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Director of Pasadena Community Job Center Speaks About Arrest by Pasadena Police After Observing Federal Immigration Activity

“They didn’t stop the ICE agent, but they stopped me,” said Jose Madera, who followed a vehicle driven wrecklessly by ICE agents, who continue to roam freely nationwide, even after killing 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis earlier today.

Weekend Eats: Welcome to L.A.’s First 2-D Noodle Bar and ‘All-You-Can-Eat Taco’ Wednesdays

Plus a happy hour with smoked tuna flautas, a stand for Armenian pork neck on rice, a cafe for Turkish pastrami sandwiches, and two sought-after bakers now overseeing his own brick-and-mortar.

December 19, 2025

‘Lead Contamination: An Old Foe Rises from the Ashes of the Eaton Fire,’ Live With Francois Tissot At Caltech’s Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series

Learn about investigations into lead contamination after the 2025 L.A. Fires and how they can help communities prepare for future disasters, at Francois Tissot’s Watson Lecture.

December 18, 2025

The Huntington Library’s Photo Collection Inducts Its First Filipina American Photographer In 2025

The Huntington Library was established over 100 years ago, and now the new Valerie J. Bower exhibit is opening long-awaited doors for L.A. artists.

December 1, 2025

L.A.’s 13 Best Old-School Pie Shops

From a Hawaiian-inspired chocolate haupia pie in Torrance to a tender gourmet cobbler in Pasadena and a traditional apple pie in Van Nuys in between, this is your ultimate guide to pies that have stood the test of time in L.A.

November 25, 2025

We Don’t Need to Imagine Octavia Butler’s Post-Apocalyptic L.A. It’s Already Here.

Twenty years after the publication of her final novel, author Octavia E. Butler’s fictionalized version of Los Angeles rings especially true.

October 14, 2025

The 34 Best ‘Hood Burgers In Los Angeles

It’s important to remember that these places have fed many inner-city families. When many classified parts of Los Angeles as “food deserts,” those $19.99 family value packs of burgers and fries were feeding many mouths, way before Smash Burgers.

The 18 Best Fish and Seafood Tacos In Los Angeles

From scallop tacos to fish machaca flautas to a smoked marlin gobernador, here is a taco crawl for our pescatarian friends!

The 21 Best Wings In Los Angeles

For Super Bowl week, or any other week. In L.A., you'll find Cambodian, Caribbean, and Thai wings. Al pastor, garam masala, butter chicken, and mole wings. Buffalo, Korean-fried, wood-smoked, and Flamin' Hot Cheeto-dusted wings.

February 4, 2025

L.A.’s Best Pozoles Come In Red, Green, and White. And Sometimes With Shrimp, ‘Shrooms, and Jackfruit, Too

L.A. is a city of legendary pozoles, if you know where to look. Vegan, chicken, pork, pata, and even jackfruit. Each pozole on this list has its own distinct identity. All will warm your body and soul.

December 5, 2024