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...
Jóvenes Inc. to develop apartments for homeless students on abandoned Boyle Heights lot
A former single-family home in a large city-owned lot near the Indiana Gold Line Station will be converted by Jóvenes Inc. into single apartments for ... Read More...
No Fireworks on Fourth of July
To our readers we make this announcement. Our next fair will take place on:
Plaza del Mariachi
1201 East 1st Street
Tuesday July 4.
Firewo... Read More...
Gavin Páez: love never changed, only how it’s expressed
This story and its audio recording were produced as part of a workshop by the Boyle Heights Beat in collaboration with the Latino Equality Alliance, M... Read More...
Charlie Ruiz Vazquez dreams of helping homeless LGBTQ+ youth
This story and its audio recording were produced as part of a workshop by the Boyle Heights Beat in collaboration with the Latino Equality Alliance, M... Read More...
Alex Medina: Fortunate to have a loving family
This story and its audio recording were produced as part of a workshop by the Boyle Heights Beat in collaboration with the Latino Equality Alliance, M... Read More...
A shrine provides a home for ‘conjunto’ musicians of Boyle Heights
The accordion sounds of norteño music can often be heard in Boyle Heights’ most popular restaurants. Playing music made popular by artists like Ramón ... Read More...