Opinion: The Racist ‘Public Charge’ Rule Punishes Poor Immigrants and Will...
The xenophobic uglies in the Supreme Court voted in Trump’s racist public charge rule 5 – 4. This rule gives DHS the authority to deny immigrants legal entry or permanent status if they are deemed...
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From Low Riding to Craft Beer: How ‘Brewjería’ Is Changing the Latino...
Welcome to L.A. Taco’s new column, “Dr. Beer Butch,” where Professor Hidalgo examines L.A.’s craft beer scene using her background in academia, LGBTQ, and [real] eastside L.A. culture. For our first...
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#HotGirlsForBernie and Why Women and Nonbinary People Should Take up More...
Twitter was feeling the Bern last Friday as hundreds of women and nonbinary people participated in #HotGirlsForBernie posting selfies with the hashtag and posting messages in support of Tio Bernie....
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The Golden Dragon Parade Remains a Constant in Gentrifying Chinatown…For Now
“It was so colorful,” Jeff Chan reminisces about Chinatown during the 1950s. When he moved to the border of Silver Lake and East Hollywood from Oakland in 1959, he split a room with three other people...
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The L.A. TACO Horoscope for February, 2020
Valentine’s Day is just a shadow of February, a bit silly in that it occupies only one day and celebrates only one type of love (romantic) while excluding all the others. This month the zodiac...
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How Kobe Bryant Helped Korean and Black Race Relations Heal After 사이구 (The...
I used to tell my friends that Korean moms love Kobe Bryant because he was a workaholic. My own mother and I are currently in the process of remembering how we preserved Kobe. In the process of...
View ArticleDid the Red Sox Apologize to the Dodgers With This Mookie Betts Trade?
Considering the Dodgers didn’t give up much to receive a 27-year-old 2018 MVP Mookie Betts and former Cy Young award-winning pitcher David Price in a deal that can signal for some as an apology from...
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“Reject the Cover-Up,” Protesters Descend on Los Angeles City Hall After...
After an exhausting few months between the United States Congress and President Donald J. Trump over his involvement in soliciting Ukraine’s help in the 2020 election, a couple of hundred people came...
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Meet ‘FigueRonny,’ the Doorman Who Fled the Congo and Is Building a Security...
Ronny Makadi Ngoie’s reputation is already known around Highland Park’s bar scene. Locals in the industry say he’s making moves on the street with security contracts everywhere from Gold Line bar to...
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‘Each Bouquet Tells a Story,’ a Day in the Life of a Florist in L.A.’s...
The concept of a specific commerce “district” has been quickly fading from the landscape of the North American city. For many years, a specialized zone that a consumer can go to get everything from...
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Here’s Tio Bernie Sanders’ New Video on L.A.’s Housing Crisis, an L.A. Taco...
California’s Primary is creeping up on all of us here in Los Angeles. And among the usual relevant national topics like healthcare and immigration, there is no greater local issue to address in L.A....
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Less Than Two Months After Councilmember Cedillo Increased LAPD Foot Patrol...
A little over a month after Councilmember Gil Cedillo introduced a new plan to bring more uniformed LAPD officers to Highland Park, two people were shot and killed in less than 24 hours. This is the...
View ArticleWhat If the Dodgers Won the 2017 World Series? A Sneak Peek Into This...
It’s November 1, 2017. On a perfect sunny Wednesday in Los Angeles, street vendors are out early setting up shop along Sunset Boulevard and every single freeway entrance in L.A. They’re selling their...
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The Last Days of Hollywood Park, an Interview With Photographer Michele Asselin
On December 22, 2013, Hollywood Park Race Track closed its doors forever. The next year, demolition began and 75 years of history was turned to rubble, from which a new neighborhood will rise. In the...
View ArticleVideo Emerges Showing Long Beach Police Beating a Pinned Man With a Baton,...
A video has surfaced of a police officer in Long Beach pinning down an unarmed man while another police officer violently attacks the unarmed man’s lower body section with his baton while he is down....
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Game Over: Northridge Arcade Synced Super Mario Bros to Sagging-Pants Burglar...
Karma can work in weird and mysterious ways but in the case of a burglar who decided to mess with Mia Mazadiego and Mark Guenther, the owners at Neon Retro Arcade in Northridge, poetic justice was...
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The Day L.A. Cried Purple and Gold: Scenes From Outside Kobe’s Memorial...
Despite numerous pleas and warnings from the Staples Center advising fans of Kobe Bryant to enjoy his televised memorial service “from the comfort of their own home” if they were not one of the 20,000...
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L.A. Taco Votes: Your Ultra Last Minute Voter Guide for Los Angeles County
The District Attorney Race Let’s start with the DA race. It might not be as sexy as the City Council races (yes, local politics is sexy!), but DA ‘s have almost unchecked power in deciding who is...
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‘The System Failed Him:’ For the Last Remaining Sibling of the Zaragoza...
Annette Zaragoza-Bilow didn’t have a role in crafting Measure R, but her support for the measure is deeply personal. If it passes, the measure will not only give the Sheriff Civilian Oversight...
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‘We Don’t Only Drink Wine:’ How L.A. Women Are Brewing up Change in the Local...
Welcome back to L.A. Taco’s new column, “Dr. Beer Butch,” where Professor Hidalgo examines L.A.’s craft beer scene using her background in academia, LGBTQ, and [real] eastside L.A. culture. For our...
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