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‘Shocked, disheartened, devastated’: Restaurant and hotel workers reel as layoffs soar again Abha Bhattarai, Laura Reiley © Jae C. Hong/AP Edward Flores, 56, a fourth-generation owner of Juanitas Cafe, pushes his cart through empty Olvera Street after closing his restaurant for the day in downtown Los Angeles on Dec. 16. Jasmine Slater was making $600 a week waitressing at a family steakhouse in Orlando — enough to pay her bills and support herself and two children �...

Founder of popular Casa Vega restaurant in Sherman Oaks dies By Kelli Johnson (Instagram: Casa Vega Restaurant ) LOS ANGELES - The founder of a popular and iconic San Fernando Valley restaurant has died, his family announced.  Rafael "Ray" Vega, the founder of Casa Vega Restaurant in Sherman Oaks "died peacefully" on Sunday. He was 86.  He immigrated with his parents from Tijuana, Mexico with a dream of opening a restaurant in Los Angeles.  His dream came true when he, along with his parent...

The Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department are preparing to revive the PPP five months after its first two rounds of funding ended.

LAs historic Olvera Street hard hit by pandemic Olvera Street has been hit hard by a drop in tourism combined with a ban on in-person dining. KABC LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- For nine nights culminating on Christmas Eve, the oldest street in Los Angeles typically comes alive with a festive re-enactment of the nativity story, as children playing Mary and Joseph go door to door seeking shelter where she can give birth to Jesus. If the procession were held this year, they would find many of the business...

Historic heart of Los Angeles on life support from COVID-19 by Brian Melley, The Associated Press Posted Dec 24, 2020 12:01 am EDT Last Updated Dec 24, 2020 at 12:12 am EDT LOS ANGELES — For nine nights culminating on Christmas Eve, the oldest street in Los Angeles typically comes alive with a festive re-enactment of the nativity story, as children playing Mary and Joseph go door to door seeking shelter where she can give birth to Jesus. If the procession were held this year, they would find ...

Youll need to have the materials on hand (theyre listed on the site) Construction paper Las Posadas candles, tin ornaments, concha ornaments There are so many meaningful, join-together, joy-filled events in December, and one of the oldest and sweetest happens at Olvera Street over nine candlelit nights. Its Las Posadas, when musicians serenade Mary and Joseph as they search for room at an inn. The timeless canciones tell the heartfelt tale, and locals gather to watch the group wend through the ...

Yes, there was good news in 2020 too Alexa Capelli, 20, entertains in her Upland neighborhood where residents get together weekly for socially distanced gatherings during the pandemic. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) It wasn’t all bad. The year had moments of virus-inspired kindness: Musicians staged porch concerts, animal shelters saw more dog and cat adoptions. There was invention: With movies and TV shows stalled for a time, costumers sewed face masks. And there was silliness: Br...

Feel like youre seeing the humble huarache everywhere? Youre right Dorany Pineda © Provided by The LA Times Handmade Mexican huaraches. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) In Mexican stores across Los Angeles, huaraches are a common sight. Wander down Olvera Street in downtown L.A. or visit Boyle Heights, and youll see the cherished sandals in all their hues, styles and sizes dangling by strings or lining shelves at shoe stands. In these neighborhoods, particularly before t...

Print In Mexican stores across Los Angeles, huaraches are a common sight. Wander down Olvera Street in downtown L.A. or visit Boyle Heights, and you’ll see the cherished sandals in all their hues, styles and sizes dangling by strings or lining shelves at shoe stands. In these neighborhoods, particularly before the coronavirus pandemic shifted the city’s retail scene, you’d find generations of huarache makers. Maria Silva is one of them. For the last 23 years, she sold huaraches and oth...

Los tres grandes indirectly helped shape U.S. cultural policy too. In 1933, George Biddle, an artist who had spent time with Rivera in Mexico, wrote a letter to his friend Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who had recently been sworn in as president. In it, he told Roosevelt about the ways in which the Mexican government had funded the creation of murals on government buildings as a way of expressing “the social ideas of the Mexican Revolution.” Roosevelt passed the letter along to the Treasury D...