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Black and Brown L.A. Unite for the Love of Car Culture on 14th Street in Downtown

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 Golden Dragon Parade Remains a Constant in Gentrifying Chinatown…For Now

Eddie Lin is an OG L.A. food writer who encourages everyone to eat chicken feet at least once. He has appeared on many shows, but his favorite appearance is when he and his girlfriend ate Chinese Viagra soup made of boa constrictor. Yum and POW!

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Why Chinatown’s Hop Woo BBQ’s Chef Lupe Liang First Printed Menus en Español 26 Years Ago

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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It’s Pozole Season in L.A., Here’s Where to Find a Good Bowl: Verde

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The Lime x L.A. TACO Guide to Downtown Los Angeles

Lisa Kwon is a writer born, raised, and currently living in Koreatown. She will talk your ear off about Korean coffee culture and the dreadful effects of Los Angeles’ palm tree fetishism.

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How Chicas Tacos ‘Impossible’ American Crunchy Taco Is Changing the Cal-Mex Food Game

Aahoo is a literary journalist and MFA candidate at Antioch University, Los Angeles. She knows pi up to 30 digits and begins playing Christmas music in September.

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#ClosetheCamps: L.A.’s Jewish Community Protests to ‘Stop Caging of Human Beings’ on Tisha B’Av in Downtown

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Opening Night: The Taqueros of ‘1986’ Want You to Have Good Tacos Late-Night in Downtown L.A.

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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Downtown Mural Depicting Death and Star of David Is Defaced: ‘No Place For Hate’

Melanie Gonzalez is a multimedia journalist obsessed with botanicas.

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Remembering Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Nava: Godfather to Downtown’s Queer Club Community Dies at 42

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