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  • Blogs

    February 15, 2013

    5 Great L.A. Restaurants For Single Awareness Day

    Whereas couples or polyamorists have Valentine's, some singles have been propping up their very own holiday. Some sources point to it as the alt-version of Valentine's Day held on the 14th of February, but according to SingleAwareness.com the official Single Awareness Day is today, February 15. You' ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    January 17, 2013

    Cannibalism Is the Theme of the MexiCali Biennial. But Not in the Way You'd Think

    Whereas couples or polyamorists have Valentine's, some singles have been propping up their very own holiday. Some sources point to it as the alt-version of Valentine's Day held on the 14th of February, but according to SingleAwareness.com the official Single Awareness Day is today, February 15. You' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2012

    Los Tacos Los Angeles: A Taco Photo Compilation

    For Angelenos who grew up eating tacos -- at home, in taquerías, at old school taco trucks or at fancy nuevo food trucks, in both high and low end restaurants and probably every restaurant in between, at barbecues and picnics, and late at night sitting on the hoods of their cars -- the glories of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2012

    83: Chicken Vampiro at Mexicali Taco & Co.

    Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 83: Chicken Vampiro at Mexicali Taco & Co. It almost brings a tear to the eye thinking back to the days when the flame-grilled meats at Mexicali Taco & Co. wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    10 Best Tacos in Los Angeles

    Los Cincos Puntos, one of our favorite places for a taco, is located right near a cemetery. This is fitting, in a way: After all, in Los Angeles, nothing can be said to certain, except death and tacos. Indeed, we're willing to bet that if you peeked in backyards across town during Memorial Day week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Where to Eat on Cinco de Mayo in Los Angeles: Food, Drink, Party

    Every year, we read articles revealing the true origins of Cinco de Mayo. Nope, not Mexican Independence Day, which happens September 16. Cinco de Mayo commemorates a minor battle in the state of Puebla in 1862 where an army of mostly Mexican Indians won against Napoleon III's French troops. The hol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    5 Places to Eat and Drink Around Dodger Stadium

    Remember the Dodgers? The baseball team we loved but whose stadium we abandoned because of all that nasty Frank McCourt business? Now that Magic Johnson has gone on and saved the Dodgers, we can all head back out to Chavez Ravine on a lazy weekend afternoon to catch a game or two, baseball gloves ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Voting Begins in LA Taco's Taco Madness 2012: Help Crown the Next Taco King or Queen

    If your March Madness brackets are already looking pretty dismal, look, as you always should, to tacos for your saving grace. LA Taco kicked off Taco Madness 2012 last week, its annual NCAA-style tournament that pits our favorite taquerias against one another to determine the king or queen of the t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Mexicali Taco & Co. Opens Next Week

    B. MesirowAn asada cachetada and a vegetarian vampiro​There is something undeniably wonderful about eating in a parking lot late at night. The fresh air, the view, the fact that calories don't count when you're using your trunk as a table. We were initially a bit worried that the magic of Mex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Mexicali Taco & Co. to Open Restaurant

    Hallelujah! Mexicali Taco & Co., famous for its vampiros and considered by many the purveyor of the best taco in Los Angeles, is finally opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant -- and it's spitting distance from where its humble parking lot stand once stood at First & Beaudry.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Report: Over 1,000 Kids in L.A. County Foster Care Have Capable Parents Who've Been Detained/Deported

    Applied Research CenterKids come second to border nuts, now?​Arguably two of California's most controversy-plagued government factions -- immigration enforcement and child protection -- team up for double the incompetency in today's "Shattered Families" report by the Applied Research Center. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Food News Roundup: The 20 Most Gluttonous Cities, Paula Deen's Potatoes, Getting Fired From El Bulli Why We Love Sunday Suppers at Lucques

    The New York Times Magazine: The Food and Drink Issue If You Could Have Only One Cookbook, What Should It Be? (Suzanne Goin's Sunday Suppers at Lucques.) Zester Daily: When Did Soul Food Get Too Hot to Handle? The Daily Beast: José Andrés on getting fired from El Bulli. Food52: Congressiona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Zuperman Returns: Mexicali Taco & Co. Pop Up at Daily Dose

    If you have cruised past First and Beaudry at night in the past couple weeks, you will have noticed that the parking lot on the Southeast corner of the intersection, once home to what many consider the best tacos in L.A., is now depressingly empty. There are no lines, no fragrant smoke, no cheerful ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Southern California Blackouts in San Diego, South Orange County During Heatwave

    ​Updated at the bottom: As power seems to be coming back on, California electricity officials issue a "flex-alert" for the entire state. A power outage affecting all of San Diego County has been reported today, and now we're seeing tweets that the lights have gone out in Dana Point, Laguna Ni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Eat This Now: Quesadillas at Quesadillas Lupita

    T. NguyenA carne asada quesadilla at Quesadillas Lupita​ Los Angeles is blessed with having a great number of places where one can nosh on one of the simplest of curbside foods: the homey quesadilla. Your neighborhood (non-gourmet) food truck probably has a decent version; Mexicali's garlic-i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    How Not to Get Deported: A Guide for 'Illegal' College Students

    Tip: Melt their ICEy hearts​The anti-deportation movement, which has been inching toward the mainstream as of late (against all Arizona odds), just made its boldest move yet: A group of DREAM Act diehards released a manual called "Education Not Deportation: A Guide for Undocumented Youth in R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Mexicali Crowned Taco Madness 2011 King: Probably Scored More Than Butler

    T. Nguyen​ This was far, far more exciting than UConn v. Butler: this past Friday, the Baja-style meat tacos of Mexicali Taco Company bested the seafood tacos of Mariscos Jalisco in LA Taco's NCAA-March Madness style Taco Madness 2011 and was crowned king of LA taco-dom. At times, the spread ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    The Free Association of Anarchists Plan to Unleash a Weapon of Collective Organization

    Sam SlovickLinda, Omar, Matt, Tobie, Frank, Richard and Miguel gather to figure out how to subtract government from the equation.​ Tobie Castle is one of the last to arrive at Chuco's on Sunday morning. The 17-year-old self-proclaimed socialist/anarchist street punk came from East L.A. to Ing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Obama en Español: U.S. President Tours Latin America, Talks Chilean Miners, His Own Stellar Immigration Policy (Really?)

    The Daily BeastBarack and Michelle, lookin' the part​Updated after the jump: The president makes his last stop in El Salvador. If there's one thing our POTUS can do, it's talk. Barack Obama could talk himself out of Guantanamo Bay through a thick swatch of duct tape. In perfect form, he tur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Your Vampiro Fix: Mexicali Tacos & Co.

    Jack PooleA chorizo cachetada at Mexicali​ The recent theft and indefinite closure of the Boyle Heights stand Tacos Guanajuato is an unqualified tragedy. While we wish owner Ulises Gutierrez and everyone involved the best of luck and hope to be announcing their triumphant return at some point ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    The Growlers Debut New Live Videos, Announce Dec. Tour Dates

    Long Beach-OC-ish band the Growlers bring to mind Jonathan Richman's famous quote about the Velvet Underground: "They made an atmosphere, and I knew then that I could make one too," he said way back circa the banana LP, and the Growlers now exist amid the same strange fog and smoke. Listen yours ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Top 10 Scary Beer Names for Halloween

    Wychwood Brewery​ Looking for a chilling potion to compliment your Halloween horror fest? Three L.A. brew experts -- Christina Perozzi of The Beer Chicks, Ryan Sweeney of Verdugo Bar and The Surly Goat Bar, and Alex Macy of City Sip LA, which will be hosting a beer and zombie book pairing this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Phillip Pelayo, L.A. Homicide No. 202: 31-Year-Old Man Stabbed By Older Brother, Who Then Flees For Mexico

    Google Maps​A 31-year-old Latino man was fatally stabbed by his 42-year-old brother around 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, October 10. The two were arguing at their shared Hollywood apartment in the 1500 block of Winona Boulevard, when Edgar Pelayo took out a knife and began stabbing the victim repeatedl ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    July 29, 2010

    Andrea Bowers at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

    Google Maps​A 31-year-old Latino man was fatally stabbed by his 42-year-old brother around 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, October 10. The two were arguing at their shared Hollywood apartment in the 1500 block of Winona Boulevard, when Edgar Pelayo took out a knife and began stabbing the victim repeatedl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Free Download: Calexico's 'Live in Nuremberg' LP

    Calexico, not in Nuremberg​They're based in Tuscon but have more in common with the Californian southwest than anywhere else. For one, the name: The original Calexico is a SoCal border town just a hop and a skip away from its Baja counterpart, Mexicali. Secondly, Calexico's sound -- and we' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Wednesday's 5.4 SoCal Earthquake Likely Triggered By Easter Day's 7.2 'Sierra El Mayor' Shaker

    ​Wednesday's 5.4 earthquake, felt widely across Southern California, was probably triggered by the massive Easter Day temblor that rocked the desert south of the border, a quake expert said. So should we be afraid that more shakers are on the way? Kate Hutton of the U.S. Geological Survey tol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    LAFD In 'Earthquake Mode' Following Swarm Of Shakers In The California Desert

    ​A swarm of temblors shook the desert county of Imperial east of San Diego Monday night, prompting the Los Angeles Fire Department to go into "earthquake mode" at 9:55 p.m. as a precaution, according to the LAFD's Devin Gales. The biggest of the shakers was a magnitude 5.7 that struck five mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Disaster Declared In Mexicali Following 7.2 Earthquake

    elbetOe via Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/1das3m​The Mexican interior ministry declared late Tuesday that Mexicali and Tecate were disaster zones following Sunday's 7.2 earthquake felt throughout the Southwest. The declaration allows residents to apply for Mexican federal grants that would help ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Sunday's 7.2 Earthquake Named 'Sierra El Mayor;' Mexican President Says Third Death Possible

    polyvf via Twipic: http://tweetphoto.com/17203656​Caltech and the U.S. Geological Survey have come up with a name for Sunday's 7.2 shaker felt throughout the Southwest: The Sierra El Mayor earthquake. It was named for the mountain range near the temblor's epicenter on the Laguna Saluda fault. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Three Killed, 233 Injured In Baja Quake Felt Throughout Southwest

    zikeyros via Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/1db211A sign fell on a car in the Mexicali area.​The death toll from Sunday's 7.2 Baja earthquake felt across the Southwest increased to three Monday, with at least 233 people, mostly in the Mexican border town of Mexicali, reporting injuries, according ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Human Smuggling Ring in Los Angeles Busted by ICE

    Unites States Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers arrested today eight people, including a couple and their son in Northeast Los Angeles, on drug trafficking and human smuggling charges. The arrestees had close ties to the Drew Street Clique of the Avenues gang. A ninth suspect remains at l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Human Smuggling Ring Busted by ICE; Avenues Gangsters Linked

    United States Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers today arrested eight people, including a couple and their son in Northeast Los Angeles, on drug-trafficking and human smuggling charges. The arrestees had close ties to the Drew Street Clique of the Avenues gang. A ninth suspect remains at la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Braceros Rally Outside Mexican Consulate

    They were old men wearing cowboy hats, some leaning on canes, others holding hand-lettered signs. Today they gathered across the street from the Mexican consulate near MacArthur Park to pressure the government of Felipe Calderon to cough up money owed them. Between 1942 and 1964 these men had been p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2008

    Coroner Chronicles: A Skull and a Letter Show Plight of Immigrants

    In Los Angeles County, skulls aren't always found in cemeteries, shallow graves or Native American Indian burial sites. Sometimes they are found in brown paper bags near bus stops. According to the LA County Coroner, a homeless man stumbled across a skull as he was rummaging through a trashcan near ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    January 25, 2007

    Nuevo Cool

    Tijuana art in Santa Monica

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    The Quiet Mexican

    Living next to a suspected contract killer in El Sereno

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    Greed Runs Through It

    One man’s journey to the end of the Colorado River

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Pacoima’s Lot

    A deindustrialized L.A. imports its smog

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Marco Drops In

    New fiction by T.C. Boyle

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Border Calls

    In the Mexican desert, a sanctuary for worried migrants

  • Stage

    March 8, 2001

    Latino Synergy

    Ruben Amavizca and his grupo

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Crossing the Border To Vote

    For many Californians, the presidential race ends next week

  • Stage

    April 13, 2000

    Heil! Heil! The Gang’s All Here

    Theater’s hate crimes of the heart

  • LA Life

    March 30, 2000

    Life’s a Beach

    Papa Fernandez’s strip of paradise

  • LA Life

    April 15, 1999

    The Dead Sea

    Listening for croakers in the Coachella Valley

  • Music

    August 6, 1998

    Sing Now, Die Later

    The Ballad of Chalino Sanchez: Part 1

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