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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

Meet the L.A. Print Makers Weaponizing Art Against ICE

When the federal immigration raids ramped up in L.A. and protesters took to the streets in June, Chan decided to make a statement the only way he knew how: By printing thousands of protest signs and distributing them for free.

November 17, 2025

’60 Miles East:’ A New Exhibit Celebrates The Era When Local Punk, Hardcore, and Ska Bands Ruled Riverside

“It was a real magical time in the late ‘80s, early ‘90s, where he had all these different types of bands and they all supported each other and there was actual venues to go to,” says Zach Cordner, co-publisher at The Riversider Magazine.

November 17, 2025

ICE impersonator harassed driver and passenger during an Uber ride in Los Angeles

Footage shows a man yelling racist insults and spitting at a passenger and her driver in an Uber vehicle. It’s the latest in at least two dozen documented incidents of people impersonating ICE agents.

November 16, 2025