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Daily Memo: ICE And Border Patrol Spotted In 18 Cities Taking Street Vendors, Construction Workers, and Crashing Into Vehicles While Chasing People

ICE and Border Patrol took, that we know of, somewhere around 19 to 25 people today from at least 18 neighborhoods and cities they were present in, including San Bernardino, Riverside, Highland, Palm Springs, Rialto, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, San Diego, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Lancaster, Palmdale, Antelope Valley, and Victor Ville which was all ICE today. While Border Patrol raided through Arcadia, El Monte, Temple City, and Rosemead.

December 17, 2025

High-Pitched Noise From Cypress Park Home Depot Speakers Has Day Laborers Feeling Targeted

Anti-loitering speakers have been installed in the parking lot of Home Depot in Cypress Park, following a recent Border Patrol raid. “It’s like a sonic ice pick–just stabbing you,” says audio expert Dustyn Hyatt.

December 17, 2025

Queso Oaxaca, Crispy Edges, and a Habanero Aioli: This Is ‘La Burg’

Burger pop-up La Burg combines all-beef patties from McCall's butchers in Atwater Village, Oaxacan cheese, habanero aioli, and more to leave just the right amount of tingle inside your mouth.

December 16, 2025

This 20-Year-Old Sawtelle Art Show Is Made of Over 2,000 Post-it Notes

Every December, thousands of well-known and emerging artists from around the world scale down their work on three-by-three inch Post-it notes and display them at Giant Robot 2 in Sawtelle. “Everything’s the same price,” Giant Robot owner Eric Nakamura says. “It’s all $30 each, so it makes it more fun and kind of democratic.”

December 16, 2025

In Mexico, He Found the Revolution—and Roots—He Couldn’t Find in L.A.

Originally from Texas, activist Eddy Patiño spent days on the frontlines of L.A.'s anti-ICE protests before moving to Mexico City. “I feel like the revolution is upfront everywhere you go here. Everyone feels ready to fight. It's in your face," Patiño says.

December 15, 2025

What 94-Year-Old Canter’s Deli Means to These Legacy Staff Members

Canter’s staff shaped the deli into what it is today: a place where a stranger is treated like a regular, and a regular is treated like family. Here we speak with three employees with a combined 133 years working at the Fairfax landmark.

December 15, 2025

Sunday Taquitos #6: “Your papers, please.”

Not another Kavanaugh Stop! Sunday Taquitos! Art by Ivan Ehlers.

December 14, 2025

Three U.S. Citizens Detained by Federal Immigration Agents in Southern California Speak Out For the First Time

U.S. Senate report reveals new testimonies from detained victims of Border Patrol: "I couldn’t breathe. They pulled me up, and when I turned around, they told me that if I looked at their faces, they would slam me again,” Cardenas said.

December 13, 2025

How This Artist Is Turning L.A.’s Trash Into Art Draped With The U.S. Flag

I thought a lot about the ICE raids immensely,” says artist Acacia Marable. "And a lot about the unhoused people, ‘cause I mean, it's literally like this idea of this ugly thing that you don't want to be associated with your community or our country."

December 13, 2025