Boyle Heights

Robert Kovacik reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

This Father’s Day, a Mariachi band in Boyle Heights brought joy to the neighborhood with their “Serenata para papá,” translating to “a serenade for dad.”  The magical performance was a way to celebrate all the dads in East Los Angeles, and as the band moved along, you could hear people shouting, “Happy Father’s Day!” Miguel Santiago, Assembly member of...

Gene Kang reports for Today in LA on Sunday, June 21, 2020.

Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2020.

Saluting the Class of 2020 from STEM Academy of Boyle Heights High School in Boyle Heights.

Saluting the Class of 2020 from Oscar De La Hoya Ánimo Charter High School in Boyle Heights.

LAPD Chief Michel Moore says the video likely won’t change public opinion about a violent arrest. Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2020.

The LAPD made public Tuesday segments of two officers’ body-worn-camera video recordings that show more of what happened during a confrontation outside a church in Boyle Heights in which one of the officers repeatedly punched a man in the head.  The punching was also captured by an eyewitness on cellphone video, and that recording became public last week.  The...

A new lawsuit has been filed by the man seen being punched by an LAPD officer, while evidence including body camera videos is due to be released. Eric Leonard and the I-Team reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2020.

Thirty four years ago Saturday, Richard Ramirez, the infamous and demonic “Nightstalker” was taken down by a group of angry residents who recognized the lanky drifter who had terrorized California with his demonic killing and sex assault spree.

A Los Angeles Police Department officer is under investigation for allegedly assaulting a trespassing man during an altercation in Boyle Heights. Two Hollenbeck Division officers responded to the 2400 block of Houston Street, near Soto Street, on April 27, where they located a man trespassing on private property and directed him to leave, according to an LAPD statement issued late…

LA’s police chief said the new incident is one of two troubling incidents involving officers in the last week. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Tuesday, May 5, 2020.

Since the safer at home orders went into effect, making parties and large gatherings impossible, a mariachi group in LA has lost its only source of revenue.  Wearing face coverings, the musicians gather on the corner of 1st Street and Boyle Avenue as mariachis have since the 1930s.  “This is where we come to get work. If you don’t...

Some bands said clients have canceled through October due to the coronavirus. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2020.

As the coronavirus hits restaurants hard, some businesses are getting creative to keep customers. John Cádiz Klemack reported on NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

It’s a promising sound: The sizzle means they’re still in business. “It’s super uncertain and it’s scary,” Wesley Avila, owner and chef of Guerilla Tacos in Boyle Heights, said. On Monday, Avila had to furlough most of his staff. The dining room is empty because of the city’s ban on dining in. But Tuesday, Avila said he actually had...

A company that was a tenant in a Boyle Heights warehouse where three firefighters were injured fighting a massive blaze in 2018 is suing the city of Los Angeles and a joint powers authority, alleging that third-party contractors hired to do electrical work caused the massive blaze. In the Los Angeles Superior Court suit filed Tuesday, Jhana Apparel Inc. seeks…

A man’s homecoming princess ended up saving his life when he was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019.

It’s no fairy tale, but it sure sounds like one. Four decades after they were crowned homecoming prince and princess, a true storybook ending came to life when the princess came to the prince’s rescue, donating one of her kidneys to her friend to save his life.