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‘I Guess We Have to Start at the Bottom Again’ – Popular West Adams Birria...
The popular West Adams taco cart L.A. Birria was temporarily shut down Monday after its van and everything in it was apparently stolen, according to co-owner Eduardo Anaya. “We woke up today and...
View ArticleGarcetti Faces Backlash for Statements in Support of U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
Religious groups in Los Angeles are asking for an apology from mayor Eric Garcetti after he expressed his support of the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a...
View ArticleAfter Coucilmen Brawl, City of Commerce Gets Banned From Local Government...
The City of Commerce has been suspended from the California Contract Cities Association after its mayor and at least two councilmen were involved in a brawl that erupted at a Coachella Valley resort...
View ArticleLadera Heights Woman Facing Eviction at Age 102 Is Promised Help from...
Los Angeles County officials say they are investigating the legality of an eviction notice served on a 102-year-old woman in Ladera Heights whose case sparked outrage on social media and a pledge of...
View Article‘Virtual’ Charter School Operators in SoCal Caught in Federal Fraud Case For...
Two Newport Beach men are at the center of a conspiracy that defrauded millions of dollars from the state using a network of 13 so-called virtual charter schools that funneled funds directly into their...
View ArticleThe Homeless Can Now Hold Onto More Property on the Streets
Los Angeles police officers and city workers will now have strict limits on their ability to seize unhoused people’s property in downtown L.A., according to a legal settlement previously approved by...
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Andy Ruiz is ‘Destroyer’ and Disrupter in Boxing, Fatphobia
On the night of June 1, 2019, Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz Jr. became the first boxer of Mexican descent to capture the heavyweight championship of the world after defeating Nigerian-English fighter...
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Inspired By Nipsey Hussle, An Indie Organic Grocer Is Raising Funds to Help...
An organic grocery popup servicing low income communities in L.A. is trying to revive one of Crenshaw’s only organic and historic food options, and they need your help. Before it shut down, the store...
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Facing Mass Eviction, Hundreds of Tenants in Chinatown Are Fighting Back in...
Shao Zhao grew up moving all over L.A. County with her mom. First they lived on the Eastside, then in South Bay, and by 2007 they hoped to make a home for good in an apartment complex off West Cesar E....
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‘They’ve Just Gone Bonkers’: Tenants Welcome Rent-Control Vote in Booming...
Celebrating a vote that ensured a cap on rent increases in the rapidly developing city of Inglewood, the leader of a local activist group said Wednesday they were prepared to keep up efforts to prevent...
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‘It Could Have Been Me,’ Neighbors Say at Apartment Complex Where LASD Shot...
They call themselves “one big ass family” at the apartment complex where an unarmed man named Ryan Twyman was shot multiple times by Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies. The residents of the South Bay Villa...
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A Life Downsized to a Van on a Street in Echo Park ~ 16,000 People in...
Arthur Davis spends his days and nights in a camper van he’s converted into a tiny home, with a bed, a make-shift counter and a butane burner to cook. He lives across from the pupusa and elote vendors...
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Micheladas Mean Summer in Los Angeles ~ 19 Micheladas to Drink in 2019
If last week’s heat wave served as any reminder, summer 2019 — once this damn June Gloom is over — is going to be an inferno. And as some of us have secretly known for years, there is practically no...
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How to Prove You’re a Transplant in Los Angeles ~ Overlay It With a Map of...
On Sunday at 7:55 pm, the Twitter user @TomBellino posted of an image of a section of Los Angeles County with crudely drawn circles separating the city into supposed equivalents of New York City’s five...
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Video: Ryan Twyman Threw His Car in Reverse Before Deputies Began Shooting
Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies shot at Ryan Twyman 34 times including with an assault rifle on June 6 after the 24-year-old father of three was approached in his car in the parking lot of an apartment...
View ArticleKnow Your Rights! ~ ICE Is Coming For 140 People in Los Angeles on Sunday
The expected raids starting Sunday (June 23) across the country targeting thousands of undocumented immigrants are an act of authoritarianism under any definition you can muster. Mixed status homes are...
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News Update: ICE Raids Delayed, Huntington Park’s New ‘RoboCop’& Guerrilla’s...
View this post on Instagram It's getting real dystopian out there. @djwes chef and owner of @guerrillatacos breaks down the latest headlines and tells us about his new late night menu … because tacos...
View ArticleWatch Nipsey Hussle and His Brother Sam Describe Their Early Days at Slauson...
The death of Nipsey Hussle shook Los Angeles, and although it took only happened three months ago, it feels like we’re still reeling from the loss. We are nowhere near forgetting. Murals and attire...
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News Update: Dodgers to Extend Netting, Dolores Huerta Square Unveiled & Goat...
This is your LA TACO news update for Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Dodgers to Extend Protective Netting The Los Angeles Dodgers said they will be expanding the protective netting at Dodger Stadium after a...
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My Favorite Taco: Nina Revoyr on the ‘Los Angeles That I Know’
Rick Nagano is thirty-two, broke, and still a student. The only son of blue-collar Japanese immigrants and USC history doctoral student desperately needs a job to fund his final year of graduate school...
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