Just Got back from the West Coast&#8230; AND PUFFED MADD KALi EARTH JUICE!!! GOOD LOOKS TO EVERYBODY THAT SHOWED ME ROUND!!!! Here&#8217;s Some Sweet &amp; Sour O G It Has a Very Soury Diesel Aroma with the smooth O G aftertaste VERY NICE!!!!!! Here&#8217;s some Afgahni Wreck has a very medicinal train wreck smell and…

THE NUG REPORT by SMUGGLER ~  L.A. MEDZ

core/paragraph

Kamren Curiel is a fourth-generation Chicana born in East L.A. and raised in South San Gabriel. She&#8217;s written for the L.A.Times, Latina, LAist, KCET, Huffington Post, and was the L.A. Editor for Remezcla.com.

Kamren Curiel

Los Angeles

A ‘Concrete Eyesore’ Replaces Native Trees: Landowner Builds Tax-Break Garden on Protected El Sereno Hillside

Robert Chlala is a writer and Ph.D. Candidate at USC researching L.A.’s changing cannabis industry for more than five years, focusing on issues of race, equity, and urban politics and economics. He has been involved in the cannabis space long before it became “an industry.”

Robert Chlala

Weed

Get Ready to Say Goodbye to Open Jars and Smelling Flower at Weed Shops ~ Cannabis City on 4/20

Gustavo Arellano is the author of “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America” and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

Gustavo Arellano

Featured

Loving Acualaistas, the Zacatecano Pumpkin Seed You’re Not Supposed to Eat

Colin Browne is a critic and journalist whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, and Hollywood Mirror.

Colin Browne

Architecture

Concrete Arbor ~ San Marino

Bruno

Cheap Eats

Public Fruit Park ~ Del Aire

Tujunga Wash ~ North Hollywood

Explore

Footer - NEW

Legal Footer

Main - NEW

Mobile

Become a subscriber today to get unlimited access

Thanks for reading!

This is member's only content.

Members get unlimited access to all of our stories, along with incredible perks like free tacos, invites to our events, access to our mobile app, and much more!

Become a Member of L.A. TACO

Free registration

Please register for L.A. TACO to Vote 

Register to continue

Please Register (For Free) To Read this Story

Register (Free) To Read This Guide

L.A. TACO

A.k.a. Afroxander; Editor-At-Large (formerly Weekend Editor) at L.A. Taco and a lecturer at San Diego State University. He has covered arts, culture, history, politics, and sports with an emphasis on Latin America and its U.S. diaspora for over two decades.

Ivan Fernandez

This El Sereno Art Show Pits Luchadores Against ICE

Memo Torres is the Director of Engagement and multimedia journalist for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco. He is also the host of the Daily Memo and writes for Apple Maps’ ‘Where Memo Torres Eats in L.A.’ You can see him on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles and Pressure Cooker.  You can hear him on KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ occasionally. He was a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino journalists and a former third-generation landscaper.

Memo Torres

<h3 class="iw gFxsud">Karina Soriano </h3>

Karina Soriano

L.A. Taco Guides

The Best Tacos Around SoFi Stadium and Intuit Dome

L.A. TACO STAFF

Events

Free Flautas and Fresh Beer: L.A. TACO’s Watch Party at Homage Brewing Today at 5 PM!

Blending her time in the kitchen as a line cook with her passion for storytelling, Lauren Bethke writes about community, inclusivity and the city she loves the most—Los Angeles.

a woman sits outside wearing a black long sleeve outfit

Lauren Bethke

Drink

I Went Inside Tanlines, L.A.’s New Bikini Coffeeshop

Lexis-Olivier Ray is an award-winning staff investigative reporter for L.A. TACO known for holding powerful people in Los Angeles accountable and his reporting on Los Angeles culture. As well as an artist and filmmaker. In 2022, the Society of Professional Journalists&#8217; Los Angeles chapter named Ray one of their &#8220;distinguished journalists.&#8221; In 2023, Ray won a second place Anthem Award in their Health Innovation category for a texting service geared towards the unhoused community and service providers that he launched in 2021 with L.A. TACO and Subtext. Ray was a 2020 USC Center For Health Journalism (CHJ) Data Fellow. As well as a 2022 CHJ Impact Fellow. As a freelancer, Ray has contributed to the L.A. Times, Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, KCET and SFGATE.

THE NUG REPORT by SMUGGLER ~ L.A. MEDZ

Stay in touch

More from L.A. TACO

This El Sereno Art Show Pits Luchadores Against ICE

The Best Tacos Around SoFi Stadium and Intuit Dome

Free Flautas and Fresh Beer: L.A. TACO’s Watch Party at Homage Brewing Today at 5 PM!

I Went Inside Tanlines, L.A.’s New Bikini Coffeeshop

Do Protests Actually Work?

Soccer Fans React to World Cup Controversies