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Inaugural Orgullo Fest brings gay pride to Boyle Heights Rio Igarashi dances on June 27 at Orgullo Fest, the first pride festival to be held in Boyle Heights. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) June 27, 2021 8:50 PM PT Print Donning a fuchsia gown with over-the-top white ruffles and a bright yellow shawl, drag queen Yulianna Flores belted out classic ranchera songs as the crowd sang along, waving their pride flags in the air. Chelo’s “Que Sacrificio” might not be the typical drag performance you’d see at any other pride festival. But Orgullo Fest in Boyle Heights was full o...

Orgullo Fest will include tributes to the Eastside's LGBTQ history.

Sign up for the Morning Brief, delivered weekdays. Subscribe Last Tuesday, L.A. County's COVID-19 case rate went down to 1.9 per 100,000. If that number holds, we'll be in the yellow reopening tier starting next week. For dining and drinking establishments, the TLDR is that they can increase the number of customers they can serve. Bars that don't serve food should get the biggest boost. They'll finally be able to reopen for indoor service, something they can't do in the orange tier. Boyle Heights queer bar Noa Noa Place recently started hosting Sunday drag brunches (reservation only)...

Coronavirus Pandemic Updated Published A pharmacist at UCI Health holds a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Chava Sanchez/LAist) Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis issued an executive order Monday evening directing the Department of Public Health to make COVID-19 vaccine appointments available to county residents 65 and older starting Thursday — and the county later said signups could start as soon as Tuesday. Until now, appointments were only open to nursing home staff and residents, frontline health care workers, and first responders. “The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been an eno...

Coronavirus Pandemic Updated Published A pharmacist at UCI Health holds a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Chava Sanchez/LAist) Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis issued an executive order Monday evening directing the Department of Public Health to make COVID-19 vaccine appointments available to county residents 65 and older starting Thursday — and the county later said signups could start as soon as Tuesday. Until now, appointments were only open to nursing home staff and residents, frontline health care workers, and first responders. “The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been an eno...