L.A. TACO
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Street-level journalism in Los Ángeles covering news, culture, and the taco lifestyle. “The 2020 Emerging Voice” James Beard Award winner. Est. 2006.
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Day Laborer Chased By Border Patrol Struck by Vehicle at Huntington Park Home Depot.
Reporting by Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Reporting by Aisha Wallace-Palomares
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Day Laborer Chased By Border Patrol Struck by Vehicle at Huntington Park Home Depot.
Reporting by Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Reporting by Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Here is some standout work from L.A.'s great graffiti artists from November 2025.
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By Indiana Holmes
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By Indiana Holmes
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here is some standout work from L.A.'s great graffiti artists from November 2025.
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By Indiana Holmes
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By Indiana Holmes
The Huntington Library was established over 100 years ago, and now the new Valerie J. Bower exhibit is opening long-awaited doors for L.A. artists.
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By Nya Manneh
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By Nya Manneh
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Huntington Library was established over 100 years ago, and now the new Valerie J. Bower exhibit is opening long-awaited doors for L.A. artists.
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By Nya Manneh
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By Nya Manneh
Working hard to defend the rights, dignity, and well-being of immigrants, refugees, and the undocumented, these organizations need our help more than ever. On this Giving Tuesday, consider supporting these non-profits, and others like them.
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By Hadley Tomicki
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By Hadley Tomicki
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Working hard to defend the rights, dignity, and well-being of immigrants, refugees, and the undocumented, these organizations need our help more than ever. On this Giving Tuesday, consider supporting these non-profits, and others like them.
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By Hadley Tomicki
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By Hadley Tomicki
DAILY MEMO: ICE Raids Thanksgiving
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December 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
DAILY MEMO: ICE Raids Thanksgiving
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Latino culture has never been more celebrated in public, even as Latino communities and the small businesses that sustain them are being terrorized into hiding.
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By Erick Galindo
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By Erick Galindo
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Latino culture has never been more celebrated in public, even as Latino communities and the small businesses that sustain them are being terrorized into hiding.
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By Erick Galindo
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By Erick Galindo
Once the Jumbo’s pizza oven disappeared and the poles showed up, its legacy as an adult entertainment hub for off-duty chefs, line cooks, celebrities in the food world looking to blow off steam after service was sealed.
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By Lauren Bethke
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By Lauren Bethke
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Once the Jumbo’s pizza oven disappeared and the poles showed up, its legacy as an adult entertainment hub for off-duty chefs, line cooks, celebrities in the food world looking to blow off steam after service was sealed.
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By Lauren Bethke
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By Lauren Bethke
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Pulling forward this excellent column appearing today’s print @latimes.com about @lataco.bsky.social he “stepped into the storm”
“when you’re in the midst of everything, you forget someone has to keep an archive…”
Deep bow of Sunday 🙏🏼 to all who doing the work in this time of shameful cruelty
“when you’re in the midst of everything, you forget someone has to keep an archive…”
Deep bow of Sunday 🙏🏼 to all who doing the work in this time of shameful cruelty
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pulling forward this excellent column appearing today’s print @latimes.com about @lataco.bsky.social he “stepped into the storm”
“when you’re in the midst of everything, you forget someone has to keep an archive…”
Deep bow of Sunday 🙏🏼 to all who doing the work in this time of shameful cruelty
“when you’re in the midst of everything, you forget someone has to keep an archive…”
Deep bow of Sunday 🙏🏼 to all who doing the work in this time of shameful cruelty
Sunday Taquitos #4: La Pinche Migra
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Sunday Taquitos #4: La Pinche Migra
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Released on November 21, 1990, Predator 2 is set in the year 1997, and Los Angeles is a muggy, suffocating sweatbox. These are the iconic filming locations still alive today in L.A.
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By Jared Cowan
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By Jared Cowan
November 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Released on November 21, 1990, Predator 2 is set in the year 1997, and Los Angeles is a muggy, suffocating sweatbox. These are the iconic filming locations still alive today in L.A.
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By Jared Cowan
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By Jared Cowan
For many, Thanksgiving is not a period of celebration, but a moment to mourn lives lost to American expansion.
However, San Gabriel Valley-raised and still-L.A.-based Native American and Mexican hoop dancer, Eric Hernandez, is promoting Indigenous pride.
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However, San Gabriel Valley-raised and still-L.A.-based Native American and Mexican hoop dancer, Eric Hernandez, is promoting Indigenous pride.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For many, Thanksgiving is not a period of celebration, but a moment to mourn lives lost to American expansion.
However, San Gabriel Valley-raised and still-L.A.-based Native American and Mexican hoop dancer, Eric Hernandez, is promoting Indigenous pride.
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However, San Gabriel Valley-raised and still-L.A.-based Native American and Mexican hoop dancer, Eric Hernandez, is promoting Indigenous pride.
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Sustainers of Life, an exhibit within Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, addresses colonialism’s impact, motherhood, and the crisis of “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” (MMIW), while also celebrating individual stories of resilience and survival.
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Sustainers of Life, an exhibit within Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, addresses colonialism’s impact, motherhood, and the crisis of “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” (MMIW), while also celebrating individual stories of resilience and survival.
Today is another tough Green Wednesday for California's legal dispensaries, which continue to struggle against unregulated operators that face none of the burdens of taxes, licenses, costly compliance, or community-benefit mandates.
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By Lizbeth Solorzano
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By Lizbeth Solorzano
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Today is another tough Green Wednesday for California's legal dispensaries, which continue to struggle against unregulated operators that face none of the burdens of taxes, licenses, costly compliance, or community-benefit mandates.
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By Lizbeth Solorzano
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By Lizbeth Solorzano
From a Hawaiian-inspired chocolate haupia pie in Torrance to a tender gourmet cobbler in Pasadena and a traditional apple pie in Van Nuys in between, this is your ultimate guide to pies that have stood the test of time in L.A.
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By Hadley Tomicki
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By Hadley Tomicki
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
From a Hawaiian-inspired chocolate haupia pie in Torrance to a tender gourmet cobbler in Pasadena and a traditional apple pie in Van Nuys in between, this is your ultimate guide to pies that have stood the test of time in L.A.
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By Hadley Tomicki
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By Hadley Tomicki
DAILY MEMO: In Absence of Border Patrol, ICE and HSI Steps Up to Take Its Place
@eltragon.bsky.social
@eltragon.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
DAILY MEMO: In Absence of Border Patrol, ICE and HSI Steps Up to Take Its Place
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@eltragon.bsky.social
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He spent almost a whole day with me. I divulged more than I usually do, things about my personal life I don’t talk about. I appreciated him taking a sincere interest. So just want to say thank you @gustavoarellano.bsky.social for this feature.
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Commentary: The ex-landscaper behind the deportation diary L.A. never wanted
“Daily Memo” has become the diary Los Angeles never asked for but which is now indispensable, documenting in real time one of the most terrifying chapters in the region's history.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
He spent almost a whole day with me. I divulged more than I usually do, things about my personal life I don’t talk about. I appreciated him taking a sincere interest. So just want to say thank you @gustavoarellano.bsky.social for this feature.
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@lataco.bsky.social
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@lataco.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Everyone Kidnapped by ICE and Border Patrol In Southern California Since August
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Everyone Kidnapped by ICE and Border Patrol In Southern California Since August ~ L.A. TACO
Immigration raids by the numbers, broken down by month, week, and city.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Everyone Kidnapped by ICE and Border Patrol In Southern California Since August
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Whether you’re a dedicated digger of crates, a touring name in turntablism, or merely a tocadisco-dilettante hoping to start your collection, we can promise you, you’re in the right town.
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By Hadley Tomicki
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By Hadley Tomicki
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Whether you’re a dedicated digger of crates, a touring name in turntablism, or merely a tocadisco-dilettante hoping to start your collection, we can promise you, you’re in the right town.
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By Hadley Tomicki
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By Hadley Tomicki
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November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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In local and state elections, Zionist lobby groups are throwing heavy cash at their political mouthpieces.
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By @abemarquez.bsky.social
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By @abemarquez.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In local and state elections, Zionist lobby groups are throwing heavy cash at their political mouthpieces.
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By @abemarquez.bsky.social
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By @abemarquez.bsky.social
Sunday Taquitos #3: Thanksgiving Edition.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Sunday Taquitos #3: Thanksgiving Edition.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.