Trailer for Volcano, a spiritual prequel to Crash, and featuring the County Emergency Operation Center in City Terrace



Big Snoop rules the Eastide (of Long Beach, not Los Angeles) in this film, shot at Sybil Brand

Pine forest and "Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires" sign

Palm and Pine Forest beneath Emercency Services

CHICANISMO

RAZA UNIDA PARTY

CITY TERRACE ARTS







An International Fiberglass statue

Christ on a cross mural and shadow





Sam the Olympic Eagle and Olympic Athletes mural (from the Los Angeles Olympics of 1984)



Leafy vine mural and Dooley (selfie by Dooley)



City Terrace Library (and to the right, Mercado Hidalgo)

Two Herrón murals (source: LA Eastside and unknown)



City Terrace Elementary



St. Lucy's and El Tepeyac de Los Angeles mural



Coyolxauhqui Plaza replica of the Coyolxauhqui Stone

GANGS OF CITY TERRACE

BACKYARD PARTY SCENE

In 1963 the Sheriff's Department opened two new jails --in Downtown Los Angeles and the, a jail for female inmates, in City Terrace. Although designed to hold 900 inmates, at its peak it housed 2,800.It was closed in 1997 (inmates were transferred to the then-newfacilities) and it has since then been used primarily as a filming location for films and television series including(2001),(2005),(2012),(2001),(2011),(2007), andToday the area is buffered by hillsides alonglandscaped with large pine trees which area a pleasant smell if not necessarily the most inviting air. I'm not sure if there's anything open to the public in the complex. I didn't venture up there to investigate.Although the Mexican-American civil rights struggle began at least as early as the 1920s (theformed in 1929), it wasn't until thethat the(or) got underway, with Los Angeles's Eastside occupying center stage. It was in 1966 that high school students formed the(which quickly evolved into the), in part to protest theand police brutality. The(or) --a series of protests of educational inequalities -- took place in 1968.The-- or(RUP) formed inearly in 1970. The Chicano political party successfully ran candidates in Texas elections before expanding into other states. The City Terrace chapter was especially active in California and one of the chapter's organizers,, ran as a candidate for thein 1971. Ruiz was also one of the editors of a local Chicano newspaper established a few years earlier (1967) in City Terrace,City Terrace is saturated with art. There's a great deal of religious art depictingcharacters. In some ways, although their representations often look morethanthese thousands of paintings and figurines maintaining the neighborhood's old Jewish character.There are also these leafy vine murals that cover numerous walls, garage doors, alleyways throughout the area. It's my understanding that they are designed to discourage placas and tags, which become difficult to decipher amongst the painted branches and foliage.There are paintings on the exterior walls of markets, depicting cleaning products and junk food sold inside. There's also graffiti and -- if your definition of art extends far enough -- tags and placas all over the place. The most celebrated art in the area are the murals painted by well known Chicano arts collectives likeandas well as some local artists and organizations.In 1969, City Terrace residentco-foundedwithand. Botello went on to co-foundwithin 1975. With the addition ofy,, andthey renamed themselves. Goez Studios' Jose Luis Gonzalez created the ceramic mural,, in 1978 atMuralistwas born in 1951 in a church in City Terrace to parents who lived inbut largely raised by grandparents and later his mother in various neighborhoods of East Los Angeles. In 1972, Herrón formed an artists collective calledwith fellow artists(ne),, and, all of whom attendedtogetherHerrón painted a mural,, on the back of. Nearby, in the alley behind City Terrace Drive connectingandhe paintedon the wall of a business owned by his uncle. Hiswas added to another of Mercado Hidalgo's walls in 1976.was born in 1955 and raised in City Terrace. In 1992 he founded, the first free mural academy for young painters in Los Angeles. From 1979 till 1985 he was a member of East Los Streetscapers. One of his most widely-seen pieces was the cover art for' 1988 album,. Yepes's 1994 mural,, graces one of the walls ofYepes's mural,, was completed in 1995 and adorns the front offeatures an exact replica of the Coyolxauqui stone, sculpted circa 1472 and 1479, during the reign of. Coyolxauhqui Plaza is the moon goddess in thereligion whose name intranslates to something like "ornate bells." I couldn't find any information about when this replica was installed or who created it, but suffice to say it was almost certainly after the stone's rediscovery inin 1978.The location of Willie Herrón's mural, the Wall That Crack'd Open, was chosen because it was near the site where the artist's then 15-year-old brother was nearly stabbed to death in an assault by members of-- a Boyle Heights gang whose territory includes the north-of-the-10 section of East Los Angeles. Herrón's previous mural, Quetzalcoatl-Plumed Serpent, had been dedicated to, one of the City Terrace's gangs, and the artist invited gang members to contribute their placas into its design.Latino street gangs have on the Eastside at least as early as the 1930s, the era of the zoot-suited. The Vietnam era saw the dawn of theera, and groups (some pre-dating the era) like theand their many clikas were organized primarily around partying, listening to hard rock, and getting stoned (albeit not just on weed but pills and PCP). By the, many stoner groups either morphed into or were absorbed by the cholo gangs that came to characterize that more violent era. However, despite the mainstream media's sensationalization and implication that nearly every Eastsider was in a gang, by the estimates of some community leaders, fewer than 10% of boys were ever associated with gangs even back then.Perhaps far more popular than the gang scene but much less-documented was the, which flourished throughout the Eastside in the late 1970s and '80s. (to read a an account by, a former DJ with'screw). Often finding themselves shunned by the Anglo-dominatedpunk scene (and their venues), Eastside Punk groups often played in the backyards of Eastside homes (and the nearby venue,). One of the local bands,, featured muralistas well as, and brothersand