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Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
An inside look at ICE operations in Los Angeles
The Brief FOX 11 cameras rode along with ICE during operations in Los Angeles this week. ICE detained five people in El Monte on Thursday, saying they believe the people were in the U.S. illegally. It's not clear if any of the five have criminal records. LOS ANGELES - FOX 11 was given exclusive access this week to follow along with ICE immigration enforcement operations across Los Angeles. What we know On Wednesday and Thursday, FOX 11 followed ICE as they targeted people who they say are wanted non-US citizens with criminal backgrounds. Agents said they spend days researching suspects to attempt apprehensions at homes, workplaces, and more. Also on Thursday, ICE conducted what they called "roving patrol consensual encounter apprehensions" in El Monte. During these encounters, agents were heard asking people where they were from. SUGGESTED: Newsom wins: Trump must give control of National Guard to California, judge rules In the encounters witnessed by FOX 11, one man was determined to be a U.S. citizen, and further questions stopped. While ICE apprehended five others they believe to be in the U.S. illegally The five apprehensions occurred outside an apartment, along a street, and at a workplace. What they're saying Agents on scene were not authorized to answer questions for publication relating to whom or why some people were questioned. FOX 11 reached out to the ICE media team for more details relating to the apprehensions we witnessed. SUGGESTED: ICE in Irvine: Councilmember warns undocumented immigrants to stay home Some anti-ICE protesters could consistently be seen following, confronting, and recording ICE agents. ICE said their agents wear face masks for their own safety. What we don't know Currently, it's unclear if the five people detained in El Monte Thursday have criminal records or not. The Source Information in this story is from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and previous FOX 11 reports.
Daily Mail
30-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Rite Aid bankruptcy poses MAJOR threat to beloved ice cream chain
Thrifty Ice Cream is shuttering 500 locations following Rite Aid's second bankruptcy filing. The West Coast ice cream brand will be closing hundreds of its counters inside Rite Aid stores as a way for the pharmacy chain to move forward with restructuring. Part of the restructuring includes auctioning off intellectual property after closing over 20 California stores. Thrifty and its 49-year-old El Monte factory are part of that property. Founded in 1940, the brand launched as a drug store in downtown Los Angeles that allowed customers to sample ice cream. The ice cream gained a cult status by the 1970s and garnered 'significant celebrity shoutouts.' Rite Aid completed a $2.3 billion acquisition of the chain in 1996 and began operating over 500 Thrifty Ice Cream locations in its stores soon afterward, according to Fast Company. Thrifty will continue to operate standalone locations and sell prepackaged ice cream at retailers, but the Rite Aid closures could be a potential financial blow for the brand. Thrifty Ice Cream is famous for its unique flavors and its Chuck E. Cheese birthday cake collaboration. While it continues to be a popular brand in the Western US, it has found itself in danger before due to its connections with Rite Aid. Fans were concerned for the brand's future after Walgreens purchased thousands of Rite Aid stores in 2018. While the counters didn't close, Rite Aid had planned to sell Thrifty to Albertsons later that year, but the deal fell through. The brand was later in danger of massive closures after Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy in 2023. The chain shuttered 431 stores within six months after the filing, and its closure count rose to 511 by last June. It now has only 1,240 stores in the US, and it's expected to close hundreds of stores this year. States that have taken massive hits from Rite Aid closures include Pennsylvania, California, New York, New Jersey, and Michigan. The Thrifty name will not go away, but it will be sold off at an auction on June 20. The deadline for buyers interested in bidding on the brand is June 13. Neil Saunders, a retail expert at GlobalData, told that Thrifty's future is 'uncertain' due to Rite Aid's closures, but anything could happen. 'Thrifty could be sold off when Rite Aid's assets go to auction but given one of its big channels of distribution is through Rite Aid stores it is not clear how it would make up for that loss,' he said. 'This would not necessary prevent someone from bidding for it, but it would suppress the value they might be willing to pay.' Rite Aid recently sold pharmacy assets to several retailers, and select Rite Aid and Bartell Drugs stores will now be operated by CVS. 'A key priority for Rite Aid is to ensure that as many of our loyal customers as possible continue to receive the pharmacy services and care they require without interruption,' said Rite Aid CEO Matt Schroeder. 'These agreements ensure our pharmacy customers will experience a smooth transition while preserving jobs for some of our valued team members.'
Time Out
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Bad Bunny photogs Elliot and Erick Jiménez have a new exhibit at PAMM
Bad Bunny's go-to photographers are coming home—and they're bringing spirits with them. Elliot and Erick Jiménez, the identical twin duo behind TIME 's first-ever Spanish-language cover featuring the reggaeton superstar, are getting their first solo museum show at Pérez Art Museum Miami this August. The exhibition, "El Monte," promises more than pretty pictures—think sculptural installations, Lucumí mysticism and photos that hover between painting and dream sequence. Opening on Thursday, August 28, "El Monte" dives deep into the Afro-Caribbean spiritual tradition of Lucumí, an influence the Cuban-American brothers grew up with in Miami. The work explores identity, ancestry and duality through staged portraits, moody lighting and symbolism-rich scenes that wouldn't be out of place in a Renaissance painting—if Renaissance painters had been raised in Hialeah. The show's title nods to Lydia Cabrera's 1954 book El Monte, a foundational text on Santería and Afro-Cuban religion that was only translated into English for the first time in 2023. PAMM Associate Curator Maritza M. Lacayo, who organized the exhibition, says the brothers' work 'builds a bridge between Miami's Caribbean communities, its religious and spiritual practices, and those of their ancestors.' Elliot and Erick aren't new to the art world—they've exhibited at places like the Bass Museum and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and have racked up awards from the CHANEL Artist Award Program and the CINTAS Foundation. But this show marks a milestone: their first full-scale museum solo exhibition, in a city that helped shape their vision. With "El Monte," PAMM is transforming its galleries into something 'mysterious and whimsical,' in the curators' words, an immersive space where viewers can step into the twins' shared imagination. Expect photo-based works that shimmer like paintings, structures that evoke ritual and a sense of reverence that never veers into stiffness.
