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DAILY MEMO: Agents Crash Into a Home With Their Vehicle and Take One Person

ICE agents rammed into a home in Simi Valley and took one person, while at least one person was also taken at a Baldwin Park Home Depot. In Riverside, near Terrace Elementary, agents were seen chasing people around the block.

September 5, 2025

‘Music Is Beyond Politics:’ Q&A With Li Saumet and Alberto Montenegro of ASTROPICAL

"We need good people and musicians just have to be unique and be true to themselves," says singer Li Saumet. "Not the best, not perfect, but simply be who they are so that music can continue to create the impact it engenders."

September 5, 2025

How California Community College Students Can Get Free Immigration Law Services With #FindYourAlly

Free, confidential, and trusted, Find Your Ally offers help with everything from citizenship applications to VAWA protections.

September 5, 2025

What Counting U.S. Gun Shops And Mexican Taquerías Tells Us About the World Today

A stunning data visualization pits two national obsessions against each other.

September 5, 2025

DAILY MEMO: Another Death and A New Prison as ICE Continues its Unhinged Assaults From Inglewood to San Bernardino

ICE raids across Southern California targeted multiple locations, including car washes, Home Depots, and a U-Haul, where agents used tear gas before detaining people, resulting in at least 20 abductions and sightings of ICE or Border Patrol scouting. In other news, a man died in ICE custody, a controversial new detention center opened in the Mojave Desert, the ACLU accused Border Patrol of violating a court order, a professor was indicted for assaulting federal agents, and Gov. Newsom revealed Trump’s Los Angeles military deployment cost $120 million.

September 4, 2025

DAILY MEMO: Rapid Responders Beat ICE at Some Home Depot Raids, But Car Washes Keep Getting Rocked

On Day 90, ICE raids and scouting were reported across Southern California, with multiple people taken from car washes, Home Depots, restaurants, and warehouses, including as many as 10 from an Olympic Blvd. car wash in Los Angeles. In other news, Trump is retaliating against immigration protesters—including veterans—while ICE has gained access to powerful Israeli spyware capable of hacking encrypted apps, and L.A. TACO confirms that TSA officers on METRO are not conducting immigration operations.

September 3, 2025

Opinion: Why Los Angeles Must Resist

If democracy is to survive, it must be defended where it is most under attack. And today, that place is here.

September 3, 2025

DAILY MEMO: Hundreds of New Agents Arrive in L.A. as Chief Bovino Prepares to Take “This Show” to Another City

ICE raids resumed on September 1st and 2nd across Southern California, with confirmed abductions at multiple Home Depots and car washes, including at least two people in Long Beach, four in Temple City, three in Newport, five in Arcadia, and others in San Bernardino and Paramount. Meanwhile, ICE announced reinforcements in Los Angeles and teased expanding raids to other cities, while new reports revealed their use of Israeli spyware, protests against DHS violence, and a federal judge’s ruling blocking the Trump administration from deploying soldiers in immigration enforcement across California.

September 2, 2025

Feds Use TikTok To Arrest Man Accused Of Towing Federal Vehicle During Immigration Arrest

Nunez is accused of towing the federal vehicle during the August 15 arrest of Tatiana Mafla-Martinez, a TikToker who had been documenting immigration raids in Los Angeles. He faces 10 years in federal prison.

September 2, 2025

With Film Production Down, Is the Sun Setting on the Hollywood Dream?

In the past five years, the whirlwind effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2008 and 2023 actors’ and writers’ strikes, the advent of AI, and productions filming outside of California and the greater U.S. have meant that the glamorous “Hollywood” industry has become more of an ideal rather than a physical setting.

September 2, 2025