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Call These Numbers If You See ICE Activity, From L.A. and Riverside to the Central Valley

In case of an emergency, you can report ICE activity and enforcement actions to spread awareness by calling your local rapid response network. Bookmark these numbers today. We also provided this article in en español.

January 31, 2025

These Are Your Rights If a Restaurant Gets Raided By ICE, For Both Customers and Owners

Here are five attorney-vetted ways you can protect yourself and the employees of a restaurant for both customers and restaurant owners.

January 24, 2025

‘L.A. Is Our Neighbor.’ Santa Ana Unites With Drives, Donations, and Warm Burritos To Help Angelenos Impacted By The Fires

“The message for those affected by the fire from people like us here in O.C. and especially Santa Ana, is LOVE," says rapper Jay Taj. "You got us, we got you." 

January 22, 2025

L.A. TACO’s 14 Most-Read Culture Stories Of 2024

From revisiting famous Repo Man locations and being the only publication in the city documenting L.A.'s thriving underground punk scene, to highlighting the hard-working people of L.A., here are some of our most read feature stories.

December 31, 2024

Empathy Through Tacos: Meet the Skid Row Taqueros Giving Away Free Food Every Friday to Downtown’s Homeless Community 

One of the taqueros who organizes the weekly pop-ups used to be homeless himself and broke out of poverty by selling breakfast burritos in front of a courthouse in Van Nuys. Now, he is sober and pays it forward every week. The group uses TikTok to raise funds and donate up to 1,500 tacos and more a week.

July 24, 2024

Ten Architecture Gems to Visit in L.A.: If These Walls Could Talk

Did you know that one of the 11 world's most beautiful post offices in the world is located in Hollywood? And the "skinniest house" in the entire U.S. is located in Long Beach? Plus, Gargoyles. L.A. is for architecture lovers...if you know where to look.

Urgent: L.A. TACO Falling Short of Fundraising Goals and Needs Your Support

Emergency. This is not a test. This is not a ruse. This is not a marketing scheme. We need your support if we're going to make it and every single membership counts.

April 23, 2024

Two New Lowrider-Inspired and Dodger-Blue L.A. TACO Hats Are Now Available!

Wear your L.A. TACO swag and support our inclusive, street-level community journalism!

March 27, 2024

Celebrate Women’s History Month with these Indie Women-Owned Businesses In L.A.

Celebrate women all year round with this list of goods in the 'hood, from a punk-owned vinyl shop in the South Bay, handmade sexy chainmaille bras in South Central, an affordable Salvi-owned facial shop in Koreatown, and more.

March 8, 2024

What Do You Want To Read On L.A. TACO In 2024?

Readers, let us know what's up! What do you want us to cover more often? Or less? Find the survey on our site.

December 21, 2023