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Daily Memo: They Met in ICE Detention. Despite a Language Barrier, These Women’s Bond Helped Them Survive
They found a way to spend the nights talking, developing a friendship that got them both through their ordeal. Tania says she saw Masuma as a motherly, grandmotherly figure who took care of her, and Masuma says she wouldn’t have survived without Tania.
From Prison to Major Museums and His First Book, Mr. Wash Is Now Building a Community Art Center
Mr. Wash will celebrate the release of his book, “Artists In Space,” with a launch and artist conversation at his studio in Compton on March 7.
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.
