• Contact The Eastsider

    (213) 255-5026 | hello@theEastsiderLA.com

    • Boyle Heights

    Eastside Property: 103 year-old Boyle Heights bungalow in search of a buyer

    This 1908 Boyle Heights bungalow is pretty spartan on the outside, and it does not look like the owners have done much work on the exterior since they purchased the Pennsylvania Avenue home for $125,000  last year . Inside, however,  what appear to be some original features – including a fireplace, built-in book shelves and [...]

    2 comments Read more

    The faces of old and new at Mariachi Plaza

    A new mural overlooking Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights features a black and white  portrait of 60-year-old mariachi Rafael Rubio.  Steve Saldivar created the above video of artist Robert Vargas painting Rubio’s image on the wall of Eastide Luv, a bar on the east side of the plaza.  Vargas spent about three hours painting the [...]

    1 comment Read more

    Suspected gang-shooting in Boyle Heights kills one teenager

    The victim, described as a 17 or 18 year-old male, was shot three times near the corner of Chicago Street and Michigan Avenue at about 1:45 a.m. today, police told L.A. Now.  The suspect, who walked up to the victim and started firing, is still at large in what police believe is a gang-related crime.

    9 comments Read more

    County seeks a cure to revive General Hospital

    The old General Hospital in Boyle Heights boasts a commanding hilltop home with about a  million-square feet of space, a central location near freeways and an iconic Moderne-style facade instantly recognizable to millions of  “General Hospital” soap opera fans. But the 19-floor hospital built in 1933 has remained virtually empty since a new, 600-bed replacement [...]

    15 comments Read more

    Transformation underway at Boyle Heights landmark

    The red brick walls of the Boyle Hotel – known to many in Boyle Heights as the Mariachi Hotel – have been shrouded under scaffolding and a black veil for several months now.  Under that black screen, designed to keep down dust, construction workers are transforming the interior of the 1889  Boyle Heights landmark into  [...]

    14 comments Read more

    Another reason not to spit on the Gold Line

    The Source, the blog published by the Metro transit agency, today reviewed crime statistics on the system’s rail lines in the wake of recent stabbings, including one on the Gold Line that runs through Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles and Northeast L.A.  This year’s crime figures through August show that major crime on the Gold [...]

    6 comments Read more

    Will retailers follow the Gold Line to Boyle Heights’ Mariachi Plaza? *

    The extension of the Metro Gold Line through Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles nearly two years ago has many anticipating – as well as fearing – new development near the stations.  The weak economy has forced many to reduce expectations but brokers and developers continue to promote and pitch proposed projects, including two retail [...]

    1 comment Read more

    City agency chugs along to bring free Wi-Fi to Gold Line

    By Mary Allen In a slow-moving project to bring high-speed Wi-Fi to Gold Line train passengers, the board of the  Community Redevelopment Agency   on Thursday is scheduled to inch forward on a $1 million free wireless Internet project intended to boost ridership. The lengthy process, which began as a City of Angels Blue Ribbon [...]

    13 comments Read more

    Planners tell Boyle Heights residents their views (of downtown) don’t matter

    A proposal to build a 40-unit apartment house in Boyle Heights had some neighbors complaining about the loss of views and the shadows cast by the 45-foot high building on  Third Street near Boyle Avenue.  But that argument did not carry much weight with the Planning Department staff, which recommended that the  Planning Commission approve [...]

    4 comments Read more

    One dead, two injured after Boyle Heights & Historic Filipinotown shootings*

    A pair of noontime shootings in Historic Filipinotown and Boyle Heights have left one person dead and two injured.  In Boyle Heights, a 23-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital after being shot in his car shortly after 12 p.m. in the  1900 block of Sheridan Street near State Street. The victim, who was [...]

    1 comment Read more

    An old Boyle Heights Victorian showcases young musicians

    By Becky Koppenhaver The Neighborhood Music School has been a mecca for the musically inclined youth of the Boyle Heights area for almost 100 years. Founded in 1914 and housed in a restored 1890’s Victorian near the corner of Fourth Street and Boyle Avenue, the school offers low-cost tuition for private and group lessons on [...]

    0 comments Read more

    One injured in Boyle Heights Gold Line accident*

    One person suffered minor injuries after a Gold Line train collided with a vehicle late this afternoon in Boyle Heights, reports the Los Angeles Fire Department.  The accident took place at about 5 p.m. at First Street and Mission Road. Rail line service had been shut down between the Little Tokyo and the Pico Aliso [...]

    0 comments Read more

    Boyle Heights church returns to normal after deadly standoff

    Rev. Eliseo Morales arrived early this morning to his Boyle Heights church -  El Divino Salvador Presbyterian -  to oversee its transition from deadly crime scene back into a  house of worship.  The last of the LAPD officials who were investigating Saturday afternoon’s deadly shooting in the church hallway left at 6 a.m. only a [...]

    2 comments Read more

    Flippers move into Boyle Heights

    After painting countless Highland Park homes in shades of olive and gray and surrounding them with horizontal wood fencing,  many house flippers are looking for new Eastside territory. The exterior of the newly listed Boyle Heights house (pictured) 3521 East Sixth Street south of the 60 Freeway is painted a shade of tan, which is [...]

    17 comments Read more

    Jose “Crunchy” Espinosa is gone but his music lives on

    Jose Ines Espinosa grew up in Boyle Heights near East Los Angeles and at a young age developed an interest in music. He played music as a third grader at Belvedere Elementary and then the clarinet at Stevenson Middle School. Espinosa eventually became an accomplished jazz musician  and composer who served as a founding member [...]

    3 comments Read more

    Storefront Report: Pieces of Old (Upstate) New York now on sale in Boyle Heights

    Amid a strip of  auto salvage yards and auto repair shops, an architectural salvage and antique shop from Albany, New York has opened up a  Los Angeles outpost on a less-than-welcoming stretch of Cesar Chavez Avenue near the 10 Freeway.  Wife and husband Selina Becker and Seth Meisterman, who operate the Los Angeles branch of [...]

    5 comments Read more

    ← Previous Entries

    Next Entries →