Jack Black took his kids for a visit to Caine's Arcade, the elaborate cardboard and duct tape creation of the coolest 9-year-old in America. more ›

A woman crashed her car into a building in Boyle Heights early this morning, reports KLTA. The incident happened at about 1:00 a.m. Witnesses say that before hitting the Enki Youth & Family Services building, the woman, whose name hasn't been released, was all over the road, leading police to wonder if alcohol or drugs were involved. more ›

While shooting goals through a playing field of little green toy soldiers with the afternoon rush of his dad's auto parts store buzzing around him he discussed school, playing games, fame, fortune, business ethos, and happiness. Caine gave LAist a tour of all of his arcade games...sfter completing his homework, of course. more ›

Caine's Arcade has jerked tears from eyes around the globe and inspired kids and adults to get creative. On Saturday, in the midst of a media storm to interview 9-year-old Caine Monroy, a giant cardboard check totaling $152,262.02 was presented to the young genius behind the handmade, cardboard game zone in East L.A. to use for college in a few years. more ›

After just three days of engaging the world and reminding viewers that it's okay to dream, the short documentary "Caine's Arcade" has raised over $125,000 for Caine Monroy -- perhaps the world's most driven and entrepreneurial 9-year-old. more ›

Yesterday, the story of Caine Monroy, a 9-year-old Boyle Heights boy, had the Interwebs buzzing (in between tears) about Caine's Arcade. The enterprising youngster constructed an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his father's used auto parts shop in East Los Angeles, but the handmade game zone -- complete with prizes -- was missing one very important thing: customers. more ›

The driver of an armored truck lost control and crashed through the guard rail of the 5 freeway connector to the 10 freeway in Boyle Heights this afternoon. The crash happened around 3:41 pm this afternoon, according to City News Service. The truck was perched precariously over the edge of the freeway, and it leaked gas onto the surface streets below. more ›

It's all over by dinnertime tomorrow, so if you want to have a say in the final vote of LA Taco's Taco Madness 2012, now is the time. In what the site is calling "a nail biter" semi-final round the last remaining contenders have been named. more ›

A driver who struck a U.S. Postal Service worker, pinning the man's legs between two vehicles and severing them from his body, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and other charges. more ›

The family of a gang member who died during police custody in 2007 has been awarded $3.2 million in a wrongful death suit. Mauricio Cornejo, 31, was chased by police near the Ramona Gardens housing project in Boyle Heights on February 3, 2007, during which a bloody confrontation ensued. more ›

The case of a driver who struck a U.S. Postal Service truck - fatally pinning the postman between his vehicle and the truck - has been referred to city prosecutors. On February 28, 32-year-old Earl Anthony Dunn was standing near the back of his truck in the 1100 block of Prado Street in Boyle Heights when motorist Felipe Soto, 59, struck the rear of the truck, pinning Dunn between both vehicles and severing his legs. more ›

KCRW's "Good Food" recently took a food-centric tour of Boyle Heights, and put together this video from the eating adventure. Arriving on Metro, producer Gillian Ferguson and Noah Allison of GoodFoodPreservation.com explored the area on foot, stopping to eat some delicious dishes. more ›

A U.S. postal worker whose legs were severed when he was pinned against his mail truck by a van has died. Earl Anthony Dunn of Compton was standing near the rear of his truck in the 1100 block of Prado Street (between Olympic Boulevard and the Santa Ana (5) Freeway) in Boyle Heights around noon on Tuesday when a motorist struck him and pinned him against his vehicle. more ›

A motorist who may have fallen asleep at the wheel accidentally crash into and pinned a U.S. postal worker against his mail truck in Boyle Heights today. The postal worker's legs were severed in the accident, reports City News Service, since he was standing at the rear of his postal vehicle. more ›

Another day, another round of sexual abuse allegations against LAUSD teachers. This time the suspect is a female teacher at Roosevelt High (that's Mayor V's alma mater), who is suspected of bringing at least two students (separately!) to her home in Montebello and having sex with them. more ›

The collective of street food vendors who used to operate as the Breed Street Food Fair were forced to close down in 2009, but several of the vendors are hoping to resume operations legally in Boyle Heights at a planned evening farmers' market. more ›

After about four years of closure, the historic First Street Bridge has finally reopened as of last Thursday. Los Angeles city officials will gather on the viaduct in celebration Tuesday morning. Closed to accommodate the construction of the Metro Gold Line extension to East L.A., the 82-year-old bridge is one of the L.A. River spans linking Boyle Heights to downtown L.A. more ›

We met Paranormal EXP, one of LA's foremost ghost hunter squads, outside the Old Zoo in Griffith Park. Coming off the recent taping of an episode of Paranormal Challenge for the Travel Channel (airing August 26th) and a win at STU CON, Clare, Jason, and Marcus were happy to talk about some of their recent adventures as we wandered the empty cages and picnic benches on an all-too bright Sunday afternoon. more ›

A nearly century-old church in Boyle Heights returned to a normal day of piety just hours after LAPD cleared out following a deadly standoff in one of the building's hallways, according to The Eastsider LA. more ›

Mariachi Plaza, a square in Boyle Heights, has served as a gathering spot for musicians since the 1940s. Players arrive with guitars, violins and trumpets, ready to perform for any interested passers-by. In recent years the mariachi mecca has seen a surge in instrumentalists, causing hourly rates to drop and fists to raise, as reported by The NY Times. more ›

So many tacos, so little time! Those of you planning to attend Casa Vega's 55th anniversary on June 28 can prep your appetite this Sunday, June 26 at the first annual LA Taco Festival in Boyle Heights. more ›

The naked body of a deceased woman was discovered late Monday night next to an off-ramp of the I-5 Freeway in Boyle Heights. The corpse, left in a plastic storage container, was likely dumped by her killer or killers, say the Los Angeles Police Department, according to LA Now. The body was found in the brush off the freeway at State Street and Cesar Chavez Avenue by a homeless person, who notified authorities. more ›

Just a few days after the Los Angeles Police Department made public edited portions of surveillance video taken inside the foyer of the "Centro De Alegria" Pre-School in Boyle Heights showing a nude man amusing himself and moving about in the empty room, an arrest has been made in the bizarre case. Using a tip from a Boyle Heights resident, detectives were able to positively identify the suspect, who is a 15-year-old male juvenile. more ›

A Los Angeles man was sentenced today to serve 26 years to life behind bars after bludgeoning another man to death with a sledgehammer. According to the Daily News, 21-year-old Adam Quintana was found guilty of the 2008 murder of Fernando Garcia, also 21 at the time of his death, whose body was later found dumped in a trash bin in Boyle Hieghts. more ›

The 122-year-old Boyle Hotel on the eastern edge of downtown Los Angeles has been a mariachi mecca for decades, but the process of remodeling and renovating the "slum-like" conditions of the property into 51 studios and apartments for musicians and families (plus two meeting rooms, a mariachi center with a break area, and a rehearsal space) has caused the community of mariachis to scatter, reports the L.A. Times. more ›

Miguel Santana, Administrative Officer for the City of Los Angeles, wants to cut the graffiti removal program in half to save city budget dollars and residents in graffiti-heavy neighborhoods are none too pleased, according to the Venice Patch. Slashing the graffiti program down to the bare essentials will save the city $1.5 million - a figure that many supporters of the program believe is paltry compared with other programs that could be cut and would save the city far more dollars with less negative impact. more ›

Across from Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights, La Serenata di Garibaldi offers fine Mexican dining in a comfortable, friendly setting. Nestled amongst numerous authentic, but much grittier, eateries, only minutes from downtown L.A., La Serenata serves a wide range of dishes flavored with tasty sauces for gringos (make sure to ask for your sauces mild) and for hardcore spice-lovers alike. more ›

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Investigators in Los Angeles are saying a man purposely crashed his Cadillac Escalade six feet into a Boyle Heights house on Sunday evening killing his infant daughter and the 19-year-old mother. more ›

A school bus carrying 54 high school students was turned onto its side when it was involved in a crash that left one person dead this afternoon. The incident occurred around 3:20 p.m. at 1st and Soto in Boyle Heights (map) under circumstances still under investigation by the California Highway Patrol, which takes the lead on school bus crashes. more ›