Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Boyle Heights

Boyle Heights Meets Mexico: BH Resident Finds Her Mettle in Guadalajara Through Bike Pettles

By Kristopher Fortin | Jun 3, 2013 | No Comments

After riding a couple blocks from her home, Bianca Uli Estrada dismounts her bicycle and walks on an unpaved, rocky sidewalk with light posts that split it down the middle. The 26-year-old Estrada feels the wind of oncoming cars and buses as she stops to let pedestrians pass. Earlier this year, a bus smashed and […]

ELACC Scores $100,000 from L.A. 2050 to Make Life Better for Street Vendors

By Kristopher Fortin | May 22, 2013 | No Comments

Recently, a program directed to aid street vendors was awarded $100,000 as a part of the LA2050 contest. East Los Angeles Community Corporation and Leadership for Urban Renewal Now’s proposed a program that will bridge the gap between brick and mortar businesses and street vendors, and a venture capital fund for street vendors. “As a […]

Learning How to Make a Neighborhood Market a Place for Healthy Food

By Rafael Cardenas | May 2, 2013 | No Comments

Last week, hosted in a small campus in Boyle Heights, the Healthy Neighborhood Market Network (HNMN) held a Neighborhood Market Training, an informative workshop program that helps our little corner markets put a focus on healthy foods from local farms for their customers. The plan is to put the fruits and vegetables in prominent views […]

LAPD Threatens Closure of Painted Alleyway to Public Events Lacking Permits

By Kristopher Fortin | May 1, 2013 | 24 Comments

“Necesitamos apoyo para casa de Teresita Alfaro, la policia esta alla hostigando. Puedes venir? Callejon atras de Whittier Blvd y Matthews (Street)” I was leaving to Mexico City in two days, and I get this message at 4 pm Saturday, April 13. The Los Angeles Police Department officers stopped by the party and told the group […]

Las Fotos Project Looking for Your Help to Build Community Gardens Map

By Damien Newton | Apr 25, 2013 | No Comments

In an effort to create an online and physical map of community gardens throughout Boyle Heights, the Las Fotos project is asking for your help. The map will include original work by the young women who participate in the program. You can submit leads on any public or private gardens or fruit trees by clicking […]

Eastside Access Project Breaks Ground with Bailey Street/Mariachi Plaza Improvements on First Street

By Damien Newton | Apr 23, 2013 | 1 Comment

Bailey WEB In November of 2009, I took a bike ride with Carlos Morales and other members of the Eastside Bike Club, not to be confused with the Eastside Riders, and Browne Molyneux of the Bus Bench to explore the bicycle and pedestrian access to the Gold Line’s about-to-be-opened Eastside Extension. During the ride, we […]

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