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How Chicano Batman’s Eduardo Arenas Got Inspired to Write His...
Before becoming a founding member and bassist of Chicano Batman, Eduardo Arenas was an urban planning student. He’d won a McNair Scholarship as a USC student. And when he was there 18 years ago, he’d...
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Long Beach Runs on Thai Curry Pizza: How the Mom and Pop Strip Mall...
Welcome to Local Gems, our monthly restaurant column presented by White Claw, the official hard seltzer of L.A. TACO. Each month we’ll honor neighborhood institutions that make delicious food and have...
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This Community Group in Boyle Heights Took Matters Into Their Own Hands And...
“It goes beyond clean streets. It’s about what we as a community deserve.” That’s Veta Gashgai, community member and President of First Blocks of Whittier Boulevard, an advocacy and environmental...
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Watch L.A. Taquero Wes Avila Throw the First Pitch at the World Series
“It felt surreal,” Wes Avila, the chef-owner behind Chinatown’s Angry Egret Dinette tells L.A. TACO about his recent moment on the mound. “It felt like I won the golden ticket from Willy Wonka.” Last...
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Proposed ‘Julius Levitt Square’ Seeks to Counter Erasure of Jewish History In...
A proposal submitted by the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council seeks to commemorate an influential Jewish labor leader who lived in and galvanized the neighborhood in the early 20th century, fighting...
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The Mexico-U.S. Border Reopened Today. Here’s Why This Is Important to...
If crossing the Tijuana border into the U.S. felt like an eternity the last time you entered the scrum of SUVs and sedans angling for entry, you should have seen it last night. On Sunday night at...
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‘We’re One Bullet Away From Becoming a Hashtag:’ Santa Ana Community Demands...
It’s been over a year since massive protests unfolded around the country calling for a stop to police brutality after the murder of George Floyd, and unfortunately, not much has changed. In Santa Ana,...
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Whittier Woman Busted For Selling Counterfeit COVID-19 Vaccination Cards From...
Positive COVID-19 cases are on a slight uptick in L.A. Protests against vaccine mandates also appear to be growing, as seen in large demonstrations held in Malibu and Downtown recently. Adhering to the...
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An El Sereno Man’s Mission to Get City Sanitation to Pick Up 10 Gallons of...
Christian Aeschliman is pissed. On October 23rd, the 44-year-old, SGV-raised resident of El Sereno was first confronted by what can only be described as 10 gallons of urine left inside plastic bottles...
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Major Mexico City Restaurant Group Is Opening a Two-Story Taquería +...
Grupo Hunan, a major player in Mexico’s fine-dining corporate restaurant world, is bringing its next concept to The Grove next month. The company, which owns 25 restaurants in Mexico, is preparing to...
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You Can Order Handmade ‘Squid Game’ Tortillas From L.A.’s Masa Catalina
After its mid-September release, South Korea’s Squid Game quickly rose to become Netflix’s most-watched original series in the streaming video company’s history, winning fans throughout the world....
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To Understand Which L.A. Neighborhoods Have the Most ‘Power,’ You Have to...
Think of Los Angeles like a birthday cake. When you’re cutting up a cake, you’re gonna try to cut the pieces up pretty equally. Now imagine that the cake is covered in sprinkles. And the sprinkles are...
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The L.A. TACO Guide to the Best Birria de Chivo (Goat) Tacos in Los Angeles,...
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s Birria Week! Birria in Los Angeles is limitless, with some birrierías open for close to 50 years. Even though there’s a heated debate between birria de res and chivo. AT L.A....
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How Riverside’s Progressive Stance On Licensing At-Home Restaurants Helped...
When Kulwant “Kimi” Sanghu first began selling her famous home-cooked meals in Riverside, she had no idea that what she started out of necessity would eventually snowball into a full business. All...
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The L.A. TACO Guide to the Best Goat and Beef Birria (Mixed) – Birria Week
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s Birria Week! Birria in Los Angeles is limitless, with some birrierías open for close to 50 years. Even though there’s a heated debate between birria de res and chivo. AT L.A....
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‘Spanish Sin Pena’ (Spanish Without Shame) Online Judge-Free Classes Prove...
For many Latinx folks living in the U.S., speaking Spanish (or not) can be triggering. Issues of identity, family dysfunction, racism, and the reality of assimilation can come up as soon as someone...
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The L.A. TACO Guide to the Best Birria Served In a Bowl and In Consomé –...
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s Birria Week! Birria in Los Angeles is limitless, with some birrierías open for close to 50 years. Even though there’s a heated debate between birria de res and chivo. AT L.A....
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The L.A. TACO Guide to the Best Birria Wild Card Dishes of Los Angeles...
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s Birria Week! Birria in Los Angeles is limitless, with some birrierías open for close to 50 years. Even though there’s a heated debate between birria de res and chivo. At L.A....
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The 2021 L.A. TACO Holiday Gift Guide: 23 Present Ideas For Proud Locals
What with all the supply chain issues, inflation, and shit literally “falling off the back of a train,” L.A. TACO is especially concerned this year with taking some of the stress off the consumptionist...
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The Chinese-Mexican Origin Story Behind Chinatown’s Original ‘Self-Basting’...
Even though chef Lupe Liang of Hop Woo BBQ & Seafood Restaurant introduced the Chinese turkey to Chinatown way back in 1993, it wasn’t his first time roasting a Chinese Thanksgiving turkey. He...
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