Boyle Heights
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Reclaiming Streets from ICE with Music, Dance, Altars, Mutual Aid, Community, and Resistance
The Mariachi Plaza event was one of four held across LA. Tuesday night. The June 19 abduction of street vendor Emma de Paz from the Hollywood Home Depot was a touchstone of the Eastside gathering.
July 4, 2025
Kevin de León’s Cynical CD14 Debate Performance Shows How Little He’s Grown
De León repeatedly accused Jurado of being a liar who lacked substantive accomplishments while taking credit for a number of projects initiated prior to his tenure.
October 16, 2024
L.A. Street Vendors Celebrate Removal of No-Vending Restrictions in Huge Win Against City
The victory is the product of a decade-plus-long battle to legalize sidewalk vending on our city streets
July 22, 2024
LAPD Peddles Misinformation about Sidewalk Biking to Spanish Speakers
Seven years after the launch of Vision Zero, LAPD still doesn't have a handle on basic traffic laws or much insight into the specific challenges that cyclists on the margins face.
June 28, 2022
Amigas Who Run Reclaim Streets for Women/Women-Identified Folks of Color in Boyle Heights and Beyond
Reasserting their presence in the streets via a massively well-attended event like Amigas Who Run is a way to reclaim - as people of color and as women - some control over how they and their community are defined and a voice in determining the future trajectory for both.
March 17, 2017
Libros Schmibros Lending Library and Bookshop Moves to Mariachi Plaza
After two years at the corner of 1st Street and Cummings Street, Libros Schmibros Lending Library and Bookshop opened Wednesday at its new location on Mariachi Plaza, right on top of the Metro Gold Line Station.
March 27, 2012
Too Many Liquor Stores: Boyle Heights’ High Frequency of Liquor Vendors Causes Concern From Community Groups
As the Boyle Heights Community continues to grapple with a lack of access to healthy foods, the liquor store business continues to thrive. For those trying to improve the charectar and image of Boyle Heights, this needs to change.
March 20, 2012
The Women of the Ovarian-Psycos Bicycle Brigade
(This is the second of a two-part series. To read the first part how the Ovarian Psycos started, click here.)
March 19, 2012
The Ovarian-Psycos Bicycle Brigade Make a Space for Women on the Eastside
(We're working on a photo essay tomorrow following up on today's story. So, come back Monday. D)
March 15, 2012
A Long History of Creating a Sense of Place at LA’s Latino Triangle Parks: Mariachi Plaza
Twenty years ago when I started documenting Latino’s use of public space, the triangle site of today’s Mariachi Plaza was a donut shop. Mariachis would hang out at the donut shop waiting for work. People would park their cars and negotiate with Mariachis to play for their events, while fruit carts would sell to the other musicians waiting nearby.
March 9, 2012