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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In recent months, the planned safety upgrades for a mile-long stretch of road near Griffith Park have grown highly contentious for Los Angeles politicians, street safety advocates, and nearby cemeteries. Read the full report here: lataco.com/forest-lawn-... 🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Inde Navarrette has really done so much for the glasses wearing community

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

not really religious but i was once moved to tears when they played celine dion’s “my heart will go on” at the Bellagio fountains in vegas

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

good news i'm in the newspaper. bad news i need to talk to the editor of this headline

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

living in L.A. and having your primary theater at the Grove is so stressful because what do u mean i’m at the showing for the new jane schoenbrun and it gets crashed by halsey

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

how i feel after purchasing a $200 japanese knife

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

if you withhold gossip during the month of june it’s considered an act of violence against both the gay community and the gemini community

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The @metrolosangeles.bsky.social D Line extension is a BIG deal for Koreatown residents. Check out the three newly-opened stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax, and Wilshire/Lacienega, plus Metro's ongoing series of activations! #RideTheD #MetroPartner 🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Jenny Yang is fighting despair and finding hope while raising funds for immigrant rights advocate groups on her new standup comedy tour, “Good Egg.” 🍳 The first stop on the immigrant grocery store tour? 📍El Sereno GreenGrocer. 🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

spencer pratt blocking every journalist in LA and then getting knocked out of the runoff is my favorite song

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

y’all why did Spencer Pratt block me and multiple reporters on the @lataco.bsky.social team (including our main account) a very good sign when a candidate running for office randomly blocks members of the press 🥲

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kylie, themeny of the state (spooky),,, @kylie.hater.club · 02/06/2026

He’s absolutely right and he should say it

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Euphoria S3 was bad and deserves every bit of criticism, but i think people forget what it was like to tune in to a 200-episode CW show with the most perplexing sequence of scenes and events and choices imaginable and zendaya and wasn’t even there

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Search interest for brain fog on Google recently hit an all time high.

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

L.A. ppl: who are you favorite well-researched video creators covering the city, whether that be local news reports, history deep dives, cultural criticism, thoughtful food reviews, etc. I handle video coverage for @lataco.bsky.social and I’m trying to see something 👀

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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 23/05/2026

On Thursday evening Valnet issued new contracts to writers at TheGamer instituting a minimum article viewership threshold for payment. Most writers already have pay tied to article performance, but this new system would mean that if a piece didn't get X number of clicks you wouldn't be paid for it.

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kylie, themeny of the state (spooky),,, @kylie.hater.club · 24/05/2026

roki for the love of god man, LOCK IN

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I’ve never seen someone with a more severe case of Nintendo Mii face than Erika Kirk

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Meet L.A.’s scrappiest local news team.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Jennifer Andrea Porras is speaking out publicly for the first time about what they endured when they were brought into Chávez’ inner circle at his La Paz headquarters in the 90s. The full story: lataco.com/another-vict... By @janettev.bsky.social

A group picture of members of UFW, on the center stand Chavez and Jennifer Andrea Porras.

Headline reads “‘My Body Remembers’ – Another Victim of Cesar Chávez Breaks Her Silence”

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

millennial feminism was like that because we couldn’t say a word without getting doxxed by incels and people who think ben shapiro is smart

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

In honor of the 20 year anniversary of the passing of “Parable of the Sower” and “Kindred” author Octavia E. Butler, @marinamasako.bsky.social rode the @metrolosangeles.bsky.social 18 Line to talk about her legacy. #MetroPartner

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

i liked one battle after another but i struggle with PTA as a fiona apple fan

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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

That Noma chef came to L.A. and found out L.A. don’t play.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

As diners showed up for their $1500 Noma reservations today in Silver Lake, they were greeted with a protest. @marinamasako.bsky.social reports on the growing number of allegations against René Redzepi, who stepped down from Noma earlier this evening.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This is the *best* movie theater popcorn in Los Angeles, and we’re prepared to fight about it 😤  Ahead of the Oscars on Sunday, @marinamasako.bsky.social hopped on @metrolosangeles.bsky.social to rank the best offerings at local theaters. #MetroPartner The full list: lataco.com/best-movie-t...

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Julianne Le and Erick Galindo spoke to Tirsa and Steve Farah, the visionaries behind Tirzah’s Mexi-Terranean, the restaurant serving fusion dishes inspired by Egyptian and Mexican cuisine. The full story: lataco.com/tirzahs-mexi... 🎥: Erwin Recinos cc @thelalocalorg.bsky.social

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

A seemingly ordinary electrical box is home to L.A.'s smallest theater, created by guerilla artist S.c. MeRo. The full story: lataco.com/electrical-b... By @marinamasako.bsky.social

A man sitting on a bucket plays a guitar. Behind him is an electrical box opened with the inside empty and covered in red cloth.

Headline placed at the bottom reads “The Smallest Theater in L.A. Is Inside of an Electrical Box”

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Erin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The hottest venue in L.A. on a Friday night? An electrical box. @marinamasako.bsky.social spoke with guerrilla street artist S.c. MeRo about “Electrical Box Theater,” her latest installation in the Arts District. Full story coming soon on lataco.com 📦

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Can ICE access Flock cameras in L.A.? @marinamasako.bsky.social gets into the law versus the reality. For further reporting, check out @shoton35mm.bsky.social’s coverage: lataco.com/flock-la-sta...

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Daniel Spenser @danielspenser.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This event is insane

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

If you’ve ever walked around Bunker Hill, you may have noticed a series of pedestrian sky bridges. Come along with @marinamasako.bsky.social as she takes @metrolosangeles.bsky.social to explore DTLA’s unfinished pedway system and the controversial history behind it. #metropartner

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

With an @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social card, you can do way more than borrow books. @marinamasako.bsky.social shares five surprising free perks you get with the #BestCardinLA ✨ #PaidPartnership

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them. The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 04/02/2026

sending a fundraising email the morning you lay off a bunch of journalists — classy!

screenshot of iPhone lock screen with an email notification from the Washington Post of a fundraising email

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

crunchyroll cutting its free tier and raising prices during frieren/jujutsu kaisen season is diabolical

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Jeremy Lindenfeld @jeremotographs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Has this been reported? Looks like Marsh Barnaby offered to introduce Patrick Soon-Shiong, current owner of the LA Times, to Jeffrey Epstein in 2014 and Epstein accepted the offer. Probably worth knowing if they ever linked up.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

*whispers* The best free resource in Los Angeles? An @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social library card 📚✨ With a library card, you get access to WiFi, 3D printing tools, Adobe Creative Cloud, recording studios, legal help, student tutoring, and more. All for free. 🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Looking for traditional Japanese breakfast in Los Angeles? The beloved Suehiro DTLA recently started offering *seven* different breakfast sets, including salted salmon, dashimaki tamago, and Japanese-style sausages with eggs. 🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social

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Jonathan Green @johngreenla.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

My City Council representative, Katy Yaroslavsky, has an extra finger on her holiday postcard. Did Katy use AI to generate her postcard photo?!!

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hollis @okayhollis.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

i don't ask for much. i just need billionaires to be executed in the street

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power

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Marina Watanabe @marinamasako.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

they should invent an iPad screen that doesn’t have my fingerprints all over it

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Every December, thousands of well-known and emerging artists from around the world scale down their work on three-by-three inch Post-it notes and display them at Giant Robot 2 in Sawtelle. The full story: lataco.com/giant-robot-... By @marinamasako.bsky.social

Two rows of three post-it notes with drawings on them. Each cartoon is drawn by different artist who uses different colors and materials to complete the final look.

The headline at the bottom of image reads “This 20-Year-Old Sawtelle Art Show Is Made of Over 2,000 Post-it Notes”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The Washington Post, everyone

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The Washington post
Business
Economy
Economic Policy
Media
Personal Fina
Why you may not want lower prices as much as you think you do
Though Americans might be clamoring for relief on groceries, housing and energy costs, economists say there's a bigger downside to falling prices.
November 30, 2025

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