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22 of The Craziest Eats and Drinks We Saw at the ‘Super Bowl of Natural Products’
Does tasting an unreleased velvety oat milk-based nondairy whipped cream months before it hits supermarket shelves excite you? Then you were probably one of the 67 thousand registered attendees who took home at least 50 pounds of free samples each day at the world’s biggest natural products expo, Expo West. For one week a year, over 3,000 brands associated with natural products invade Anaheim’s Convention Center. It is the spot to be if you work in any kind of retail or food company since the event attracts international buyers from prestigious supermarkets worldwide, scouting out the food, drink, and health supplement companies for items to stock their highly coveted shelf space. It’s also the spot to be if you are in hardcore food nerd and work in media, like us.
Headlines: L.A. Teachers Union Planning to Strike, Likely to Shut Down LAUSD Schools For Three Days
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. —Redondo Beach: A man was shot in the foot on Saturday afternoon at South Bay Galleria. He was rushed...
Olvera Street Restaurant Threatened As Users Confuse It With A Different DTLA Juanita’s
Yesterday, Edin Alex Enamorado, the admired defender of street food vendors who was profiled in an L.A. TACO feature earlier this week, posted a video to Instagram showing him do what he does best: courageously back up a street food vendor who had been assaulted, her products dumped on the ground by someone affiliated with a nearby brick-and-mortar business in Downtown Los Angeles.
Headlines: Pedro Pascal Says “There’s No Good Mexican Food In New York” On ‘Hot Ones’
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. —”There’s no good Mexican food in New York,” Chilean-born, O.C. and San Antonio-raised actor Pedro Pascal proclaimed on the...
Taco Etiquette: Don’t Cross-Contaminate Or Be a Salsa Freeloader
@Treezfly on Twitter tweets, “the salsa bar por favor do not contaminate the salsas by mixing the different salsa ladles or serving utensils #respect the #salsabar use accordingly #gracias. Like the Emily Post Institute of the panza, Treezfly brings up a great point here. Show respect for the hardworking...
The Fight To Save Progressive KPFK F.M.
LOS ANGELES – Pacifica Radio, America’s largest non-commercial progressive radio broadcaster, is facing a hostile takeover that threatens the existence of the Los Angeles station KPFK and the entire network. Pacifica’s National Board (PNB) was infiltrated by a politically motivated group and as a result has cancelled mandatory elections, illegally extended their own term limits, suspended multiple members of the Los Angeles station KPFK and put the Los Angeles building up for sale – all without approval of their listener-members. The only thing that stands in the way of KPFK’s imminent destruction is the Los Angeles Local Station Board, which is fighting a bitter legal battle to save their station – and thereby the largest, progressive media outlet in the U.S.
West Adams: 12 Facts to Know About the Neighborhood’s Forgotten History
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 Pomona.
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Second-In-Command Has Alleged Gang Tattoo
Article by Cerise Castle. This article was produced by Capital & Main, which is an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues. L.A. Taco is co-publishing this article. Los Angeles County Undersheriff April Tardy, the Sheriff’s Department’s second-highest-ranking official, said she has a tattoo on...
The Taco Oscars: The 15 Best Appearances By a Taco or Tortilla In a Feature Film
Our favorite scenes from movie history center on food, from Charlie Chaplin, making his dinner rolls boogie and Violet Beauregarde getting her comeuppance to an imprisoned Paul Sorvino slicing garlic to every Capo’s paper-thin ideal in Goodfellas and whatever the fuck that dude is thinking with a live octopus in Old Boy.
Headlines: Republicans Smack Talk City Council Members’ Proposal to Turn L.A. Into a Sanctuary City
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. —The local Republican Party is blasting a proposal by three Los Angeles City Council members to make Los Angeles...
L.A. County Health Officials Issue Overdose Warning For Animal Sedative Known As “Tranq”
Los Angeles County health officials issued a public alert today, warning of rising overdose risks associated with the animal sedative xylazine (increasingly known by the street name “tranq”), which has been detected in illicit drugs in areas including San Francisco and San Diego. The presence of the medication...
Photographing the Schools of ‘Stand and Deliver’ 35 Years Later
Behind the desk of Hollenbeck Middle School’s principal is a shrine of sorts dedicated to prominent Garfield High School math teacher, the late Jaime Escalante (1930 – 2010). Images of Escalante are situated on top of a bookshelf; a framed display of the United States Postal Service’s 2016 Escalante stamp hangs on the wall. Our after-school tour guide, Assistant Principal Raul Garcia, points out one photo in particular. It shows Escalante flanked by five young women and five young men all dressed in semi-formal attire, corsages, and boutonnieres are affixed to their clothing. Garcia says that Hollenbeck’s principal is among the students. The photo caption reads “Stood and Delivered” – Garfield’s A.P. Calculus Class of 1982.
Headlines: Clippers Owner Promises 1,160 Toilets at New Stadium, ‘Three Times the NBA Average!’
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. —Inglewood: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer expects a shiny new stadium for his team. But what is he really excited...
Instead of Cops, Metro Just Added 300 ‘Transit Ambassadors’ to Make Riding L.A.’s Trains and Buses Safer For Everyone
In an effort to strengthen security and efficiency for both veteran and prospective riders of L.A.’s public trains and buses, L.A. Metro added 300 “transit ambassadors” to its ranks yesterday to lend a helpful presence around its stations and stops yesterday. According to the Long Beach Press...
The Six Best Tacos in West Adams
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.
A Robotic Four-Legged Police Dog Named Spot Might Be Coming To Los Angeles
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council discussed approving a $277,000 donation to equip LAPD SWAT units with a robotic dog made by Boston Dynamics that navigates via artificial intelligence, for use during active shooter and barricaded suspect situations. “I would like to continue this item for 60 days,” Council...
Spot Check: 15 New Restaurants and Pop-Ups to Try in L.A.
Spot Check! Welcome to L.A. TACO’s latest 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 electrically delicious Holy Basil in downtown Los Angeles is starting a seafood-only dinner series starting this Thursday through Sunday, and every other Thursday through Sunday after that. Everything will be $8 and chef Deau confirms to L.A. TACO they will only work with fresh and sustainable seafood, like local sturgeon that others are known to throw away after harvesting caviar. The idea is to take it back to Holy Basil’s roots when they used to have a pop-up called Yum Los Angeles. “No courses, we are basically trying to bring affordable seafood parlor-style in Thailand,” says Deau. Reserve your spot via DM on Instagram to the restaurant directly. 718 S Los Angeles St space A, Los Angeles, CA 90014.
Headlines: 1 in 5 People Murdered In The City Of L.A. Were Unhoused, According to Preliminary Coroner Data
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: More than 1,110 unhoused people died in the City of L.A. in 2022, according to preliminary data...
Taco Madness 2023 Early Bird Ticket Sales Are Now Live
L.A.’s OG and longest-running taco festival and the tournament are back! And we are taking it back where it all began: Downtown Los Angeles at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes beautiful courtyard. On Saturday, May 6th, join us while we crown the online tournament and in-person “Best in...
Trial Of Former Deputy Mayor Who Allegedly Arranged Bribes For Jose Huizar Put On Hold
The federal trial of former Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan was put on hold for three weeks after his attorney, Harland Braun, reportedly fell ill. A deputy mayor who oversaw economic development for ex-Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2016 and 2017, Chan is charged with allegedly arranging indirect bribe payments to city officials .
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