Patrick Martinez at Work ~ Photos by Hussein Katz

UNITE HERE Local 11 and Legends Global settle on an agreement that provides stadium workers with higher pay, subcontracting protection, and the right to strike if threatened by ICE officials.

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Amy Torres and Aisha Wallace-Palomares

June 9, 2026

Growing up in an old, beaten-up apartment complex near Disneyland, I came of age in an environment that demonized queerness. Not only through verbal reprimands, machismo, and shaming, but also through violent means.

Izzy Ramirez

June 9, 2026

What started with an April Fool’s Day joke has now become a reality. Every month, L.A. TACO will feature a story about the Inland Empire as part of our new and official IE TACO section.

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Ivan Fernandez

June 9, 2026

Welcome to year two of the ICE Siege of L.A. Yes, it’s still happening, and we’re still on it.  Let’s get into the raids, an update on the Hunger strikes, and unfortunately, another death in ICE detention. 

Memo Torres, Izzy Ramirez, Aisha Wallace-Palomares, and Erwin Recinos

June 9, 2026

“I went to Amsterdam, and I saw the combination of the coffee shops and the smoke shops, and I was like, ‘We need something like that here in Cali,’” Nardo tells L.A. TACO.

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Julianne Le

June 8, 2026

LA officials haven’t revealed how much is being spent on security for the games. By comparison, the Los Angeles Police Department said this month that security costs for the 2028 Olympics in LA would amount to more than $1 billion.