Real jaw bones, oodles of dead baby dolls, psycho clowns, vomit videos, plus portraits of Ed Gein and Ted Bundy were among the many horrors integrated into the artwork at Saturday&#8217;s Carniverous Delights party on Stoner Ave. in West LA. To the spun tunes of Birthday Party, Fields of Nephlim, Bauhaus, and a live house…

Carniverous Delights ~ West LA

linkDestination

core/image

core/paragraph

core/more

<div>Ivan Ehlers is an Ecuadorian-American cartoonist and writer. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, MAD Magazine and the Los Angeles Times.</div>
<div></div>
<div>IG: <a id="m_-8957504711371111195plusReplyChip-0" class="gmail_plusreply"></a>@ivan_ehlers</div>

Ivan Ehlers

Sunday Taquitos #36: The End Is Near

3rd-generation Angeleno Mike Sonksen, aka Mike the PoeT, is a poet, professor, journalist, historian and tour guide. Sonksen’s read poetry at over 100 academic institutions, appeared on radio and television and hosted at the Getty Center. His latest books are Traces, Places, Faces and Poets of My City: A Collective Effervescence. Sonksen was recently appointed the Long Beach Design District&#8217;s first Poet-in-Residence.

Mike Sonksen

"Protect the Water, Revoke the Permits!" rally

Books

Vanguards of Language: Obi Kaufmann, Saul Williams, and the Power of Poetry

One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

Hadley Tomicki

A Woody Guthrie Guitar, a 1776 Print of the Declaration of Independence, and Much More Are Now On View at The Huntington

Sunday Taquitos #35: The A.I. Bubble Bursts

Nya Manneh is a 22-year-old Master&#8217;s student from Minnesota studying at the University of Southern California. She is passionate about writing stories that highlight underrepresented voices and meeting new people from all walks of life.

Nya Manneh

L.A. TACO STAFF

Two attendees at the Calavera LGBTQ Festival

L.A. Taco Guides

L.A. TACO’s Ultimate Guide to Día de Muertos Events in Los Angeles

People

How to Really Scare The Hell Out of Someone, According to the Creators of L.A.’s Most Popular Haunts

Explore

Footer - NEW

Legal Footer

Main - NEW

Mobile

Neighborhoods

Top Guides

Become a subscriber today to get unlimited access

Thanks for reading!

L.A. TACO is paid for by readers. 8,000 Angelenos keep this newsroom independent. Memberships start at $5.95/month.

This one's for members.

No advertiser paid for this. We depend on members to write these investigations, please join.

This investigation took months.

L.A. TACO is paid for by readers, not billionaires. 8,000 Angelenos keep this newsroom independent. Memberships start at $5.95/month.

Support This Work

We're paid for by readers. 8,000 Angelenos keep this newsroom independent, and members read everything. Memberships start at $5.95/month.

Keep reading L.A. TACO.

Free registration

Please register for L.A. TACO to Vote 

Register to continue

We are truly independent local media.

Free to Read, just share your email 

Every place on this list was visited by someone on our staff. Create a free account to read all of it. No payment, no catch.

The rest of this guide is free. We just need an email.

We take our food reporting very seriously, and answer to readers, not advertisers.

The rest of this article is free. We just need an email.

The rest of this report is free. We just need an email.

We're indepdenent local news, help us write these stories by sharing your email (it's free)

All we ask is your email

Read this opinion piece for free, just share your email

All we ask is an email...

Create a free account and keep reading. No payment, no catch. We're reader-funded, and this is how we get to know who we're writing for.

Read this one on us.

Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

Support L.A. TACO

A.k.a. Afroxander; Editor-At-Large (formerly Weekend Editor) at L.A. Taco and a lecturer at California State University San Bernardino &amp; San Diego State University. He has covered arts, culture, history, politics, and sports with an emphasis on Latin America and its U.S. diaspora for over two decades.

Ivan Fernandez

Muscoy’s Stacked Street Food Scene Is Proof that the Inland Empire Deserves More Love

Taco Members Only

Try Mexico City’s El Tigre Silencioso Before One of Mexico’s Best Chefs Opens His Arts District Restaurant Next Week

Aisha Wallace-Palomares

an ICE agent and sheriff's deputy appear to shake hands

Lynwood Community Wants Answers After Photo Shows LASD Deputy and ICE Agent Shaking Hands

ICE WATCH: The Emotional Toll of Interviewing Detainees As an Immigration Reporter

Blending her time in the kitchen as a line cook with her passion for storytelling, Lauren Bethke writes about community, inclusivity and the city she loves the most—Los Angeles.

a woman sits outside wearing a black long sleeve outfit

Lauren Bethke

Emilio Valdez is a street-level photographer with a special interest in documenting the ever-changing neighborhoods of Central and East Los Angeles. His work focuses on bringing the past and present discrimination of marginalized people of color to light.

Emilio Valdez

Our 20 Favorite Diners in Los Angeles

Jaylyn Preslicka is a reporter from the greater Los Angeles area who specializes in investigative reporting. She has covered immigration, health, politics, and policy for various outlets.

a woman in a striped shirt in front of vines

Jaylyn Preslicka

Screenshot of DHS facilities map in Southern California.

News

We Mapped All the Random Spots In California That DHS Operates From, Revealed By the Latest Hack

Former editor of L.A. Taco. I still live in Los Angeles but mainly just hang out at parks and stare off into the distance.

Erich Redson

post

Héctor Zaldívar is the head of a print magazine and art/music publication titled Dead Relatives. Completely written and designed by Zaldívar, every month subscribers are mailed in-depth stories on different subcultures from graffiti in Latin America to hardcore punk to lowrider culture and back.

Héctor Zaldívar

a black and white photo of a crowd of people