Welcome to L.A. TACO’s daily news briefs, where we bring our loyal members, readers, and supporters the latest headlines about Los Angeles politics and culture. Stay informed and look closely.
—It's time for Dodger baseball! The Big Blue Wrecking Crew takes on the Rockies at 1:10pm this afternoon in Denver. [MLB]
—Donations are being raised for Paul Galgano, a Purple Heart-awarded Vietnam veteran in the South Bay who recently fell on a local pier and broke his knee, with hopes of bringing him home from the VA hospital to a home he can safely live in. [Go Fund Me]
—Russian influencer-model-types are publicly cutting up their Chanel bags to protest the fashion brand's ban on selling to Russia or those who would bring bags to Russia. [Insider]
—There's a new new COVID-19 variant to be concerned with, named XE and it's more transmissible than BA.2. [LAT]