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L.A. TACO’s 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

Perfume for goths, elk burgers, ICE piñatas, graffiti books, and 18 other items that should get your gift-giving wheels turning.

December 12, 2025

The 24 Best Tamales, From East L.A. to Long Beach

L.A. is the most competitive U.S. city when it comes to tamal season. Here’s your guide to the best banana leaf tamales, sweet tamales, and more.

December 11, 2025

The 69 Best Tacos You’ll Eat in L.A. County in 2025, Ranked

As L.A.'s first and only publication dedicated to finding the best tacos, we are excited to present you with this year's list. It's the guide to end all other taco guides, and it is dedicated to our members who support us and to the best damn city in the world—complete with a map.

December 9, 2025

Eight Photography Labs in L.A. Still Honoring the Art of Film

These L.A. film labs are keeping the craft alive. While photographing the city's precious landmarks, these shops have become ones themselves.

December 8, 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

Sunday Taquitos #3: Thanksgiving Edition

Gobble gobble! Sunday Taquitos! Art by Ivan Ehlers.

November 23, 2025

UPDATE: Carlos Jimenez, U.S. Citizen Shot By A Federal Immigration Agent, Indicted For Allegedly Assaulting Border Patrol Agent

According to his lawyers, Carlos Jimenez had attempted to warn agents of the presence of school children at a nearby bus stop in his community when he was shot by federal agents. Authorities claim he had attempted to run over the agents.

ICE impersonator harassed driver and passenger during an Uber ride in Los Angeles

Footage shows a man yelling racist insults and spitting at a passenger and her driver in an Uber vehicle. It’s the latest in at least two dozen documented incidents of people impersonating ICE agents.

November 16, 2025

Sunday Taquitos #2: The Real Criminals

Haters will say this one’s too on the nose: Sunday Taquitos! Art by Ivan Ehlers.

November 16, 2025

Pan Dulce Season: Why We Eat More Carbs in Fall and Winter

“Maybe it’s not just nostalgia that makes pan dulce irresistible this time of year. Maybe it’s biology, memory, and culture conspiring in the best possible way."

November 9, 2025