New Law Allows Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented
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Socorro Vázquez remembers feeling her heart sink the first time a police officer pul... Read More...
Elections 2014: California Democrats hold on while Republicans dominate nationally
Nationally Republicans dominated yesterday’s general elections, seizing the Senate from Democrats and capturing their biggest majorities in the House ... Read More...
Get out the Vote: The 2014 General Elections
Boyle Heights Beat archive. Photo by Jonathan Olivares.
California voters have the chance to get out to vote on Nov. 4 for the 2014 General Electi... Read More...
New problems for Exide: Reports show plant spilled hazardous waste onto roads
Reports show California Highway Patrol officers observed spills coming from a truck transporting battery waste from the Exide plant. Photo by Art Tor... Read More...
Exide begins cleanup of 2 lead-contaminated homes in Boyle Heights
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State-mandated ground soil cleanup began this week at two Boyle Heights homes near a Vernon battery recycling plant suspected ... Read More...
Drought brings call for water conservation
Sprinklers at Pico Aliso Recreation Center soak the field as well as sidewalks outside the fence. Photo by Jessica Perez
Instead of accident war... Read More...
Legal relief for undocumented drivers comes with licenses in 2015
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For more than a million undocumented immigrants who drive in California, the ordinary task of... Read More...
Gov. Brown says ‘yes’ to driver’s licenses for undocumented but ‘no’ to bill designed to curtail deportation
Gov. Jerry Brown / Photo by Flickr user Officer Phil (Creative Commons)
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new law Sunday that allows young people who are ... Read More...
Gov. Brown signs bills that relax strict school discipline policies
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Student activists in Boyle Heights and elsewhere in the state have fought for years against what they... Read More...