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Soccer Fans React to World Cup Controversies
"These are things that I think that should be free, so we can all come together and remember we're all human,” a fan told L.A. TACO in attendance at a watch party event in Exposition Park.
Lessons and Reflections From Attending The Iran vs. New Zealand Game in L.A.
"In a world where forms of escapism become harder to find and maintain, how can fans reason their love of the game with the moral complications the World Cup has presented?"
UPDATE: Mr.Tempo Cantina Closes Controversial Hollywood Location
'Mr. Tempo' caught heat back in 2022 when L.A. preservationists came after him for gutting the 94-year-old Hollywood legend Pig ‘N Whistle restaurant without permits.
Sunday Taquitos #28: Get Out, LOSER!
Sunday Taquitos! Art by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Ivan Ehlers.
L.A TACO’s 2026 Guide To Free Summer Concerts in L.A.
Los Lobos, Keyshia Cole, DJ Quik, Kurupt, The Paranoias, Jungle Fire, and Delfonics are among the many artists you can catch for free in L.A. this summer, if you know where to look. Just don't look at that Rivers Cuomo too closely.
When Pedro Arrests Juan: Why Latinos Join Border Patrol and ICE
Many Latino families inherited the same lesson generation after generation: When society views you as foreign, proving your Americanness can become its own form of survival.
Gay in a Macho Latino World: Why I Defend Pride
Growing up in an old, beaten-up apartment complex near Disneyland, I came of age in an environment that demonized queerness. Not only through verbal reprimands, machismo, and shaming, but also through violent means.
Microdosing World Peace at Downtown L.A.’s Michelin Restaurant-Themed Sex Party
Wrestling clowns, glittering mermaids, and human pigs abound, as chefs from the world's most famous restaurant deejay (or pay tribute to Alinea on a nude model) at L.A.'s most joyously debauched sex jam.
This Modern-Day Digital Jester Is an Absurdist Sex Toy Artist
Anything is a Fleshlight, if you’re brave enough.
Bad Brains Legend HR Pays a Visit To Students at Watts Conservatory of Music
The hardcore punk and reggae artist spoke about his foundational "positive mental attitude" philosophy, and played a few songs with the school's teachers.
