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Boyle Heights

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    99: Cemita de Milanesa at Cemitas Poblanos Elviritas #1

    Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. No. 99: Cemita de Milanesa at Cemitas Poblanos Elviritas #1. There are sandwiches, and then there are sandwiches. The towering Mexican creation known as the ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    DUI Checkpoints, Drunk Patrols Across L.A. Starting Tonight

    Cinco de Mayo just happened and cops swarmed Southern California with DUI checkpoints and drunk patrols. Don't they ever let up? No. The LAPD is back at it this weekend -- starting tonight -- with checkpoints and "saturation patrols" in Havard Heights, South L.A., Boyle Heights, and scenic Van Nuy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Tamales at Guisados

    If you're going to Guisados, the Boyle Heights eatery that, along with Mariscos Jalisco, just won LA Taco's epic Taco Madness 2012, you undoubtedly are going for one, or two, or three of its famed stewed and braised tacos. But tear your eyes away from the long list of available taco fillings chalke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Food News Roundup: Food Fraud, Defining "Gluten-Free" Starbucks as Third Largest U.S. Chain

    Huffington Post: Olive oil, milk, honey, saffron, orange juice, coffee and apple juice are among the most-adulterated food products. With this kind of food fraud, even careful label-reading won't help. The Washington Post: What is truly "gluten-free?" The FDA has been trying to decide for seven yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    PHOTOS: Armored Vehicle Dangles off 5 South Overpass, Spills Gas Onto Freeway Below

    Wondering why you're stuck in a traffic jam from hell during what should be a breezy Good Friday rush hour? The hold-up has everything to do with a mysterious armored vehicle (Bruce Willis, are you in there??) dangling off the 5 South overpass in Boyle Heights, glaring down menacingly at the 10 Wes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Boyle Heights High-Schoolers Plan 4-Mile Walkout to LAUSD Board Meeting Over School Bus Cuts

    flickriverNo more school buses in Los Angeles?​A few hundred students from Bravo Medical Magnet High School in Boyle Heights will trudge over four miles through whizzing downtown streets today. Fittingly, the brave urban hike will end in a plea to local Board of Education members: Don't you d ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 10, 2011

    Guisados: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    flickriverNo more school buses in Los Angeles?​A few hundred students from Bravo Medical Magnet High School in Boyle Heights will trudge over four miles through whizzing downtown streets today. Fittingly, the brave urban hike will end in a plea to local Board of Education members: Don't you d ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 10, 2011

    Antojitos Carmen: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    flickriverNo more school buses in Los Angeles?​A few hundred students from Bravo Medical Magnet High School in Boyle Heights will trudge over four miles through whizzing downtown streets today. Fittingly, the brave urban hike will end in a plea to local Board of Education members: Don't you d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    FAQs: CicLAvia For Beginners on October 9 in Los Angeles

    The third CicLAvia public bike tour to hit L.A. happens Oct. 9 and will take over 10 miles of closed streets from East Hollywood to the Eastside. Organizers are inviting folks to stop and smell the architecture and culture along the way too, with focal points including "historic downtown," Boyle He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    The Five Most Underrated East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands Of All Time

    Javier Cabral​See also: *East L.A. Backyard Punk Scene Rages On As Uninhibited and Intoxicated As Ever *The Five Best East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands *Reviewed: Stomp-Outz, The Lumberjacks, Who Gives A Fuck in a Backyard on West 79th St. Last week I wrote about movers and shakers on the curren ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    The Five Best East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands

    Jennie Warren​[Editors' note: In this week's print edition Javier Cabral has a downright amazing piece on the eastside backyard punk scene. See also Jennie Warren's excellent slideshow.] Growing up in the East L.A., it seemed like everyone tried to form a punk band. Even I did. The scene goes ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011

    Best Free Ride

    Jennie Warren​[Editors' note: In this week's print edition Javier Cabral has a downright amazing piece on the eastside backyard punk scene. See also Jennie Warren's excellent slideshow.] Growing up in the East L.A., it seemed like everyone tried to form a punk band. Even I did. The scene goes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Guisados's Taco Sampler: Best Dish for the Indecisive

    T. NguyenThe mini-taco sampler at Guisados​ If you are the type of person who looks at a menu and hems and haws and parses and analyzes and re-considers, please, for the sake of the friends who must witness this agonizing display of indecision and self-doubt, let Guisados save you the trouble. ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    July 14, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Antojitos Carmen

    T. NguyenThe mini-taco sampler at Guisados​ If you are the type of person who looks at a menu and hems and haws and parses and analyzes and re-considers, please, for the sake of the friends who must witness this agonizing display of indecision and self-doubt, let Guisados save you the trouble. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    No-Buck Chuck

    T. NguyenThe mini-taco sampler at Guisados​ If you are the type of person who looks at a menu and hems and haws and parses and analyzes and re-considers, please, for the sake of the friends who must witness this agonizing display of indecision and self-doubt, let Guisados save you the trouble. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Michelle Lozano: Nude Teen's Body Found Near 5 Freeway in Boyle Heights

    Google MapsState Street near the 5 freeway.​Updated after the jump with details about how she was found. A nude body discovered at the side of a freeway off-ramp in Boyle Heights belongs to a 17-year-old girl, authorities said late Tuesday. LAPD officials told TV news crews Tuesday the girl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    CicLAvia Los Angeles Bike Ride Planned For Sunday: 7.5 Miles of Streets to Be Closed

    Gary LeonardCicLAvia in October.​The first one was such a success that a second CicLAvia is scheduled to take place this weekend, when 7.5 miles of city streets will be closed to cars so that tens of thousands of bicyclists can take part in this ride. This one heads through the heart of the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

    Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    L.A.'s Light-Rail Fiasco

    Reader Letters

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Overturned School Bus Reported In Boyle Heights Outside First Street Elementary School

    NBCLA via TwitpicOne person died in a Boyle Heights collision involving a school bus.​Updated after the jump with information about a third suspect. First posted at 3:29 p.m. One person was killed and 50 about 21 38 18 others sustained minor to moderate injuries in a three-vehicle collision ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Eastside Rave Spot Shut Down By Police; More Fallout From 'EDC'

    Ravers.​A Boyle Heights location used regularly for raves and after-hours parties has been effectively shut down after neighbors complained to police and Eastside City Councilman Jose Huizar. Eastern Group Publications reports that the last party at the location at 650 S. Clarence St. was bro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    National Night Out In Boyle Heights: Crime Down, But Persists

    Steve LaNational Night Out at Hollenbeck Police Station​ A crowd gathered at Hollenbeck Community Police station in Boyle Heights, across the Southland and all over the country Tuesday for National Night Out, a show of neighborhood solidarity against crime and fear. The event aimed to reinfo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Leonardo Lopez, L.A. Homicide No. 121: Teenager Killed, Another Injured in Gang-Related Shooting in Boyle Heights

    A 17-year-old boy was killed and his friend was injured in a gang-related shooting in Boyle Heights May 30. Police said a lone gunman approached Leonardo Lopez and his 21-year-old friend around 11:25 am in the 800 block of North Fickett Street.

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Brandon Garrido, L.A. Homicide No. 102: 16-year-old Boy Gunned Down in Boyle Heights

    A teenage boy was shot to death early today in Boyle Heights. View Larger Map Brandon Garrido, 16, was gunned down around 2:20 a.m. in the 3500 block of East First Street. Garrido died at the scene.

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    L.A. Council Rejects Home Buffer Zone For Pot Shops

    ​Considering its long-awaited ordinance to get a grip on 545 largely unregulated medical marijuana retailers in L.A., the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday rejected a proposed 500 foot buffer zone between the shops and homes and instead drafted language that would prohibit the businesses f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 267, Victim Identified in Drive-By Shooting in Boyle Heights

    A man who was killed in what appears to be a drive-by shooting in Boyle Heights November 11 has been identified as 43-year-old Ademio Morales. Morales was fatally shot in the stomach near Union Pacific Avenue and La Puerta Street around 8:40 p.m. View Larger Map Anyone with information should cont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 270, Victim Identified In Boyle Heights

    A man who was fatally shot in Boyle Heights November 12 has been identified as 51-year-old Armando Castaneda. Police officers received a radio call about 11 p.m. Thursday and found the body of Castaneda with a gunshot wound to the back of his head. Investigators say that Castaneda and his roommate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Evergreen Cemetery Memorial Honors Chinese

    L.A. Eastside's El Random Hero has noticed that something new has been added to Evergreen Cemetery, and it's not more bodies. Well, in a way it has something to do with that. ERH was walking his dog when he spotted a new, city-installed plaque that gives a bit of the cemetery's rich history and ackn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    East of the 5: Spreading the Eastside Luv in Boyle Heights

    Eastside Luv flaunts local musicians and old school spirit of Boyle Heights.

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide No. 146, Man Shot in Friend's Home in Boyle Heights

    Los Angeles Police Department detectives are looking into the murder of 29-year-old Robert Valencia Alcazar on July 6 in Boyle Heights. View Larger Map According to police, Alcazar and two friends were hanging out at a local bar and returned to a house in the 700 block of North Soto Street approxima ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide No. 144, Fourth of July Celebration Gone Awry

    A 21-year-old Hispanic male was fatally shot at a late-night party in Boyle Heights on July 5.  View Larger MapThe Fourth of July party was underway in the 400 block of Estudillo Avenue, near Fourth and Lorena streets. The incident occurred at 1.30 a.m., when Pedro Xochipa was approached b ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    June 25, 2009

    Eastside Bakeries After Dark

    Have your cake and eat it late

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide Nos. 131 & 132 Identified

    The two men, who were gunned down June 15 near the Los Angeles County Cemetery in Boyle Heights, have been identified.  View Larger Map According to police reports, Felipe Villarreal, 42 and 57-year-old Rafael Padilla were shot to death early Monday morning at 3:15 a.m., at the corner of Loren ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide Nos. 131 & 132: Two Men Gunned Down Near Graveyard

    Two men were gunned down today near the Los Angeles County Cemetery in Boyle Heights.  View Larger Map The June 15 shooting happened early Monday morning at 3:15 a.m. at the corner of Lorena and East First streets. The Los Angeles Police Department is looking for the suspected gunman responsibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    L.A. Planning Commission Approves New Sign Law

    The Los Angeles Planning Commission voted today to adopt a new sign ordinance that would prohibit brightly-lit digital billboards and giant vinyl supergraphics citywide but allow them in 21 potential sign districts. The commission also voted to establish a city task force to annually review the im ... More >>

  • News

    January 29, 2009

    Is Tokyo the Future for Los Angeles?

    A new "ban" would allow 20 areas citywide thick with billboards

  • Stage

    September 4, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Fucking Hollywood, Educating Rita

    Also, Spider Bites, Hands-On Therapy, and more

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    East Is East (of Downtown)

    Our readers write

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Best Emergency Protein

    Beef Jerky from A&Z’s Nut Wagon

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    The Ultimate Costs

    Boyle Heights residents want police back after shooting spree

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Talking the Walk

    Diego Cardoso

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Human Tracks

    Forgotten bones dug up by Gold Line project in Boyle Heights

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Renaissance in the Barrio

    Will mixed-income housing revitalize Boyle Heights? Or just chase out the poor?

  • Eat+Drink

    February 19, 2004

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Will mixed-income housing revitalize Boyle Heights? Or just chase out the poor?

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Los Lobos

    Antonio "The Heartthrob" Villaraigosa vs. Nick "The Choirboy" Pacheco for the welterweight championship of the city

  • Columns

    November 28, 2002

    Pot Shots

    Antonio "The Heartthrob" Villaraigosa vs. Nick "The Choirboy" Pacheco for the welterweight championship of the city

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Almost Aboard

    Eastside L.A. ponders its transit future

  • Music

    September 14, 2000

    Let It Burn

    Eastside L.A. ponders its transit future

  • News

    September 9, 1999

    Letters

    Eastside L.A. ponders its transit future

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    The Eastside’s Prague Spring

    Alatorre goeth, perestroika cometh

  • More >>
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