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Tamales

Key ingredient for tamales is 15% more expensive

  • Dec 21, 2025

SoCal teen steps in to run family's tamale cart amid immigration raids

  • Jul 1, 2025

Tamale-lovers wait hours in rain at Amapola Market in Downey

  • Dec 22, 2023

Volunteers surprise CA farmworkers with tamales, Christmas gifts

  • Dec 21, 2023

Popular SoCal market prepares for busy tamale holiday season

  • Dec 21, 2023

LB International Tamales Festival to be bigger, and tastier, than ever

  • Dec 7, 2023

Three hour wait for Amapola customers buying masa

  • Jan 13, 2021

Neiman Marcus selling tamales for $92 a batch

  • Jan 1, 2021

Latest Videos

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Hundreds line up at Downey's Amapola Market for tamale masa

  • Dec 23, 2025
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Key tamale ingredient is 15% more expensive than last year

  • Dec 20, 2025
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Teenager steps in to run family's tamale cart in Pasadena amid immigration raids

  • Jul 1, 2025
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Christmas Eve morning means long lines at the famous Magaly's Tamales in San Fernando

  • Dec 24, 2024
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Tradition at The Tamale Joint

  • Dec 20, 2024
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Last-minute holiday rush! Tamale-lovers wait hours in rain at Amapola Market in Downey

  • Dec 22, 2023
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Popular SoCal market prepares for busy tamale holiday season

  • Dec 21, 2023
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Taste some of the best tamales at the Long Beach International Tamales Festival this weekend

  • Dec 7, 2023

Latest Stories

La Habra restaurant sees boost in tamale sales amid pandemic as families cling to nostalgia, tradition during holidays

Tamales, the traditional holiday staple, is bringing SoCal families together even while COVID-19 keeps them physically apart.

  • Dec 15, 2020

San Fernando's Magaly's Tamales continues to give community access to fresh produce

When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Magaly's made some changes to give the community more access to produce.

  • Sep 8, 2020

Downtown LA's 'The Wolves' sets up adult lemonade stand to support employee

'The Wolves' in Downtown LA sets up adult lemonade stand, and offers their former dishwasher a place to sell her homemade tamales.

  • May 15, 2020

Local chef teaches the art of tamales at Lola's Mexican Cuisine in Long Beach

"It's almost like a present," said the chef and owner of Long Beach's Lola's Mexican Cuisine, Luis Navarro, who teaches the community how to make the traditional holiday tamale.

  • Dec 25, 2019

Locals line up early on Christmas Eve for famous Magaly's Tamales in San Fernando

For many across Southern California, the holiday season goes hand-in-hand with tamales and many will even wait in an early-morning line for them.

  • Dec 24, 2019