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Long Beach’s Sourdough Panadería Is a Back-to-Back National Best Bakery Finalist

“We didn’t study business or baking, Ana [Salatino] and I just dove into it all with absolutely no experience, just romanticism for bread and passion for our community. So to be recognized nationally inspires us to keep going," says Arturo Enciso as he reflects on being named a finalist again for the "Outstanding Bakery" category of the James Beard Awards.

April 3, 2025

L.A.’s Only Korean Street Food Stand Serves Hand-Sliced Bulgogi and Fruit-Fermented Kimchi

Only one dish, the tteokbokki, which costs $12, is priced over $10. And yes, they also serve Korean tacos and gimbap. The stand has no internet presence neither.

Blood, Sweat and Snapshots: The High-Flying Drama of East L.A.’s Homegrown Wrestling

East Los Lucha is the best lucha libre to see outside of Mexico...and it's right here in East Los Angeles.

April 1, 2025

City of Los Angeles to Declare Tacos Its Official Food

Officials for the City of Los Angeles have filed a motion to declare tacos the official food. Other cities in the County, including Beverly Hills and Long Beach, are planning the same. 

April 1, 2025

In Boyle Heights, Backyard Chickens and Generous Neighbors Combat Rising Egg Prices 

With the nationwide egg shortage that has caused prices to skyrocket, Omeatl Tonatiuh of Boyle Heights feels “there’s a sense of rebellion in raising chickens,” especially at a time when the cost of eggs has become a political talking point about how weak or strong the economy is.

March 24, 2025

‘Our Families Are Hungry:’ MacArthur Park Vendors Plea to Mayor Bass to Remove Fence

The vendors displayed a white tarp on 7th Street, carrying a message to the Mayor expressing their fears that if the situation down Alvarado Street isn't solved soon, many will be on the verge of living on the streets.

March 19, 2025

Lefty Gunplay Arrested At Rolling Loud For An Outstanding Warrant

In a statement, a representative for the Baldwin Park Police Department told L.A TACO that Lefty Gunplay was arrested for an outstanding arrest warrant stemming from a 2023 case.

March 17, 2025

L.A.’s ‘Kanye Sucks’ Party Invites You to Trash Your Old Ye Merch

Throw a piece of Yeezy gear in the trash can and you'll get a t-shirt in exchange. All in the name of standing up to bigotry.

March 13, 2025

Tracing L.A.’s Mexican and Irish Connection for St. Patrick’s Day

L.A.’s regional Irish, Latino, and Mexican cultural and historical relations have been routed mainly through Catholicism, wine-making, and border wars back when California was Mexico.

March 12, 2025