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DAILY MEMO: Feds Abduct At Least 23 Workers Today, Highest in Weeks

ICE raids today spanned Southern California, with multiple reported abductions of workers and community members in Huntington Park, San Diego, Chino, Los Angeles, North Hollywood, Redondo Beach, Carson, Harbor City, and Garden Grove, while fundraisers erupted in response. Meanwhile, ICE faces mounting scrutiny nationwide after an officer was relieved of duty for misconduct, protesters were attacked outside a Broadview facility in Illinois, and the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district was detained.

September 26, 2025

The Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series Returns To Caltech For Its 103rd Year

Free to all, a community of curious guests will gather for enchanting evenings of food, drinks, and live music to learn directly from some of the greatest minds about the groundbreaking wonders of innovative engineering and curiosity-driven science. 

September 26, 2025

Daily Memo: Agents Continue Targeting and Kidnapping Workers

Plus, ICE in Camarillo, Paramount, and Chino Hills.

September 25, 2025

The Death of One of the Last ‘You Buy, We Fry’ Fish Fry Spots in L.A.

“It feels like you’re making a lot of money, but not really. My body hurts. My wife would also like to retire,” Kuktae Chon tells L.A. TACO. He's been the owner of Rick’s Fish Market almost three decades. And now, the Mid-City staple for fresh fried fish, is closing at the end of this month.

September 25, 2025

The 43 Best Mexican Restaurants in Los Angeles, Ranked

These are the L.A. restaurants that make this the most exciting city in the world outside of Mexico to enjoy peak Mexican cooking and hospitality.

September 25, 2025

DAILY MEMO: 15 Abducted as Agents Swarm Homes, Schools, and Job Sites in Early Morning Raids

ICE carried out multiple raids across Southern California, with confirmed kidnappings in Pomona (8 people), Westminster (1), Los Angeles (1), Stanton (at least 3), Moreno Valley (1), and San Bernardino (2), while other encounters involved questioning or scouting at schools, carwashes, and Home Depots. Community watch groups documented agents across Long Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Hawaiian Gardens, and Moreno Valley, with several sightings of masked and unmarked ICE vehicles lingering after operations.

September 24, 2025

L.A.’s 24 Best Independent Bookshops to Support Instead Of Amazon

Los Angeles, despite what its haters say, is a reading town, from its bookworms to its script-readers. It's full of great independent and time-honored bookstores that are almost as plentiful as the inspired authors this city has spawned.

September 24, 2025

DAILY MEMO: Federal Agents Target 15 Different Cities Across Southern California Today

ICE and HSI agents carried out a series of raids across Southern California, with confirmed kidnappings in Oxnard, Laguna Niguel, Santa Ana, San Pedro, Escondido, Fontana, Pasadena, Pomona, and Ontario. Other sightings included agents staging or scouting at car washes, churches, parking lots, and businesses in Ventura, Norco, Montclair, and San Bernardino, with some operations ending without confirmed detentions.

September 23, 2025

First Death in Adelanto ICE Facility This Year Brings Total Custody Fatalities to 19

On the last Saturday that Ismael Ayala-Uribe was seen by his mother, she described him as having pale skin and bloodshot eyes. He told her, “Ya no puedo más, amá” (I can’t anymore, Mom).

A West Coast Pilsner with ‘Kush-Like Dankness’ for L.A. TACO

Its flavor notes are bright with saturated aromatics of grapefruit peel, melon Fanta, and pine resin colliding with the senses atop a super-tight and pale malt base with medium bitterness. Grab a Deadliner West Coast Pilsner before it's all gone.

September 23, 2025