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Live Music

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Hadley Tomicki

Tacos

Real Estate Company Says Four American Cities, Including Oklahoma City, Are Better Taco Cities Than L.A.

News

Headlines: L.A. Schools Will Start Stocking Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug After Recent Student Deaths; Ukraine Surf Team Competing in H.B.

An award-winning journalist. Host of the Daily Memo. ‘Where Memo Torres Eats’ on Apple Maps. Seen on Netflix, occasionally on KCRW. 3rd-gen landscaper. Proud son of an immigrant. Golden Bear.

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Housing

Will L.A. Voters Choose to Tax All Property Sales Over $5 Million to Fund Affordable Housing This Fall?

Headlines: Local Sports Shop Owner Makes Hats Dedicated to L.A. Taquerías; Finding Baja’s ‘Ultimate Fish Taco’

Liz Sánchez

East Hollywood fridge in front of Santa Monica Grocery.

Community

What Happened to All Those Community Fridges That Popped Up In 2020 Offering Free Food?

Headlines: Southern California House Sales Drastically Drop After Typical House Payment Goes Up Nearly 50%; ‘Little

Kamren Curiel is a fourth-generation Chicana born in East L.A. and raised in South San Gabriel. She&#8217;s written for the L.A.Times, Latina, LAist, KCET, Huffington Post, and was the L.A. Editor for Remezcla.com.

Kamren Curiel

In Highland Park, Restaurants Deal with How They Are Contributing to the Neighborhood’s Gentrification

Headlines: Criminal Attacks on Street Vendors Surged This Past June and July; Being ‘Brown and Gay in L.A.’

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