The Assault on Los Angeles Brought Jorge Ramos Back

The Assault on Los Angeles Brought Jorge Ramos Back

Mexican journalist Jorge Ramos attends a press conference after a federal immigration raid at a car wash in Culver City, California, on June 11, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)THE LOS ANGELES ICE PROTESTS have revealed a little-understood dimension of mass deportation and the social reality of many Hispanic communities.In certain areas, immigrants have become so embedded in the culture that it is only natural for them to …

"Los Angeles is Not Burning": A View From the Ground

ICE was unleashed on Los Angeles last week. Rather than “getting the criminals out,” unidentified agents in unmarked white vans showed up at Home Depot to round up day laborers. They surrounded small businesses and mom-and-pop restaurants to detain people working in garment factories and as service workers. They picked up parents at elementary school graduations and churches. ICE even snatched up at least one 9-year-old child. In response, Los A…

Power to the People and Thoughts on Los Angeles

If you’ve followed We Like L.A. for awhile, you know the whole purpose of what Christina and I do is to help people explore our city. How? Well, in a nutshell, we make lists. Lists of things to do around town. Lists for your month or your weekend. Free things and Metro-accessible ideas and just a lot stuff that we like about Los Angeles that we feel others might too. It’s personal. It’s practical. Frankly, it’s all a bit frivolous. Still, it’s a…