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Losing SNAP Benefits? These Local Heroes Are Ready To Help With Free Food

In addition to L.A. food banks, pantries, community fridges, and other food donation programs, we see free Cambodian chicken rice porridge, kids goodie bags, and a program that allows you to buy a meal for someone at a growing chain.

October 30, 2025

This Gnarly DTLA Skater Event Ended with a Trashed Waymo and LAPD Less-Lethals

Seven Spidermen, Joker, and Jesus skated around DTLA with other Hellbomb attendees before chaos broke out.

October 27, 2025

Exclusive: Video Captures 11 Shots Fired During Shooting of ICE-Patrolling TikToker

A timeline of events involving the shooting of news TikToker Richard L.A. and the subsequent lockdown and student walkouts at Santee High School.

L.A.’s Most Eccentric Bartender Just Swam 21 Miles From Catalina to L.A. This Is What Was Going Through His Mind

L.A. TACO caught up with Matthew Biancaniello to share what the hell was going through his mind, being in salty water for nearly a day, nearly naked because he is team-no-wetsuit, and both the mental and physical challenges he overcame to do it all.

October 24, 2025

Beto Villanueva of Chicago Oi! Band Fuerza Bruta On ICE Raids, Latino Skinheads, and Paella in Basque Country

Fascist times call for antifascist music. Fuerza Bruta play this Saturday, October 25 at First Street Billiards for Perry Templars Halloween Birthday Bash featuring Templars, Castillo, Fuerza Bruta, Ultra Sect, Hand Pay and Traxx.

October 24, 2025

L.A.’s Megachurches Preach Tradition From Behind Laser Beams and Fog Machines

Today in L.A., it’s customary for churches to livestream sermons, accept online donations, and master the digital algorithm. Hillsong’s Instagram account currently has 2.9 million followers—more than the populations of San Diego and San Francisco combined. 

October 23, 2025

City of the Dead: The Forgotten History of the People of Los Angeles, Told By Six East L.A. Cemeteries

Thanks to Hollywood films, Day of the Dead has evolved from a Mexican holiday to an international one celebrated by all of Los Angeles but long before that, the dead were already shaping L.A.’s story.

October 22, 2025

Voting ‘Yes’ on Prop 50 Flexes California’s Power to Defy MAGA’s Power Play

Even some champions of California’s citizen-drawn Congressional maps support the Nov. 4 ballot measure to suspend them and counter Trump’s attacks. "The people have to say no, we are going to figure out how to survive,” activist and politician Melina Abdullah said.

October 22, 2025

Trump Administration Pressures Meta, Apple, and Google Into Corporate Obedience

The federal government "jawbones" private companies by pressuring them to silence voices they can’t legally censor themselves, and Big Tech has erased ICE‑watching apps and an ICE-Sighting Chicago Facebook group.

October 21, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Dash Cam Footage Shows ICE Vehicle Rear-Ending Community Observer In Oxnard

Before detaining community advocate Leonardo, ICE was caught on film rear-ending his truck, and L.A. TACO is sharing the dash cam footage for the first time.