logo_fixed_outline

image (9)

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Explore

Footer - NEW

Legal Footer

Main - NEW

Mobile

Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

la-taco-horizontal-1

L.A. TACO

Support L.A. TACO

support_snipe002 (1)

Erick Galindo is a contributing Editor to L.A. TACO. He writes the Mis Ángeles column for LAist/KPCC and has written essays on food and culture for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

Erick Galindo

Los Angeles Homeless Encampment Clean Ups, CD-10

News

The Homeless Can Now Hold Onto More Property on the Streets of Skid Row

Daniel Hernandez is editor emeritus of LA Taco, serving 2017-2019. He is currently a staff writer for the L.A. Times. He is former Mexico bureau chief for VICE News, and former staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly. Daniel is author of the book &#8220;Down &amp; Delirious in Mexico City.&#8221;

Daniel Hernandez

14634039430_09523ca0d9_k

How to Drive in the Rain in Los Angeles: The L.A. Taco Guide

compton-hit-and-run

Compton Woman Killed in Apparent Street Race During Weekend Filled with Hit-and-Runs

Philip Iglauer covered all things Koreana for 15 years — foreign diplomats, kimchi, Samsung and, of course, North Korea — out of Seoul. After returning to his native Northeast Los Angeles in late 2016, he freelances on his hometown’s goings-on.

Philip Iglauer

Quemetco

L.A. County Slams Lead Battery Recycling Plant Quemetco Over ‘Serious Environmental Justice Concerns’

LAPD gang injunctions

More Than Half of Elite LAPD Gang Unit’s Searches Could Be Unconstitutional, Inspector Says

hot dog assault 2

Crime

Update: Police Book Sylmar Man Who Punched Two Women at a Downtown Hot Dog Cart

LAPD Drone

Video: LAPD Used a Drone for the First Time to Nab Hollywood Robber

mayor butts inglewood

Transparency Advocates Assail Inglewood’s Plan to Shred Records of Hundreds of Police Shootings

Nash Baker is a crime scene videographer and regular contributor to L.A. Taco.

Nash Baker

Screen Shot 2018-12-19 at 11.15.01 PM

Crime Scene: Two Men Shot in South Park, Chesterfield Square ~ Nash Baker Reports

kabc-pacoima-deadly-crash-screenshot

Featured

Pacoima Hit-And-Run: Man Loses His Job, His Condo, and Then His Life While Sleeping in His Car

public safety