Three LAPD Veterans Named Finalists for Chief ~ Robert Arcos, Michel Moore,...
Three veterans of the Los Angeles Police Department are vying for the top job at the nation’s second largest police agency, according to a late Tuesday report. The top candidates for chief of the LAPD...
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‘Aware of A Problem and Getting Justice For That Problem Are Two Totally...
More than two thousand people waited in a line that went around the block of the Million Dollar Theatre and beyond in downtown Los Angeles — some as early as 9 am — on Saturday afternoon to hear Bernie...
View ArticleGarcetti Goes With Safest Choice In Picking Next Chief of L.A.P.D. ~ Meet...
The next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department is Michel “Mike” Moore, a 36-year veteran of the LAPD and an overall safe choice for Mayor Eric Garcetti, who made the announcement on Monday...
View ArticleWho Would the Taco Vote For? ~ GO VOTE TODAY! Here’s How To Find Your Polling...
Polls are open across Southern California for the June 5 state primary election. Voters will decide on candidates in California’s “top-two” system, where the top two voter-getters regardless of party...
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Los Angeles Is Asleep at the Polls ~ Five Scary Truths We Learned After...
An interesting thing happened in the results from Tuesday’s primary election. The Republican John Cox, who will face off against Democrat Gavin Newsom in the November midterm race for governor of...
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Why Everyone In the Country Was Watching the Congressional Races In Orange...
More than a third of the primary election ballots remain to be counted in Orange County, but one thing is clear: It’s going to be a Democrat-versus-Republican death match in the 39th, 45th, 48th, and...
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Hate Group Associated with White Supremacy and Misogyny Held a Meeting at...
More than a dozen members of the far-right Proud Boys men’s group organized a meeting on June 1st at Highland Park Brewery’s Chinatown location between the hours of 9p until closing, L.A. Taco has...
View Article‘Almost Certain Women Will Be Killed’ After U.S. Move to Deny Asylum to...
Any migrant seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border by claiming domestic abuse or gang violence will now be turned away, the latest move by the Trump administration meant to attack illegal...
View ArticleJohn Oliver Destroys Mexico’s Presidential Candidates on ‘Last Week Tonight’:...
Mexico’s upcoming July 1 election gets the “Last Week Tonight” treatment in a new edition of John Oliver’s HBO news show. The host digs into the rise of Enrique Peña Nieto, the unpopular outgoing...
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‘I Knew I Had to Come Here’: Meet the Los Angeles Activists Camped Outside...
The flowers and posters have blocked a gated driveway at a federal building in downtown Los Angeles since Friday afternoon. A message scrawled in chalk on the sidewalk still reads: “JUSTICE FOR THE...
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Lopez Obrador Might Finally, Finally, Finally Become President ~ The L.A....
Analysis I was in Mexico just a few weeks ago and confirmed a suspicion about this coming Sunday’s presidential election. The mood of the country, as it relates to election front-runner Andres Manuel...
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Trump Calls Lopez Obrador ~ AMLO Presidente! The People of Mexico Have Spoken
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called and spoke with the president-elect of Mexico after his historic landslide victory, an early sign of warmer relations between two countries that face...
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Friday Surprise: Protesters Target the Offices of Private Prison Giant GEO...
Dozens of demonstrators on Friday took over a sidewalk in front of a sleek Westside office complex that houses the offices of the largest private prison company in the United States, another local...
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Proud Boys Gathering at Atwater Bar The Griffin Draws Protests, Police,...
Los Angeles police were called to an altercation at a neighborhood bar in Atwater Village on Saturday that stemmed from a gathering of members or supporters of a known hate group. Proud Boys, a...
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Soul Searching in L.A. Bar Industry After Proud Boys Incursions on Eastside
Los Angeles bar owners and managers have spent the past few days soul-searching and coming to terms with a new dynamic in the city’s nightlife scene. Proud Boys, a “social club” with extremist views...
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Scene Report: ‘Families Belong Together’ Rally ~ July 21 ~ MacArthur Park
Karla Estrada stood on the back of a flatbed truck on a hot Saturday afternoon. She looked out before her at a crowd of energized immigration advocates at MacArthur Park and started her speech with a...
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With Seizure and a Suicide, Redevelopment Struggle Takes Ugly Turns at Ports...
L.A. Taco Investigates Depending on who you ask, the Ports O’Call Restaurant either stood in the path of inevitable progress for 20 years, well past its time, or it was the crown jewel of the San Pedro...
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Starting Today, L.A. Teachers Will Vote On Authorizing Their First Strike In...
The nation’s second largest school district is voting to strike, according to sources within United Teachers Los Angeles. The teachers union represents nearly 35,000 teachers serving more than 667,000...
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L.A. Teachers Strike Vote Update: LAUSD and Union Exchange Accusations as...
The Los Angeles school district and teachers union lobbed accusations at one another this week as Mayor Eric Garcetti inserted himself into the fray, further ratcheting up tensions in the middle of the...
View ArticleL.A. Teachers Strike Vote Passes — With 98 Percent Support
Los Angeles teachers now have the power to strike in their negotiations with the district over higher wages and smaller classroom sizes. In a Facebook Live press conference, United Teachers Los Angeles...
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