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Altadena Residents Haunted By Flock Cameras Installed After Deadly Fire
“Altadena has spoken,” Shawna Dawson Beer tells L.A. TACO. “We don't want surveillance cameras. We don't want Flock replaced by another company's cameras. We don't want to play surveillance company whack-a-mole. We want a say in whether this technology is deployed in our community at all.”
Who Won Last Night’s Debate Between Nithya Raman and Karen Bass?
The homeowners of the San Fernando Valley may have been the real winners in the end. Here are our thoughts.
This Case Has the Power to Stop L.A.’s ICE Raids. Here’s What Happened This Week
Everybody should be following the Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo case like it was the O.J. Simpson trial and ICE was the runaway white Bronco.
EXCLUSIVE: Cuban Asylum Seeker Deported to Africa Without ID, Money, or Cell Phone
Around 80 detainees were forcibly deported to the Central African Republic, which the U.S. strongly advises against visiting due to potential danger. L.A. TACO spoke with 37-year-old Aristides Fernandez Garcia, who has no idea what the future looks like after his 90-day visa expires.
How (and Why) to Remove Yourself From Data Miners Tracking You, Using California’s New Privacy Website
Data brokers sell everything they know about you—browsing history, pregnancies, Social Security numbers—to organizations like ICE and CBP, under a recent LexisNexis contract worth up to $22.1 million.
U.S. Congressman Accuses ICE Of Hiding Deaths In Its Custody
“ They're trying to underreport what is happening and trying to skew the numbers. We already know the number is higher than it's ever been,” Rep. Rob Menendez told the media in a press call on August 3.
West Hollywood Sold Its Soul to Flock Cameras
The City Council voted 3-2 to install a network of cameras that photographs and logs the license plate of every vehicle entering and leaving the city.
No Charges For L.A. TACO Reporter
I share this to be transparent with you all about the risks that reporters take to bring you these stories.
Who’s At Risk of Being Detained at Airports by ICE? What We Know.
After good samaritans prevented ICE from detaining a Vietnamese-Australian man at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, community watch groups are receiving more calls about airport targets.
A California DJ Recounts the Horrors of Immigrant Detention at Otay Mesa
Diana Ledesma alleges forced pregnancy tests, a potential infectious disease outbreak, and human-sized cages during her nearly four-month imprisonment at the San Diego facility.
