Olvera Street

That's y'all's place.

We're right next to Oliveira Street.

That's your place.

We understand that.

yeah so much history 70 years

history uh her father opened it his father had a restaurant on olvera street in the 1930s so that is a legacy a lineage you go in there the dark the booths uh you know from from clark gable to john wayne to michael jackson to the kardashians to once upon a time in hollywood to the new patio christy's doing like great things there

The new patio is beautiful.

But when

A Sheriff's Department intelligence note requested a copy of Salazar's press credentials while referring to him disparagingly and accusing him of spreading rumors about deputies in East Los Angeles.

Three days before his death, on August 26, 1970, Salazar met with several acquaintances at an Olvera Street restaurant in downtown L.A.

He told them he believed law enforcement might be following him and feared authorities might try to interfere with or discredit his reporting.

Given what we're going to be talking about here in just a few minutes, we should note that the surviving accounts don't establish that Salazar believed police were literally planning to hurt him.

So it's nearly a century old.

standing at the entrance, as I said, to Los Angeles' historic Olvera Street.

And Olvera Street is sort of one of the streets that... that it sort of comprises of the old historic district of Los Angeles.

It goes all the way back to when Los Angeles was first founded as a city.

And this 10-foot wooden cross, as I said, has been there, was erected at the head of Olvera Street in 1929 to commemorate Los Angeles' 148th birthday.

And every year, every year without fail, In December, to celebrate Christmas or to get into the Christmas season, there is a spectacular, I mean, really, you should see the pictures.

It is absolutely beautiful.

And yes, there are crosses.

So I don't think black people would bug us if they're just running by.

But one, I'm not the fucking mayor of Oliveira Street.

I like how people thought if a Latino, well, I don't know.

They were like, hey.

Here is one of the key cases now that everybody is looking at and we should be looking at.

In downtown Los Angeles, and this is what I mean by downtown Los Angeles, the historic district of Los Angeles, a cross... that was constructed, erected in 1929, so it's nearly a century old, standing at the entrance as I said, to Los Angeles' historic Olvera Street.

And Olvera Street is sort of one of the streets that sort of comprises of the old historic district of Los Angeles.

It goes all the way back to when Los Angeles was first founded as a city.

And this 10-foot wooden cross, as I said, has been there, was erected at the head of Olvera Street in 1929 to commemorate Los Angeles' 148th birthday.

And every year, every year without fail, in December to celebrate Christmas or to get into the Christmas season, there is a spectacular, I mean, really you should see the pictures.

It is absolutely beautiful.

And yes, there are crosses.

It's one of my favorites.

Mariachi Bend, and it's called Pueblo Olvera Street.

Wonderful.

Well, great.

My birthday, I mean.

Is that so? We went down to Olvera Street.

You know, the Mexican street down in L.A., down by the old plaza.

She Mexican, huh? I mean, was she Mexican? Way back, several generations.

Uh-huh.

I think they came from Guadalajara.

You ever been down to Olvera Street? Funny.

I've lived here 12 years, ever since we moved out from Crookston, Minnesota.

Is that so?

so?We went down to Olvera Street.

You know, the Mexican street down in LA down by the old plaza

She Mexican, huh? I mean, was she Mexican?

Yeah.

I think they came from Guadalajara.

You ever been down to Olvera Street?

Funny, I've lived here 12 years, ever since we moved out from Crookston, Minnesota.