Ed Fuentes
Ed Fuentes is a cultural journalist who has been covering the Inland Empire, the High Desert, and downtown Los Angeles for KCET since 2010. He lived in downtown Los Angeles for 13 years before moving to Las Vegas, where he covers regional art, including murals and street art, at painthisdesert.com. He tweets at @viewfromaloft.
This past weekend UCLA's Hammer Museum debuted "City in Mind: A Lyrical Map of the Concept of Los Angeles," a literal way finder made of color pencil and acrylic.
There is no shortage of opinion about the $48 billion--and rising--estimates for high-speed rail infrastructure.
Are vinyl banners with pictures of murals that once stood over the 101 Freeway still murals?
A city task force assembled to seek safe alternatives for the popular Downtown Art Walk have passed down its first mandate and will be in effect tonight.
An agreement securing $86.4 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act between the federal government and the California High-Speed Authority rail has been signed.
A group of artists met with the city in July to give input on a future mural policy for Los Angeles.
To talk about Riverside's Chinatown, one has to mention the last resident who took on the role to be a lone preservationist and oral historian. His name was George Wong.
Following the death of an infant, the city has formed a committee to look and propose solutions for the Downtown Art Walk, where crowds have grown to 30,000.
Isolated on a dusty road that bends around a rock ridge, Barstow's restored Harvey House Rail Depot sits with elegant dignity in the desert.
Bloomfest has blossomed.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority and federal authorities today got on board to sign a clean pact.
The empty lot that was once Riverside's Chinatown is part of the larger Chinese immigration story.