L.A. City Council moves to ban alcohol ads on city property
Photo by Jonathan Olivares
Los Angeles bus benches and shelters may soon be free of alcohol ads after the City Council voted unanimously this week... Read More...
Still Time for Some Winter Fun
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The gifts have been opened, the food has been eaten and extended family members h... Read More...
Boyle Heights shelter opens to accommodate homeless women
The Women's Shelter will officially open on Dec. 12 and will provide 15 beds to homeless women. Photo courtesy of Raquel Roman.
After 26 years of ... Read More...
Are you ready for “The Big One”?
The University of California surveyed buildings across Los Angeles and determined that 1,454 were unsafe and in need of retrofitting-- 28 were in Boy... Read More...
Planting seeds of change in East Los Angeles
Alfonso Aceves' family has been living in East Los Angeles since 1950. Although he said much has improved in the once-violent area, one thing hasn... Read More...
New candidates enter District 14 City Council race
What once looked like an uncontested re-election for District 14 City Councilmember Jose Huizar, has now turned into a race, including a former member... 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...
Los Angeles voters elect Eric Garcetti for mayor
Photo courtesy of La Opinión
City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeats Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next Mayor of Los Angeles in an el... Read More...
Boyle Heights Beat youth reporters interview mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel [Video]
Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel met with Boyle Heights Beat youth reporters at the Hollenbeck Police Station on Saturday to discuss issues that are... Read More...