[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]ommy Gallegos is our tiny newsroom's unsung hero. When he's not carefully shipping all of our hoodies and snapbacks and making sure all of our new members feel the love when they open up our New Members Welcome Box, he is busy illustrating and tweaking our TacoMan mascot through the many situations L.A. Taco has had to evolve through. Working alongside Lexis-Olivier Ray, he created a comic to help our readers further understand the Andres Guardado case.
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We hope this list offers a moment to remember the names and stories of the victims. For each one, we’ve included the backstory we were able to gather alongside the official account from government agencies.
Moving to California felt healing—and almost like entering "a new country," says Soy Nguyen. For the first time, she saw Vietnamese and Asian cultures openly embraced, a stark contrast to Florida.
Over 2,000 of you packed Gloria Molina Grand Park and completely sold out multiple taquerías.
According to original reporting by Andrew Free, “Sources close to the facility report the man was in solitary confinement following an altercation with a CoreCivic guard that left the guard unconscious.” He was 33, from Cuba, and was found dead on April 28th at the Georgia facility run by CoreCivic, where 15 people have died overall.
Plus, Ray Garcia brings back his pioneering Alta California taco menu for just one day.
Either through willful ignorance or foolish naivety, our local governments are building the surveillance apparatus that ICE currently uses and will continue to use to persecute immigrants, people of color, and dissidents to Trump.
