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Monday, November 17, 2008

2 killed in drive-by shootings near Boyle Heights

California | Local | By Ari B. Bloomekatz | November 17, 2008
Two people were killed over the weekend in what police are calling “connected and gang-related” drive-by shootings near Boyle Heights. Read more
 

Friday, June 6, 2008

Boyle Heights gunfight erupts

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein and Ann M. Simmons | June 6, 2008
A Boyle Heights gun battle between Los Angeles police officers and a group of drug suspects Thursday left a narcotics detective wounded and a suspect dead. Read more
 

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Boyle Heights artwork sparks community outcry

California | Local | March 20, 2008
Everyone’s an art critic when it comes to a $195,000 mural for the LAPD’s new Hollenbeck station. Read more
 

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Custody dispute over history

California | Local | January 24, 2008
The hundreds of brittle bones were buried in a forgotten cemetery with intricate ceramics, jade jewelry and opium pipes. Read more
 

Friday, January 11, 2008

Business | January 11, 2008
In the Depression-era Wyvernwood Garden Apartments in the heart of East Los Angeles, the electricity often goes off if you try to run a toaster and a coffeepot at the same time. Read more
 

Monday, December 24, 2007

Foreclosing on Christmas

California | Local | By Robert J. Lopez | December 24, 2007
For the Debora family, the holiday season usually means making tamales and opening presents under the Christmas tree. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

LAPD officer seriously hurt during drug probe

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton | November 21, 2007
An undercover Los Angeles police narcotics officer was seriously injured early Tuesday when he was run over by a suspected drug dealer who the officer was attempting to arrest, authorities said. Read more
 

Monday, October 1, 2007

Man held after 6 are run down by a car at Boyle Heights party

California | Local | October 1, 2007
An 18-year-old man was arrested early Sunday in Boyle Heights on suspicion of running down six people with his car, authorities said. Read more
 

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Caches of drugs, weapons found at day-care facility

California | Local | By Richard Winton | September 27, 2007
A Boyle Heights day-care facility also housed a large cache of drugs, weapons and money, Los Angeles police said Wednesday. Read more
 

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Eastside Sushi? Sí

California | Local | By Hector Becerra | August 25, 2007
For years, after he had moved back to the old neighborhood, Roy Yoshioka jogged past a slender little restaurant on 1st Street in Boyle Heights. Read more
 

Monday, April 2, 2007

A landmark effort to save forgotten historic sites

California | Local | By Charles Proctor | April 2, 2007
The Vladeck Center, where Los Angeles’ Jewish community once gathered to form labor unions and teach Yiddish, sits in a transformed neighborhood with Mexican restaurants and murals of mariachi musicians and Spanish conquistadors. Read more
 

Thursday, February 22, 2007

New high school a boon for Eastside

California | Local | By Angie Green | February 22, 2007
The Los Angeles Unified School District broke ground Wednesday on a new high school on the Eastside, the first to be built in the area in 85 years. Read more
 

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Police give detailed account of death

California | Local | By Richard Winton and Jessica Garrison | February 8, 2007
The captain at the Los Angeles police division where a 31-year-old man died in custody over the weekend said Wednesday that the dead man and officers engaged in a “knock-down, drag-out fight.” Read more
 

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Boyle Heights Tenants Seek a Say as Area Changes

California | Local | By Cara Mia Dimassa | July 23, 2006
For about 75 people Saturday, the sticky auditorium at St. Read more
 

Monday, July 17, 2006

Boys Shot; Suspect Sought

California | Local | By Ashraf Khalil | July 17, 2006
A pair of young brothers from Boyle Heights remained hospitalized Sunday with gunshot wounds after being struck by a bullet believed to have been fired by a longtime area gang member, police said. Read more
 

Monday, May 8, 2006

2 Killed as Car Fleeing Gunfire Hits Van

California | Local | By Jason Felch and Amanda Covarrubias | May 8, 2006
A car fleeing gunfire slammed into a van Sunday, killing a West Covina couple returning from a concert by the prestigious Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where their son plays in the orchestra. Read more
 

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

Worker Killed at Demolition Site

California | Local | May 3, 2006
A 19-year-old man working at a demolition site died Tuesday after a tractor apparently backed over him, fire officials said. Read more
 

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Gunmen Kill SUV Driver After Chase

California | Local | April 12, 2006
The driver of an SUV was killed and his passenger wounded Tuesday after they were chased by gunmen in cars who kept shooting even after the SUV crashed, authorities said. Read more
 

Thursday, April 6, 2006

The Glory of Their Times

Sports | By David Wharton | April 6, 2006
On a Sunday morning washed bright and blue near the start of baseball season, only ghosts ramble around an empty diamond at Fourth and Evergreen streets. Read more
 

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Demolition of Cultural Icon Spurs Anger

California | Local | By Lynn Doan | March 16, 2006
Picture the scene as members of the Jewish Historical Society, making their monthly bus tour of Boyle Heights, rolled up to one of the highlights: the former Soto-Michigan Jewish Community Center, a revolutionary hub of multiculturalism in the 1950s. Read more
 
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