Boyle Heights

Laura Owens: Painting in Space

By Erica Zora Wrightson One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. On a balmy Saturday morning in March, a smattering of popcorn decorates the cement floor of a large warehouse in Boyle Heights, currently the studio, exh ... More >>

Eastside vs. Westside: 5 Ways of Looking At It

How you think of as the Eastside or the Westside might not necessarily be how Latinos, African Americans, gangs, history or the map of Los Angeles see them. Yet few crosstown rivalries involve such ingrained and often wrong-headed notions as L.A.'s own Eastside-Westside divide. It's as if self-proc ... More >>

Now Open: Big Al's Halal Pizzeria in Maywood

Some say that L.A. is having it's pizza moment. Big Al's Halal Pizzeria entered the pizza fray on Saturday, Feb. 2 with a grand opening block party. Although, you might ask,"What exactly is halal pizza?" The second question you may ask is "Why halal pizza and in Maywood of all places?"

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Fiesta Fridays, Chinese New Year Festival, Cupcakes and Cocktails MSG Pop-Up

Fiesta Fridays Every third Friday of the month, food vendors set up shop at the weekly Boyle Heights farmers market at Mariachi Plaza. Live music from singers, bands and DJs completes the fiesta. WHAT: Fiesta Fridays WHEN: Friday, Feb. 15, 5-10 p.m. WHERE: Mariachi Plaza,1836 E. First St., Boyle Hei ... More >>

From Vampires to V-Day: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Friday, Feb. 8 Barbra Streisand's award-winning directorial debut, Yentl, returns to the big screen at the Egyptian Theatre at 7:30 p.m. The musical that originated "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" and "The Way He Makes Me Feel" by composer Michel Legrand and lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman follows one ... More >>

Where The Chefs Eat: Night Market's Kris Yenbamroong (Otherwise Known as Banh Mi Santa Claus)

Where the Chefs Eat is an ongoing series in which we ask a local chef to give us his or her favorite dining options. This week, we talk to Kris Yenbamroong, chef and owner of Night Market, about his regular spots. Bánh Mì My Tho / Bánh Mì Buu Dien: "There's this thing I do -- it involves dri ... More >>

Now Open: Guisados in Echo Park

Guisados, the Boyle Heights taqueria that has captured the love of anyone who has sunk their teeth into one of those tacos, announced back in October that they'd be expanding to Echo Park and Downtown. As of yesterday, the Echo Park location is open to the public.

Beverly Hills City Council Refuses to Join Rainbow Coalition to Defeat Measure J

Last night, four members of the Beverly Hills City Council blew a golden public relations opportunity -- and refused to approve a strong anti-Measure J resolution. The initiative seeks to extend a recent half-cent L.A. County sales tax hike for another 30 years to 2069. Instead, the Beverly Hills C ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/17 - 9/21

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Rice, seemingly so bland and innocuous, harbors the same deadly poison beloved by Victorian mystery writers." Consumer Reports Warns of Arsenic in Rice. "At most regular restaurants, the communal table is awkward at best, ... More >>

Maria Castaneda's Body Found Near Tracks; Another Female Murdered in Central L.A?

Is it our imagination, or have there been a lot of young women's bodies discovered in the central Los Angeles area in the last year or so? Another find was made yesterday morning in Vernon, just southeast of downtown. The remains were identified to the Weekly today by L.A. coroner's assistant chief ... More >>

History in the Talking

Frankie Velasquez, Boyle Heights 20-Year-Old, Murdered While Walking to Liquor Store With Cousin

LAPD detectives at the Hollenbeck Station have had no luck tracking down the shooter in a May 5 murder that downed 20-year-old Boyle Heights resident Frankie Valesquez. "He was walking to the liquor store with his cousin," says Detective Stephanie Carrillo. She says "it's unknown at this time" whet ... More >>

FBI/LAPD Task Force Shoots Double Homicide Suspect on a Roof in La Mirada

"What started as a fist fight ended in a deadly shooting that left two men dead," a press release concerning a double homicide back on November 30, 2011 read. Today, a third man, the suspect in the November 30 incident, is also dead--shot on a roof in La Mirada after a tense standoff with the FBI/LA ... More >>

Serial Killer on the Eastside Following Deaths of Bree'Anna Guzman, Michelle Lozano? Cautious LAPD Doesn't Rule It Out

Rumors of serial killers on the loose are nothing new to the LAPD. But they seem to have taken on a new life thanks to the rapid-fire chatter of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. In Wilmington this month the stabbing death of 28-year-old mother Cristian Alvarez, whose body was apparentl ... More >>

This Is How to Use Your Head, Bangers

Top Ten Los Angeles Metal Albums of 2011

Harassor​There was a lot that was great on the metal scene in 2011, from The Big Four's show in April to Prosthetic Records picking up U.S. distribution for Norway's Indie Recordings. (Dear Prosthetic, please get Shining over here for a tour next year). Sure, the closing of The Blvd. Cafe in B ... More >>

NFL Stadium Along L.A. River a Better Idea Than Farmers Field-Convention Center Proposal?

AEGAn artist's rendering of Farmers Field.​LA Neighbors United, the group founded by City Controller hopeful Cary Brazeman, suggests in a letter to top city officials this week that alternatives to the downtown NFL stadium proposal have not at all been taken seriously. The group wonders aloud ... More >>

L.A. Mural Ordinance Hopes to Lift Ban on Street Art: Public-Comment Draft in Full

NoHo Communications GroupNorth Hollywood resident Barbara Black was fined $336 for hiring students to decorate this fence.​For months, the L.A. Department of City Planning has been teasing street artists with announcements of a new ordinance that would lift the current ban on all pre-approved ... More >>

Authentic Tamales, Fit to Serve Mom

Dear Mr. Gold: My mom is coming to my house for Christmas for the first time ever and I volunteered to cook, decorate, the whole nine yards. She is Mexican and is traditional on holidays, which means every year she makes tamales. I never learned or watched, unfortunately; I just showed up at the tab ... More >>

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The Great Wall of L.A., Legendary L.A. River Mural, Restored to Former Glory

Sam BlochThe Great Wall of L.A.'s collaborative spirit of muralmaking on display at its restoration ceremony Saturday. Video cameras were everywhere.​ Ernestine Jimenez is gazing over a chain link fence at a painting of a pachuco in his underwear. It's a depiction of the Zoot Suit Riots of 194 ... More >>

I'm Back From the War: Now Where Can I Get Cemitas?

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: My brother called me last night to say that his deployment is almost over, and he can't wait to taste the cemitas from Pal Cabron again. He's been talking them up to his friends, and has built them up in his head as the perfect cure ... More >>

Best Neighborhood Blog: The Eastsider LA

Hipsteropolis Rising: Taste of the Eastside Food Festival

Anne FishbeinAn egg sandwich from Auntie Em's​ Even though Hipsteropolis has completely arrived as a desirable part of town (at least if celebrity residents and real estate prices are any indication), it hasn't yet lost that little-brother, underdog feeling. Like UCLA football (not arrived) a ... More >>

Your Vampiro Fix: Mexicali Tacos & Co.

Jack PooleA chorizo cachetada at Mexicali​ The recent theft and indefinite closure of the Boyle Heights stand Tacos Guanajuato is an unqualified tragedy. While we wish owner Ulises Gutierrez and everyone involved the best of luck and hope to be announcing their triumphant return at some point ... More >>

The 10 Best Dishes of 2010

From entree to cappuccino, short ribs to bacon-wrapped bacon

Tacos Guanajuato Robbed Closed Indefinitely

Bill Esparza​ If you haven't tried the salty, greasy, cheesy culinary triumph of a vampiros taco from the much-blogged about Boyle Heights stand Tacos Guanajuato... Bad news, you're not going to any time soon. Those addictively delicious vampiros (or volcanes, depending on which region of Mexi ... More >>

Zurisaday Bonilla, Naomi Bonilla, L.A. Homicides No. 216, No. 217: 19-Year-Old Mother And Infant Child Killed By Ex-Boyfriend In SUV On Halloween

Google Maps​A Latina woman and her infant child were killed by their respective ex-boyfriend and father at about 11:45 p.m. on Halloween night, when he plowed his car into their home on the 2700 block of Cincinnati Street in Boyle Heights. They have since been identified as 19-year-old Zurisad ... More >>

MUSIC PICKS: Ruben Guevara, Buika, Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers

Also, Combichrist, Papercranes, Simone White and others

L.A. Homicide No. 188: Man Found Shot To Death in Boyle Heights

Google Maps​ A man suffering from gunshot wounds was found in a warehouse September 18 around 10:38 p.m. near the corner of Esperanza and Emery Streets in the Boyle Heights area. The victim was taken to a local hospital and died. No other information is available at this time, according to Of ... More >>

L.A. Buys $200,000 Worth Of Guns

​Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced over the weekend that a gun-buyback program netted more than 2,500 firearms, beating last year's effort by 800 weapons. The program paid out nearly $200,000 in Visa pre-paid cards and Ralph's gift cards for the weapons; $100 worth of plastic w ... More >>

2009: Just the Ticket

Best of L.A.: Food and Drink

Cuban Corn on the Cob, con Clown

Stage Raw: Closer Than Ever

The latest NEW REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, this week's STAGE FEATURE on two plays set beyond the end of the word: Henry Murray's Treefall and Eugene Ionesco's The ChairsCLOSER THAN EVER ​is Lodestone Theatre Company's musical revue, opening this weekend, ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: The Quintessential Experience for the Out-of-Towner

Dear Mr. Gold: I was in Rome a few months ago and an Italian friend took me out to a great neighborhood pizzeria/ristorante (Pizzeria San Marco). The place was off the tourist trail, not in any guidebooks, but packed with locals, the essence of Rome. Now my friend will be visiting Los Angeles and I' ... More >>

An Armenian Journey in Photographs

This Friday A&I Photographic and Digital Services will turn its lobby into a gallery for a one-night photograph exhibit that benefits a good cause. "A Journey to Armenia" showcases the imagery of Sara Anjargolian, Vahe D'Ala and Sevag Vrej -- not to mention the on-site support of actor Ken Davit ... More >>

City Hall's "Density Hawks" Are Changing L.A.'s DNA

Bitter homes & gardens?

The End Of Murder

If New York can slash homicide by 76 percent, can Los Angeles contemplate a vanishing point?

The Bridges of L.A. County

Let us now praise famous spans

Wild Child

In Young Valiant, a traditional ethnic story grows up

New to the List

Maria Had a Little Lamb

In From Out There

How Pete Wilson inadvertently politicized a generation of young Mexican immigrants

Antonio Reborn

Loser of 2001 L.A. mayor’s race revives hopes of Latino-labor coalition

The Deli Counter

City Without a Story

Quick, Now: What's L.A.'s Story?

An Exquisite Scar

Life and commerce along the Alameda Corridor

Everbody's the Greatest

The Inside Scoop on Summer Gigs

Job programs for the young and inexperienced