Shots were fired late Sunday in Boyle Heights after officers confronted an armed man on a street near Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights. The shooting was reported at 10:18 p.m. near Boyle Avenue and ...

Muralist and Boyle Heights native son Robert Vargas has been working around the clock to get the mural finished. It was ...

Students from Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School caught an up-close glimpse this week of a new Fernando Valenzuela mural painted by artist Robert Vargas, set to be unveiled Sunday. […] ...

Irineo Yanez often preaches to his students the importance of being “present and proud” on stage. “Be a showman,” he says ...

The local artist speaks to L.A. magazine —from 50 feet in the air— as he continues to work on his massive art piece in Boyle ...

When we meet him, he’s only about a third of the way through his mural, on the side of the Boyle Heights Apartments, about a block west of Mariachi Plaza. His towering portrait of Fernando ...

This walking guide includes maps and turn-by-turn directions to help you explore 11 essential L.A. communities, including ...

Robert Vargas had barely wrapped up his first day of work on a Boyle Heights mural honoring ... at an apartment building a block west of Mariachi Plaza. “There were news crews already there, ...

Funeral services are scheduled to be held for Dodger icon Fernando Valenzuela at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

LOS ANGELES - A Southern California charter school teaches the history and art of mariachi music to a new generation of students. KIPP Sol Academy is embracing the cultural richness of the East ...

Fernando Valenzuela died Tuesday, the same day L.A. artist Robert Vargas started a mural honoring the Dodgers legend. He says ...