and Sazón-Filled Peruvian Seafood in L.A.

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; In 2023, 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.

Lexis-Olivier Ray

News

Update: LAPD Thought He Was a Black Man With a Gun, Turns out He Was a Latino Man Holding a Bicycle Part

Warren Szewczyk covers local politics in Southern California. You can find his work at warrensz.me.

Warren Szewczyk

Transport

Bird Battles: Cities, Rental Shops, and Vigilantes Take Aim at Dockless E-Scooters

Erick Galindo is an award-winning writer, director, and journalist from Southeast L.A. His work spans TV, film, podcasts, and essays that explore the intersection of identity, culture, and chaos in Los Angeles.

Erick Galindo

‘SOLD OUT’ ~ The Last Day of the Guerrilla Tacos Truck

Lena Nozizwe is an award-winning journalist whose storytelling toolkit includes a pen, a DSLR camera, a digital recorder, and a sense of adventure.

Lena Nozizwe

Welcome to the First Dessert Shop in L.A. Dedicated Entirely to S’Mores

RJ Vogt is a legal news reporter and freelance journalist in Los Angeles.

RJ Vogt

Why Halal Burmese Food in L.A. Matters to the ‘World’s Most Persecuted Minority’

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

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