The crime stories making waves in the Southland this week so far...
Crime Story of the Week: Hunch Leads to Arrest in Mary-Kay Pink Caddy Jacking
Last week, cops up in the Mission Division thought there was something odd about a 29-year-old man driving a pink Mary Kay Cadillac on Raven Street, so they pulled him over and found out that the day before he had jacked the car at gunpoint.
Police Chase Video of the Week: Cops Shoot Suspect After Chase
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Tens of thousands made their way to the city's wholesale flower capital, jamming the streets and sidewalks with countless flowers and people. L.A. TACO'S contributing photographer Kemal Cilengir was there to capture it all, including street vendors getting fined and the dystopian-like flower free-for-all being had by lovestruck customers and hustling vendors eager to offload their prized plants.
Have a three-day weekend full of chai cheesecake, black garlic cocktails, egg pie, and famous flour tortillas.
More than 50 organizations have joined the call to join this coalition, making it one of Southern California's largest immigrant rights coalitions. The group aims to extend from the San Fernando Valley to the U.S./Mexico border. The coalition is organizing training sessions to prepare its members for community tactics to defend their neighbors from ICE raids and deportations. Their first mass protest is taking place on Monday.
For L.A. TACO, love is always in the air, and it smells like charcoal burning on a sunny day under carne asada and tortillas hot off the comal, with vibrant salsas, caramelized onions, and thick guacamole. Forget him, and spend time with things that matter in life: tacos, forever.
Many come and buy pounds and pounds to share with their family members as soon as they taste a warm “taco de sal,” a tortilla sprinkled simply with salt and rolled up like a thin flauta. It’s common to eat tacos de sal while waiting in line at a tortillería in Mexico, but not so much in the U.S.
