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Frida Kahlo’s Life and Work, As Told Through Ballet, This Weekend In Downtown
Frida Kahlo's story has been told countless times over the last few decades. Dutch National Ballet is taking The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Downtown L.A. by storm this weekend with a visually explosive, somewhat surrealist ballet titled Frida. The two-and-a-half-hour work, part of The Music Center's Summer...
Eight Stacked Beef Tongues Form Evil Cooks’ Ungodly Trompo de Lengua, Here’s Where To Get It
The first time your eye catches Alex "Pobre Diablo" Garcia's lengua trompo, stacked with ten six-inch long beef tongues, you may be intrigued and slightly horrified at the same time. It's an extremely innovative evolution of the humble al pastor trompo found on every intersection in the city. But is...
L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Punched Young Mother Holding Three-Week-Old Baby Twice In The Face During Arrest
A Los Angeles sheriff's deputy punched a young mother “twice in the face” as she held onto a three-week-old infant during an arrest in Palmdale one year ago, Sheriff Robert Luna revealed in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. The mother was riding in a car with four...
The Truth About the Los Angeles Hotel Workers’ Strike
This article was co-produced and co-published with Capital & Main, an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues. The recently announced agreement on a new contract for hotel workers at the downtown Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles was only one deal, but it mattered. It has raised hopes among union members for favorable outcomes with the nearly 60 other area hotels where they work — and where they have authorized summer strikes, including the new wave of walkouts that began in the early hours of July 10.
From Puebla to Torrance: This Tamalero Makes LA’s ‘Super-Super-Duper’ Sized Tamales
"These tamales will change your life," according to The Tamale Man of Torrance, Valerio Campos. That's the first thing he tells every new customer, greeting each person with the same rehearsed sales pitch to try his super tamales, possibly the largest tamales in the South Bay if not all of Los Angeles.
The Five Best Tacos in Claremont
L.A. TACO is embarking on its biggest mission yet: to create a reliable guide to tacos and food for every neighborhood in Los Angeles! Along the way, we will also be releasing brief histories of each neighborhood to understand L.A. a little more and why each and every neighborhood makes our fine city unique. Check out the rest of our history and food guides on our neighborhood page.
Uniformed Los Angeles Airport Police and Firefighters Take Selfies With Former President Donald Trump at LAX
A video showing dozens of law enforcement officers and at least two Los Angeles firefighters greeting former President Donald Trump at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is stirring controversy on social media. “HAPPENING NOW at Los Angeles International Airport,” senior Trump advisor Dan Scavino Jr. tweeted on Sunday afternoon.
El Sereno’s Guerrilla Gardeners Sow Native Plants To Resist Gentrification In Developer-Contested Land
The intersection of Lombardy Boulevard and Eastern Avenue in El Sereno doesn’t look like much. Farmdale Elementary's faded murals are on one side, as a car wash bustles across the street. On the opposite corner, an empty lot fronts a weed-covered, dried-out hillside. But look a little closer next...
Four South L.A. Taco Stands Robbed at Gunpoint in the Span of an Hour
Four taqueros along with their employees and customers, were robbed at gunpoint last night across South Los Angeles, reports KTLA. The robberies occurred between 9:45 PM and 11 PM at taquerías located on 43rd Street and Central Avenue, Vernon and McKinley Avenues, Avalon Boulevard and 51st Street, and Ascot Avenue and 51st Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). LAPD Officer Cervantes said the robbers are believed to be three men, two of them Black and one Latino. There were no injuries reported, and the suspects remain at large.
New City Controller Report Finds Over $70 Million in Unspent City Funds
More than $70 million dollars in city funding has gone unspent for years, and in some cases more than a decade, according to a new report from the Los Angeles City Controller. Out of more than 600 special funds, the controller's office discovered that over 200 special funds "have had no activity for at least two years." And more than 60 special funds "haven't been touched" in more than a decade.
Downey Man Arrested For Allegedly Strangling Tijuana Sex Worker to Death at Hong Kong Gentlemen’s Club in Zona Norte
A Downey man is behind bars and awaiting extradition to Mexico to face charges of murdering at least one sex worker in Tijuana, according to documents obtained Friday by City News Service. Bryant Rivera, 30, was arrested around 5:30 A.M. Thursday on one count of femicide filed against him in...
The Six Best Cemitas Poblanas and Where to Find Them In Los Angeles
Talk to anyone in your neighborhood, from the owner of the corner store to your favorite taquero, and you are sure to run into someone who comes from Puebla, Mexico. Los Angeles is known for having one of the largest populations of Poblanos outside of Mexico. So it comes as no surprise that L.A. is also home to an incredible cemita scene.
Unhoused Residents Displaced During Heatwave Ahead of Councilmember Bob Blumenfield’s ‘Fireworks Extravaganza’ in The Valley
Unhoused residents living in Council District 3 say they were displaced by a CARE+ sanitation cleaning ahead of Councilmember Bob Blumenfield’s Fireworks Extravaganza, an annual 4th of July celebration at Warner Ranch Park in Woodland Hills featuring music, vendors, and fireworks. “Please be sure to remove everything because this...
Spot Check! Where to Find Atlanta-Style ‘Pot Roast Fries,’ Braised Brisket Arepas, And a Fine-Dining Taco Tuesday
Spot Check! Welcome to L.A. TACO’s latest column, where we bring you the latest and most exciting openings, pop-ups, finds, and food events around all of Los Angeles this week. Bludso's BBQ, which rocketed from a small Compton storefront to a Hoodie and James Beard Award-winning business, has a...
Hundreds Gathered in Venice for a “Celebration of Life” Lowrider Cruise In Honor Of Born x Raised Founder Spanto (Photo Essay)
The City of Angels has lost a legend but gained another angel. Born X Raised creator Chris “Spanto” Printup was in a fatal car accident on June 25. He passed away on June 28 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was 42. Printup was an icon in the Venice...
L.A. Beaches Are a Total Mess After the 4th of July: How You Can Help
Huddling among other humans to watch loud fireworks explode in the sky apparently made beach visitors forget the golden rule to enjoying nature: If you pack it in, remember to pack it out. Long Beach Press-Telegram reports that people trashed L.A.'s coastlines as they celebrated the 4th of July last...
The Seven Best Tacos (Plus Two Taco-Adjacent Spots) In La Puente
La Puente—Bridgetown—was named for a bridge built by the Portola Expedition in 1769 to cross San Jose Creek in what is now the unincorporated city of Bassett. La Puente is now a no-frills, all-business, and often overlooked community of about 40,000 on the eastern edges of the San Gabriel Valley. One of those 40,000 is my friend, Joe Bautista, with whom I took Gustavo Arellano’s Narrative Journalism class two years ago.
L.A.’s Next Great Sinaloan-Style Taco Is At a Target Parking Lot in North Long Beach
The taco tides are turning in Los Angeles. After years of birria and Tijuana-style tacos controlling the city's Taco Life, another taco style is emerging as a new trend: Sinaloa-style. But even more specifically, El Verde, Sinaloa. The latest contender is Tacos El Chapoteco in north Long Beach. The month-old...
‘Another Year of More People Living on the Streets,’ Homelessness Increases 10 Percent in Los Angeles
Homelessness increased nine percent in L.A. County and 10 percent in the City of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) recently released 2023 homeless count. Thousands of more people live in makeshift shelters, vans, and cars than a year ago. On any given night,...
The Ten Best Tacos Along the Metro E Line, From East L.A. to Santa Monica
Today we’re seeking out the best tacos on Metro’s mighty, mighty E line, which now takes you from deep East Los Angeles to the shores of Santa Monica in an extended slash across the city’s upper midsection. Along the way, E-goers can find a variety of taco greatness to revel in at some critical stops.
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