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‘Elotero’ Update: Benjamin Ramirez Is in Business and Looking Beyond the Meme
The year is starting off with peace and prosperity for Benjamin Ramirez, known far and wide as “the elotero,” the corn and snacks vendor in Los Angeles whose cart was aggressively knocked over by a...
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Jesus Was My Homeboy: RIP Kevin Lee Light, aka Kevin Short
Hollywood Jesus has ascended from Earth, and while it’s safe to say there probably won’t be a resurrection, his spirit will live on in Los Angeles street lore, and hopefully for eternity. How could any...
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Priest Accused of Abusing Boys in OC in the 80s Turns Up in Peru
A former Catholic priest in heavily brown SoCal parishes who was listed among alleged child abusers in 2004 has turned up a remote port city in Peru. The former priest, Horacio Edgardo Arrunátegui...
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How an L.A. Statue Of a Jewish Revolutionary War Hero Moved West, Again and...
One day, I found myself driving west on 3rd Street by Pan Pacific Park and as I waited on a red light at Gardner Street, in front of a 7-11, I noticed a statue of a seated figure in a 1776-style...
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Salvadoran L.A. Stands Up For Temporary Protected Status
“By definition TPS is temporary,” the former Homeland Security chief, John F. Kelly, warned last summer. “It’s not meant to be forever.” On Monday the Trump administration made good on that definition....
View ArticleWe’re Peaceful: Arrests for California Youth Keep Dropping
Arrest rates for California minors fell in 2016, hitting new record lows, according to recent state figures. The California Department of Justice said arrests of young people dropped in 2016 for the...
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Poets at Work: From Roses to Written ‘Wroses’
Poet Jordan Dixon is an author, poet, teacher, counselor, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and community organizer better known as Written Wrose. She was born in Long Beach, but spent most of her...
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Photo Gallery: Los Angeles Stands Up For TPS, Immigrants Rights
Hundreds of people marched and protested in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday against the Jan. 8 decision by the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for just under 200,000 Salvadorans...
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In Los Angeles, TPS Is A Gathering Storm
A crowd in the hundreds gathered at La Placita Olvera on Saturday to oppose the Trump administration’s recent decision to terminate a temporary residency program for 200,000 Salvadorans living in the...
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Martin Luther King Jr. in Los Angeles ~ Photos from the LAPL Archives
Martin Luther King Jr. had a profound impact on the city of Los Angeles, and his words are still used in this city today to support many social justice movements. While his major speaking visits to...
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‘This Side of Hoover’ Is Archiving Gentrification In East Hollywood, One...
“You don’t think it’s going to happen to you until it does.” This statement by Samanta Helou, creator of the This Side of Hoover project, perfectly captures the unpredictable, unsettling sentiment...
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TPS Fear Is Threatening L.A.’s Pupusa Culture
With the news of TPS (Temporary Protected Status) ending, the Salvadoran community is in navigation mode. There are more than 50,000 Salvadorans with TPS in Los Angeles. As each of one of them starts...
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Viccky Gutierrez Was the First L.A. Trans Woman Murdered In Three Years
Los Angeles homicide detectives have made an arrest in the investigation of a suspicious fire that burned the apartment of a transgender woman in Pico-Union. Firefighters responded to the blaze in the...
View ArticleSmorgasburg L.A. Record Fair
You may know Smorgasburg L.A. as downtown’s Sunday market full of food, shopping and drinks, but this Sunday you can come out to dig too. The market, which is a successor to Brooklyn’s Smorgasburg...
View ArticleMeet the Pissed Off Bicyclist Watchdog Fighting For Safer Streets In L.A.
Ted Rogers faces a monster of a challenge every day. While riding a bike on the road can be potentially dangerous in any city, Rogers is trying to make streets safer for cyclists in Los Angeles, a city...
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Mixed Emojis: Voices from the Los Angeles Women’s March 2018
Carmen Martinez switched back and forth from elevating her voice with a megaphone to listening thoughtfully to stories that began circulating among a group that had splintered away from the mass of...
View ArticleL.A.P.D. Chief Charlie Beck Announces He Will Retire
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck announced late last week that he is stepping down early, ending an eight-year term and a career in the force of over 40 years. The chief made the announcement...
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Eat, Drink and Support the Dream Act at ‘Dinners for DACA’
Lovers of good food and activism will be able to experience their worlds collide next week at SameSide’s 7th session of Dinners For DACA. For $35, socially conscious diners who stand up for America’s...
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How Los Angeles Helped Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs Win a James Beard Award
Earlier this month, the James Beard Foundation (JBF) — presenters of the most prestigious food awards in the United States — announced it was anointing El Güero Canelo in Tucson as one of its America’s...
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‘Welcome Back to L.A.,’ Jim Kirk — An Open Letter to the Latest Editor in...
Dear Jim, Welcome back to Los Angeles. Just yesterday you were interim editor of the New York Daily News, flown out at the behest of your bosses in Chicago just ten days before. On Sunday, you had...
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