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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

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L.A. TACO

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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Cops Broke Up A Massive Photowalk This Weekend That Combines Car Culture With Street Photography (Photo Essay)

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.

Lisa Kwon

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Homelessness

Darrell Fields, Beloved Guitarist Living in Skid Row, Burned to Death While Inside His Tent

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.

Philip Iglauer

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L.A. Times Building Could Be an Unintended Casualty of Councilman Huizar’s Legal Troubles

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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Lexis-Olivier Ray

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Film

Trailer: New Comedy From Rapper Boots Riley ~ ‘Sorry to Bother You’ ~ Poised to Be the Sci-Fi Summer Hit

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How We Do It: Main Museum ~ DTLA

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Recap: Herakut “Masters of Wrong”

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L.A. TACO STAFF

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Massive New Mural by Etam Cru ~ Downtown L.A.

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Taco Truck Confessions #2 “My Taco’s On Broadway”

New Mural: DourOne presented by Do Art Foundation ~ DTLA

Video: Daytime Pasting with Mear One

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