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Why Lemons Now Replace Limes At Taco Trucks Every Spring
The other day, I went to my favorite lonchera in SanTana, Alebrije’s, and found something that made me angry and sad: lemons instead of limes. Again. “They’re too expensive right now,” said owner...
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Highlights From the Rogue 99 ~ Dal Rae
The original Dal Rae opened in 1951. It moved to its current location in 1958, and has been chugging along with a basically unchanged menu ever since then. This is a very fun (and very expensive)...
View ArticlePasadena Quietly Settles With Family of Reginald Thomas Jr., Killed by Police...
The city of Pasadena will pay the family of a mentally ill man who died during a brawl with Pasadena police a settlement of $1.5 million, a move approved by the City Council in a closed-door session in...
View ArticleHomelessness Is So Bad This Man Decided to Chain Himself to a Fence and Go On...
Fed up with the homeless situation in Los Angeles, Kaleb Havens lived chained to a fence on Skid Row between Ash Wednesday in February and Easter last Sunday — a total of 46 days. For 36 of those days,...
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The Northgate Grocery Chain Loses Its Matriarch ~ Teresa Reynoso de Gonzalez, 90
Teresa Reynoso de Gonzalez, matriarch of the family that created, owns, and operates the Northgate Gonzalez supermarket chain — one of the largest Latino grocers in the United States — has passed away....
View ArticleGood Kid In a ‘M.A.A.D.’ City: Compton’s Own Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer
Compton rap artist Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for music on Monday, the first time a hip-hop figure has ever won the award, and a remarkable capstone in a career that brought the young MC...
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From Hollywood Stars to East L.A. Unrest ~ The Photography of George Rodriguez
Inside George Rodriguez’s downtown photo studio, there’s a backdrop emblazoned with the initials N.W.A. Step up close and you’ll see Eazy-E’s signature at the bottom of the letter N. On a nearby wall,...
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I Was Retained By the New Owners of the L.A. Weekly, And It Sucked
First Person Perspective “Once the new owners get in here, first things first. We’re getting you full time,” Mat Cooperstein, the then-Publisher at LA Weekly said to me following a October 2017 staff...
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Street Vendors: ‘We’ll Believe Legalization Drive When We See it in Practice’
On a busy street at the edges of Pico-Union, a crowded neighborhood known for its Mexican and Central-American immigrant population, a row of street vendors line up, one by one, next to each other,...
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Photos: Adidas Skateboarding x Das Days ~ Los Angeles
Adidas Skateboarding kicked off the first night of its 10-day, Das Days activation with an interactive launch of its all-new 3ST footwear line. Hundreds gathered at the Das Days Community Center,...
View ArticleGet Ready to Say Goodbye to Open Jars and Smelling Flower at Weed Shops ~...
If you’re walking into a shop this 4/20, you definitely want to pick up that jar of Girl Scout Cookies — take a deep breath, peruse the leaves — while you still can. In the age of legalized weed in...
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The L.A. Taco Guide to the Festival of Books ~ Wes Avila, Junot Diaz,...
This weekend is one of the biggest and most anticipated book events in the United States — the LA Times Festival of Books at USC. Each April, an estimated 150,000 book-lovers gather for readings, live...
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Preview: Across Generations, Writers Gather at Manual Arts High School for...
The literacy and writing organization 826LA is releasing the 15th Young Authors’ Book Project anthology Through the Same Halls: Journeys of Elders Born and Raised in South Central and Beyond, alongside...
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L.A. Poet Spotlight: How Shihan Van Clief Made His Mark on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam
Shihan Van Clief is best known for his debut performance on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, This Type Love, in 2002. Since then, he has appeared seven times within the show’s six seasons! The series featured...
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If We Don’t Build Up Young Journalists, How Do You Expect to Have An L.A. Taco?
As the news media industry continues to contract, shed workers, and deal with constant political attacks, the urgency and action over the future of news is trickling down to college journalists....
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Taco Madness 2018
Update: The Final Four * UPDATED, Monday, April 23: Well, that was crazy! 12 seed Macheen barely edged out former champion Mariscos Jalisco by a handful of votes, with thousands of total votes cast in...
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Where Locals Eat Good Tacos In the Santa Clarita Valley ~ The L.A. Taco Guide
In the Santa Clarita Valley in northeast L.A. County — yes, home of Six Flags Magic Mountain and Cal-Arts — where I’ve lived since the unbearably sleepy early nineties, reliable sources of tasty...
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Taco Trips: A Lalo Alcaraz Photo Album From Chicano Park Day ~ 2018
Sure, Chicano Park is not Los Angeles, it’s in San Diego, but those of you who know it, know that it belongs to all of us here in Califaztlan who celebrate and honor our state’s history of struggle and...
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Highlights from the Rogue 99 ~ El Huarache Azteca
El Huarache Azteca has been an integral part of Highland Park for over two decades now and during that time has seen quite a few changes in the neighborhood. Indeed, while many independent businesses...
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The L.A. Taco Guide to Sweet Dive Bars in the Valley
The Valley gets a bad rap sometimes, but do not be fooled. There’s glory there, and you’ll find it hidden amongst modest, unassuming strip malls (with plenty of free parking). Sprawling over 224 square...
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