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California’s Youngest Congressional Candidate Nicole López Aims to Represent...
Nicole López grew up all over SELA. Her time divided between visits with her grandmother living on the border of Florence-Firestone and Huntington Park, her family’s bus business, Fronteras del Norte...
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BREAKING: Street Food Vendors Everywhere Threatened By Santa Monica Senator’s...
Last night, Santa Monica Senator Ben Allen took the floor in Sacramento to push and defend SB-1290, a bill he introduced earlier this year that would give California cities the power to re-criminalize...
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Our Guide to The Mayor’s Race: Who Won’t Release Tax Returns and Who Got Cash...
There are 69 trillion people running for 27 billion elected positions in Los Angeles this year. Half of them have invaded your eyes and ears with advertisements the moment you take your first breath in...
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The L.A. TACO Voter Guide: A ‘Progressive Sheriff’ Candidate and a ‘People’s...
Our local elected officials talk about holding the police and Sheriffs departments accountable for breaking the law, terrorizing communities, being in gangs, and taking so much of our tax dollars....
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Elephant Hill Has Become a ‘Secret’ Off-Road Area In El Sereno, But Residents...
There is an oasis in El Sereno called Elephant Hill. Home to rabbits, reptiles, owls, hawks, coyotes, and even a bobcat (I crossed paths with its round, fuzzy tail once), it has 360° views that take...
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Voter Guide: Know Your District’s City Council Candidate, Including Who...
There are, like, 69 trillion people running for 27 billion elected positions this year, half of whom are running for city council seats. There are only 15 people representing about four million people...
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Headlines: Former Mongols Leader Accused of Being Informant For The Feds;...
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s daily news briefs, where we bring our loyal members, readers, and supporters the latest headlines about Los Angeles politics and culture. Stay informed and look closely. —The...
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Insomniac Voter Guide: In Long Beach, a Mayoral Candidate For Free Public...
Yes, this is L.A. TACO, but sometimes it’s nice to take a beach day and check out what’s happening in the second biggest city in the county, Long Beach. Like L.A. this election season, a lot is going...
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Your Ultra Last-Minute Voter Guide to the LAUSD School Board: Who Is Pro...
If you’ve ever sat through a school board meeting anywhere, you know how tedious and super bureaucratic they can be. So why would you want to be a school board member, and why are millions of dollars...
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Cypress Park Ice Cream Trucks, Fruteros, and Taqueros Are Protesting the...
“¡Vendedores unidos, nunca serán vencidos!” “Vendors united will never be defeated!” It was close to 11:40 AM when a crowd of supporters and vendors chanted as a caravan of over a dozen ice cream...
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Fruteros, Taqueros, y Paleteros de Cypress Park Protestan El Desalojo de Más...
“¡Vendedores unidos, nunca serán vencidos!” Eran cerca de las 11:40 de la mañana cuando una multitud de simpatizantes y vendedores coreaban mientras una caravana de más de una docena de camiones de...
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Headlines: Motorcade Protestor Tackled and Detained in Downtown; Angels...
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s daily news briefs, where we bring our loyal members, readers, and supporters the latest headlines about Los Angeles politics and culture. Stay informed and look closely. —An...
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Weekend Events: Mariscos & Discos, Hollywood’s Evil Circus, a Lip-Syncing...
We can’t bear the thought of you being bored this weekend. So we’ve cobbled together an events guide highlighting some of the fun things to do in and around Los Angeles over the next few days. Have...
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A Night Out Full of Booze and Jazz In Highland Park, As Told By a 35mm Film...
After a long day at the office, I was almost home when I remembered I purchased a ticket to see bassist Christian McBride at the Lodge Room in Highland Park later in the evening. Earlier my editor,...
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L.A. Gym Owner and Fitness Influencer Draws Heat Over Racist Comments Against...
An L.A. gym owner and jacked influencer is being called out by a local legend of street vending defense for making allegedly racist acts towards a Mexican food business. And that looks like it was just...
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San Pedro Tamalero Who Was Called An Anti-Mexican Slur Sells Over 2,000...
“Tamales! Tamales! Ricos Tamales” That is what 21-year-old Juan Aguilar was shouting as he made his rounds selling tamales on 7th street in San Pedro before he was verbally attacked by a man in the...
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Headlines: Two L.A. Officers Ambushed and Killed in El Monte; Woman Escapes...
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s daily news briefs, where we bring our loyal members, readers, and supporters the latest headlines about Los Angeles politics and culture. Stay informed and look closely. —Two...
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How do we fund our independently owned community journalism? This is a question that we ask ourselves every morning. Our loyal members have kept us alive for the last two years. Their monthly payments...
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How Much Crime Goes Unreported? Thousands of Police Departments, including...
Someone climbs over a gate and breaks into a mansion in the Hollywood Hills. While they rob the house, the owner confronts them, and the suspect pulls out a gun and shoots the homeowner, killing them....
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L.A. Is Banning ‘Fixing Bikes on the Street’ To Curb Theft, Critics Argue...
Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to make it illegal to assemble, repair or sell bicycles in public spaces. The proposal is modeled after a similar ordinance in the City of Long Beach....
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