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What To Eat This Weekend: Tendon Birria, Egyptian Pie, Franklin BBQ Brisket Tacos, and Apple Cider Ice Cream
Gracias Señor, Rudy Barrientos' mighty, mighty taco truck in Pacific Palisades, is now offering birria de res on Wednesdays only. The recipe contains tendon, which the taquero tells us, "gives it a richer, more decadent flavor." The birria can be found in tacos, tortas, burritos, tostadas, and birria nachos. The weekly offering is fueled by Barrientos' goal of teaching one of his team member the art and skills to operate his own business. But really, we all win.
USC Student Allegedly Raped by Lyft Driver on Halloween Night
An investigation was continuing today into an alleged rape of a University of Southern California (USC) student by a Lyft driver outside of her apartment near the University Park campus. The alleged assault occurred at around 3 AM on Wednesday morning in the 3600 block of South Grand Avenue, according...
LAPD’s Fireworks Explosion in South L.A. Has Cost Taxpayers More Than $9 Million, According to City Controller
The Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) botched fireworks detonation in South L.A. two years ago has cost taxpayers more than $9 million so far, according to Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia. After an anonymous tip alleging that someone was selling illegal fireworks out of an alley came in...
Six Dearly Departed Iconic Angelenos We’d Put On Our Dia de Muertos Altar
Music is a magical porthole to unknown worlds and distant moments when memories are crystalized and forever burned into our synapses. Art Laboe was its Morpheus, bridging the sentiments of oldies-worshipping L.A. onto one giant ephemeral trip into the last century, rekindling the flames of lovers separated by time, distance, and prison doors through his heartbreaking dedications along the way.
Three Pedestrians Killed by Drivers on Two Mile Stretch of the 101 Freeway in Less Than a Month
A pedestrian was killed on the 101 Freeway near Vermont Avenue early Wednesday morning by a driver traveling in the southbound lane, according to authorities, backing up traffic for miles during morning rush hour. California Highway Patrol responded to the scene at around 5 AM. News helicopters hovered over the...
Trap Meets Classical As Metro Boomin Is Backed by a Full Orchestra in Hollywood
Standing on top of a giant DJ booth before a sold-out crowd and backed by a full symphonic orchestra, GRAMMY Award-winning producer Metro Boomin’ ran through nearly a decade of his hits at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on Thursday evening. The show began with a slightly creepy computer-generated...
BLM Calls for Justice For Keenan Anderson, as City Commission Set to Evaluate LAPD’s Role In Teacher’s Death In Venice
With a city commission set to decide on whether to take disciplinary action against five police officers involved in the death of a man who was repeatedly Tasered during a confrontation in Venice, local Black Lives Matter leaders called today for justice on behalf of his family. The Los Angeles...
Menthols for $25? L.A. Retailers Ignoring Flavored Tobacco Ban Continue to Sell Without Consequences
Nearly a year into a state and local ban on most flavored tobacco products, menthols are still around. If you can afford to pay upwards of $24 per pack. Meanwhile, flavored blunts and vape cartridges continue to openly line the shelves of many smoke shops. Shops found in violation of...
Family Awarded $13.5M In 2019 LAPD-Related Death Of Father
A federal jury has awarded damages of $13.5 million to the family of a man who died four years ago after two Los Angeles police officers threw him to the ground and put their full body weight on him even though he had not broken the law, according to court papers obtained Monday.
Metro Launches New Pilot Program to Test Restrooms for Riders and Staff
As part of a six-month pilot program, Metro announced Thursday that it added bathrooms to three of its busiest stations for riders and a non-public restroom for transit operators. "One of the challenging issues that we've grappled with over the years is the frequent request by riders for Metro to...
Are Organic Gardening Products Safer? A Pro Landscaper Weighs In
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s plant and gardening column: Yerbalife. I’ll be your host, Memo Torres, a third-generation landscaper. Finding the best tacos is what I do for lunch, landscaping is what I do in life. Have a plant-related question? Email me at memo@lataco.com. We all like labels that...
Rabbi Aryeh Eli Cohen Named to L.A. City Ethics Commission
The City Council Wednesday approved Rabbi Aryeh Eli Cohen for a five-year term on the City Ethics Commission, ending June 30, 2028. The council voted 14-0 to confirm Cohen, with Councilwoman Traci Park absent during the vote. City Controller Kenneth Mejia nominated Cohen after the council had rejected Mejia's prior...
LA’s Six Most Iconic Horror Movie Houses and Where To Find Them
These are L.A.’s most notorious houses of horror. The infamous addresses you might drive by every day, perhaps unaware that they were the stars of your favorite scary movies, music videos, and TV shows. The houses where Michael Myers first drew blood, and Freddy had his first rampage. The abodes where The Ring girl took her first crawling steps from the screen, a zillion zombies danced with Michael Jackson, and the mansion known on-screen as “The Murder House” in American Horror Story.
How to Make a Proper Altar for Day of the Dead Right Now
After Miguel sang “Remember Me” to Grandma Coco and made the whole world cry in 2017, it was over. Mexico’s Day of the Dead and its imagery officially crossed into the American mainstream last year. It was long coming, and overall I welcome it: at a time when the sitting president refers to Mexicans as a threat to Americans, positive popular images and themes related to our neighboring country and the root of many of our lives can't be anything but good.
This Latino-Owned Pizzeria in Santa Ana is Home to The TikTok Famous Pizza Skull
It’s the time of the season—the season for all things ghosts, brujas, and skulls. And Bari Pasta & Pizza in Santa Ana will satisfy Halloween enthusiasts and foodies alike. Bari Pasta & Pizza has been serving the pizza skulls of your dreams for the past eight years, offering skull-shaped pizza dough stuffed with gooey mozzarella cheese and pepperoni and served with their bloody-red marinara sauce.
The 69 Best Tacos In Los Angeles In 2023
Eating tacos in Los Angeles is a sport. Especially this year, when taco stands seemingly multiplied across every other city block. It's the culmination of more regional styles getting the respect they deserve, immigrants who hustle, and street vending slowly becoming fully decriminalized. Birria is no longer just a special occasion dish; T.J.-style tacos continue to demand long lines, corn tortillas were revolutionized, and unforgettable flour tortilla tacos are no longer a rarity.
Exclusive: Top Film & TV Studios Spent Over $660 Billion on Stock Buybacks While Actors and Writers Live ‘Paycheck to Paycheck’
According to a report by corporate accountability company Spendwell, the top ten corporations that own nearly all the major cable networks, streaming platforms, and film and T.V. studios spent more than $660 billion on stock buybacks in the last decade. Stock buybacks are a controversial practice allowing publicly traded companies...
Spot Check! Caviar Cakes, Champurrado Pot de Creme, Tamal Ice Cream, and Free Elote From Becky G
Spot Check! Welcome to L.A. TACO's weekly food column, where we bring you the latest and most exciting openings, pop-ups, and food events around all of Los Angeles to check out. The Surfing Fox is now open in Santa Monica. Chef and L.A. local David Yamaguchi prepares dishes here like...
Is Hollywood’s Walk of Fame The World’s Worst Tourist Attraction?
They have no appreciation for an inanimate piece of chewing gum-and-body-fluid-splotched sidewalk paying tribute to radio's Don Ameche or 1930s stage legend Ethel Barrymore. That's the only conclusion we can draw from seeing NBC's frequently run report that Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame is ranked as one of the worst tourist attractions on the planet.
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