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Boyle Heights (CA)
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Monday, November 17, 2008
2 killed in drive-by shootings near Boyle Heights
California | Local |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
