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United Farm Workers Protest $30 Million Dollar Wonderful Company Donation to UCLA’s Hammer Museum

Wonderful Company employees and union members protested low wages, lack of health coverage and intimidating union-busting tactics at the Resnick-owned company.

5 Independent L.A. Concert Venues We Like To Get High At

Whether you’re into backyard hardcore punk bands, experimental jazz, or psychedelic rock, we’ve got you covered.

August 1, 2025

My Favorite Taco: “Honorary Chicano” will.i.am Dishes on Vegan Tacos, His New Track and “Third-World” Style ICE Raids

“We’re bigger in Mexico” asserts the artist during a private event at the Hollywood HQ for his AI venture, FIY, about his new single that celebrates East Los Angeles.

N8NOFACE’s Original L.A. TACO Mix Is Out Now

For the latest installment of the L.A. TACO Mix Series, we welcome N8NOFACE—a singular voice in modern synth-punk whose music fuses raw poetry with the scars and survival of real-life chaos, who put together this mix for our members.

July 25, 2025

Clown-Faced Fans Swarmed The Garden’s ‘One Strange Night In Orange County’ Festival

Fans dressed as jesters and crustie old punks united at The Garden's hometown mini-fest, reaching new levels in the growing "Vada Vada" movement of experimental punk.

These Photos Capture How Chino’s Demolition Derby Fueled a Forgotten Car Subculture In Southern California

You may think demolition derbies would be the domain of smaller, redder states. But the practice of intentionally smashing your scrappy bruiser of a car right into the vehicle of another person was actually born near Gardena at the long-gone Carrell Speedway.

July 23, 2025

Retracing the Steps of Cheech and Chong’s ‘Next Movie’ in L.A., 45 Years Later

The location manager from the classic stoner comedy walks us through the film's iconic locations, from the vanished Texaco on Sunset to an infamous massage parlor.

LA Galaxy Bans Photographer After Accusing Him of Bringing “Unapproved” Pro-Immigrant Banner

Galaxy fans will also sit out El Trafico tonight after weeks of their team’s silence during the Siege of L.A., including ICE’s detainment of a Galaxy fan, while the photographer claims innocence over misusing a gameday credential.

July 19, 2025

Trump’s Immigration Policy Falls in Line with Racist U.S. History Towards Immigrants

Xenophobia is as American as the World Series, Trump, Immigration, and White Supremacy.

July 12, 2025