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Baldwin Park Rapper Lefty Gunplay is Playin’ for Keeps
For Baldwin Park rapper Franklin Holladay, commonly known as Lefty Gunplay, city pride means a lot. Being from B.P, a small city in east San Gabriel Valley, carries weight to Holladay. He is one of the biggest names in the new L.A. rap scene and the conversation about being one of this generation's biggest Latino rappers.
What To Eat This Weekend: Mexican Chocolate Kava, New Khachapuri, and Quentin Tarantino’s Coffee Shop
Tacos Sereno Moreno is setting up in Whittier, as well as Norwalk, La Mirada, and Santa Fe Springs from Tues-Sun, to serve tacos al pastor, papas rellenas, tacos de asada, and more. Tuesdays finds the outfit selling $1 pastor tacos. 11114 Santa Gertrudes Ave. Whittier, CA 90604. Closest Metro line...
Justice 8 Supporters Feel Defeat At Latest Ruling. Enamorado Reported to Be Bleeding While Jailed
Last week marked two months since street vending activist Edin Alex Enamorado and seven others were arrested by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department on charges that included false imprisonment, conspiracy, assault, and kidnapping. At the last court hearing, held on February 9, Judge John Wilkerson, who had taken two...
What to Eat This Weekend: ‘Sea-Cuterie,’ Al Pastor Rigatoni, and Oxtail Curry Pizza
Wafu Bento launched this month to deliver fresh seafood from Japan's Toyosu Fish Market in chirashi bowls, bento boxes, and sushi. Boxes are delivered directly as soon as they're made, without the use of 3rd party apps. Your choices include the "Abalone Special," "Tuna Festival," and a bento box of Kyoto-style temari, among others.
The Nug Report: Lemon Drop by LAX Packs
Welcome to The Nug Report, which awakens from the ghost of L.A. TACO’s vaults to bring you a detailed look at the latest and greatest in the world of cannabis and other mind-altering substances. On an unusually warm Friday in January, we met Woody Harrelson's body double of the...
This Latina-Owned Coffee Stand In Boyle Heights Serves Up ‘Abuelitas Love’ In A Cup Right From Her Front Yard
Janet Cerda, owner of Cafe Niña in Boyle Heights, remembers her first sip of coffee from childhood. Unlike those of us who tried to sneak a sip from mom's cup when she wasn’t looking, desperate to know what this magic beverage tasted like, Janet didn’t have to sneak. As a child, having a cup of cafecito every morning with her abuelita Dolores “Lolita” was just tradition.
‘It Was Madness,’ Says Brother of Man Killed By LAPD ‘For Holding a Plastic Fork’
When Mike Maccani’s little brother, Jason Maccani, didn’t show up for a planned sibling get-together on Sunday and his calls began going to voicemail, he grew concerned. Then Monday morning came around, and nobody had still heard from Jason, so Mike filed a missing persons report with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD).
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...
Boyle Heights ‘Running Mamis’ Group Creates a Safe Space For Women to Run In L.A.
This article was originally published by Capital & Main, an award-winning publication covering news and culture in California. About 30 women crouch together in a tight circle on a 45-degree morning in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. As they extend their arms to join hands in the center of the circle, Raquel Román joins a simple cheer: “Chingonas (Badasses) on three!” By 7:20 a.m., the runners file onto the road and through the park. Many are training for a January half marathon nearby in Pasadena. But that was never this group’s goal.
Thousands of L.A. Based Electric Car Share Users’ Personal Information Exposed in Data Leak
More than 22,000 Blue LA users had their phone numbers, email addresses, encrypted passwords and other personal information exposed in a data leak last year, according to a report by Cybernews. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) confirmed the data leak. "LADOT was informed by the...
Find These Charcoal-Grilled Persian Kebabs In Front Of a Liquor Store In West Los Angeles
We’ve seen some crazy things in 20 years of covering street food in Los Angeles. Still, nothing had yet prepared us for the sight of a fluorescent-lit refrigerator display case glowing through the dark on the sidewalk in front of Brockton Liquors in West L.A.’s Sawtelle neighborhood. What...
Edin Enamorado Punished With Solitary Confinement for ‘Breaking the Rules’
The seven remaining street vendor activists who were arrested last December in their homes by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department are once again awaiting a judge's ruling, as their last effort to be granted bail takes place. Last Friday, January 26, the bail hearing for the street vendor activists...
The Eight Best Burritos in the San Gabriel Valley
Here are the best burritos in the San Gabriel Valley. Spanning almost 400 square miles, the S.G.V. presents a daunting task for narrowing down the best of any specific dish, let alone burritos. Between South Pasadena and Pomona, there are over 4.1 million people and 30 cities, each boasting dozens of burrito joints.
Dark Wave Atmospheric Acid Cumbia Arrives: ‘El Keamo’ Comes Straight From L.A.’s San Fernando Valley
Just when you thought you'd heard all cumbia subgenres, here comes El Keamo and his atmospheric instrumental "Cumbia Dark Wave Gaze." It's the kind of utilitarian cumbia variation that can either optimize your micro-dosed work session as it plays in the background or zen out while still thinking of the sad state of today's world on the drive back home during rush hour on a Friday.
With Armenian Barbecue In Mexican Forms, ‘Mideast Tacos’ Opens in Silver Lake On Monday
In the wake of Kogi Korean BBQ's astronomical ascent in the early aughts, L.A.'s streets became littered with bad tortillas struggling to hem in the weight of entire nations' worth of ingredients, all vying for the same cross-cultural triumph. Most of these experiments were eventually ditched, left to fade away in the potholes of our more haunted synapses.
The Nug Report: THC Design’s ‘Crescendo’ Strain
Welcome to The Nug Report, which awakens from the ghost of L.A. TACO’s vaults to bring you a detailed look at the latest and greatest in the world of cannabis and other mind-altering substances. Come fly with me, let’s take a hit of a strain of weed that smells...
Long Beach Street Taco Vendors Ordered to Pay $1,895 For Permits and Fees to Legally Sell, Plus Insurance
The Long Beach Post reports that Long Beach's emerging street-level taco culture and the laws around them were the central subject of last night's city council meeting. Specifically, the council focused on preliminarily approving how much permits will cost for street food vendors within Long Beach city limits. These new sets of permit and inspection fees come two years after California senator and former council member Lena Gonzalez wrote the framework for street vending legalization across California.
This Arts District Michelin-Starred Bistro Is Being Sued For Withholding Tips and Other Labor Violations
Two servers who recently worked for Camphor, a Michelin-starred French bistro in Downtown L.A.’s Arts District, are suing the restaurant’s owners for failing to distribute tips, paying workers with “bad checks or insufficient funds,” not paying overtime, and other labor violations, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court obtained by L.A. TACO.
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