TACO arrived early on the scene in Westwood last Friday to witness the eviction of 2 people who had been squatting for months in a house slated to be torn down for... (no surprise here, really) CONDOS! We watched as two people's possessions were swept into a dumpster and couldn't help thinking of the city's many housing issues being swept under the proverbial rug.
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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.
Forty-one of the cameras will be deployed across the broader Orange County operational area as part of a regional surveillance network.
The winner will be announced live on stage this Saturday at our TACO MADNESS live event at Grand Park! Members get in for free and it's our biggest fundraiser of the year for our independent journalism.
The raids continue here in Southern California, as we’ve been seeing many vehicles targeted and stopped. In one case, ICE deployed spike strips before chasing a fleeing woman into a residential area with their guns drawn.
