In land dispute with Watts landmark Hawkins House of Burgers, Caltrans reconsiders Garrett Snyder © (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Cynthia Hawkins says her issues with Caltrans date to 2016, when she began leasing a small triangular section of state land next to her restaurant for $300 a month to use as a parking lot. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
Cynthia Hawkins was in disbelief.
After a year spent keeping her family’s 82-year-old restaurant open through the pandemic, the owner of Hawkins House of Burgers in Watts suddenly found herself embroiled in a new battle for survival this time with the California Department of Transportation.
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