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DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Raids Long Beach Taking Gardeners, Old Men, and A 12-Pack of Beers

Today, Border Patrol targeted Long Beach, swarming the streets again taking gardeners, older men, and a 12-pack of beers. A child fled through a park, and a mother ran with her infant as her husband was taken by agents.

These Hacienda Heights Latino Punk Phenoms Are Under 20 and Fronted By the Reincarnation of Darby Crash

Meet the four young guys from the SGV playing punk shows they way they should be played.

November 20, 2025

Where ‘Predator’ Hunted In The 1990 L.A. Sequel . . . And What Those Spots Look Like Today

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.

November 20, 2025

DAILY MEMO: A Father Was Abducted by Feds. His Teen Son Left School to Finish His Work Route

After a father dropped his children off at school, federal agents abducted him nearby leaving his truck on the side of the road. His son and daughter came to pick up the truck. His daughter, cried. His son, a sophomore, picked up his truck, and went to perform his dad's work servicing the houses he was supposed to do today.

November 19, 2025

DAILY MEMO: More Than 30 People Taken in At Least 30 Raids During Saturday Through Monday Rains

While Mayor Bass tells national TV that the raids "are not as bad," that there's only two to three a day, L.A. TACO is documenting the exact opposite.

November 19, 2025

A Snapshot of L.A.’s Multi-Layered Street Scenes Overlooked by Mainstream Media

Life in the city is not perfect, and it doesn’t need to be to have value. This photo essay is a snapshot of the city, from the street level, from an L.A. TACO OG.

November 19, 2025

Second Chances: The Heartwarming Stories of L.A.’s Rescued Exotic Animals

From Alaska to Louisiana, meet the wolves, monkeys, and reptiles now residing in the wild, wild west of Los Angeles.

November 19, 2025

ICE Raids Delayed L.A.’s Best New Taquería From Opening In Silver Lake. Now It’s Finally Open.

“How could I celebrate when people who feed our city couldn’t even work?” the owner of Taquería Frontera said amidst ICE's siege on L.A.

November 18, 2025

JACKASS Remembers 25 Years of Stunts and Shenanigans at Complex Art Gallery

“It was a celebration of Jackass; we hit a quarter-century,” Dave England told L.A. TACO. Looking forward to another 25 years of human sling-shots, apex predator taunting, and yes, dildo skateboards.

November 18, 2025

You Showed Up 5,000 Deep On For L.A. TACO’s First Event at The Broad

And in the rain! Our small team got the chance to connect with the L.A. TACO community last Saturday at The Broad at our "Celebrate Community" event. These were our favorite moments.

November 17, 2025