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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

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

Jennifer Velez

News

Missing Ride-Share Driver Found at Downtown Hospital

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;

Daniel Hernandez

A 12-Year-Old Girl Is in Custody After Today’s Shooting at Castro Middle School

Homicides Continue to Drop, But Gang Killings in L.A. Grow, New Figures Show

Erick Huerta likes to eat his Hot-Cheetos with chopsticks.

Erick Huerta

Transport

Cop Dragging Incident on Red Line Reminds Us That Riders Should Just Fend For Ourselves

Jason McGahan is a two time LA Press Club award recipient and a former staff writer for LA Weekly.

Jason McGahan

Los Angeles

‘You Have My Support’ — A Look Back at the Tenure of Outgoing LAPD Chief Charlie Beck

L.A.P.D. Chief Charlie Beck Announces He Will Retire

Viccky Gutierrez Was the First L.A. Trans Woman Murdered In Three Years

Robert Chlala is a writer and Ph.D. Candidate at USC researching L.A.’s changing cannabis industry for more than five years, focusing on issues of race, equity, and urban politics and economics. He has been involved in the cannabis space long before it became “an industry.”

Robert Chlala

Boyle Heights

Cannabis City: ‘It’s Been Chill’ Since Gray Period Began For Legal Weed in L.A.

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