The owners of more than 150 guns who apparently would rather shop than shoot traded in their weapons for gift cards on Saturday during a gun buyback program at the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department station in East Los Angeles. The owners of the guns traded their ... Read More »
When I was a little boy growing up in East L.A. my father was perfect. They even had a special day for him, Father’s Day. Or, so I thought. You see, he had an amazing strength. I mean, he had to be like Superman, working so ... Read More »
A 24-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday night on First Street in East Los Angeles in the second deadly shooting of the holiday weekend. The victim was shot once in the upper torso by an unknown suspect at about 11:16 p.m. in the 4200 block of ... Read More »
Rush-hour traffic on Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles was a bit snarled late Thursday afternoon when a water line under the sidewalk apparently burst, filling the street with water. CHP had to redirect traffic at one point around the water line break in the 6100 ... Read More »
Federal charges have been filed against three men involved in last year’s robbery of a Bank of America branch in East Los Angeles during which a bank manager, a girl friend of one of the defendants, was outfitted with a fake explosive device. Officials said one ... Read More »
What is a reminder of Saturday morning TV doing parked on Oakford Drive in East L.A.? East Los Angeles resident C.J. Salgado wants to know: Recently, my eyes did a double-take as I spotted what appeared to be a “Mystery Machine” in-the-making parked on a street ... Read More »
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies converged on the Bank of America branch on Atlantic Boulevard about 9 A.M. on Wednesday morning, responding apparently to a suspicious package incident which appears to have been a false alarm. Customers and employees were kept outside the East Los Angeles ... Read More »
Two separate shootings over night in East Los Angeles left two men dead and one injured, according to the L.A. Sheriffs Department. The first shooting took place Thursday at about 11:30 p.m. in the Nueva Maravilla public housing project, where one male victim was pronounced dead ... Read More »
That will be the question facing the buyer of this Whittier Boulevard property in East Los Angeles that is home to a classic piece of roadside architecture, the former Tamale Cafe. The answer will likely be “Tear It Down,” fears Esotouric tour company co-owner Kim Cooper, ... Read More »
The new 1,40o-seat Garfield High auditorium is located behind a new administration/classroom building pictured above. Photo by C.J. Salgado By C.J. Salgado Some six years after a fire destroyed the iconic auditorium at Garfield High School, a new auditorium, classrooms and administration offices are well on ... Read More »