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Anti-ICE Graffiti Sparks Mayor Bass’ Outrage and Mixed Feelings in Little Tokyo

“[There] is damage right now. I won’t underscore that. But the overall greater goal — speaking out against the injustice to the immigrant community — is important," said Bill Fujioka, the board chair at the Japanese American National Museum.

June 26, 2025

20-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Arrested By Federal Police, Fired By Walmart After Release

“These are hardworking people, and they have 'em worse than like animals. Rounding them up in shackles and chains," Adrian Andrew Martinez told L.A. TACO in an interview.

‘10,000 Tacos!’ Why Eating Tacos Is An Act Of Rebellion Right Now

I don’t know if eating tacos can stop ICE. I know that spending money at Latino-owned restaurants keeps families afloat. I know that showing up for your community matters. And I know that fear thrives in silence, in emptiness, in absence.

June 25, 2025

This Front-Yard Restaurant In Watts Offers a Taste of Palestine

The couple behind Mid East Eats cooks to survive, remember, and resist, serving ancestral foods like falafel, hummus, fatayer, and manoushe. In an L.A. twist, there are also tacos and nachos.

June 25, 2025

11 Pro Bono or Low-Cost Immigration Law Resources In L.A.

Should anyone find themselves or a family member detained, arrested, or disappeared, to have the names of attorneys or legal aid organizations that are available to help them navigate troubled waters in immigration court.

June 25, 2025

This Downey-Raised Comedian Is Emptying His Pockets To Help Street Vendors

Jerry Hernandez doesn’t think he’s doing anything heroic. If anything, he’s overwhelmed. Depressed. Angry. But he’s showing up. Not with speeches or a platform. With a wallet, a conscience, and a broken heart. 

Opinion: How To Stay Legally Trucha with Your Protest Lucha

Risks right now are high. Intervening in the arrest or detention of a loved one—however tragic or emotional the moment—carries serious legal consequences. In these tense encounters with federal agents, your options are limited, and one wrong move can escalate quickly.

Daily Memo: LAPD Arrests a Photojournalist Documenting an I.C.E. Raid and More

A Supreme Court ruling says the government can deport people anywhere they want, while ICE is spotted all over L.A.'s Westside.

June 23, 2025