Boyle Heights Beat

Boyle Heights Beat is a bilingual community newspaper created by local youth, serving the community "por y para la comunidad." This publication, along with its companion website, caters to an immigrant neighborhood in East Los Angeles with a population of nearly 100,000. It was established through a collaboration between the USC Annenberg School of Journalism and La Opinión, a leading Spanish-language daily. Currently, our media partner is Hoy, the Spanish newspaper affiliated with the Times Media Group. Boyle Heights Beat also receives support from various schools and members of the wider Boyle Heights community.

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The Musical’ bring Boyle Heights to Broadway

11 hours ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Kamren Curiel

Josefina López was only 18 when she started working at her sister’s Boyle Heights sewing factory on Lorena and 8th streets in 1988 while awaiting amnesty as an undocumented immigrant. The budding writer bonded with seamstresses who spoke candidly about sex (or lack thereof) and crushed on local mechanics. “I was straight out of high school. I barely had a green card. I could only get a job at McDonald’s,” said López in an interview via Zoom. “I didn’t make a lot of money, but I learned a lot.
L.A. teachers train students to know their rights as immigration agents visit schools

1 week ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Alejandra Molina

Adrian Tamayo, a special education teacher at Boyle Heights’ Lorena Street Elementary School, got real-time information last Monday as federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security were denied entry at two South Los Angeles elementary schools. “We knew about it first thing in the morning,” said Tamayo.
Immigration agents denied entry at two LAUSD schools

2 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Alejandra Molina

Federal officials from the Department of Homeland Security’s Investigations unit were denied entry on Monday at two South L.A. elementary schools, according to district officials and the Los Angeles Times. The Los Angeles Unified School District sent a message to parents noting that “two individuals who identified themselves as representatives of a federal agency” arrived at the office of Lillian Street Elementary School.
Dream Centers at LAUSD

2 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Alejandra Molina

During lunchtime, Mariluisa Minera occasionally visits her school’s Dream Center at Woodrow Wilson High. It’s a space that “feels like a community,” said Minera, a senior. “They all understand each other. Sometimes it’s really hard to explain to others what you’re feeling because they’ve never been in your shoes,” Minera said. Dream Centers on high school and college campuses provide information and resources to undocumented students and those who come from mixed-status families.
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.
Dodgers' white house visit sparks mixed reactions from fans

2 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Alejandra Molina

Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Teoscar Hernández, and Kike Hernández were among the Dodgers superstars who shook hands and shared laughs with President Donald Trump on Monday as part of the team’s White House visit to celebrate their 2024 World Series title.
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.
Public hearing on Boyle Heights development canceled

2 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Alejandra Molina

A public hearing this week on a controversial housing development on Cesar Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights has been canceled. The hearing by the East Los Angeles Area Planning Commission was originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, and would focus on a six-story mixed-use development that Tiao Properties has sought to build on East Cesar Chavez Avenue and North Chicago Street.
Dodgers visit the White House

2 weeks ago | boyleheightsbeat.com | Jessica Perez

The Los Angeles Dodgers are visiting the White House on Monday to celebrate their 2024 World Series triumph. The baseball tradition stirred controversy among fans who disagree with the Trump administration. In a social media post last month, the Dodgers confirmed their attendance, stating that “in keeping with long-standing baseball tradition,” President Trump invited them to the White House and the team accepted.