Los Angeles officials cheered a 10% drop in the number of unhoused people sleeping outdoors in L.A. However, homeless service providers and experts say there are unique challenges, especially for Latinos who are immigrants and lack legal status. bit.ly/3zIYsoE

Great example of community and service journalism. Our Boyle Heights Beat post has been shared more than 3K times on IG since it published yesterday. Now, the @southcoastaqmd is coming to our community meeting Saturday to help people sign up. I love this work 🙌🏼

Honored to have been awarded 1st place in the audience/community engagement category for our work on the Dia De Los Muertos project and event with delosangelestimes. That experience was truly special

After Biden dropped his bid for reelection, leaders from the Eastside, including Kevin de Leόn, WendyCarrillo, praised him for his service and threw their support behind Harris boyleheightsbeat.com/biden-drops-ou…

Street vendors can now sell their food and merchandise outside of Dodger Stadium, the Hollywood Walk of Fame and other popular destinations around Los Angeles without fear of being ticketed or harassed by law enforcement. boyleheightsbeat.com/la-agrees-to-l…

How do young Latino voters in Boyle Heights feel about a potential Harris presidency? I asked them. Read my latest for Boyle Heights Beat 💥 boyleheightsbeat.com/kamala-harris-…

Kamala Harris is working to energize voters. Will young Latinos buy in? Boyle Heights Beat reporter Andrew Lopez and intern Carol 🌟 spoke w/ young Latinos in Boyle Heights who are considering a Harris presidency boyleheightsbeat.com/kamala-harris-…

Boyle Heights homeless advocates, L.A. leaders call out Newsom’s order to clear encampments: "Where are they going to go?... If we don’t have the beds or the shelter space, what it’s going to create is a more unsafe environment for everyone” boyleheightsbeat.com/newsom_homeles…

Met the new fall cohort of Boyle Heights Beat youth reporters this week and the future is bright!

A task force formed to address the issue has yielded 82 arrests, over 2,000 pounds of stolen copper wire recovered, and nine firearms seized boyleheightsbeat.com/l-a-launched-a…

Efforts to explore East L.A. cityhood are not new. The latest is AB2986, authored by WendyCarrillo In the 1st story of our Boyle Heights Beat series, Andrew Lopez breaks down how the bill has changed since it was introduced and what comes next boyleheightsbeat.com/what-to-know-a…

So exicted to launch The Election Beat, a survey dedicated to gathering CD14 residents’ questions and priorities leading up to the election. This will help guide our reporting and we’ll be taking responses directly to the candidates. This work is at the core of what we do!

Opinion: Should East L.A. become a city? We asked state Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo and County Supervisor Hilda Solis to share their perspectives for the second part of our Boyle Heights Beat series on the efforts to explore East L.A. cityhood boyleheightsbeat.com/east-los-angel…

Assembly Bill 2986 calls for a study exploring whether East L.A. has the tax base to be able to sustain itself as its own city or special district. For some East L.A. residents this bill is not just about cityhood but getting more transparency. boyleheightsbeat.com/east-los-angel…

In the latest in our series on the efforts to explore East L.A. incorporation, Andrew Lopez speaks to residents who say cityhood or not, they deserve more transparency #eastla boyleheightsbeat.com/east-los-angel…

Love this! As #lausd prepares to start the school year Monday, our Boyle Heights Beat reporting intern Carol Martinez gathered back-to-school tips for parents and students directly from Boyle Heights and East LA teachers

Had a great conversation with Austin Cross about East LA and its fight for cityhood/government transparency this morning. Listen to our convo on Morning Edition on LAist tomorrow. Read more about East LA and the evolution of AB 2986 over at Boyle Heights Beat 💥

In an effort to protect Boyle Heights residents from gentrification, the Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday that temporarily prohibits demolition permits on low-income housing in the community. boyleheightsbeat.com/los-angeles-te…

L.A. names Aug. 29 Gloria Molina Day. A new mural in Boyle Heights celebrates her legacy Andrew Lopez wrote about the making of a mural that honors the life of the groundbreaking Eastside politician boyleheightsbeat.com/gloria-molina-…

East L.A. Classic, touted as one of the biggest rivalries in youth sports, to be held at SoFi Stadium on Oct. 25 My Boyle Heights Beat crew on the #breakingnews #eastla #boyleheights boyleheightsbeat.com/east-l-a-class…