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 ›

East Los Angeles isn’t generally thought of as a hiking destination—but Ascot Hills Park may change that. The 93-acre park opened in the summer of 2011, and provides a great opportunity for recreation in an area of the city not typically known for its open space. more ›

This month there will be a 1.6-mile gleaming green streak painted on 1st Street in East Los Angeles. The paint are supposed to be skid- and slip-resistant and the transportation departments hopes to see more cyclists claiming the lane, according to the Los Angeles Times. more ›

The driver of a stolen vehicle evaded arrest by the California Highway Patrol by pinning the officer pulling him over against a fence, according to LA Now. The CHP motorcycle officer observed the suspect running a red light at around 7:30 p.m. on Eastern Avenue in East Los Angeles last night. He gave pursuit, using his lights to signal the driver should pull over. more ›

Despite efforts from residents and preservation activists, last week the County Board of Supervisors approved a plan to convert the historic Golden Gate Theater in East Los Angeles into a 24-hour CVS drugstore, according to the LA Wave. more ›

After being approved by the Appropriation Committee, AB 711 was approved by the California Senate yesterday, which will give supporters of cityhood in East Los Angeles a loan that will enable them to move forward with the lengthy process, according to cbs2. The emergency bill provides funds for "a study to determine whether cityhood for unincorporated East Los Angeles is financially viable." The next step is for the state Assembly and Governor Schwarzenegger to approve the bill. Backers of the cityhood movement have until Thursday to come up with $45k to contribute to the study fund. more ›

East Los Angeles has made one step further in its goal of becoming an incorporated city after a critical bill was passed by a 7-2 vote yesterday by the California Senate Appropriations Committee. more ›

Next year could be the year that East L.A. gets on the map. more ›

A peaceful protest march aimed at expressing opposition to the passage of Prop 8 is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon in East Los Angeles. The "Marcha Somos Familia: We are Family" event has been organized by Lambda Legal, and will begin at 10 a.m. at the corner of N. Soto St. and E. Cesar Chavez Ave in the city of Los Angeles and will stop 2.6 miles way at Belvedere Park in unincorporated East Los Angeles. According to their press release, the march's "purpose is not only to publicly express [their] disapproval of all forms of constitutional discrimination but to encourage dialogue and love among the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and heterosexual friends and family members. The march is a first for the predominantly Latino community living in the East Los Angeles area." more ›

Since for many Angelenos, Christmastime is Tamale-time, our local Fox station recently asked on-air for viewers to let them know where the best tamales in town can be found. They put together a segment covering what emerged as the top four: South El Monte's El Mano Market, and Juanito's, La Indiana, and Liliana's--all in East L.A. For most, it's the quality of the ingredients that makes one tamale top another, while for many, it's the pursuit of the elusive bite that echoes something from a time gone by. Maybe they're the ones sold by your neighborhood "Tamale Man" (or woman), or maybe they're the ones you make with your family. So did the Fox viewers get it right? Are those really the best tamales in town? more ›

If you see activity during the workweek taking place on the Gold Line's Eastside Extension tracks it's because Metro Rail has begun the process of "grinding the rails." Using a machine that moves at about 2.5 to 3 miles and hour, workers are making their way down the six mile stretch along Third Street in East Los Angeles. They began at Atlantic Boulevard and Pomona Street and will move westbound along Third Street until Indiana Avenue and end up at Lorena and First streets at the East Portal tunnel entrance. more ›

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He already served a month of jail time when he was convicted last Spring, but today, sleazy wannabe slumlord Darren Stern, who also goes by Henry Shalom, was ordered to pay millions back to rent-control tenants that he mistreated in order to get them to move out so he could raise rents, eventually selling the buildings at "inflated" prices, according to CBS2. more ›

Monday Dave Isay, from StoryCorps, presents Listening Is an Act of Love 7pm @ Vroman's Johan Lehrer presents Proust Was a Neuroscientist 7pm @ Dutton's Nigella Lawson presents The Domestic Goddess 7pm Borders, Torrance Tom Brokaw presents Boom! Voices of the Sixties 7:30pm @ Temple Emanuel Tuesday Clive Barker presents Mister B. Gone 7pm @ Vroman's Gregory Rodriguez presents Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans & Vagabonds 7pm @ Central Library Susanne Daniels presents Season Finale 7pm @... more ›

Last weekend we were happy to take part in the Harvest Festival, as part of a year-long 90th Anniversary celebration for the historic San Antonio Winery, a place much loved by LAist. The gracious Riboli family hosted the event, which was held at the winery, which has been in its same location on Lamar Street in East Los Angeles since 1917. There was food provided by the winery's onsite Maddalena restaurant, and wine aplenty... more ›

About the above photo by Jonathan Alcorn: "Sept 15 2007 Los Angeles, CA - A firefighter was injured in a fire that broke out tonight in a single-story commercial building in East Los Angeles and produced a plume of smoke visible throughout the Los Angeles basin, a fire official said. The fire was reported at 6:17 p.m. at 2840 E. Olympic Blvd. and extinguished after an hour and 45 minutes." Don't forget to enter... more ›

There is arguably no other neighborhood that encapsulates LA’s history, its tectonic demographic changes, its reinvention, its promise and potential as does Boyle Heights. more ›

8:00pm So You Think You Can Dance FOX - Two dancers get the boot 9:00pm Fat March ABC - The fat marchers have made it all the way from southeast Massachusetts to Connecticut. The men face a strength challenge. but wait! there's more! 9:00pm Hell's Kitchen FOX - Finalist hell! The final challenge!!! The winner becomes the new head chef at one of Gordon Ramsay's Las Vegas restaurants! 10:00pm Weeds SHOWTIME - Season premiere!... more ›

If there is anyone who is prepared for an earthquake of a much higher magnitude than last night’s 4.5, Captain Stacy Gerlich of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is that person. Gerlich, whose official title is Captain I/Paramedic CERT Program Coordinator Special Operations Section, Disaster Preparedness CERT Unit, is in charge of the complimentary program that trains Los Angeles citizens to prepare themselves, their families and their neighborhoods for disasters. This program is the... more ›

Do you live within the Hollenbeck Police Station area? Don't know? It's these neighborhoods: more ›

Mayor Tony has a busy Sunday scheduled for this weekend, but we're glad to see he's blocked off the entirety of tomorrow to pulling for the underdog Bruins as they square off against Tommy Trojan and the Song Girls. Saturday, December 2, 2006 1:00 PM - PASADENA - Mayor Villaraigosa will cheer on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins as they go up against the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans in... more ›

Get your eyes ready for a busy weekend of visual art and suchlike: 1. Tonight at the Nuart: Bob Rafelson's movie Head featuring the Monkees. See Peter Tork punch an old lady, Frank Zappa insult Davy Jones, Teri Garr wear a prairie girl costume, and Victor Mature destroy a city, and hear the immortal line, "I'd like a glass of cold gravy with a hair in it, please." Yeah, yeah, Jack Nicholson wrote it... more ›

While a couple of movies are hardly enough to qualify as zeitgeist, there's something serendipitous about the back-to-back release of two films featuring teenage Latino protagonists growing up in East Los Angeles.* Wassup Rockers and Quinceañera both focus on teenagers defying familial and cultural expectations, but even though they were both shot on video and take a quasi-documentary approach towards their subjects, they achieve very different results.... more ›

That's Sheriff Lee Baca and the State Senate Majority Leader from East Los Angeles, Gloria Romero up there. Should we listen to Baca who says kids should be in school today and parents shouldn't be "hiding behind them" or should we just be following the Senator? She's out walking with her constituents right now. more ›

As Bob Barker has been telling us for years to spay and neuter our pets, it comes as no surprise that we face a huge animal population problem here in the United States. 5.8 million pets are euthanized in this country every year, and that translates to 658 animals being put down every hour. It's a really staggering number to think about. more ›

A California state appellate court is calling on local elected officials to make a New Year’s resolution to listen up—to their constituents, that is. more ›

Few people in Los Angeles are as plugged into the urban and cultural planning scenes and other fascinating areas of overlap as James Rojas. In addition to his 9-to-5 as a project manager at the MTA, James's irons in the fire include helming the Latino Urban Forum and lecturing on various planning and cultural issues at venues that range from the university to the community grass roots level. He's also co-owner of the Gallery 727 on Spring Street in Downtown, where Don Normark and Don Rogers's photographs of "South Central Farmers" (featured in the yesterday) will be on display later this month. In sum, James's deep understanding and respect for Los Angeles combined with his tenacity and organizing prowess provide unique contributions to our city. more ›

LAist is proud to publish the LAist Interview featuring a local and international legend who needs no introduction: Vaginal Davis. more ›

Joe Gold, founder of LA's iconic Gold's Gym and the man who helped pump up our very own Governator, passed away Sunday at the age of 82. more ›