Most vendors, however, cannot access mental health care in L.A. County. Financial barriers and immigration status are among the issues that tend to get in the way of many seeking help. Not to mention...

In the last two weeks, L.A. TACO was alerted of four different DPH sweeps around the city. In all four instances, the same four DPH employees are seen arriving with LAPD, not speaking with vendors,...

A new year of tacos, a new year of editorial growth. Starting at the end of this month, you can expect to read one story a month focused on L.A.'s public school system. If you have any tips, send...

“We’re going to have to figure out where we need to post up, me, and my mom rely on this as additional income. You know, living in Los Angeles is expensive, and this business has helped us stay...

Cedillo gave vendors some hope last week when he met with them and asked them to find new areas where they could move, but his staff has rejected has rejected all ideas so far.

“This is something that is mine and my daughters, I want my daughter to be proud of me when she grows up, and I hope she sees everything I did was for her.”

Cali Tardka is Riverside's first officially licensed and permitted 'At-Home Restaurant.' It offers a successful look at the benefits of legalizing Southern California's informal food economy.

Advocates saw this as a tactic to scare street vendors and as a glimpse of what the city will do when it hosts the World Cup in 2026 and Olympics in 2028.

Customers who were lined up around 10 P.M. to get their tacos defended the taqueros who speak Mixe and Spanish. The man threw the taquería's containers at the vendors.

A new generation of student street vendors is rising during the pandemic: “This is our job and we are not ashamed of it; we are working hard for our education.”

It's time to take a taco field trip to Orange County to try some of the best taquerías that the O.C. has to offer. Written con amor by a Santanera.

“While working in concrete, I was surrounded by no life, I didn’t feel like I saw color, and my life literally felt grey and dark...”

SB 972, the community-led bill presented by Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach), may finally end the traumatizing police-assisted sweeps of L.A. street vendors.

Inspired by the struggles shared by Black and Brown cultures, 'High Off Energy' is uniting both communities at the Santa Monica Pier by dancing to El Caballo Dorado and the Electric Slide alike.

"We feel like we try so hard to follow the rules. We are out here working in good faith but we still get targeted all the time."

For Jorge López, who is better known in class as “Mister” or “Mr. López,” being able to teach students about their roots at a young age is almost like healing his inner child.

The tote bags are a form of wearable nostalgia for Latinos. They are made from old San Marcos blankets with tigers or horses on them, worn-out pillowcases, and 90s graphic t-shirts. His brand 'La...

“Many don’t have any idea of ​​how much work goes on in the field, sometimes we work 10 to 12 hours in the rain, in the cold, and the same in the summer, hours in the sun...”

I’ve always been of the tamal school of masa thought. That was until a look at the Aztec roots of the word made me question everything.

In total, about 2,100 people were affected by this error at Clinica Romero’s Boyle Heights and Westlake locations, a spokesperson from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (L.A. Public...

The bakery that’s been serving the community of Huntington Park for the past 31 years is celebrating pride month by baking their specialty rainbow conchas and other pan dulce inspired by the many...

The incident which happened last Wednesday at around 3 PM was captured in a video by 21-year-old Juan Aguilar and has since gone viral. "We’re all humans just trying to make a living,” he said.

“Estamos en esto juntos, no estás solo.”

The 75-year-old flower vendor, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, sells roses for $3 and had only made $20 that day.

“For us it’s important to support those around us. If we are able to and if an opportunity to help someone presents itself, we will rise to the occasion,” Olga Calderón told Latino Rebels.

Michoacán-raised Rogelio Gonzalez slices the cuerito (the pig skin) in a checkered pattern to ensure a light crunch in each bite and utilizes every part of the pig, from the feet to the liver and...