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Seven Deaths in December Marks the Deadliest Month and Year in Decades for In-Custody Deaths

Federal immigration agencies were involved in at least 33 deaths this year

December 21, 2025

Daily Memo: The Escalation Continues Before Christmas as ICE, HSI, and Border Patrol Set Record Raids Again

In another record setting week, not only have the raids and kidnappings escalated, but so has the recklessness. The week saw more car chases, accidents, children placed in danger and separated from parents, more people detained and released, and new areas of Southern California targeted heavier than before like Antelope and Coachella Valleys.

Vehicle With Children Inside Crashes in Indio After ICE Attempted to Stop the Vehicle in Salton City

“That seems like a crime to me,” said a woman who witnessed the incident. “Imagine if they had killed those kids.”

Tear Gas, Censorship, and Medical Neglect At The GEO Owned Adelanto ICE Processing Center

These are some of the horror stories detainees risk telling visitors in fear of guard retaliation. 

December 19, 2025

The Longest Metro Food Crawl: 48 Great Spots to Eat Along the Longest Light Rail Line in the World

Metro's 57.6 mile-long A Line offers riders the chance to access foods from so many countries, regions, and cultures. We picked one favorite restaurant from every stop to guide you on an epic eating tour of Los Angeles.

Skaf’s On York Accused of Being ‘Gentrifiers’ After Illegally Cutting Down 50-Year-Old Tree Outside Restaurant

Skaf's general manager denied that they cut down the tree to make their restaurant's sign more visible from the street.

December 19, 2025

Weekend Eats: Welcome to L.A.’s First 2-D Noodle Bar and ‘All-You-Can-Eat Taco’ Wednesdays

Plus a happy hour with smoked tuna flautas, a stand for Armenian pork neck on rice, a cafe for Turkish pastrami sandwiches, and two sought-after bakers now overseeing his own brick-and-mortar.

December 19, 2025

British Baker Richard Hart Insults a Nation—And Shows What He Doesn’t Get About Mexican Bread

There is a clear difference between cultural colonization and cultural appreciation and it’s not that hard to get right if you come with an open heart and unbounded humility.

December 18, 2025

‘Lead Contamination: An Old Foe Rises from the Ashes of the Eaton Fire,’ Live With Francois Tissot At Caltech’s Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series

Learn about investigations into lead contamination after the 2025 L.A. Fires and how they can help communities prepare for future disasters, at Francois Tissot’s Watson Lecture.

December 18, 2025

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