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Black Music Month: Five California-Based Baddies Taking Over The Music Industry
Black Music Month is here, and it’s more important than ever that we pay homage to the pioneers of the musical genres we so lovingly listen to and keep on repeat today. These five artists are taking the music industry by storm, responsible for some of the most recent innovations and exciting, creative cultural advancements in R&B.
Here’s Everything You’ll Eat at The Clippers’ New Intuit Dome
Since its inception, Intuit Dome has promised to revolutionize the fan experience as the new home for The Clippers. This includes the most important of all stadium past times: the food. L.A. TACO toured the facility this week on the team's invite, just months before its upcoming opening in August...
Building Generational Wealth Through Estate Planning: How to Apply for L.A. County’s ‘Leaving a Legacy’ Program
Concerned about her family’s future, 66-year-old “Lucia” contacted Bet Tzedek to ask about free estate planning services. “Lucia” recently adopted her young grandson and wanted to make sure he and other loved ones would be taken care of after her death. Unfortunately, as Bet Tzedek’s legal team began working with her, “Lucia” was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer, making her need to plan even more urgent.
The Six ‘Healthiest’ Things to Eat and Drink at a Dodgers Game
Here are the healthiest things to eat at Dodger Stadium. Because we know the common phenomenon of being good and working out all week, only to submit to a steady onslaught of giant micheladas, lengthy Dodger dogs, and nachos until all the Ultra Slim Fast in the world can't contain your Lasordian breadbasket.
Try L.A. TACO’s First Natural Wine. Available at TACO MADNESS, This Saturday Only!
"How can we help L.A. TACO?," read winemaker Adam Vourvoulis's message, immediately after we published that fateful L.A. TACO post on April 11th announcing our dreaded staff furloughs and subsequent do-or-die membership drive. Like dozens of other talented supporters of L.A. TACO who reached out to our distress signal, Vourvoulis...
What To Eat This Weekend In L.A.: Pork Tongue Tostadas in Montebello, Goat Legs in Hawaiian Gardens, and Bludso’s Smoked Beer in Santa Monica
In which L.A. TACO's Hadley Tomicki fills you in on the most exciting new restaurants, pop-ups, and events cracking in and around Los Angeles... Don Chamorrón, which specializes in chamorro de puerco (slow-cooked, Michoacán-style pork shanks in adobo), has his own brick-and-mortar restaurant in Montebello. The good Don's menu includes chamorro plates and tacos, plus pork belly tortas, tostadas with your choice of pork foot, tongue, or headcheese, sopa Tarasco with guajillo and beans, gorditas with five guisado options, and large tacos trancas with potato or beans in mole. You'll also find aguas frescas, cheesecake and pay (pie) de elote for dessert, and sides of chicharron de habanero and jalapeno.
This Godfather of California’s Punk Scene Founded Goldenvoice Before Going to Prison For Smuggling Weed
One day in 1981, Gary Tovar was standing on a veranda in Santa Barbara's Riviera neighborhood and had a thought that changed his life, as well as the trajectory of the punk rock scene in California. “I said, ‘I’m gonna shake this town up,'" Tovar tells L.A. TACO over the...
Will Metro’s Latest Crack Down On Fare Evasion Help Improve Safety For Riders?
Metro announced a new pilot program last month to crack down on fare evasion, and it’s already receiving some backlash. . Last week, Metro started requiring riders leaving the North Hollywood station to scan their Tap cards a second time to exit the system. Usually, Metro riders tap once to pay their fare when they enter the station and then can exit out of any gate without scanning their TAP cards again. Metro claims the additional step will help fight fare evasion and decrease crime.
Concealed Carry Firearm Permits Soar More Than 42,000% in Los Angeles, These are The Neighborhoods With The Most Permit Holders
Since the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for Americans to legally carry concealed weapons in public spaces two years ago, the number of concealed carry permit holders in the city of Los Angeles has skyrocketed. According to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), before the May...
LAPD Buys Its K9s From Breeder That Shares The Name of Hitler’s Bunker
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council rejected a donation to cover two police K9s sourced from a Jurupa Valley breeder that shares the same name as Adolf Hitler’s World War II bunker complex. “I don't have a problem with donating dogs to the police,” Councilman Bob Blumenfield said...
With Over 100 Non-Alcoholic Beverages and 3,000 Rare Records, ‘De La Playa’ Opens In Highland Park
Highland Park, a neighborhood that has become the epicenter for gentrification in Los Angeles, continues to see a surge of upscale businesses on Figueroa Street and York Boulevard. Yet amidst this trend, a new hybrid space named De La Playa stands out as a beacon of inclusivity and accessibility; a rarity in the area.
Thousands Line Up at L.A.’s Mexican Consulate To Cast Their Historic Vote for Mexico’s First Woman President
The streets of MacArthur Park were alive with the energy of L.A.'s Mexican community on Sunday. In a grand display of civic duty, Mexican citizens living in Los Angeles flocked to the Mexican Consulate, eager to cast their historic vote. This past weekend's presidential election in Mexico, hailed as one...
What To Eat In L.A. This Weekend: Wet-Aged Korean Pork Belly, Mushroom Wellington, and Stretchy Turkish Ice Cream
In which L.A. TACO's Hadley Tomicki fills you in on the most exciting new restaurants, pop-ups, and events cracking in and around Los Angeles... A treasure trove of Turkish sweets awaits you at Galata Ice Cream & Desserts, which just opened alongside the owners' Turkish grill and neighboring home decor shop in Belmont Shore, Long Beach.
VIDEO: LAPD Officers Punch and Choke Handcuffed Man in South L.A. For Spitting
Two Los Angeles police officers punched and choked a man last month while he was handcuffed, after the man spat at an officer, according to newly released body-worn camera footage from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). On April 27, Los Angeles police responded to the 200 block of West...
This Underground, Seven-Course Omakase In An El Sereno Front Yard Features Tom Yum Aguachile and Cacao Sopes
In the foothills of El Sereno, behind a black iron fence anchored in brick, a black EZ-UP canopy stands propped in front of a home, with two tables set up long ways and plastic party stools painted black. The scene is set for a dozen guests, who will come together for one-of-a-kind L.A. dining experience on a Saturday evening.
VIDEO: LAPD Officer Runs Red Light for Non-Emergency Call, Kills Pedestrian in Marked Crosswalk in Hollywood
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department released video footage showing an LAPD officer running a red light in an LAPD SUV patrol car at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Gower Street in Hollywood while a pedestrian carrying a guitar crossed the street in a clearly marked crosswalk.
Open Thread: What Are L.A.’s Most Dangerous Streets?
Last week, someone crashed into a wall of the Downtown complex where L.A. TACO's studio is located. The third crash in about a year as far as we can recall. Which made us wonder? Which is L.A.'s most dangerous street for traffic? The turns you see drivers constantly struggling to just barely make? The intersection where there always seems to be a collision? The ancient freeway entrance that remains a hazard to life as we know it?
‘This is Los Angeles:’ Family Behind El Burro at Placita Olvera Fight to Save 57 Years of Tradition and Culture
Last week, Eugenia Nicole Macias walked down Placita Olvera on her way to her family's photo stand, a walk she’d taken an untold number of times in her life. Under the colorful papel picado that adorns El Pueblo, she pointed and said, “We used to run around here.”
What To Eat This Weekend In L.A.: Sonoran-Style Chicharrón, Tikka Masala Fried Chicken, Japanese Curry Arancini, and ‘Flintstones Burgers’
In which L.A. TACO's Hadley Tomicki fills you in on the most exciting new restaurants, pop-ups, and events cracking in and around Los Angeles... Tacburg is a restaurant dedicated to tacos and burgers, soft-opening today in Whittier. The food here is pointedly unsubtle, with a menu reveling in tacos de asada topped with split, marrow-filled shanks, al pastor burgers loaded with caramelized pineapple rings, a Flintstones burger speared with an entire beef rib, and Sonoran-inspired bacon-wrapped and hot-dog-filled chiles.
LAPD Officer Released on $30,000 Bond Following Arrest For Assault With a Deadly Weapon
LAPD officer Richard Podkowski, 28, was booked for assault with a deadly weapon on May 21, according to jail records and a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Early Tuesday morning, Podkowski was arrested and transported to an LAPD jail. He was released on $30,000 bond that same...
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