L.A. TACO

This article was supported by Viva La Book Review. “To my south, the land was underdeveloped and vast, with lines of orange groves visible in the distance. Then I neared the grand Hotel Green,” Naomi Hirahara writes in her latest noir, Crown City. One of Los Angeles crime fiction’s great strengths is how effectively it draws on the region’s physical terrain, tapping into how it shapes social and class relationships.

A week after Mayor Karen Bass made one of the dumbest “own goals” in L.A. political history, mayoral candidate and L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman is still riding high on the public backlash against Bass’ trashing of street vendors at their first debate. “If you come for our street vendors, you're coming for the heart of L.A.,” Raman said at a hastily-set-up campaign event next to Brothers Cousins Tacos, a popular street taqueria on the Westside’s Sawtelle Boulevard, on Wednesday night.

Taco vario with chicharron en salsa verde at El Gueraso. Photo by Ricky Calderon/El Gueraso. Welcome to L.A. TACO's Weekend Eats, a look at some of the most exciting culinary throw-downs in L.A., made just for our members. When you join L.A. TACO as a member, you get this every week in your inbox, detailing 5-6 great new places to eat.

(from left) Dover Sole Market’s shoyu ahi, spicy ahi, and octopus pokes. Photo by Marina Watanabe for L.A. TACO. For months, I’ve been trying to get my hands on the most exclusive poke in Los Angeles. Made using high-quality ahi tuna sourced from Hawaii, minimal ingredients including shoyu, scallions, and sweet onions, and not a single extraneous kale leaf to be found, this poke is unlike most available offerings in the city.

The ICE Burnout is real. Many folks are avoiding our daily content, but not because they don’t care. We see it, and we feel it. That's why we are creating a free, easy-to-digest newsletter calledICE Watchto keep readers with the strength to not look away informed once a week with our original reporting. A friend recently broke down in tears and had to walk away when two of our friends were venting their frustrations with Trump.

One Saturday at sunset, my parents cheerfully herded us into the minivan after announcing that we were going to get ice cream. Half an hour later, we were clustered around a table in the outdoor dining area of a Fosters Freeze, enjoying our cones. The sky turned dark, and stars began to twinkle. With our desserts finished, we headed back home. As we passed the river, Dad told us this spooky legend. “A long time ago, there was a sad woman who lived in a Mexican pueblo,” he said.

As we scanned L.A.’s horizon for tacos, we saw the roaring fires of a new street food vanguard bivouacked among our blocks. Kebab stands suddenly seem to be everywhere in the city these days, outpacing the proliferation of hibachi trucks and smashburgers, and nearly rivaling the storied ranks of our taco trucks and taco tables.

Taco Members Only The Whole ‘Hood Knows He’s Innocent. Will He Finally Be Freed After 20 Years In Prison? A shooting he had no knowledge of and a case of mistaken identity cost him his freedom. Then, the actual shooter confessed. Will a judge free him?

Once I saw the Instagram story asking if anyone would be willing to get creampied for charity, I knew I had to attend the clown sex rave in Downtown Los Angeles. The party was at99 Warehouse, a spot quickly becoming a requisite fixture of L.A.'s nightlife scene. At this venue, known for its sex-positive events and wild themes, “cream pie” could mean a couple of different things. Fortunately, this time it meant an actual pie.

We consulted multiple lawyers, an immigration group, and the Consulate of Mexico to create a guide we hope you never need. For seven years, you could only find these loaded Venezuelan beauties made with nixtamalized maiz criollo at a few farmers markets. Now you can find them any day of the week. “Altadena has spoken,” Shawna Dawson Beer tells L.A. TACO. “We don't want surveillance cameras. We don't want Flock replaced by another company's cameras.