About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
Taco Trucks Archive
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East Bay Express 2010: Best Bike Tour
Posted on July 14, 2010 | No CommentsWow! I can’t believe it! The February 2010 Tour de Taco won the East Bay Express’ Best of the Bay 2010 award for: Best Bike Tour. (That said, I’m not sure how many bike tours there are in the East Bay, but heck, I’ll take... -
Tour de Taco: February 20, 2010 (Fruitvale BART)
Posted on January 28, 2010 | 4 CommentsSo after my last Taco Truck Tour, the good peoples at Oaklandish and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition connected with me and wanted to put together a sort of “best-of” taco truck ride for those who didn’t make it the other times, along with some... -
Taco Truck Tour #2: Foothill Blvd. Edition (Nov. 22, 2009)
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsAfter the success of October’s taco truck tour, it’s time for another! Taco Truck Tour Numéro Dos: When: Sunday, November 22, 2009 Meet: 12:30 pm, Lake Merritt BART station (9th and Oak St., Oakland). Start: ~ 12:45 pm End: ~ 3:30 pm ish, Fruitvale BART... -
California Council for the Humanities grant submitted!
Posted on September 25, 2009 | 2 CommentsAmigos y Amigas, For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a grant to produce a one-hour, bilingual radio documentary about the history of taco trucks in California. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve just submitted it to the California Council for the... -
CBC Spark – Cyrus reports on twittering taco trucks
Posted on September 11, 2009 | No CommentsAmigos, this weekend marks the premiere of the third season of CBC’s (that’s the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, folks) tech culture show, “Spark.” They’ve got a new time slot (Starting September 13: Sunday afternoons on CBC Radio One at 1:05/1:35 NT (4:05 PT) and/or Tuesday afternoons... -
Tacos Santana caters Jesse Thorn’s wedding
Posted on September 11, 2008 | No CommentsMan, this guy is my hero. Why? Not only because he has a great podcast and has interviewed everyone from Ira Glass to Ted Leo. Not only because his podcast was picked up by WNYC and then PRI. Not only because he’s America’s Radio Sweetheart.... -
Anti-Taco Truck law declared unconstitutional in Los Angeles County
Posted on August 27, 2008 | No CommentsI just got an email from taco truck lawyer Phil Greenwald: “The Judge accepted my arguments notwithstanding the opposition filed by the District Attorney’s Office. The Judge ruled the ordinance ‘unconstitutional.’” More at CaliforniaTacoTrucks.com. -
Taco Truck Update
Posted on May 19, 2008 | No CommentsAmigos, I’ve finally put together an online reference as to the precise legal nature of California and LA County law as applicable to taco trucks, and have provided some excerpts from last month’s LA County Board of Supervisors meeting whereby things got a bit more... -
Introducing CaliforniaTacoTrucks.com!
Posted on April 23, 2008 | No CommentsWith origins in Mexico, a dash of Americanizations and a kitchen on wheels, taco trucks are the perfect metaphor for California. They represent cheap and quality street food that has spread from Calexico to Yreka and beyond. Anyone who loves an honest horchata, a good... -
San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Owners of lunch trucks blast parking time limit
Posted on April 12, 2008 | No CommentsOwners of lunch trucks blast parking time limit: A county ordinance targeting food vending trucks took some heat Tuesday when a couple dozen truck owners and their lawyer came to the Board of Supervisors meeting to oppose it. The supervisors had given the ordinance tentative...
