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.
—Shannon Williams, the head baseball coach at Compton College, was injured in a shooting on Sunday and is expected to recover. [CC/IGram]
—Moises Plascencia, the assistant principal at Placentia's Kraemer Middle School tragically took his own life on campus on Monday. [Yahoo]
—One Stanford scholar and poet wrote an essay called Foo Optimism, with help from L.A. TACO. [Antonio Lopez/Twitter]
—Multiple shootouts between cartel members and the Mexican Army rocked the border city of Nuevo Laredo on Monday morning, following the capture of the Northeast Cartel leader known as "El Huevo." Several bridges into the U.S. were subsequently closed. [Chron]