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San Fernando-Based Taco Chain Founder Faces Backlash for Wearing MAGA Hat

Multiple other allegations have been levied against the owner of an L.A. taco chain across the internet since the video's publication, with calls to boycott the establishment, as well as requesting he not be welcomed to BMO Stadium as a LAFC supporter.

July 8, 2025

Heavily-Armed Federal Police In Armored Vehicles Target MacArthur Park

Even before the feds arrived, community activists had put up signs alerting people that ICE was planning on “raiding” MacArthur Park on July 7. While federal agents walked through the park, some businesses locked their doors and closed off their parking lots.

The Dodgers Keep Breaking Our Brown, Expendable Hearts

Mexicans and Latinos make up forty percent of the Dodgers fan base. We buy the jerseys, the beer, the overpriced nachos—yet we're still treated like background noise, like we don’t belong in the very stadium we helped build.

The Closing of L.A.’s Oldest Restaurant Goes Beyond French Dips

The loss of The Pantry, Hank's Bar, and now this DTLA watering hole in 2025 is devastating for an area already struggling to recover from the pandemic.

July 7, 2025

Residents Protest Gentrification in Mexico City Neighborhoods

So-called "digital nomads" have made life unaffordable for residents

ICE Had to Take Her to E.R. After Detaining Her, And Now They Wait Outside to Re-Detain Her

Family and friends are rallying to protect the victim from detainment.

July 4, 2025

ICE Is Staging on Terminal Island, Where Japanese Americans Were Once Abducted

Protesters are gathering from dawn until dusk at the Japanese Fishing Village Memorial today, a San Pedro monument built to honor the local community of Japanese Americans who were forcibly removed by the government under Executive Order 9066.

July 4, 2025

The 10 Best Meat Markets and Carnicerías in Los Angeles

If you do participate in any grilling this 4th of July weekend, shop local, and we'll leave you with some wise words from L.A. TACO OG Erick Galindo, who said: "Carne asada isn’t just food. It’s a ritual. It’s resistance."

Weekend Eats: Chicago-Style Hot Dogs and Wild Pita Sandwiches For CHIRLA

Plus liquid waffles from an acclaimed chef, Himalayan dumplings covered in Cheetos dust, and a Japanese cafe by day that becomes a Japanese speakeasy at night.

July 3, 2025

I Was High at Noma When Rene Redzepi Told Me He Was Opening In L.A.

I couldn’t process that the scoop of a lifetime before he publicized it was hitting my ears, as an L.A.-raised food-obsessed person, and I was trying my best to “play it cool.” While we can focus on the optics of opening a pop-up fine dining restaurant during an I.C.E. siege that will be inaccessible to too many, Noma’s arrival in Los Angeles is a monumental event, as it’s not just any fine dining restaurant—it’s the fine dining restaurant that redefined culinary innovation globally, raising foraging and hyper-local ingredients to an art form.