Nearly a year has passed since Emmanuel Vargas was fatally wounded after the 29-year-old was shot several times near a Boyle Heights Street corner on a weekday afternoon. With police unable to identify suspects or a motive for the crime, the City Council on Tuesday approved ... Read More »
A carjacking suspect was shot and killed by sheriff deputies earlier this morning after the man barricaded himself in a vacant Boyle Heights apartment, according to L.A. Now and other news reports. The stand off ended at about 4 a.m. after authorities entered the apartment building ... Read More »
New landscaping will be added, trees planted and crosswalks improved on a block-long section of Bailey Street in Boyle Heights near Mariachi Plaza as part of a $12 million program to encourage pedestrian and mass transit use near four Gold Line stations. Bailey Street between First ... Read More »
The restoration of the former Boyle Hotel in Boyle Heights has won a Preservation Awards handed out by the L.A. Conservancy, the city’s largest historic preservation group. After decades of neglect, the Victorian-era brick building complete with a turret, arches and a domed cupola, reopened last year ... Read More »
Design for new Sixth Street Bridge/Rendering courtesy Council District 14 The rebuilding of the 80-year-old concrete and steel Sixth Street Viaduct, one of the L.A. River bridges connecting Boyle Heights and Downtown L.A., is shaping up to become one of the city’s largest public work projects, ... Read More »
Twilight View, Elysian Park | Ryan Schude/Flickr Dog that went missing two years ago reunited with Eagle Rock owners. Daily News Three-story high scaffolding to serve as stage for Boyle Heights dance production. EGP News Happening Today Asha Schechter Book Release Party, Boyle Heights Boyle Heights ... Read More »
The former (left) and new L.A. County-USC Medical Center/Photo by Martin Zamora It was only about five years ago when the main building at L.A. County-USC Medical Center – which appeared in the opening credits of the General Hospital soap opera – closed its doors and ... Read More »
Fake wood paneling covers the walls, the floors are beat up and traffic seems to be constantly flowing outside on busy Fourth Street. However, this Queen Anne-style Victorian built 118 years ago in Boyle Heights has retained many of its historic features, from wood and window ... Read More »
Retaining Wall, Echo Park | Photo by Atwater Village Newbie/Flickr Neighborhood councils gain clout at City Hall. Daily News Silver Lake athlete and stolen kayak reunited. Patch Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council votes in favor of replacing Wyrnverwood Apartments with new 4,400-apartment and condo project. Boyle Heights ... Read More »
Birrieria & Bougainvillea, Boyle Heights | Photo by Mary-Austin Klein/Flickr Chinatown “concept shop” opens Boyle Height branch with a party featuring music, art and ping pong. Racked L.A. How to get the freeway lights turned back on in Montecito Heights. ASNC Happening Today: Issues, Visions & ... Read More »