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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Gentrification 101: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind

Comments (0) | apartments, Atlanta, Boyle Heights, cities, Development, East LA, Echo Park, gentrification, harlem, housing, mission district, neoliberal, Opinion, politics, poor, poverty, redevelopment, regeneration, rent gap, ruth glass, South Central, Spike Lee, Transportation, underprivileged, underserved, university village, urban, USC, Washington D.C.

Alex Kanegawa
Contributor

It's not just about who benefits and who doesn't, but why.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Challenging L.A.'s Destructive Hit-And-Run Crisis: How A City Copes

Comments (0) | Andy Garcia, bicycle, bikela, Boyle Heights, carfreela, cycling, dtla, felix padilla, felony, Hit-And-Run, LA Weekly, lapd, lapd central, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Mario Lopez, ule melgar, wendy villegas

A Memorial Ghost Bike now rests where 22 year old Luis 'Andy' Garcia was killed in Boyle Heights

Matthew Tinoco
Senior Reporter

Andy Garcia was killed on the Cesar Chavez Bridge by an intoxicated driver. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Mayor Garcetti’s Minimum Wage Hike Meets Skeptics In Boyle Heights

Comments (0) | Boyle Heights, Carlos Fernandez, city council, Councilmember José Huizar, CPI, Dollar Store, Eben-Ezer Dollar Plus, Eduardo Gomez, eli broad, Eric Garcetti, food prices, George Sanchez, Jr. Park, Leonel Mancia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, los angeles county, Low-Income, mariachi plaza, Martin Luther King, minimum wage, payroll, Pharmacy, poverty, raise the wage, St. Louis Drug Company, UC Berkeley, wages, Yeya's Restaurant

Carlos Fernandez, right, owns Eben-Ezer Dollar Plus with his brother-in-law Leonel Mancia, left, and sister, not pictured. (Tayl

Taylor Haney
Staff Reporter

Raise the wage? An East-L.A. neighborhood doubts it.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Marijuana Farmer's Market Under Restraint

Comments (0) | Boyle Heights, California, California Heritage Market, Drugs, farmer's market, health medicine, l.a., Los Angeles, marijuana, marijuana farmer's market, medical marijuana, restraining order, Weed

Sara Newman
Deputy Editor

It looks as if the market won't be happening weekly after all. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Canter's Deli Stands As One of L.A.'s Last Original Jewish Institutions

Comments (0) | Boyle Heights, Canter's Deli, Fairfax, family restaurant, Food, institution, jewish, Jewish culture, jewish deli, jewish food, jews, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, shotgun tom kelly

Brianna Sacks
Editor-in-Chief

Famous deli has appeared in Mad Men, but still serves up gefilte fish like grandma used to make.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

East L.A.'s Mariachi Plaza Hosts Hundreds Of Mexican Folk Musicians Looking For Work

Comments (0) | Boyle Heights, desperado, East LA, immigration, Los Angeles, mariachi plaza, Mexico, minimum wage, rancho market

Emmanuel Martinez

The resemblance to day laborers is striking. Sometimes the work shows up in bunches and other times it’s nowhere to be found.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

L.A. City Councilman Sued For Sexual Harassment

Comments (0) | affair, Boyle Heights, campaign, cd14, city council, Councilman, councilman jose huizar, District 14, Downtown, Eagle Rock, francine goldoy, Huizar, Jose Huizar, la cd14, la city council, lawsuit, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, los angeles city council, office sexual harassment, sex, sexual harassment

Chrystal Li
Executive Producer

Downtown rep Jose Huizar says his relationship with a former aide was consensual.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

National Coming Out Of The Shadows Month: Putting A Face To The Word "Undocumented"

Comments (0) | Barack Obama, Boyle Heights, deportation, illegal immigration, immigrant youth network, immigration, mariachi plaza, Nation and World, national coming out of the shadows month, national day laborers organization, The Dream Act, undocumented immigration

Aaron Liu
Senior News Editor

Rights groups rallied in Boyle Heights.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Pancakes And Booze: Serving Art with a Side of Breakfast

Comments (31) | Alcohol, Art, Arts+Culture, Boyle Heights, Downtown Los Angeles, johnny burkes, Lot 613, pancakes, pancakes and booze art show, rubberneck lions, that noise, the open feel, tom kirin

Matt Hamilton
Staff Reporter

The Pancakes and Booze Art Show unites delights for all the senses: art, music, alcohol and all-you-can-eat pancakes.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

CicLAvia To Shut Down L.A. Streets Sunday

Comments (0) | 2012 CicLAvia, bikes, Boyle Heights, Chinatown, exposition park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, macarthur park, metro, Skaters, walk

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Angela Blakely
Staff Reporter

Grab your walking shoes, bike and skates for LA's 5th CicLAvia this Sunday.

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