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N8NOFACE’s 47-Minute ORIGINAL L.A. TACO Mix Is Out Now

For the latest installment of the L.A. TACO Mix Series, we welcome N8NOFACE—a singular voice in modern synth-punk whose music fuses raw poetry with the scars and survival of real-life chaos, who put together this mix for our members.

July 25, 2025

Clown-Faced Fans Swarmed The Garden’s ‘One Strange Night In Orange County’ Festival

Fans dressed as jesters and crustie old punks united at The Garden's hometown mini-fest, reaching new levels in the growing "Vada Vada" movement of experimental punk.

July 25, 2025

Weekend Eats: Lynwood Taquería Hosting ‘SELAtería’ to Raise Money for Families Affected by ICE

Lamb pastrami reubens, escargot-and-rabbit pizza, and a pizza party for protestors in Downtown.

July 25, 2025

What the Hell Is a ‘French Taco?’ Find Out For Yourself At This New Spot in L.A.

There’s cheese, there’s crème fraîche and gruyere sauce, there’s French fries, and sometimes there are other things, all origami-ed into a rectangular slab that looks like a long lost taco cousin that is somewhere between a microwaved Tina’s burrito Crunchwrap. 

July 24, 2025

These Photos Capture How Chino’s Demolition Derby Fueled a Forgotten Car Subculture In Southern California

You may think demolition derbies would be the domain of smaller, redder states. But the practice of intentionally smashing your scrappy bruiser of a car right into the vehicle of another person was actually born near Gardena at the long-gone Carrell Speedway.

July 23, 2025

Heritage Barbecue Quietly Opened a Beachside Tri-Tip Mecca Closer to L.A.

James Beard Award finalist for "Best Chef California" Daniel Castillo summarizes his new concept he secretly opened on the sand just a few feet away from the water as “ Latino-style meets Black-style BBQ. It’s ‘hood, but finessed. It's Califas-style.”

July 22, 2025

Retracing the Steps of Cheech and Chong’s ‘Next Movie’ in L.A., 45 Years Later

The location manager from the classic stoner comedy walks us through the film's iconic locations, from the vanished Texaco on Sunset to an infamous massage parlor.

L.A. Police Cite ‘Anti-Homeless’ Law To Sweep Anti-ICE Camp Outside Federal Building

A 24-hour protest encampment eventually came to an end after LAPD swept the site multiple times.

July 19, 2025

ACLU Threatens Legal Action Against LAPD For Denying DTLA Protest Permit

In a demand letter sent to Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell, Jonathan Markovitz, a staff attorney for the ACLU SoCal, said that the reasoning given for denying Refuse Facism’s permit “appears to be unconstitutional."

July 17, 2025