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17 Non-Profit Organizations Supporting Immigrants Right Now
Working hard to defend the rights, dignity, and well-being of immigrants, refugees, and the undocumented, they need our help more than ever right now.
Photo Essay: L.A. In Resistance On June 8, 2025
From blazing Waymos and National Guard troops, to an anti-ICE Labubu, L.A. TACO was there to capture it all.
Union Leader Released From Custody After Thousands Rally at Downtown’s Grand Park This Morning
Service Employees International Union California president David Huerta now faces a federal charge of conspiracy to impede an officer after his violent arrest and injury on Friday at a garment warehouse.
5 Surprising Things We Saw at This Weekend’s Protests In Downtown L.A.
Flickering lights from the cells of detainees and free tacos for protestors. These are among the more unusual things L.A. TACO spotted amid protests against mass deportation.
Trump Can’t Win The Battle for Los Angeles
The idea that Trump can intimidate, criminalize, and remove us with a wave of troops and tanks is not only absurd—it’s offensive. We’ve seen soldiers in unmarked uniforms rolling through neighborhoods as if they were patrolling Fallujah. But this isn’t a war zone. This is Pico Union. This is Boyle Heights. This is Huntington Park. These are our homes. Our neighborhoods.
Activist Standing In Front Of ICE SUV Knocked Down During Mass Immigration Raid in DTLA
On a live interview with ABC, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell just confirmed that he received a call from the FBI requesting assistance from LAPD officers to protect their heavily armed federal agents after they feared for their safety seeing the crowd of around a hundred protesters: "We would do that, [protect] for everyone, including the FBI."
Electric Car-Share Stations For Low-Income Drivers Are Reopening in South L.A., Following L.A. TACO Report
“Blink Mobility currently has a conditional use permit to operate three former BlueLA stations as private carshare services while city council reviews and approves LADOT’s plan for repurposing former stations and a new permanent permit program,” Colin Sweeney, public information director for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), told L.A. TACO in a written statement.
LAPD Rejects Over 1,700 ‘Biased Policing’ Complaints
Community members and LAPD staff made 15,000 allegations against department staff. But only 4.7 percent (or 701) allegations were sustained.
Twenty-One-Year-Old From Baja Becomes First Mexican Cyclist To Lead One Of Professional Cycling’s Biggest Races
The young rider who grew up mountain biking in Baja, Mexico, is the first Mexican cyclist to ever wear the pink jersey (the jersey that the leader of the race wears) at the Giro. Will Isaac del Toro make history and become the first Mexican cyclist to win a Grand Tour?
So, What Kind of Taco Would Trump Be?
We're pretty sure a Doritos Loco tortilla and gold-plated, mayonnaise-dispensing spackle gun would somehow be involved.
