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Community members walk the streets for Ground Truthing/ Photo Angel Lizarraga

Ground Truthing: A community’s effort against pollution

Boyle Heights often makes the news for its dangerous streets, but now it’s the cars and trucks that are bringing real hazards into the community and impacting the lives of the young. While scientists p... Read More...

New Arts Charter School to Open in Boyle Heights this Fall

Just a month from the beginning of the school year, a new Boyle Heights public charter school prepares to open its doors to families looking for an alternative. Located inside Plaza Del Sol shopping center ... Read More...

A Fire of Optimism: Jose Lopez is Remembered

I would see him everyday when I came home from school walking down the street with his girlfriend or his friends. We shared friends, but I never knew Jose Lopez. Then, last month, the 19-year-old who lived in Boyle Heights died after a three-year battle wi... Read More...

Q&A: The Democracy of Music in Boyle Heights

COMMUNITY VOICES: Original post from misneighbors.com I can’t say it’s a fact, but I’m pretty sure the first time I walked into Phillips Music Company on Brooklyn Avenue, my father held my ... Read More...

National Night Out: A stand against crime

In Boyle Heights and across the country today, communities will gather to take a stand against crime in their neighborhoods. Hollenbeck Police Station will host “National Night Out,” an annual e... Read More...

First Stop on Father Boyle’s Gold Line Book Tour

Father Greg Boyle, director and founder of Homeboy Industries, is once again on the bookstore circuit, promoting and signing his 2009 book “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.” It is a series of stories built around his 20 ... Read More...

Boyle Heights Mariachis Compete in a Sour Economy

On any given day, you can pass by Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights and hire a band of musicians. You simply pull up to the square and are quickly greeted by eager mariachis waiting to land their next gig. If ... Read More...

New Possibilities for Undocumented College-Bound Students in Boyle Heights

California has just provided a new path for undocumented college-bound students in Boyle Heights and other communities across the state with the passage of the California Dream Act Monday. The new law is... Read More...

La Santa Cecilia Takes Center Stage at Target Feria de la Familia

The Los Angeles-based band La Santa Cecilia will headline the 6th annual Target Feria de la Familia at Plaza de la Raza in Lincoln Park this Sunday, July 24. Our youth reporter, Diana Arellano, featured the band in the June edition of Boyle Heights Beat/El... Read More...

East of the Los Angeles River

East of the Los Angeles River is all I ever knew of Eden. Where maize mingles in mariachi dreams. Aztlan murals stain the eyes of the working class. where immigrant footprints proud and exhau... Read More...

Frank Romero’s iconic painting comes to LA Plaza

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