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Flock License Plate Readers Spark Privacy Concerns at L.A. State Historic Park in Chinatown

“For many the state park [and] Yaanga, has been a place of convening and arrival since before this country. The irony of these cameras disrupting that legacy is upsetting," said Joel Garcia of Meztli Projects.

He Built a Camera From Firearms To Photograph U.S. Gun Owners For ‘Thoughts & Prayers’ At La Luz de Jesus Gallery

"I hope the exhibit leaves people unsettled in a productive way, says artist Wayne Martin Belger. "I don’t tell viewers what side to stand on. I create a space where they have to sit with what they’re seeing."

February 24, 2026

How Photographer Alanna Airitam Got In With Black Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs For Her Show ‘Black Diamonds’ at La Luz De Jesus Gallery

"When an OG told me, ‘We just wanted to ride,’ I kept thinking about that. The open road. Wind in your face. Pulling over wherever you want. It’s the American freedom myth we’ve seen in films like Easy Rider. But what did that actually look like for Black men in the late 1950s, navigating sundown towns, police harassment, and the necessity of the Green Book?"

February 24, 2026

Daily Memo: Several ICE Agents Seen Meeting With Bell PD This Evening

The Bell Police Department, who has previously interfered with and arrested community watchers on behalf of ICE, was once again seen cooperating and meeting with about a little over half a dozen Federal Immigration Agents in the late evening raising concerns again about SB54 violations.

February 23, 2026

Waking Up In Puerto Vallarta The Morning After Cartel Attacks

L.A. TACO's editor-in-chief reports from the ground the day after El Mencho's death.

February 23, 2026

Update: At Least 20 Mexican States Burn as Cartel Retaliates Against Killing of ‘El Mencho’

El Mencho was the last of the old guard—the final mass-trafficking titan standing alongside El Chapo and El Mayo—marking the end of an era in Mexican organized crime, now fallen after a U.S.-assisted federal killing.

February 22, 2026

Sunday Taquitos #16: Child’s Play

Sunday Taquitos! Art by Ivan Ehlers.

February 22, 2026

How Jim Henson’s Forgotten ’90s Puppet Entered Foo Culture and Is Feeding Our Endless Nostalgia Craving

Could the Sesame Street creator have ever imagined Baby Sinclair rocking a pair of Nike Cortez’?

February 21, 2026

Daily Memo: ICE Pepper-Sprays and Throws an 80-year-old Attorney, Arrests a Community Watcher, and Takes Seven From Lompoc

Video shows a couple of agents piled on top of Randamaa, shoving his head to the ground as other community members watched in anger and horror. An 80-year-old attorney trying to advocate for the agents to get off Randamaa was pepper-sprayed in the face by one of the agents pinning down Randamaa with the signature Yoga Cobra Pose. As he was pepper-sprayed, you can see the lawyer throws his hands out while blinded, being eventually thrown to the ground by the Yoga agent. 

February 20, 2026

Daily Memo: ICE Used 14 Vehicles to Take 6 People from Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse

So essentially what we’re seeing is that Border Patrol is still active down in San Diego, along with ICE. Here, ICE is operating out of their local offices in Santa Ana and San Bernardino. We also know that people are being taken in Los Angeles who show up for their check-ins. These incidents are hard to catch, observe, or document, but we've confirmed that they're happening.

February 19, 2026