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Author Archives: Antonio Mejías-Rentas

Antonio Mejías-Rentas is a Senior Editor at Boyle Heights Beat, where he mentors teenage journalists, manages the organization’s website and covers local issues. A veteran bilingual journalist, he's a native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, and lives in Boyle Heights. He tweets @lataino.

Posted inArt & Culture, Boyle Heights In Focus

A film festival on wheels returns to Boyle Heights

Avatar photoby Antonio Mejías-RentasSeptember 19, 2015December 8, 2022
Posted inBoyle Heights In Focus

Residents welcome new BH traffic signal

Avatar photoby Antonio Mejías-RentasSeptember 17, 2015December 8, 2022
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David Valdez is ‘Scarred for Life’

Avatar photoby Antonio Mejías-RentasSeptember 12, 2015December 8, 2022
Posted inBoyle Heights In Focus

Tenants protest against ‘displacement’ by ELACC

Avatar photoby Antonio Mejías-RentasSeptember 10, 2015December 8, 2022
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Summer Night Lights: 8 years of making a ‘strong community’

Avatar photoby Antonio Mejías-RentasJuly 29, 2015December 8, 2022
Posted inBoyle Heights In Focus

Neighborhood Council gives nod to controversial Lorena Plaza development

Avatar photoby Antonio Mejías-RentasJuly 28, 2015December 8, 2022
Posted inArt & Culture

Boyle Heights activism explored in ‘East LA Interchange’ documentary

Avatar photoby Antonio Mejías-RentasJuly 24, 2015December 8, 2022
Posted inVoices of Ramona Gardens

A small oasis in the Ramona Gardens book desert

Avatar photoby Antonio Mejías-RentasJuly 22, 2015December 8, 2022
Posted inArt & Culture, Boyle Heights In Focus, Voices of Ramona Gardens

Mural restoration brings color back to Ramona Gardens’ Guadalupana

Avatar photoby Antonio Mejías-RentasDecember 10, 2014December 8, 2022
Posted inVoices of Ramona Gardens

Community center director calls her job a gratifying experience

Avatar photoby Antonio Mejías-RentasJanuary 14, 2014December 8, 2022

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