The A & Z Nut Wagon offers loyal customers delicious, savory treats
By Alex Medina
Boyle Heights Beat
Selection of nuts at A & Z Nut Wagon, a popular business in Boyle Heights.
Customers entering Boyle Heights’... Read More...
New program helps Boyle Heights families get low-cost infant care
The California Children’s Academy has transformed one of its schools into an infant care program that serves low-income families. Located near the c... Read More...
‘Hielito’ Lady Sweetens the Days at Estrada Courts
By Guadalupe Félix
On a hot afternoon in Estrada Courts, kids laugh and push each other out of the way to be the first in line outside an apartment o... Read More...
Los Angeles Cruise Night: ‘Keeping it simple’ on Myers St.
Photos and Text by Óscar Vargas
Boyle Heights Beat
Many people in Los Angeles like to drive fast, but for some people on the Eastside, driving s... Read More...
Libraries in Boyle Heights reinvent themselves in the digital age
By Armando Magallanes
Boyle Heights Beat
On this night, Boyle Heights’ Robert Louis Stevenson Library is full and bustling. Excited kids run out the... Read More...
Robert Vargas’ art captures and enhances the streetscape
By Katlyn Valdez
Surrounded by paints, charcoal and paint brushes, muralist Robert Vargas kneels over drawing paper spread on the sidewalk underneath... Read More...
Self Help completes $3.6 million funding to acquire current Boyle Heights location
Self Help Graphics & Art will be able acquire the old seafood processing plant that has been its Boyle Heights home since 2011 thanks to $825,000 ... Read More...
Partnership between YMCA and Cal State LA guarantees admission to students meeting minimum requirement
A program focused on helping students from low-income neighborhoods gain admittance to California State University Los Angeles was unveiled Nov. 1 at ... Read More...
Boyle Heights Beat honored at IWMF Courage in Journalism gala
By Armando Magallanes
Boyle Heights Beat
For 15 years, Stephanie Sinclair has worked on a series of photos detailing the hardships of child marriage... Read More...
Young girl killed when speeding car slams into customers at taco stand
Boyle Heights residents mourned an 11-year-old girl killed Friday night when the driver of a Mustang speeding on Whittier Boulevard slammed into a ... Read More...