Urban Wilderness Archives ~ L.A. TACO

Are Organic Gardening Products Safer? A Pro Landscaper Weighs In

Memo Torres — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 19:30:33 +0000

We like organic labels on gardening products. They make us feel all warm and toasty inside because they imply that they are safer. But when you compare organic products to their non-organic counterparts, you might be shocked to find that organic products can be likely more toxic, even when compared to the scariest one of them all, glyphosate.

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Five Common Plants to Avoid When Creating Your Green Spaces in L.A.

Memo Torres — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:10:27 +0000

Almost every time I visit a property with landscaping issues, the problem starts with bad design: the wrong plants in the wrong place. Here's advice from a third-generation L.A. landscaper and noted taco expert.

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A Cat Person’s Complete Guide On What to Do When You Find Stray Kittens In Los Angeles

Punk Rock Cat Lady — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 19:11:34 +0000

We are in the middle of kitten season, when most kittens are born, and shelters and rescues brace themselves as though the ensuing tidal wave of tragedy is a foregone conclusion. It will be until we as a community can rally to make things better.

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El Sereno’s Guerrilla Gardeners Sow Native Plants To Resist Gentrification In Developer-Contested Land

Daniel Thalkar — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:01:10 +0000

Local activists are hoping to prevent the overdevelopment, gentrification, and displacement that has affected so much of the Eastside and Northeast by prioritizing green spaces and community ownership while centering the natural heritage of the neighborhood: "A lot of us have relationships with those hills that are being saved. They’re our roots, our connection to our home. That connection to the land and connection to home is something we all long for and try to hold onto... "

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The L.A. River Runs Through All of Us, Here Are Four Places to Visit, Take In Nature, and Reflect

L.A. TACO STAFF — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:10:08 +0000

Without the Los Angeles River, there would be no Los Angeles. The 51-mile waterway, which stretches from Canoga Park to Long Beach and San Pedro Bay, with numerous tributaries branching off along the way and converging with two other major rivers, has sustained people living in our region for over 12,000 years. This begins with […]

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Headlines: Coyote Attacks Child On O.C. Beach; FBI Warns L.A. Of Growing “Sextortion” Schemes

L.A. TACO STAFF — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:03:13 +0000

Welcome to L.A. TACO’s daily news briefs, where we bring our loyal members, readers, and supporters the latest headlines about Los Angeles politics and culture. Stay informed and look closely. —30 years after the L.A. Uprising, South L.A. residents express frustration at low wages, high rents, creeping gentrification, and a continued lack of fresh food. […]

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‘Mountain Lion Tacos’ Prove Montana’s Willingness to Take Tacos Where L.A. Could Never Go

Hadley Tomicki — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:36:49 +0000

In Los Angeles, we dedicate resources to tagging and tracking our mountain lions in hopes of bolstering the survival of their species. Sometimes we even ink our arms with tributes to our favorite fallen felines. In Montana, they turn them into tacos. Or so it appears in a strange video from Montana Outdoor, a hunting […]

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Two Punks Trained a Bunch of Ducks to Visit Dee Dee Ramone’s Grave at Hollywood Forever and Perform ‘Quackskrieg Bop’

Hadley Tomicki — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:22:09 +0000

Judy is a punk. Sheena is a punk rocker. And now there’s a gang of ducks and other woodland creatures having a dead man’s party on Dee Dee Ramone’s grave. Rolling Stone reports that a small parade of waterfowl, squirrels, chipmunks, feral cats, swans, doves, and other animals are making daily pilgrimages to Dee Dee’s […]

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The L.A. Taco Guide To Hiking Griffith Park During Coronavirus

Casey Schreiner — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 20:12:49 +0000

[dropcap size=big]C[/dropcap]ourtesy reminder: The parks and trails across Los Angeles are open and spending time outdoors in places like Griffith Park can be a wonderful break from non-stop Zoom meetings and doomscrolling all week. However, there are a few things to keep in mind to hike safely and respectfully during the COVID era. Keep Up […]

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Here are L.A.’s Cleanest—and Dirtiest—Beaches, Graded by Heal the Bay

Blazedale — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 19:00:24 +0000

[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]n what is already proving to be a long, drawn-out pandemic summer, beaches in Los Angeles County will once again be closed over the July 4th weekend. The safety of the city is deemed too difficult to maintain on crowded beach weekends, and we may be dealing with closed beaches all summer. Despite the […]

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