Yuca's Restaurants

Yuca's Restaurants YUCA'S serving YOU great tasting food since 1976. Yuca's Pasadena since 2017 at
1075 S. Yuca's has catering options for every event from 6 to 200!
(384)

Fair Oaks Avenue, 91105!

- 1st Taco Stand with a James Beard Award, America's Classics
- Proud Caterer/Super Bowl LVI VIP Tailgate Party

https://linktr.ee/yucasla We've developed Covid-Compliant Micro Catering for these times. Call our catering manager for more information on having Yuca's cater your special event:
Dora 818. 669-9714

07/25/2026
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07/21/2026

🇲🇽🏆 A MEXICAN PRESIDENT ON FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST STAGE — AND THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING

Last night, as the 2026 FIFA World Cup came to its historic close, something happened that filled millions of Mexican hearts with pride.

President Claudia Sheinbaum stood on the championship podium at MetLife Stadium — not as a guest, but as the leader of a host nation — and personally presented the Golden Ball, the award for the tournament's best player, to Spain's captain Rodri. 🥇

Think about what that moment represents.

For the first time in history, the World Cup was shared by THREE nations — Mexico, the United States, and Canada. And Mexico didn't just participate. Mexico became the FIRST country ever to host the World Cup three times: 1970, 1986, and now 2026. 🇲🇽

From the legendary opening match at the Estadio Azteca — the only stadium on Earth to open three World Cups — to the electric atmospheres in Guadalajara and Monterrey, Mexican fans showed the planet what football passion truly looks like. The mariachi in the stands. The Grito echoing through stadiums. The warmth that made visitors from 48 nations feel at home.

Spain lifted the trophy after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Argentina, with Rodri anchoring their midfield through the entire tournament. Lionel Messi took the Silver Ball in what may be his final World Cup — a legend honored until the very end.

But when the cameras turned to that podium, there stood a Mexican president — a scientist, the first woman to lead our nation — handing football's highest individual honor to the world's best player.

After the ceremony, President Sheinbaum congratulated the Mexican people, saying Mexico proved itself the finest of hosts, and reminded the world that football has the power to unite nations.

Three countries. One tournament. And Mexico at the heart of it all. ❤️

This is our history. This is our pride. ¡Viva México! 🇲🇽

07/21/2026
06/26/2026

What Dora said. 🤩🥰😎

06/26/2026

Proud to be and make the melting pot (or mixed salad) of the a more delicious place to live! Ajua!

06/25/2026

Something is rotten in the USA. Those who are supposed to safeguard our rights (the "un"Supremes) have approved allowing federal immigration agencies to continue using enforcement practices that critics call unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.

"...including apparent race or ethnicity; speaking Spanish or English with an accent; presence in a particular location like a bus stop, car wash, or agricultural site; or the type of work a person does.”

Thankful for Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, UFW (United Farm Workers), Los Angeles Workers Center, and the Immigrant Defenders Law Center for continuing the fight.

End the madness and hate.

06/14/2026

🦋 THEY SAID THE MONARCHS WERE DISAPPEARING… MEXICO PROVED THEM WRONG 🦋

For years, scientists watched in silence as one of Earth's most breathtaking natural events slowly faded away.

The monarch butterfly migration.

Every autumn, millions of these tiny, impossibly delicate creatures leave Canada and the United States… and fly thousands of miles south — guided by instinct alone — to rest in the highland forests of central Mexico.

It is one of the greatest migrations on Earth.
And it was in serious trouble.

But in March 2026, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Mexico's own environmental agency released numbers that stopped the scientific world in its tracks:

📊 Monarch populations in Mexico GREW by 64% this season.

From 4.42 acres of occupied forest… to 7.24 acres.

Millions more orange wings filling the oyamel fir trees of Michoacán and México state.
Millions more lives completing the journey.

And this isn't just luck. This is what protection looks like in action.

Illegal logging inside Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve — which once destroyed nearly 500 hectares of forest in a single year — has been reduced to almost nothing. Local communities, the Mexican government, and conservation organizations worked together. And nature responded.

🇲🇽 Mexico IS the heart of this miracle.

These forests in the mountains of Michoacán and Estado de México are not simply land.
They are sanctuary.
They are survival.
They are the reason this species still exists.

Now — let's be honest, because the monarchs deserve our honesty:

⚠️ This is NOT a full recovery
⚠️ Populations are still below historic levels
⚠️ The species remains at risk of extinction
⚠️ Climate change, pesticides, and habitat loss still threaten them every single year

But here is what we also know:

✅ When forests are protected, monarchs return
✅ When communities lead conservation, it works
✅ When governments act with urgency, populations respond

This 64% increase is not the finish line.
It is proof that the finish line is reachable.

The monarchs traveled thousands of miles — through drought, through wind, through every obstacle nature and humanity placed in their path.

And they chose Mexico. Again.

That is not coincidence.
That is legacy.
That is belonging.

🦋 Share this if you believe Mexico's natural heritage is worth fighting for.
💬 Drop a 🦋 below to honor these incredible travelers.
📌 Tag someone who needs to hear this good news today.

Because when we protect the land… the land gives us miracles.

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