Andrew Lopez

California

reporter and california local news fellow @boyleheightsbt 💥 formerly: @ucberkeleyirp @ucbsoj @kmuw @fatherdaughter @bffdotfm

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Articles

IRS agrees to share immigrants’ tax data with ICE

2 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Andrew Lopez

The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to share identifiable data of undocumented taxpayers with immigration authorities, but immigrant rights advocates and tax law experts say it may violate privacy laws.
Eastsiders share their takes on the L.A. city budget

2 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Andrew Lopez

Money for parks, more youth investment and support for quality-of-life services in their city. That’s what Boyle Heights residents highlighted as top funding priorities at Councilmember Ysabel Jurado’s first stop on her budget listening tour Monday night. The meeting, held at youth advocacy nonprofit Legacy LA in Ramona Gardens, was the first of three budgetary listening sessions hosted by Jurado to discuss community needs with her constituents.
Back-to-back shootings leave two people dead in East L.A.

2 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Andrew Lopez

Authorities are investigating two fatal shootings that took place in East L.A. Friday night, just minutes apart and less than a mile from each other. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a shooting at 10:07 p.m. on the 4000 block of E Cesar Chavez Avenue, according to an advisory from the department. The victim, identified only as an adult man, was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
New maps show increased wildfire hazard zones across L.A.

3 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Andrew Lopez

Newly released maps from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection show an increase in high fire hazard areas across L.A. County, including in Eastside neighborhoods that have been marked as significantly fire-prone. This series of maps was released in late March and is the last segment of a mapping project that tracks wildfire danger. The maps, which began being published in February, are updated about every 10 years.
Community leaders remember Father Richard Estrada, founder of Jovenes Inc.

3 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Andrew Lopez

Eastside leaders are mourning Father Richard Estrada, a lifelong advocate of youth, immigrants and social justice, after the announcement of his death on Tuesday. The 83-year-old pastor and founder of Jovenes Inc., a Boyle Heights nonprofit dedicated to providing housing and support for homeless and at-risk youth, passed away on March 31, 2025. After opening Jovenes Inc.
IRS sued over plan to share immigrant taxpayer data with ICE

3 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Andrew Lopez

Inclusive Action for the City, a Boyle Heights-based economic justice group, has added its name to a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the Internal Revenue Service from unlawfully disclosing taxpayer information to immigration enforcement agencies.
Eastside chicken coops

4 weeks ago | laist.com | Andrew Lopez

On a lot next to the cultural Casa del Mexicano landmark in Boyle Heights, Omeatl Tonatiuh and his family raise 18 hens that collectively lay nearly a dozen eggs daily. “We tried selling them, but we’re like, you know what? I don’t need to be selling [my neighbors] eggs, so I just give them away,” said Tonatiuh, 45, who rents the plot of land to use as a family farm. Boyle Heights Beat This article was originally published by Boyle Heights Beat.
Robert Vargas brings Dodger love to Japan with Ohtani mural

4 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Andrew Lopez

Muralist and Boyle Heights native Robert Vargas is breaking out the cans of Dodger blue paint again, this time thousands of miles away from Los Angeles. Nearly a year after completing his 150-foot-tall mural of Shohei Ohtani in Little Tokyo, Vargas has unveiled a second mural dedicated to the Japanese baseball star in his hometown of Ōshū, in the northern prefecture of Iwate.
Breed Street Shul restoration could finally finish next year

4 weeks ago | theeastsiderla.com | Andrew Lopez

This article was originally published by Boyle Heights Beat, a nonprofit newsroom of the L.A. Local News Initiative serving Boyle Heights and East L.A.Boyle Heights — After years of dedicated effort, the restoration of the historic Breed Street Shul is finally near, with an anticipated completion date of 2026.
Breed Street Shul restoration aims for completion by 2026

4 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Andrew Lopez

After years of dedicated effort, the restoration of the historic Breed Street Shul is finally near, with an anticipated completion date of 2026. Steve Sass, president of the Breed Street Shul Project– the nonprofit overseeing the project– shared that progress has been “full steam ahead” following the recent approval of construction permits by the city’s Department of Building and Safety. The nonprofit has been leading the shul’s rehabilitation since acquiring the Boyle Heights property in 2000.