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Mujeres de Maiz celebrates 27 years of community service on the Eastside
On Sunday night in Boyle Heights, sounds of beating drums, vibrant voices, and lively laughs filled the Floricanto Center for the Performing Arts. Embodying the mission, vision, and values of the women’s organization Mujeres de Maiz, this live art show celebrated the grassroots group’s 27 years of activism on the Eastside.
Local nonprofits demonstrate how to measure pollution in the neighborhood
On a Saturday morning at Lou Costello Park, several generations of Angelenos and Boyle Heights residents tinkered with strange scientific contraptions. Thermometers with infrared lasers, high-tech thermal imaging cameras plugged directly into their phones, air quality sensors clipped to bags and noise-level monitoring smartphone apps. Climate Resolve, a Los Angeles...
Puro Love: A community mourns Proyecto Pastoral co-founder and Boyle Heights icon Rosa Maria Campos
The pews inside the church at 171 S Gless Street were full, as people crowded near the front and side entrances of the building. Community members, family, and friends of the late Rosa Maria Campos, 73, all wanted to pay their respects to the neighborhood leader Friday evening. Campos, who...
Judge in cell tower lawsuit reaches final ruling
A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge ruled last week that two county code changes, approved by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors in 2023, violated state environmental laws regarding the construction of telecommunication towers. The ruling comes a year after the supervisors voted to amend changes to county code that...
Boyle Heights residents say new Mathews Street park misses community mark
From his home on Mathew Street, Julian de la Rosa can tell that the new “pocket park” hasn’t seen much activity since opening in mid-February. “It was a waste of money. I heard it cost $5 million. A lot of my neighbors are willing to pay for parking spaces. They should’ve addressed our concerns,” said De la Rosa, 52, as he was working on his car one recent afternoon.
Nancy Valverde, an Eastside LGBTQ+ icon, dies at 92
Nancy Valverde, a beloved Mexican-American lesbian activist and community figure on the Eastside, has died. Valverde’s family said she passed away on Monday at the age of 92, according to ABC7. Born in New Mexico in 1932, Valverde grew up in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and...
Get out and about on the Eastside
Hola Boyle Heights! Your community reporter, Alex Medina, is here to share some happenings in and around the neighborhood to get you out and about!. Ysabel Jurado is a name you’ve probably seen a lot in the news lately if you’ve been following city elections. The 34-year-old tenant rights attorney received the most votes in the race for Council District 14, and is set to go up against incumbent Kevin de León in November. That would mean a lot of firsts for CD14, as Jurado would be the first woman to represent the district. She would also be the first person of Filipino descent on the L.A. City Council, and the first non-Latino representing the Eastside in nearly four decades. Our reporter Ricky Rodas sat down with her to chat, and you can check out that story here on our website.
‘This is a women-led movement’: How Ysabel Jurado emerged as the top candidate in Council District 14 race
Ysabel Jurado was confident in her campaign, but she couldn’t help feeling surprised as she saw the results putting her at first and ahead of incumbent Kevin de León in the District 14 City Council primary. “I thought we’d be in the top two and so being first...
Care Bears exhibition brings color and cheer to Boyle Heights
Under the shadow of the 6th Street Bridge, a splash of color radiates from the inside of Corey Helford Gallery. “Care Bears Forever” — a group art exhibition featuring the original works of more than 75 contemporary artists — brings the iconic characters to the industrial, western side of Boyle Heights to showcase the cultural and visual impact the characters have made on the contemporary art world.
InnerCity Struggle and Legacy LA awarded funding for work on the Eastside
On Tuesday, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving organization announced it was donating a total of $640 million to 361 nonprofits across the country. Amongst those who received grants are InnerCity Struggle (ICS) and Legacy LA, both Boyle Heights-based organizations. The philanthropic organization launched an Open Call in March of last...
Tiny home village brings much-needed housing to Boyle Heights
The Boyle Heights Tiny Home Village, tucked away in the 800 block of North Mission Road, is the latest of many efforts on the Eastside that aim to address the pressing issue of homelessness in Council District 14. The project, funded using around $4.8 million of the district’s dictionary funds,...
Illustrative inspiration
Originally published in SMC In Focus newsletter on Feb 13, 2024. For someone whose parents were told by a doctor that she might never walk, Ileana Hernandez has come a long way. Hernandez, who serves as web services coordinator at Santa Monica College, was born with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC),...
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