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A.k.a. Afroxander; Weekend Editor at L.A. Taco and a lecturer at San Diego State University. He has covered arts, culture, history, politics, and sports with an emphasis on Latin America and its U.S. diaspora for over two decades.

Ivan Fernandez

Juan Izguerra is L.A. TACO&#8217;s community coordinator and was born and raised in Pomona, California. As an L.A. resident, Juan enjoys exploring the small, hidden places of the SGV, Inland Empire, and wherever his stomach takes him.

Juan Izguerra

Born and raised in Riverside, Zach Cordner is a professional photographer and publisher of The Riversider Magazine. Zach created the print magazine 5 years ago for the love of his hometown. Tired of the negative stereotypes that Riverside and the IE have, Zach created a high-quality, photography-based magazine that highlights the amazing people, businesses and restaurants of Riverside with positive and uplifting stories about the community.

Zach Cordner

Ken Crawford is the Editor-At-Large at Riversider Magazine and co-founder of Sixty Miles East. He is a born and raised Riversider and is passionate about shining light on Inland Empire stories that would get lost in the shadow of Los Angeles.

Ken Crawford

Inland Empire

The Ultimate Guide to the IE: Inner Inland Empire

Aisha Wallace-Palomares

Memo Torres is the Director of Engagement and multimedia journalist for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco. He is also the host of the Daily Memo and writes for Apple Maps’ ‘Where Memo Torres Eats in L.A.’ You can see him on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles and Pressure Cooker.  You can hear him on KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ occasionally. He was a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino journalists and a former third-generation landscaper.

Memo Torres

Izzy Ramirez is a Los Angeles-based staff reporter with L.A. TACO, documenting immigration enforcement and state power as it unfolds on the ground. Their work centers real-time alerts and long-term public archiving throughout the Southern California region.

Izzy Ramirez

Amaray D. Alvarez is a freelance journalist in California. She is a graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism. Her work has been featured in NPR, the LA Times and The Desert Sun.

Amaray D. Alvarez

Vehicle With Children Inside Crashes in Indio After ICE Attempted to Stop the Vehicle in Salton City

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

Janette Villafana

An order of tacos de canasta topped with a mix of shredded lettuce, purple onion and pickled carrots. And dressed with both green and red salsa.

Tacos

The Nine Best Tacos In The Inland Empire 

Gustavo Arellano is the author of “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America” and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

Inland Empire

The Ultimate Guide to the IE: Inner Inland Empire

Vehicle With Children Inside Crashes in Indio After ICE Attempted to Stop the Vehicle in Salton City

The Nine Best Tacos In The Inland Empire

The Northgate Grocery Chain Loses Its Matriarch ~ Teresa Reynoso de Gonzalez, 90