Boyle Heights Beat
Photos: The best moments from the East L.A. Classic. Safety. Search underway for 2 men in deadly Boyle Heights freeway shooting. The incident caused an hours-long traffic jam during the afternoon rush hour. Shooting victim at East L.A. marijuana …
Long abandoned burger joint on Soto Street is demolished
6 hours ago · Photo by Andrew Lopez. After more than a decade left abandoned, dozens of reported fires and more than two hundred complaint calls, the building that once housed a popular burger joint at 4th and Soto streets near Roosevelt High School has been demolished. The shell of the former Tom’s Burgers was the epicenter of a brewing public safety ...
About Us - Boyle Heights Beat
Boyle Heights Beat / Pulso de Boyle Heights was founded in 2010 as a high school journalism project where professionals trained students to report on their community. Over 300 students have gone through the program- many moving on to careers in journalism, as well as education, law, and community organizing. In recent years,, thanks to strong ...
Updated Boyle Heights Community Plan promises more affordable …
Sep 26, 2024 · The plan is one of 35 neighborhood-specific plans that aim to improve the quality of life by addressing issues like housing, safety, infrastructure, land use and mobility, all while preserving the cultural identity of the neighborhoods they encompass. The Boyle Heights Community Plan was last updated in 1998. At a Planning and Land Use Management Committee (PLUM) meeting last week, city ...
Boyle Heights Beat is now part of the L.A. Local News Initiative
Sep 10, 2024 · Boyle Heights Beat is now part of the L.A. Local News Initiative. Our local newspaper has been providing news por y para la comunidad since 2010. by Jessica Perez September 10, 2024. Youth reporter Kathryn Mora conducts an interview at the 2022 East L.A. Classic. Hola Boyle Heights!
Live election results: Statewide and local races we’re following
Nov 6, 2024 · In early returns Jurado led incumbent Kevin de León Tuesday night. While votes were still being counted, the latest results from the L.A. County Registrar’s office at 3:46 a.m. Wednesday showed Jurado had 55.41% of the votes compared with De León’s 44.59%. Read more about how the candidates spent election night here.
Voters approve Measure G, expanding the L.A. County Board of ...
1 day ago · by LAist and Boyle Heights Beat November 12, 2024. L.A. County District 1 Supervisor Hilda Solis alongside fellow Measure G supporters at a rally event in El Monte. Photo courtesy of "Yes on G" campaign. Voters in Los Angeles County have approved Measure G, supporting the expansion of the powerful county Board of Supervisors from five to nine.
Radio Pulso – A Boyle Heights Beat podcast
Radio Pulso – Episode 15. June is graduation month, and we talk to two Boyle Heights high school graduates who are going away to college. We talk to comedian Jonathan Cerda-Rowell about being Latino and gay and the significance of Pride, and we mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots with a frank coversation on LGBTQ issues between our hosts, Carmen González and Andrea Galdámez.
The Eastside welcomes the return of the Boyle Heights Youth Festival
Jun 12, 2024 · Folklorico dancers mesmerize the crowd at the Boyle Heights Youth Festival on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Credit: Ricky Rodas. On stage, friends Sebastien Deleage, Eduardo Ruiz, Arthur Danielian and Alondra Andrade wowed the audience with covers of hard rock classics. The group, who was still working out an official band name, had never played in ...
Boyle Heights In Focus
Oct 28, 2024 · Get to know the candidates for California’s 34th Congressional District November 4, 2024 ‘My voice is finally being heard’: First-time voters are learning what it means to be civically engaged November 4, 2024; The Fernando Valenzuela mural is …