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Headlines: L.A. Home Buyers Are Taking Advantage of Falling Mortgage Rates and Home Prices
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. —Los Angeles: Home buyers continue to find deals in the shifting Southern California housing market. Falling mortgage rates and...
Headlines: Cannabis Business in Montebello Robbed ‘For Everything They’ve Worked For’ By Thieves
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. —Montebello: A recreational cannabis business in Montebello was reportedly robbed “for everything they’ve ever worked for” by a group...
Two Shootings In Pico-Robertson Rattle L.A.’s Jewish Community
Two Jewish men have been shot in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles this week. Both victims, alive and in stable condition, were believed to be leaving a synagogue from morning prayers when they were attacked. The first shooting occurred Wednesday at 9:56 A.M., reports The Yeshiva World, on the...
A Police-Assisted Raid of Taco Truck Raises Questions in El Monte
In El Monte, anti-street vending regulations enforced by police-assisted local government officials have reached taco trucks. “Want a lunch truck? There you go not even with one, they still try and close us down, like if we are committing a crime,” wrote the taquero behind Los Palomos food truck on Instagram.
Arcadia: 11 Things About The Neighborhood’s History You May Not Know
L.A. TACO is currently on its biggest mission yet: to create a food guide for every single neighborhood in Los Angeles! Along the way, we will also be releasing brief histories of each neighborhood to understand L.A.’s past and present a little more, all the while celebrating how each and every square inch helps make our fine city the best in the world. Today we’re taking a look at Arcadia.
Headlines: A Man Threatened to Jump Off 110 Freeway Overpass Yesterday, Causing Hours-Long Standstill
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. —Downtown: A man was threatening to jump off the 110 freeway at around 2 p.m. yesterday, according to the...
L.A. TACO’s Staff Investigative Reporter Wins Second Place Anthem Award In Health Innovation Category
Lexis-Olivier Ray, L.A. TACO’s Staff Investigative Reporter, won second place in the Anthem Awards Health Innovation Product, Innovation, or Service category for his text messaging service catering to unhoused residents and service providers. Ray launched the service on Subtext, a texting platform that connects reporters with their audiences, in...
Headlines: Bad Bunny Films New Music Video at Leo’s Tacos
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. —Mid-City: Local al pastor phenomenon Leo’s Tacos appears in Bad Bunny’s new video for the song “Ojitos Lindos,” lending...
The 11 Best Restaurants—and Tacos—in Arcadia, a Neighborhood Food Guide
L.A. TACO is embarking on its biggest mission yet: to create a reliable taco and food guide 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.
Headlines: Family-Owned Restaurant in Chinatown Receives $13,000 Gas Bill
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. —Chinatown: Hop Woo BBQ & Seafood Restaurant, the Chinatown-based eatery known for their Chinese turkeys, received a gas bill...
Tacos Before Vatos: 13 Tacos In L.A. That Will Make You Forget About Him
February is here, and so is heart-shaped and “love” themed everything. Cookies, bouquets, chocolate-covered strawberries, heart-shaped boxes full of tacos, and every other gimmick are all available at your fingertips as gifts for your sweetheart. For some, this month allows for the celebration of lovers, complete with expensive...
Activist Anger and New Councilmember’s Promises Return Echo Park’s ‘Anti-Homeless’ Fence to the Spotlight
Two weeks ago, activists took down a small section of the fence surrounding Echo Park Lake on the northwest side of the park, reigniting calls on social media for the entire fence to be removed. Three days later, Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, the city council representative for Echo Park, released a...
Headlines: Fearless Cashier at a Westlake Mini Market Fights Back and Scares Robber Away
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. —Westlake: A cashier at Amaya’s Mini Market wrestled the knife away from a would-be robber trying to steal money...
The 29 Best Chilaquiles In Los Angeles: Readers Choice Edition
These are L.A.’s favorite chilaquiles. Because last week we deigned to tell you where L.A.’s crunchiest, soul-satisfying chilaquiles can be found. And you, in turn, had a lot of thoughts about that. We wouldn’t have it any other way. Here all the spots that are the best in L.A. according to those who spoke up!
The 69 Most Clever Vanity Plates That Tell Us Everything About L.A. Culture
Whether we like it or not, car culture is an integral part of L.A.’s vibe—equal parts frustrating and wildly amusing. And if you’ve ever spent the better part of your day commuting from Silverlake to Santa Monica and back, you’ve had plenty of time to get comfy on the ten and soak in all in. Just like the clothes we buy, our personalities exude through our make and model of choice (insert Prius joke here). But vanity plates are like the finishing touch on an auto outfit—letting you broadcast a statement, in seven characters or less, to everyone stuck in traffic with you. Some take this as an opportunity to advertise professions (LAWYAH), verbalize fandoms (1RNG2RL), or express emotions (UUUUGGH)—and others give us straight VIIIBEZ.
Headlines: Independent Autopsy Reveals More Clues In O.C. Public Defender’s Mysterious Death In Rosarito
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. —Rosarito: A private autopsy revealed that a public defender killed in a beach town in Baja that is a...
The Cambodian Taquería in Long Beach That Was Started by a Refugee
In 1982, Sok Ly Eang found herself in a Philippines Refugee Processing Center after narrowly escaping mass genocide being orchestrated by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. She was pregnant at the time, so she, along with her husband Kur Krouch made a beeline from Morong, Bataan to Long Beach, California —to find a place where they could survive—and their children could thrive.
Headlines: L.A. Landlords Now Required to Pay for Tenant Relocation Costs If They Raise Rent More Than 10%
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. —Los Angeles: In a big win for L.A. tenant rights, the Los Angeles City Council adopted an ordinance on...
Nearly Five Million Bottles of Fabuloso Cleaner Recalled By Colgate-Palmolive Over Bacteria Concerns
4.9 million units of Fabuloso multipurpose cleaner, the señora’s standard of household cleansing products in Latino households, and the artificially flowery smelling, neon-colored muse of many Mexican memes, are being recalled by their manufacturer, Colgate-Palmolive, as noted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission today. The massive recall has...
Headlines: Public Hearing Today to Decide Whether L.A. Restaurants Can Keep COVID-Era Outdoor Dining
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. —Arleta: A group of thieves is wanted for raiding L.A. locations of GameStop and is possibly connected to as...
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