Essential Guide to Boyle Heights
LAPD officers fatally shoot armed man in Boyle Heights
Los Angeles police Monday night shot and killed a man who they said pointed a gun at them when they tried to stop him.
Los Angeles First Graders Traveled to Sacramento to Shine Spotlight on Solar Power
Holding signs reading “I Heart Solar Power” and “Go Solar CA,” the children held back-to-back events with Sen. Kevin de León and Assemblymember Gomez to rally for solar power, clean air, and environmental responsibility. Before a crowd gathered under the Capitol Rotunda, the children sang “Here Comes the Sun” and “Solar Power to the People,” ...
$50,000 reward offered in Boyle Heights murder
Nearly a year has passed since Emmanuel Vargas was fatally wounded after the 29-year-old was shot several times near a Boyle Heights Street corner on a weekday afternoon. With police unable to identify suspects or a motive for the crime, the City Council on Tuesday approved a $50,000 reward to help find Vargas’ killer.“Detectives hope ...
Solar power expansion urged in Los Angeles
A number of environmental groups joined forces on Tuesday in a call for the city of Los Angeles to increase the amount of rooftop solar installations in the city, aiming for 20 percent of all energy by the year 2020.
Will.i.am. gives back to Boyle Heights
Whether producing the next top-rated song, coming up with a recycling idea for Coca-Cola, singing to sold out crowds or heading up creative innovation at Intel, will.i.am keeps returning to the neighborhood where he was raised: Boyle Heights. The Black Eyed Peas musician and producer says giving back to his community has strengthened his career ...
Boyle Heights Apartment Fire Displaces More Than A Dozen Residents
BOYLE HEIGHTS (CBSLA.com) — An apartment fire early Wednesday morning displaced more than a dozen residents, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The fire broke out at a two-story building just after 3:45 a.m. at 156 S. Soto Street near Second Street in Boyle Heights. It was extinguished 35 minutes later. No injuries were reported. ...
L.A. Conservancy honors restored Boyle Heights landmark
The restoration of the former Boyle Hotel in Boyle Heights has won a Preservation Awards handed out by the L.A. Conservancy, the city’s largest historic preservation group. After decades of neglect, the Victorian-era brick building complete with a turret, arches and a domed cupola, reopened last year as an affordable apartment complex overlooking Mariachi Plaza. In ...
