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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

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Memo Torres is a multi-media taco journalist, a third-generation landscaper, host of L.A. Taco&#8217;s new Plant and Gardening column, Yerbalife, host of Apple Maps&#8217; L.A. food guide on all iPhones, Director of Partnerships for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco, a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino Journalists, a taco scout for numerous shows, can be seen on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles, Pressure Cooker, Mythical Kitchen, KCRW, and elsewhere.

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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.

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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; 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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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.

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

Erick Galindo is a contributing Editor to L.A. TACO. He writes the Mis Ángeles column for LAist/KPCC and has written essays on food and culture for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

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‘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.

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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.

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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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Could an Underground Tunnel System in Los Angeles Actually Become a Reality?

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GTFO LA! Stuff To Do This Weekend: Barrio Baroque

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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The L.A. Taco Interview ~ Brian Calle, Publisher of L.A. Weekly, Answers Critics

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