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Daily Memo: People Are Being Taken From Downtown L.A.’s Hidden ICE ISAP Check-ins
We’re not seeing much ICE activity in the L.A. area, but we can confirm that people are being taken from their check-ins. Not everybody who checks in gets taken, but some people do.
The 10th Death in ICE Detention in 2026, Dead From a Tooth Infection
Councilwoman Ellis, who is Haitian-American and a registered nurse, tells the Arizona Daily Star that she is outraged, “Nobody should die from a tootache. Something has to be done.”
The Smallest Theater in L.A. Is Inside of an Electrical Box
A seemingly ordinary electrical box is home to L.A.'s smallest theater, created by guerilla artist S.c. MeRo.
This Artist Peyote-Stitched 30,000 Beads on Utility Poles to Say “FUCK ICE”
L.A. artist Kimberly Dawn Robertson created “bead bombs,” fastening Native feminist resistance to the city.
Daily Memo: Another Kavanaugh Stop, Woman Detained and Released Outside Courthouse
Today, ICE was observed stopping a vehicle in Colton, hanging around Riverside, San Bernardino, at the Santa Maria Jail again, and in Escondido. In Paramount, ICE was seen taking a man off the street. Community members were also able to pressure agents back to their field office in Oxnard. In San Diego, community members confronted ICE in a parked vehicle outside of Lincoln High School. The agent pepper-sprayed the community watcher before driving off.
Behold Lincoln Heights’ Moroccan Fried Sardine Taco
Moroccan chef Majda Belaroui's take on tacos are the life force of Café Maghreb, a pop-up at Zizou.
UPDATE: These L.A. Artists Flipped a 99 Cents Only Store Into a Bizarrely Beautiful Mid-City Art Gallery
L.A. artists stacked hypnotic sculptures and portraits as a call to nostalgia in an out-of-business 99CENTS Only Store.
L.A.’s Best Comfort Dishes, According to L.A. Line Cooks
Line cooks know the truth behind every plate. Their recommendations are hard-earned, and if they let you in on them, you listen. Here's a guide to their favorite comfort dishes in L.A.
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.
